{"id":35278,"date":"2024-10-18T03:04:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T03:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/8310-wk-9-eradication-of-smallpox-polio-and-how-they-may-help-in-approaching-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T03:04:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T03:04:24","slug":"8310-wk-9-eradication-of-smallpox-polio-and-how-they-may-help-in-approaching-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/8310-wk-9-eradication-of-smallpox-polio-and-how-they-may-help-in-approaching-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"8310 wk  9 Eradication of Smallpox, Polio, and how they may help in Approaching Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 10px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 60px 0px 20px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 35px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">To prepare:<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Review the Learning Resources, focusing on the smallpox and polio epidemics and how health organizations applied principles of epidemiology to eradicate (or in the case of polio, nearly eradicate) these diseases.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In light of these examples, consider the benefits of addressing smallpox and polio at the population level. What were the population health strategies that were used in the efforts to eradicate smallpox and polio?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Consider similarities and differences from an epidemiologic perspective among the smallpox and polio epidemics and that of COVID-19.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Think about how principles of epidemiology are being applied\u2014or could be applied\u2014to address COVID-19.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What lessons from the use of infectious disease epidemiology in the past might be applicable to controlling COVID 19?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What are the benefits of addressing this issue at the population level as opposed to the individual level?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Learning Resources<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 5px 0px 2px; font-weight: 700; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1; cursor: auto;\" aria-controls=\"kl_panel_0_content\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><span style=\"margin-top: -8px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><a style=\"padding: 10px 10px 10px 30px; font-weight: 400; font-size: 1em; cursor: auto;\">Required Readings<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 10px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 60px 0px 20px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 35px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 0px 0px; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.3; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin: -2px 0px 0px; padding: 10px; line-height: 1.3; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-labelledby=\"kl_panel_0\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 19.8984px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Friis, R. H., &amp; Sellers, T. A. (2021).<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Epidemiology for public health practice<\/i>&nbsp;(6th ed.). Jones &amp; Bartlett.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 19.3984px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Chapter 12, \u201cEpidemiology of Infectious Diseases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 19.8984px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Center for Global Development. (n.d.).<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-canvas-previewable=\"true\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/waldenu.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/134022\/files\/9881226\" data-api-returntype=\"File\"><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Case 1: Eradicating smallpox<\/i><\/a><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Download Case 1: Eradicating smallpox<\/span><\/a><\/span>. http:\/\/www.cgdev.org\/doc\/millions\/MS_case_1.pdf<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;This article provides an overview of the eradication of smallpox.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 19.8984px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Wilson, N., Mansoor, O. D., Boyd, M. J., Kvalsvig, A., &amp; Baker, M. G. (2021).<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">We should not dismiss the possibility of eradicating COVID-19: Comparisons with smallpox and polio<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">BMJ Global Health<\/i>,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/i>(8),&nbsp;e006810<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmjgh-2021-006810<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 19.8984px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">World Health Organization. (n.d.).<a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Poliomyelitis<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;(polio)<\/i>. https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/poliomyelitis#tab=tab_1<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;This page provides an overview of the eradication of polio, as well as symptoms and treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 10px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 60px 0px 20px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 35px; cursor: auto;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 10px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 60px 0px 20px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 35px; cursor: auto;\">DISCUSSION POST<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Post<\/strong>&nbsp;a cohesive response that addresses the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Briefly summarize the epidemiologic differences among the three diseases and how principles of epidemiology are being applied\u2014or could be applied\u2014to address COVID-19.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Are there any lessons learned from the use of epidemiology in the eradication of smallpox and polio that could be applied to COVID-19?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evaluate the benefits of addressing this health problem at the population level versus the individual level. Support your Discussion with information from this week\u2019s Learning Resources and articles you have located in the Walden Library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To prepare: Review the Learning Resources, focusing on the smallpox and polio epidemics and how health organizations applied principles of epidemiology to eradicate (or in the case of polio, nearly eradicate) these diseases. In light of these examples, consider the benefits of addressing smallpox and polio at the population level. 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