Module/Week 8
Disease Literacy
Media Piece
Disease Literacy Objective
Make a media piece that contains the concepts and skills needed to understand the basics of, and learn more about, reproductive cancers and diabetes.
Information to support this lab can be found in both of this week’s lecture guides.
Assignment (due Sunday on Canvas)
Disease Literacy
Disease Literacy is having sufficient conceptual knowledge and skills to understand basics and learn more when faced with addressing a disease. This can be especially useful in facing a disease personally, assisting someone else, or making broader decisions related to public policy.
Note: medical professionals have access to data bases (like local disease occurrences) and knowledge to apply that information to individual cases. If you have any medical concerns, consider gaining the perspective of a trained professional.
You are turning in a single and original media piece that includes the following:
- Cancers of Reproductive Organs: Provide examples of four reproductive organ cancers, including (a) where they occur in the body; (b) ways each cancers is detected; and (c) general treatment options for reproductive cancers.
- Diabetes Types I and II: (a) Distinguish between type I, type II, and gestational diabetes, (b) list potential risk factors for diabetes; and (c) describe the impact of diabetes on organs throughout the body.
- Science Information: (a) Distinguish between primary and secondary sources of science information and the advantages of each form of information; (b) explain that if you were scanning a scientific paper (primary source), which parts you would read and why; and (c) list secondary sources you could use to learn more about diseases, including why you feel they are quality sources of information.
Media Directions
Submitted to Canvas.
Upload your disease literacy media piece to Canvas. Your single file can be submitted as a PDF, a word document, a website link, or even a video. Multiple assignment formats are supported.
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