HCA 402: Term Paper Guidelines  Healthcare is a multidisciplinary field, e.g., there are primary care physicians, specialists, nurses,  technicians, pharmacists, administrators,

HCA 402: Term Paper Guidelines  Healthcare is a multidisciplinary field, e.g., there are primary care physicians, specialists, nurses,  technicians, pharmacists, administrators, and others. They all work together as a single unit for  common goals…”safe and quality in patient care.”  Public health is no different. Public health is also a multidisciplinary field composed of  epidemiologists, environmentalists, biostatisticians, behavioral scientists, and/or health  educators. Public health also includes specialists in clinical research, chronic disease, infectious  disease, emergency medical services, food safety, global emergency preparedness, and  response professionals. Some public health specialists focus on health disparities,  international/global health, laboratory practices, maternal and child health concerns, women’s  health, mental health, nutrition/dietetics, occupational health and safety, and toxicology.  Finally, there are public health officials that focus on the economics or finance, of public health  and communities, in addition to public health laws and public health policies.  You Decide!  For your class term paper, choose a public health topic or public health profession that most  interests you. Research your topic and show how your topic or profession chosen is integrated  and/or has a positive effect on populations and community health. Example topics would be,  Environmental: Recycling Waste, or Chronic Disease: Risk Factors and Prevention, or  Biostatisticians’ Effect on Positive Social Change…or any other that relates to this class.   Term Paper Topics  You do not have to use one of these topics. If you choose a topic that is not on this list, email it  to the Professor for approval to ensure it is appropriate for the course.    AIDS    Air quality, indoor   Ammonia   Anthrax   Arboviruses   Arsenic   Asbestos   Asphalt   Avian Flu   Biological Agents Registry   Biological indoor contaminants   Bioterrorism   Blue-green algae   Bovine spongiform encephalopathy  (BSE)   Carbon Monoxide   CCA-treated wood   Chemical exposure   Chlorine   Communicable Disease Control   Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)   DEET   Dioxins   Dusty Trades (asbestos, silica)   Mold & mildew   Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE)   e-Cycling   Environmental contaminants  (example Oil Spills)   Fish consumption advisories   Fish kills   Fish, contaminants in   Floods – Health, Safety, Cleanup   Flu (Seasonal)   Formaldehyde   Harmful Algal Blooms   Hazardous Substances Emergency  Events Surveillance (HSEES)   Health Hazards Control   Hepatitis   HIV/AIDS   Hydrochloric Acid   Indoor air pollutants   Infection control measures   Influenza Sentinel Surveillance  Program   Insect repellant safety   Intensive Livestock Operations    KI (potassium iodide) (DHHS Web  Site)   Kid’s pages: Rabies (DHHS Web Site)   La Crosse encephalitis (LAC)   Lead   Mad Cow disease   Mercury in fish   Methamphetamine Labs  Saint Leo Core Value Integration/Evaluation   Mosquito-borne diseases   Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus  aureus (MRSA)   Nitrates in well-water   Nuclear power plants   Occupational contaminants   Occupational disease and injury  reporting   Occupational Surveillance   Ozone   Pesticides   Pfiesteria   Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)   Potassium Iodide Program (DPH  Web Site)   Public Health Preparedness and  Response   Rabies   Rabies: kids’ pages (DHHS Web Site)   Radon   Salisbury asphalt plant studies   Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome  (SARS)   Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)   Silica   Smallpox   Tick-borne Illness   Tuberculosis   West Nile virus (WNV)  In about 250 words, following the conclusion of your paper, apply the Saint Leo University core  value of excellence in a brief proposal for a community health improvement initiative to turn a  negative into positive regarding your chosen topic. For example, this could be an advertising  campaign promoting the usage of insect repellant while outdoors. Incorporate at least one  additional reference above and beyond the textbook, and cite both the textbook and your  external reference(s) using APA style