Chikungunya is a viral disease that is spread by mosquitoes. It causes fever and severe joint pain. Other symptoms include muscle pain‚ headache‚ nausea‚ fatigue and rash. • The disease shares some clinical signs with dengue‚ and can be misdiagnosed in areas where dengue is common. • There is no cure for the disease. Treatment is focused on relieving the symptoms. • The proximity of mosquito breeding sites to human habitation is a significant risk factor for chikungunya. • The disease occurs in Africa
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1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? Hepatitis A is cause by the Hepatitis A virus. The Hepatitis A virus causes an inflammation of the liver. 2. How is the infectious agent transmitted through food or water? The Hepatitis A virus is found most commonly in the stools and blood of an infected person about 15 to 45 days before symptoms occur and during the first week of illness. Hepatitis A is transmitted through eating or drinking water that has been
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Determining risk factors‚ consequences‚ and protective measures of Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders Determining risk factors‚ consequences‚ and protective measures of Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders Body image is an individual’s perception of his or her own body in terms of sexual attractiveness. Human society has emphasized on beauty of the human body for a long time. However‚ an individual’s perception of their own body may differ from society’s standards‚ thus
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Option 3: Risk and Protective Factors Risk factors are defined as the conditions or events that increase the chance of unwanted negative mental health outcomes. Protective factors are assets or resources that help to offset or prevent a negative mental health outcome. Throughout my life thus far‚ I have experienced several risk factors as well as several protective factors that shaped who I am today in terms of my mental health and well-being. The textbook also explains four mechanisms that help
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In the study conducted by Dr. Tanzi‚ he found out the biological factors that cause Alzheimer’s disease. This disease affects mainly older people‚ late 50’s to early 60’s‚ and it is one that does not go away with time‚ but‚ instead‚ gets worse. There are three stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The first stage of the disease attacks the hippocampus in the brain‚ which deals with memory. With this‚ a person affected by the disease will start forgetting things. The second stage affects their emotions
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1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Giardia is protozoan and also flagellated. Flagellated means using appendages in a whip-like movement to propel. Giardia attaches to the host through the lining of the upper intestines. Once it attaches itself‚ it begins to feed and reproduce causing the giardiasis to commence. Giardia reproduces by dividing itself‚ which defines it as a trophozoite. This process
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Explain in details the risk factor approach to intervention/ prevention effort. What are the pros to using the risk factor approach? What are the cons to using the risk factors approach? Risk factors is a particular factor that‚ when present‚ increases the odds of developing a certain outcome. Risk factors are not deterministic‚ nor they necessary or sufficient conditions for out come to surface (Beaver‚ 2015). In risk factor approach intervention its very important to distinguish between
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North-Holland Common risk factors in the returns stocks and bonds* Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth on R. French Unirrrsit.v 01 Chicayo. Chiccup. I .L 60637‚ C;S;L Received July 1992. final version received September 1992 This paper identities five common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds. There are three stock-market factors: an overall market factor and factors related to firm size and book-to-market equity. There are two bond-market factors. related to maturity and default risks. Stock returns
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Glenn 1 Alzheimer’s Disease: Living a healthy life may not keep the disease out of your future As a person ages‚ it’s natural to become more inclined to forget things; from misplacing car keys to forgetting the name of an old friend. But the effects to ones memory caused by Alzheimer ’s disease (aka: AD) are not at all considered normal. I think Belsky described AD best in saying “Alzheimer’s Disease directly attacks the core structure of human consciousness
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determine the prevalence of behavioral risk factors for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) in Shivaji-Nagar Slum (Mumbai) Organization – Urban Health Centre (UHC) Nair Hospital Area – Shivaji Nagar‚ Govandi Background… 1. It has been observed that the burden posed by communicable diseases is still in existence in low socio-economic urban areas. 2. The growing urbanization‚ poor dietary habits and low awareness regarding the major risk factors are contributing towards rising epidemic
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