Choose a health issue/disease of interest to you (diabetes, CVD, renal disease, arthritis, depression, hypertension, HIV-AIDS, etc.). Describe this condition and its impact on the population.
1. Choose a health issue/disease of interest to you (diabetes, CVD, renal disease, arthritis, depression, hypertension, HIV-AIDS, etc.).
2. Describe this condition and its impact on the population. Include epidemiologic evidence, cost to society in terms of money and productivity (esp. for 10 page paper), particular population groups affected, and both environmental and behavioral risk factors.
3. Describe what you would expect to see in a clinical situation with a patient suffering from this condition. Include signs, symptoms, and clinical findings. Also describe what you would ask the patient to do in order to control their disease.
4. Describe how you would approach a patient who was not adherent to your recommendations. Use at least one of the theories you have learned in SCI (stages of change, Health Belief Model, motivational interviewing, etc.) to explain how you would approach this issue. Make sure this is at least 10-20% of your paper’s content).
5. Include references in AMA format as noted above.
