This assignment is worth 50 points. Write a minimum 20 sentence long paper about
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This assignment is worth 50 points. Write a minimum 20 sentence long paper about one of the following topics. Points will be deducted for poor grammar and spelling.
1) Tuberculosis treatment is somewhat unique in this country in the sense that if you refuse to take your TB antibiotics, you can be imprisoned and forced to take them until you cannot transmit the disease to someone else. TB is mostly controlled through strict public health policies rather than through vaccination. Describe the steps that Kansas takes through the Dept of Health's Tuberculosis control program to control the spread of TB.
2) Sudafed (pseudoephedrine) is now a Schedule V controlled substance in Kansas and many other states. The intent of that designation is to prevent the use of pseudoephedrine in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine. This sounds like a good idea, but is there any evidence to show that restricting pseudoephedrine sales will affect our meth problem? Pseudoephedrine became popular as a decongestant because it's effective, and didn't have many of the side effects of its forbears, such as phenylephrine. Phenylephrine has now replaced pseudoephedrine in many cough/cold products. How can patients be harmed by using phenylephrine instead of pseudoephedrine?
3) Alzheimer's disease affects many older individuals and carries an enormous societal burden (nursing home costs, lost spouse wages, etc.) Currently, there are only 4 medications used to treat Alzheimer's (I'm not counting Tacrine . . . nobody uses it anymore). What are some prospective treatments on the horizon? How do they work?
Explanation / Answer
1, The Kansas Tuberculosis Program is poised to deliver services and interventions to further protect and enhance the health of Kansans. Knowledge, commitment, teamwork, sense of direction, fiscal responsibility and customer service are the hallmark values of today's Kansas Tuberculosis Program
The Kansas Tuberculosis Control Program provides support to local public health agencies, private physicians, and health care facilities involved in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis. The Program works to prevent transmission of TB through three strategies:
(i) By ensuring that infectious TB patients are appropriately treated until they are rendered and remain non-infectious;
(ii) By ensuring that persons infected with TB who are not presently infectious remain non-infectious through the use of preventive drug therapy; and
(iii) By creating a community of health care providers knowledgeable in the diagnosis and treatment of TB infection and disease through the provision of educational programs on TB across Kansas.