HCA 240 Week 6 Assignment High School STD Presentation

HCA 240 Week 6 Assignment High School STD Presentation (2 Sets) Recent

Assignment: High School STD Presentation
Teenagers and young adults ages 15-24 account for 48% of sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) diagnosed (Mulvihill et al., 2006). Education is one of the weapons that can be used
to combat the spread of STDs.
• Resource: Appendix E
• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
• Use a minimum of three sources other than the text.
• Refer to Appendix E for directions and tips on building a Microsoft® PowerPoint®
presentation.
• Create a PowerPoint® presentation about an STD that you could present to a group of
high school students and their parents. Your presentation must include detailed speaker
notes. Include the following:
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o Title, introductory, concluding, and reference slides plus 10-12 slides in the body of
the presentation
o A definition of the term ‘STD’
o Select one STD to use as an example (you may not use HIV/AIDS as your example)
throughout your discussion of the following:
• Signs and symptoms
o What are they?
o Where are they?
o How do signs and symptoms differ based upon gender?
• Contrast normal with abnormal structure and function of affected parts of the
body.
• Identify short-term and long-term effects of the STD on affected organs
• Explain how the STD is transmitted.
• Describe treatment options.
• Discuss prevention methods.
• Follow APA formatting guidelines when citing your sources.
• Post your presentation as a Microsoft® PowerPoint® attachment.
Reference
Mulvihill, M. L., Zelman, M., Holdaway, P., Tompary, E., & Raymond, J. (2006) Instructor’s
resource manual: Human diseases: A systemic approach (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.