Week 8 Global Health Risk Paper

Choose a global health issue. For this assignment, you will introduce the health issue and discuss the interventions necessary to prevent the issue and promote health.

Some topics to consider may include:

• Anthrax
• Bioterrorism
• Cholera
• Clostridium botulinum infection
• Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
• Ebola virus disease
• Escherichia coli
• Human immunodeficiency virus disease
• Malaria
• Plague
• Severe respiratory distress syndrome
• Small pox
• Suicide
• Tuberculosis
• Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection
• West Nile virus

Include the following in your paper:

• Introduction/overview of the health issue and the prevalence in the United States and worldwide
• Contributing factors
• Prevention strategies
• Signs and symptoms
• Diagnostic tests (if applicable)
• Advanced practice nursing role and management strategies
• Medical/pharmacological management (if applicable)
• Follow-up care
• Conclusion

Write a 3–4 page paper following APA format. You must include 2–3 scholarly sources in your citations and references.