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Topic - Bio-weapons and Epidemiology

Scenario - Assume the role of an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Optional career tip: visit the EIS website linked in Resources to learn more about the role)

You are responsible for educating the health department leaders at the state and county levels on a bioterrorism threat to the United States.

Preparation - Use other resources as well as relevant public health and government websites to complete the following:

• Identify a bioterrorism agent of your choice and research this agent.
• You must describe the nature of the threat to the health of the population of your community clearly. Present the evidence that supports your level of concern and propose recommended steps for a community to prepare for a bioterrorist attack.

To successfully complete this assignment, you should address the following criteria:

• Apply epidemiological methods to investigate a potential bioterrorism threat.
• Determine the scientific merit of epidemiological findings used to identify and evaluate public health risks.
• Recommend methods for determining the identification and monitoring of epidemics and disease clusters.
• Analyze environmental and economic risk factors that impact the incidence and spread of disease in the event of a bioterrorist attack.
• Create a communication strategy that prepares stakeholders to anticipate and respond to a bioterrorist attack.
• Create an educational presentation using technology in a way that is clear, well organized, and generally free of formal and structural errors.

Assignment Instructions -

After completing your research and gathering the relevant data, develop a presentation for your local public health leaders to alert them of the threat. Your presentation must contain the following information:

Section One: Executive Summary -

State the problem and provide a high-level summary of information that would support a call to action.

Section Two: Threat Analysis -

Name of the Agent

• Etiology.
• Identification.
• Lab analysis.

Disease Process:

• Reservoir.
• Mode of transmission.
• Incubation period.

Level of Threat

• Occurrence.
• Susceptibility.
• Period of communicability.

Section Three: Prevention and Response

• Response plan: Surveillance and monitoring.
• Communication strategy.

Section Four: References and Appendices.

Additional Requirements -

Media presentation: Minimum of 12 slides, with speaker's notes in each slide. Upload the presentation.

Resources: At least five scholarly resources. Include citations at the end of the presentation.

APA guidelines: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and format.

Attachment:- Bioweapons and Epidemiology Assignment File.rar