Assignment: Disease Research Assignment (Poster "presentation") 2025

HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS A
2025-12-02T17:35:43Z

Due: Mar 10 by 1:59pm

This Disease Research assignment is part of the Preventing Disease Transmission unit, but will be used as part of your Final.

Digital 18"x 24" Portrait orientation poster (tall & skinny): Talk to teacher for permission for a different size or landscape (wide) orientation.

Your individual disease is preassigned as indicated on this list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j7gPBMaTp82e_ToCGdsQwD75miM_5dULBmjyWNU4a7s/edit?usp=sharing

1. Read the directions & the rubric

1. You will have class time to work on this and this is THE Project for the term, and as a result it has a significant impact on the final grade

2. The poster will be displayed as part of a Gallery Walkthrough activity (graded separately)

Points for your poster are awarded based only on information visible in the visible portion of the poster

No verbal presentation is assigned nor available

Digital posters are required and should be done in Canva, Google Slides, or Publisher where you can change / increase the poster size more easily

Word and Google Docs do not permit large enough pages

Directions to use Canva: Canva Directions for Student Posters.pdf

Be careful about things extending off the slide

DO NOT put words all the way to the edge of the poster: there should be at least 1/2" margins

Poster needs to be submitted directly to this assignment as a PDF document

Depending on the program you are using you may have to print to PDF, save as PDF, or share as PDF to save it before uploading

PNG or JPEG files are difficult to print in sufficient quality

Do not create a physical poster

In most situations your digital poster will be PRINTED by the teacher and will be hung out in the hallway for the Gallery Walk

In the event of absence or other need to complete the Gallery Walk digitally, your poster will be shared online with other students

Select posters will be retained for future use:

The best will be used during future classes' walkthroughs in place of missing posters and for digital make-up

Others will have names removed and may be used to highlight scoring or formatting issues to avoid:

Font size

General organization

Inappropriate coloration

Image quality / selection

3. You need to site at least 3 references

These references should appear with image, charts, or specific data where pulled from the source

"According to the CDC, ... ", image courtesy of Medline, data provided by the WHO, etc.

These references should also appear in a references / sources / citations section

Specific formatting is not being required, but must direct to the specific citation: copy & paste the link / web address onto the poster

You are expected to include at least 2 of the following as sources:

CDC (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

NIH (National Institutes of Health)

MEDLINE:

MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) premier bibliographic database with a concentration on biomedicine. It is the primary component of PubMed, a literature database developed and maintained by the NLM National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

WHO (World Health Organization - an agency of the United Nations)

Any of the six regional offices of the WHO: PAHO (Pan American Health Organization), WHO Africa, WHO Eastern Mediterranean, WHO South-East Asia, etc.

Any US state Department of Health or county Public Health agency from a US State

A governmental healthcare research entity of another country

Two websites / pages from a single website source are considered one source

Pictures need to be cited independently near the picture, but these citations do not count towards the minimum

Simple icons / emojis do not need citations

Citation presentation on posters:

May be included in significantly smaller font, as long as it remains readable upon printing (generally can be as small as size 8, but this depends on the font, text color, and background color)

The citation as viewed on the page must be down to the specific page with the information

Citations that exist only as links (i.e. Source 1) or only provide the organizational home page (i.e. cdc.gov) or general sub category (who.org/communicable-diseases) will not be counted for points

4. You need to provide the following information:

1. What is the disease?

1. What is the scientific / medical name?

Why is it called what it is called?

2. Are there other common name(s)

Why is it called what it is called or how long has it been known as that?

3. If you want you may also include:

Anything else about its etiology (history)?

Does it have a region of the world it came from?

Any large or well known outbreaks?

Any locations at higher risk (regions of the world, climates, population densities, etc.)?

2. How does someone get infected by it?

1. What is/are the route(s) of transmission? Direct contact, indirect contact / fomite, airborne droplets, airborne, food-borne, water-borne, vector-borne (animal / insect bites). Diseases may also be due to genetic trait or mutation, but I do not intend to assign those.

Ask me in class if you are not sure what this is asking!

2. What is the pathogen that is transmitted? bacteria, fungi, protozoa, worms/organisms, viruses, prions (infectious proteins), & genes (limited to genetic traits or mutations)

Can it be transmitted person-to-person (usually yes but not for all assigned diseases)?

If yes, can you be a carrier / asymptomatic and transmit it to others?

3. Are there any groups at higher or lower risks?

Comorbidities (if they have another disease)

Differences based on gender or ethnicity

Modifiable risks (diet, smoking, exercise, ...)

3. What happens to humans when they get it?

What are the symptoms (how do they feel / how do they know they have it)?

What are the outcomes (what can happen to the person)?

Why should we be concerned about getting this disease?

If you have an active case, can it cause permanent disability or death?

Can a patient recover from it? Consider the following:

Can you recover from the disease? Recovery means it is just a matter of time and your immune system will fight it off.

Is there a treatment (shot, pill, etc.) and if so what does it do?

Make you feel better (have less symptoms)

Speed up recovery?

Prevent transmission to others? How quickly after use is the person non-contagious?

Can it be cured? A cure means you will be able to stop treatments and the disease is gone.

4. What can be done to prevent the disease (or transmission of the disease)? Be sure to consider both healthcare and personal settings.

1. Is there a vaccine or other pre-exposure preventative treatment?

2. Is there an occupational risk?

If providing medical care to someone with this disease, what precautions need to be taken (if any)?

What PPE (personal protective equipment) is formally identified as preventing or reducing risk of transmission?

Are there specific procedures to follow to reduce or eliminate risk?

3. What personal behaviors or actions could prevent it?

Is this an sexually transmitted infection (aka STI or STD)?

Is this transmitted through normal, casual contact whether direct or indirect?

What PPE should be used to reduce risk and in what situations?

4. For foodborne or waterborne illnesses:

Are there any food preparation practices that can increase or decrease risk of transmission from ingesting food or water?

What do we do in or with the environment with our water or the organisms that become our food to respond to or prevent the pathogen from being ingested by humans?

5. Other requirements:

1. You name must be included on the poster

2. Pictures are required:

1. A minimum of 3 are expected, but the more the better!

Picture must be large enough to clearly see what it is showing

Pictures must be cited (copy & paste the link for the picture or the webpage it was copied from immediately adjacent to the picture)

2. Images should include evidence of the pathogen, the transmission source/routes, high risk locations (maps), prevalence/incidence rates (charts), symptoms, medications / treatment, &/or protective measures/PPE

Duplicate elements will not count as additional images

3. You can include simple icons / emojis to illustrate or emphasize risks, behaviors, or actions (to perform or avoid)

These do not need to be cited, but do not count towards the 3 minimum pictures

6. Scoring modifiers:

Identified Bonus points in rubric are not available for extra credit and are only made available to make up for lost points in other areas of this rubric.

Completion of a project on a disease not assigned nor previous approved will result in the the scoring reduced to 40% of assigned value.

This is due BEFORE Finals in order to have time to prepare it for finals.

Due date: The submission must be received by Canvas by 11:59 PM on the second day before the assigned Gallery Walk

This will be the date identified in the assignment as the due date

The Gallery Walk is usually performed on the designated Finals day

Late deductions:

Delivered after 11:59 PM on the due date but before 7:00 AM on the first day of the Gallery Walk for the Trimester (for any period) = 5 point deduction

Delivered after 7:00 AM on the first day of finals = 15 point deduction

Submission of unapproved project topic is applied before late submission deductions

7. Examples:

Hepatitis B Poster: HBV Poster sample.pdf

This Disease Research assignment is part of the Preventing Disease Transmission unit, but will be used as part of your Final.

Digital 18"x 24" Portrait orientation poster (tall & skinny): Talk to teacher for permission for a different size or landscape (wide) orientation.

Your individual disease is preassigned as indicated on this list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j7gPBMaTp82e_ToCGdsQwD75miM_5dULBmjyWNU4a7s/edit?usp=sharing

1. Read the directions & the rubric

1. You will have class time to work on this and this is THE Project for the term, and as a result it has a significant impact on the final grade

2. The poster will be displayed as part of a Gallery Walkthrough activity (graded separately)

Points for your poster are awarded based only on information visible in the visible portion of the poster

No verbal presentation is assigned nor available

Digital posters are required and should be done in Canva, Google Slides, or Publisher where you can change / increase the poster size more easily

Word and Google Docs do not permit large enough pages

Directions to use Canva: Canva Directions for Student Posters.pdf

Be careful about things extending off the slide

DO NOT put words all the way to the edge of the poster: there should be at least 1/2" margins

Poster needs to be submitted directly to this assignment as a PDF document

Depending on the program you are using you may have to print to PDF, save as PDF, or share as PDF to save it before uploading

PNG or JPEG files are difficult to print in sufficient quality

Do not create a physical poster

In most situations your digital poster will be PRINTED by the teacher and will be hung out in the hallway for the Gallery Walk

In the event of absence or other need to complete the Gallery Walk digitally, your poster will be shared online with other students

Select posters will be retained for future use:

The best will be used during future classes' walkthroughs in place of missing posters and for digital make-up

Others will have names removed and may be used to highlight scoring or formatting issues to avoid:

Font size

General organization

Inappropriate coloration

Image quality / selection

3. You need to site at least 3 references

These references should appear with image, charts, or specific data where pulled from the source

"According to the CDC, ... ", image courtesy of Medline, data provided by the WHO, etc.

These references should also appear in a references / sources / citations section

Specific formatting is not being required, but must direct to the specific citation: copy & paste the link / web address onto the poster

You are expected to include at least 2 of the following as sources:

CDC (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

NIH (National Institutes of Health)

MEDLINE:

MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) premier bibliographic database with a concentration on biomedicine. It is the primary component of PubMed, a literature database developed and maintained by the NLM National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

WHO (World Health Organization - an agency of the United Nations)

Any of the six regional offices of the WHO: PAHO (Pan American Health Organization), WHO Africa, WHO Eastern Mediterranean, WHO South-East Asia, etc.

Any US state Department of Health or county Public Health agency from a US State

A governmental healthcare research entity of another country

Two websites / pages from a single website source are considered one source

Pictures need to be cited independently near the picture, but these citations do not count towards the minimum

Simple icons / emojis do not need citations

Citation presentation on posters:

May be included in significantly smaller font, as long as it remains readable upon printing (generally can be as small as size 8, but this depends on the font, text color, and background color)

The citation as viewed on the page must be down to the specific page with the information

Citations that exist only as links (i.e. Source 1) or only provide the organizational home page (i.e. cdc.gov) or general sub category (who.org/communicable-diseases) will not be counted for points

4. You need to provide the following information:

1. What is the disease?

1. What is the scientific / medical name?

Why is it called what it is called?

2. Are there other common name(s)

Why is it called what it is called or how long has it been known as that?

3. If you want you may also include:

Anything else about its etiology (history)?

Does it have a region of the world it came from?

Any large or well known outbreaks?

Any locations at higher risk (regions of the world, climates, population densities, etc.)?

2. How does someone get infected by it?

1. What is/are the route(s) of transmission? Direct contact, indirect contact / fomite, airborne droplets, airborne, food-borne, water-borne, vector-borne (animal / insect bites). Diseases may also be due to genetic trait or mutation, but I do not intend to assign those.

Ask me in class if you are not sure what this is asking!

2. What is the pathogen that is transmitted? bacteria, fungi, protozoa, worms/organisms, viruses, prions (infectious proteins), & genes (limited to genetic traits or mutations)

Can it be transmitted person-to-person (usually yes but not for all assigned diseases)?

If yes, can you be a carrier / asymptomatic and transmit it to others?

3. Are there any groups at higher or lower risks?

Comorbidities (if they have another disease)

Differences based on gender or ethnicity

Modifiable risks (diet, smoking, exercise, ...)

3. What happens to humans when they get it?

What are the symptoms (how do they feel / how do they know they have it)?

What are the outcomes (what can happen to the person)?

Why should we be concerned about getting this disease?

If you have an active case, can it cause permanent disability or death?

Can a patient recover from it? Consider the following:

Can you recover from the disease? Recovery means it is just a matter of time and your immune system will fight it off.

Is there a treatment (shot, pill, etc.) and if so what does it do?

Make you feel better (have less symptoms)

Speed up recovery?

Prevent transmission to others? How quickly after use is the person non-contagious?

Can it be cured? A cure means you will be able to stop treatments and the disease is gone.

4. What can be done to prevent the disease (or transmission of the disease)? Be sure to consider both healthcare and personal settings.

1. Is there a vaccine or other pre-exposure preventative treatment?

2. Is there an occupational risk?

If providing medical care to someone with this disease, what precautions need to be taken (if any)?

What PPE (personal protective equipment) is formally identified as preventing or reducing risk of transmission?

Are there specific procedures to follow to reduce or eliminate risk?

3. What personal behaviors or actions could prevent it?

Is this an sexually transmitted infection (aka STI or STD)?

Is this transmitted through normal, casual contact whether direct or indirect?

What PPE should be used to reduce risk and in what situations?

4. For foodborne or waterborne illnesses:

Are there any food preparation practices that can increase or decrease risk of transmission from ingesting food or water?

What do we do in or with the environment with our water or the organisms that become our food to respond to or prevent the pathogen from being ingested by humans?

5. Other requirements:

1. You name must be included on the poster

2. Pictures are required:

1. A minimum of 3 are expected, but the more the better!

Picture must be large enough to clearly see what it is showing

Pictures must be cited (copy & paste the link for the picture or the webpage it was copied from immediately adjacent to the picture)

2. Images should include evidence of the pathogen, the transmission source/routes, high risk locations (maps), prevalence/incidence rates (charts), symptoms, medications / treatment, &/or protective measures/PPE

Duplicate elements will not count as additional images

3. You can include simple icons / emojis to illustrate or emphasize risks, behaviors, or actions (to perform or avoid)

These do not need to be cited, but do not count towards the 3 minimum pictures

6. Scoring modifiers:

Identified Bonus points in rubric are not available for extra credit and are only made available to make up for lost points in other areas of this rubric.

Completion of a project on a disease not assigned nor previous approved will result in the the scoring reduced to 40% of assigned value.

This is due BEFORE Finals in order to have time to prepare it for finals.

Due date: The submission must be received by Canvas by 11:59 PM on the second day before the assigned Gallery Walk

This will be the date identified in the assignment as the due date

The Gallery Walk is usually performed on the designated Finals day

Late deductions:

Delivered after 11:59 PM on the due date but before 7:00 AM on the first day of the Gallery Walk for the Trimester (for any period) = 5 point deduction

Delivered after 7:00 AM on the first day of finals = 15 point deduction

Submission of unapproved project topic is applied before late submission deductions

7. Examples:

Hepatitis B Poster: HBV Poster sample.pdf