BSC 2347 Discussion Module 01 Question
BSC 2347 Discussion Module 01 Question
Needle Exchange
The incidence rate of Hepatitis C infection, the most common blood-borne infection in the United States, has more than doubled since 2004 (Zibbell, 2018). The opioid crisis in the U.S. has largely contributed to this
increase because shared needles among injection drug users is the primary factor in hepatitis C transmission.
Needle exchange programs allow drug users to safely exchange used needles for little or no cost. As of 2011, 211 needle exchange programs existed in the United States (Green, 2012) and many more have been implemented since then.
In your post, address the following questions:
- Are needle exchange programs effective at reducing blood-borne disease transmission?
- Should more state or federal government agencies set up needle exchange facilities to help combat blood borne diseases or do they encourage the use of drugs?
- Is there a better method to help combat blood borne diseases contracted through shared needles?
References
Zibbell, J. E., Asher, A. K., Patel, R. C., Kupronis, B.,
Iqbal, K., Ward, J. W., & Holtzman, D. (2018). Increases in Acute Hepatitis
C Virus Infection Related to a Growing Opioid Epidemic and Associated Injection
Drug Use, United States, 2004 to 2014. American Journal of Public Health,
108(2), 175-181.
Green, T. C., Martin, E. G., Bowman, S. E., Mann, M. R.,
& Beletsky, L. (2012). Life After the Ban: An Assessment of US Syringe
Exchange Programs’ Attitudes About and Early Experiences With Federal Funding.
American Journal of Public Health, 102(5), e9-e16. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300595
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TISSUE
Cells are highly organized units. But in multicultural
organisms, they do not function in isolation. They work
together in-group of similar cells called tissue. Tissue is a
group of similar cell and their intercellular substance that have
a similar embryological origin and function together to perform
a specialized activity. A science that deals with the study of a
tissue is Histology.
The various tissues of the body are classified in to four
principal parts according to their function & structure. These
are epithelial, connective, muscular, and Nervous tissue.
3.1.1 Epithelial tissue
Epithelial tissues covers body surface, lines body cavity &
ducts and form glands. They are subdivided in to:
– Covering & lining epithelium
– Glandular epithelium
Covering and lining epithelium: it forms the outer covering
of external body surface and outer covering of some internal
organs. It lines body cavity, interior of respiratory & gastro
intestinal tracts, blood vessels & ducts and make up along
with the nervous tissue (the parts of sense organs for smell,
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hearing, vision and touch). It is a tissue from which gametes
(egg & sperm) develops.
Covering and lining epithelium are classified based on the
arrangement of layers and cell shape.
According to the arrangement of layers covering and lining
epithelium is grouped in to:
a) Simple epithelium: it is specialized for absorption, and
filtration with minimal wear & tear. It is a single layered
b) Stratified epithelium, it is many layered and found in an
area with high degree of wear & tear.
c) Pseudo-stratified, is a single layered but seam to have
many layer.
Based on the cell shape covering and lining epithelium is
grouped in to:
a) Squamous: – flattened & scale like
b) Cuboidal: – cube shaped
c) Columnar: – tall & cylindrical
d) Transitional: – combination of cell shape found where
there is a great degree of distention or expansion, these
may be cuboidal to columnar, cuboidal to polyhydral and
cuboidal to Squamous
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