HLTH 626 Vaccines and Immunology

Vaccines are an invaluable tool in the public health effort to prevent morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. Vaccine use is not without controversy. The public health practitioner must understand basics of immunology and vaccine development to respond properly to the legitimate concerns of the public and to use this resource wisely.

No details available.

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each thread must be at least 500 words that incorporate at least 1 scholarly citation. Each reply must consist of at least 250 words. (CLO: A, B, E, F).

This is a 4-part project. The student will be given a background paper describing the origins of a novel avian influenza threat that began in the winter of 2013 and a fictional scenario based in Zambia suggesting the potential for development of a more serious epidemic situation. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F)

Part 1 – Situation Assessment Assignment

The student will write a 5-page research-based paper focusing on the potential of avian influenza A (H7N9) to expand into a local epidemic or spread beyond to pandemic proportions. This paper must include at least 5 peer-reviewed references in addition to the 5 background resources, the course textbooks, and the Bible.

Part 2 – Vaccine Development Progress Report Assignment

The student will write a 5-page research-based paper that focuses on the progress in the development of avian influenza A (H7N9) vaccine. This paper must include 5 references from peer-reviewed scientific papers.

Part 3 – Designing a Mass Vaccination Campaign Assignment

The student will assume a pandemic of avian influenza is imminent if the outbreak cannot be confined to the geographic area identified in the fictional scenario. The student must design a culturally appropriate campaign and write a 5-page paper describing the vaccination campaign, using a newly available vaccine believed to have a 90% efficacy.

Part 4 – Implementation Assignment

The student will edit previous installments of the project based on instructor feedback and combine them with an additional section devoted to implementation barriers to produce a single and cohesive 20-page document.

Each quiz will cover the Learn material for the Module: Week in which it is assigned. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain a variety of matching, multiple-choice, and/or true/false questions, and have a 1-hour time limit. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F)