Subject Code and Title PUBH2102 Disease Prevention and Control
Assessment Assessment 2: Short data gathering assignment
Individual/Group Individual
Length 500 words max.
Weighting 30%
Learning Outcomes:
1.Identify the distinguishing epidemiological features of infectious diseases
2.Explain how communicable infections are spread
3.Interpret and manipulate epidemiological data on disease surveillance and disease outbreaks
4.Describe the role of social and political factors in disease prevention and control
PUBH2102 Disease Prevention And Control Assignment-Laureate International University Australia.
A FICTIONAL SCENARIO ABOUT HCV IN VICTORIA (PART 1)
Early this year, the Victorian government prison health service discovered an outbreak of Hepatitis C in a jail in Victoria. Prison authorities determined that 300 people with Hepatitis C had been released from prison back into the community. The Victorian Health Department suggested that 90% of these people had settled into the community in the Yarra City Council area over the last 12 months. You are the CEO of Hepatitis Victoria. How would you start to plan an intervention to address Hepatitis C in the Yarra City local government area?
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
You should answer the following questions:
1.Approximately how many people in Victoria had HCV last year (new and existing cases)?
2.What is the quality of this data about HCV?
3.Who are the main groups at risk of HCV in the Yarra Council area?
4.What are the first steps that you would take in planning an HCV intervention?
5.What barriers exist to implementing an HCV control program in the Yarra Council area?
PUBH2102 Disease Prevention And Control Assignment-Laureate International University Australia.
You should answer the questions as short answers, and use APA style for referencing.
ASSIGNMENT LENGTH: The assignment should be no more than 500 words in total.
USEFUL BACKGROUND
Yarra City Council
Yarra City Council community directory
PUBH2102 Disease Prevention And Control Assignment-Laureate International University Australia.
Recent news report about illicit drug injecting in Yarra City Council Jacks T. (2015). Ice hits Melbourne’s heroin heartland.
Jefferson A. and Johnston M. (2015). Angry Richmond traders and residents say heroin-shooting gallery is not the answer. Retrieved from: