Overview
Purpose: This week we discussed the concepts of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. We must understand ways to prevent disease as a means of fighting the prevalence of disease. For this week's assignment, students are asked to locate 2 articles that discuss one or all of the above types of prevention related to their disease topic. For students who chose a neonatal or pediatric topic, you can address prevention from the parental perspective. So, for example:
If you chose RDS as your topic, what preventative strategies can help decrease the likelihood of a preterm birth?
If you chose pediatric asthma, what are preventative strategies related to childhood exposures?
If you chose a disease in adults, think about not only lifestyle choices but also environmental conditions.
One thing to also consider is how access to care plays a role as well?
Students are asked to then write a two-paragraph summary of each of the articles. Please make sure to include citations and list the references at the end of each of your article summaries. Students will be able to use these articles for the Module Six Assignment as well.
Skills: This assignment allows you to practice the following skills that are essential to your success in this course and the degree advancement program (DAP).
The following DAP Student Learning Outcomes will be developed.
Writing in the Profession Students will demonstrate the ability to write effectively in the profession. Elements would include the ability to organize an argument, support the argument with high-quality relevant evidence, deliver it with good sentence structure and grammar, and cite and reference appropriately.
Critical inquiry/evidence-based medicine Students will demonstrate the ability to formulate a clinical question, search the medical literature, and assess the collected literature for quality, relevance, and limitations.
Assignment requirements:
Please locate and summarize 2 articles related to primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention for your chosen disease.
Please locate articles that are less than 10 years old.
Each summary should be 2 paragraphs. Please use 12-point font and double-space your summaries.
Please cite in your summaries and list each of the references using APA formatting.
You should use the same formatting as in previous assignments related to citation and reference formatting.
I chose COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) for my assignment.