NSG 482Assignment Global Threats
NSG 482Assignment Global Threats
Imagine you are a nurse working with Doctors Without Borders to address an emerging global health issue in a specific region of the world. You are preparing to travel to the region to improve an issue or illness.
Create a 7- to 10-slide presentation, with detailed speaker notes, analyzing emerging global health issues related to the country or region of world of your choice. In your presentation:
Analyze the cause of the issue or illness. Consider:
Individual issues (e.g., personal cleanliness )
Community (e.g., resources, demographics)
Family roles and structures (e.g., single-family households)
Culture (e.g., values, beliefs)
Environmental issues (e.g., access to technology and health care, geographic concerns)
Examine the factors that continue to exacerbate the issue or illness. Consider:
Individual
Community
Culture
Environmental
Create an action plan to improve the issue or illness. Consider:
Education
Communication
Relief workers
Technology
Cite at least five peer-reviewed references in your presentation, and include a separate APA-formatted reference page.
Global Diseases and Threats
Acanthamoeba Infection (Keratitis)
African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness)
Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica Infection)
American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)
Ancylostomiasis (Hookworm)
Anisakiasis (Pseudoterranova Infection)
Ascariasis (Intestinal Roundworms)
Babesiosis (Babesia Infection)
Balantidiasis (Balantidium Infection)
Baylisascariasis (Baylisascaris Infection) (Raccoon Roundworm)
Bilharzia (Schistosomiasis, Snail Fever)
Blastocystis hominis Infection
Body Lice Infestation (Pediculosis)
Capillariasis (Capillaria Infection)
Cardiovascular Disease (Heart Disease)
Cat tapeworm (dog tapeworm, Dipylidium caninum Infection)
Cercarial Dermatitis (Swimmer’s Itch)
Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Clonorchiasis (Clonorchis Infection)
“Crabs” (Pubic Lice)
Cutaneous Larva Migrans (Zoonotic Hookworms)
Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora Infection)
Cysticercosis (Neurocysticercosis)
Cystic Echinococcosis (Hydatid Disease)
Cystoisospora Infection (Isospora Infection)
Dientamoeba fragilis Infection
Diphyllobothriasis (Diphyllobothrium Infection)
Dipylidium caninum Infection (dog tapeworm, cat tapeworm)
Dirofilariasis (Dirofilaria Infection)
Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease)
Dog tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum Infection, cat tapeworm)
Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease)
Echinococcosis (Alveolar, Cystic Echinococcosis)
Elephantiasis (Filariasis, Lymphatic Filariasis)
Entamoeba histolytica Infection (Amebiasis)
Enterobiasis (Pinworm Infection)
Fasciolopsiasis (Fasciolopsis Infection)
Filariasis (Lymphatic Filariasis, Elephantiasis)
Flu (Influenza)
Giardiasis (Giardia Infection)
Gnathostomiasis (Gnathostoma Infection)
Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis)
Head Lice Infestation (Pediculosis)
Heart Disease (Cardiovascular Disease)
Heterophyiasis (Heterophyes Infection)
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Hookworm (Ancylostomiasis)
Hookworm Infection, Zoonotic (Ancylostomiasis, Cutaneous Larva Migrans)
Hydatid Disease (Cystic Echinococcosis)
Hymenolepiasis (Hymenolepis Infection)
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar)
Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease)
Lymphatic filariasis (Filariasis, Elephantiasis)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Microsporidiosis (Microsporidia Infection)
Mite Infestation (Scabies)
Ocular Larva Migrans (Toxocariasis)
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
Opisthorchiasis (Opisthorchis Infection)
Paragonimiasis (Paragonimus Infection)
Pediculosis (Body, Head Lice Infestation)
Pinworm Infection (Enterobiasis)
Pseudoterranova Infection (Anisakiasis)
Pubic Lice (“Crabs”)
Sarcocystosis (Sarcocystosis Infection)
Scabies (Mite Infestation)
Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia, Snail Fever)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
Snail Fever (Schistosomiasis, Bilharzia)
Strongyloidiasis (Strongyloides Infection)
Swimmer’s Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis)
Tapeworm Infection (Taeniasis)
Taeniasis (Tapeworm)
Toxocariasis (Ocular Larva Migrans)
Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)
Trichinosis (Trichinellosis)
Trichuriasis (Whipworm)