Infographic of a Disease System-What are the important risk factors for contracting the disease?

Part 1: Creating an Infographic
Checklist of items you must include in your infographic:
1. Please describe the disease burden in your study region.
a. What is the disease incidence (mortality and morbidity rate) or prevalence?
b. Provide a map (and a brief statement) explaining how the disease burden varies
geographically across your study area.
c. Provide a graph illustrating how the disease burden is changing over time.

2. What are the important risk factors for contracting the disease?
a. Individual (e.g., age, occupation, sex, genetics, etc.)
b. Societal determinants (outside of the individual, e.g., housing, political history,
discrimination, etc.)
3. If applicable, what is the disease agent (e.g., pathogen, chemical)?
4. What are public health interventions to prevent the disease (e.g., vaccines, education,
sanitation, hygiene, etc.)?
5. How is the disease treated or how are symptoms managed?
6. Provide two additional interesting factoids about the disease.
Formatting Guidelines
You will create your infographic using one of the following options: Canva, Adobe Express,
Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Powerpoint. Each infographic must meet the following
requirements:
 Have 3-5 blocks in template length.
 Include a combination of words, images, graphics, and numbers (the amount of each will be
determined by your topic and goals).
 Employ Tufte’s ideas on evidence presentation when making design decisions before
designing the infographic.
 Include relevant images or graphics. All photos found online must have a creative commons
license. One option is to search for images that can be used for non-commercial enterprises
by using the Creative Commons portalMake sure the
box “Use commercially” remains unchecked.

 Properly cite your sources and extra reference material at the bottom of the graphic using
APA format. Please make sure the source is reliable and the information up to date

Submit a 300-word written summary on: the main takeaways that a viewer will get from
simply looking at your infographic and what improvements can be made to more
effectively convey the information to public audiences.

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