Community Health

11 Blue Men

[WLOs: 1, 2] [CLO: 2]

Read Chapter 6: Epidemiology in your textbook and complete the Happy Town Crisis Interactive and Epidemic and Endemic and Pandemic, Oh My! Learning Activities before reading the 11 Blue Men story. Then complete the following:

• Read the Eleven Blue Men (Berton Roueché)(Links to an external site.) story
• Download the Eleven Blue Men Worksheet Download Eleven Blue Men Worksheetand address the questions in the worksheet using complete sentences. Applied Sciences homework help

To complete the worksheet,

• Create a timeline (must be drawn, not text-only) indicating the 11 Blue Men presented symptoms.
  • Timelines show patterns quickly. You will draw a timeline using the tool of your choice. It must be more than just text on a page. There are several free online timeline creation tools, like Vizzlo’s Timeline Chart(Links to an external site.). You may also want to review How to Make a Timeline in Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).
  • If you have approved accommodations through the University and need an alternative option, please contact the instructor.
• Describe the key symptoms and incubation period.
• Describe each step of an outbreak investigation.
• Explain the relevancy of the three questions that Dr. Greenberg and Dr. Pellitteri asked the patients.
• Explain the relevancy of the three questions that the epidemiologists asked the Eclipse Cafeteria employees.
• Identify the final culprit and how it was discovered.
• Explain why these specific men were more affected than other people.

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Please know that although this is not a formal written paper, you must still use APA formatting.

The 11 Blue Men assignment,

• Must be at least four pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style(Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper in bold font
    • A space should be placed between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • Student’s name
  • Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Due date
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice(Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must use at least two credible sources plus the course text and case study itself to support your answers to the case study questions (at least four total references required).
• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper(Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List(Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for Bottom of Form

11 Blue Men Worksheet

1. Draw a timeline marking the time each of the 11 blue men presented symptoms. Explain the point of mapping out the incident timeframe (i.e. why would epidemiologists need this information and how would it be used) Applied Sciences homework help

2. Describe the key symptoms and incubation period for the illness affecting the eleven blue men.

3. Describe each step of an outbreak investigation as it pertains to this particular event, indicating all of the key points in the investigation (include how it started, why epidemiologists got involved, where did the investigation take the epidemiologists, who was interviewed, what/who were the potential culprits identified during the investigation)

5. Identify three questions that Dr. Greenberg and Dr. Pellitteri asked the patients. Explain why these three questions were relevant.
6. Identify three questions that the epidemiologists asked the Eclipse Cafeteria employees. Explain why these three questions were relevant.

6. Identify the final culprit and how it was discovered. Applied Sciences homework help

7. Explain why were these specific men more affected than other people who ate in the cafeteria?