Complete a 7-10 page final paper for this course. The final paper will require the student to select an infectious or chronic disease and provide a brief history and overview of this topic and how it is currently impacting public health today. All papers will require an abstract (no more than 150 words), and referencing/citations (you must reference at least 4 scholarly sources in your paper) in proper APA format (these items will not be included in required page total). Any graphs or charts provided must be included in an appendix (these items will not be included in required page total). Since topics may vary, formatting will as well; however, students will need to provide:
� Abstract
� History of the disease
� Symptoms of the disease
� The cause of the disease (and how/when the cause was discovered)
� Method to spread the disease (if chronic disease, populations most affected in the US)
� Methods to contain the disease
� Number of people infected or affected today (number of deaths, if applicable); may also use graphs and tables
o Use descriptive epidemiology concepts
� Public health costs (i.e. local, federal, hospitalizations, nursing, hospice)
� Treatments, in any available
