4-3 Final Project Milestone One: Health Issue
Health Issue: In this section of your final project, you will analyze the health issue in focus in the research study.
A. Describe the risk factors associated with the public health issue. Support your description with evidence from the research study and
your independent research.
B. Describe the mode of transmission of the public health issue. Support your description with evidence from the research study and your
independent research.
C. Determine the incidence and prevalence of the health issue using the data from the research study to perform the appropriate calculations. Tip:
Use the data in Table 1 of the final project research study to calculate the incidence of the Total of Serotypes. Also, use the incidence to help you
determine the prevalence of the disease.
D. Determine the mortality rate of the health issue using the data from the research study to perform the appropriate calculations.
E. Interpret the odds ratio to determine the strength of association between the potential sources of exposure and the disease. Tip: Use the data in
Table 2 of the final project research study to calculate the odds ratio.
4-3 Final Project Milestone One: Health Issue
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Response: A
In the Salmonella in the Caribbean case study, I noted a few risk factors associated with Salmonella poisoning. Some of the leading risk factors mentioned include but are not limited to consuming dishes that had undercooked or raw eggs in them and eating eggshells (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019). Lastly, I also noted some renowned animals that cause Salmonella to humans as a major risk factor. Some of these animals include amphibians, reptiles, dogs, rodents, foul, and poultry.
Response: B
The Caribbean population mainly contracted Salmonella from specific types of foods containing undercooked or raw egg products. The history of the patient’s foods consisted mainly of cake batter, homemade eggnog, punches of cream, homemade ice cream, eggs, and stout. I also noted that since Salmonella resides in the stomachs of most animals, infected animals with Salmonella could easily transmit the bacteria and spread it through its feces (NCEZID, 2015). Hence, the animals contaminated the areas they frequent and lived in through excretion, which also contaminated their fur and skin when feces touched their bodies. The bacteria spread to humans if they touched contaminated surfaces then touch their mout...