Chronic Disease Presentation

The PowerPoint presentation assignment requirements are already clearly stated in the syllabus (pp. 3-4), including: what needs to be covered in the presentation; the required length of 1416 slides total, including: (1) a title slide; (2) 1214 content slides; and (3) a final References slide; the course policy that a presentation previously presented or submitted for academic credit may not be reused for this assignment. The practical tips below DO NOT add any new requirements. They simply provide some practical pointers, to help you with overcoming writer’s block and moving forward with your work. You do not need my approval for your choice of chronic disease topic for the presentation. However, please feel very welcome to check with me if you’d like to confirm that your topic is a good fit for the assignment – I’m always happy to help. For example, a very interesting topic may still pose a substantial challenge when it comes to covering to covering the four requirements below (stated in the syllabus): (1) The disease frequency is an essntial component of the importance of the disease from the population health perspective. Explain WHY this disease is of concern, such as high prevalence, high incidence, and/or high mortality. Some diseases may be of high importance due to high risk of death and fast spread person-to-person in the population. Some diseases may not have high mortality (e.g., type 2 diabetes if managed effectively), but may constitute a substantial burden on the people they affect (e.g., complications of diabetes) as well as on the health care system (the cost of diabetes). (2) The diseases risk factors. While it’s impotant to address both modifiable (controllable) and nonmodifiable (non-controllable) risk factors, the focus should be on the modifiable (controllable) ones, of course – as these are where public health efforts can give the greatest positive impact. (3) Contemporary approaches to prevention and control of disease. What can be done at the population level to fight the disease? DO NOT include medical treatment. For example, if you choose high blood pressure, you may want to discuss healthy lifestyle, exercise, low-sodium diet, health education of the public etc., but DO NOT discuss diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, beta-blockers and other antihypertensive drugs. Think about relevent health policies and how they affect different populations, and their intended and unintended consequences. You can also think about health equity, for example: does everyone affected by your chosen chronic disease benefit equally, or are there disparities? What can be done to improve public participation in the interventions you chose? Feel free to use CDC and other sources (and remember to cite them in the bibliography). You don’t need to invent new approaches, though you are very welcome to generate and share your own ideas! Amount of text: Each of the 12-14 content slides should have 4-6 bullet-pointed short sentences. It’s OK to use a smaller font on the last slide (References) to fit all citations on one slide.