Diabetes:
Assignment Objectives:
1. Explore in detail a chronic disease
2. Apply knowledge of determinants of health
3. Further understanding of best practices in public health
4. Evaluate policy aimed at a specific disease
Answer the following questions regarding Diabetes:
• What is the disease, and why is it important to address?
• (Briefly) what is the biological progression of the disease?
• What risk factors and determinants of health are associated with this disease, and how
are they associated?
• How can we utilize the three levels of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary), and how
can we interrupt disease?
• What are some current public health recommendations or national policies concerning
this disease, and are they effective?
• Additional recommendations for intervention?
Formatting Guidelines:
The body text of the essay should be between 1200 words. Please include a title, a 100-word abstract summarizing your essay (this is separate from the 1200 word count in the body), and a list of six references in APA format. At least 2-3 references should be primary article.
– Please make sure to use in-text citations!!
