Consider the following scenario:

Due to recent outbreaks of infectious diseases, increased cardiovascular disease, and cancer death in the United States, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have formed a joint task force and has tasked you with developing an educational brochure on one of these three topics. Due to the public’s lack of knowledge on these topics, it is your job to assemble a brochure that is informative and educational regarding your chosen topic.

Research your topic using online sources, such as the FDA, CDC, NCI, and local sources for content on your topic for this brochure. DO NOT “copy and paste” information from any of these sources. Paraphrase the research information and provide references and in-text citations in the APA format.

Choose from the following topics and obtain faculty approval :

· Infectious disease

· As there are too many to list, perform an Internet search and choose one infectious disease.

· Cardiovascular diseases

· Coronary artery disease

· Cardiomyopathy

· Congestive heart failure

· Hypertensive heart disease

· Heart failure

· Cor pulmonale

· Cardiac dysrhythmias

· Inflammatory heart disease

· Valvular heart disease

· Cerebrovascular disease

· Peripheral arterial disease

· Congenital heart disease

· Rheumatic heart disease

· Cancer

· As there are too many to list, perform an Internet search and choose one type of cancer.

Create a 3- to 6-page public service brochure, with appropriate images, to be printed in the Sunday edition of your newspaper. Include the following points:

· Provide a brief background on your chosen disease.

· Identify how this disease develops or how individuals contract the disease.

· Identify ways of preventing this disease.

· How could a fitness or exercise program, if any, help prevent this disease?

· Explain how to treat this disease using conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), otherwise known as holistic medicine.

· Identify the nutritional needs of the individual with this disease, as well as what their diet should be to meet the needs.

· Make recommendations for where readers might search for more information regarding this disease.

· Include credible sources for the information (e.g. not Wikipedia).

Use the Brochure Guide to complete this assignment.

Format the brochure, including the images, consistent with APA guidelines. The Center for Excellence has resources and information for using the APA format and a sample paper for your review.

Cite at least three peer-reviewed scientific references. The references and in-text citations must be in APA format.