Week 2 Discussion
Infectious and Chronic Diseases [WLOs: 1, 2] [CLOs: 3, 4, 5, 6]
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapters 3 and 4 in the textbook, look at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web page on Public Health Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., read the article How to Write a Health Policy Brief, and watch the movie Contagion. The full version of this movie is available for rent through Google Play, Netflix, YouTube, iTunes, and Amazon.com for $3.99 or less. This movie is about a contagious disease outbreak. Then, address the following questions, depending on your last name:
Last name Marshall
Group B: Last Name I through P
Examine at least two policies that were enacted by the CDC that attempted to help the situation and their effectiveness.
Explain one additional policy that you would have enacted if you had been in charge of mitigating this epidemic. How would it differ from a policy to mitigate a chronic disease?
Response: Please respond to at least two of your classmates who responded to a different set of questions: Group A responds to posts from Group B and C; Group B responds to posts from Groups A and C; and Group C responds to posts from Groups A and B. You must post at least 75 words in each of your responses.