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HCS 330 Week 4 Individual Assignment Culture and Disease Paper
Select a population of interest as part of your investigation; for example,
choose a particular race or ethnicity and how it relates to your infectious
disease.
· Explore the social and cultural aspects of the disease in a 1,400- to 1,750-
word paper.
· Include the following information:
o Describe the agent of disease.
o Describe the factors that make this particular population vulnerable to the
disease.
o Describe environmental factors that make the population vulnerable to the
disease.
o What are the modes for disease transmission?
o What methods are used to control the spread of the disease? What
alternative methods are used by the selected population for treatment? What
is the effect of alternate treatments?
o What role do social and cultural influences play in the disease for a
particular population? What are the effects of the populations’ beliefs and
values on treatment options?