Question

Ms. R, a 25-year-old health care worker from Chicago, volunteered for work in Haiti with her church group following the earthquake. She observed a high incidence of measles in infants in the tent cities set up for survivors.

1. Identify factors that would promote the transmission of measles in this case.

2. For each factor, suggest at least one preventive measure that could be undertaken.

3. Analyze how host resistance been reduced in the Haitian population.

4. Appraise if Ms. R at risk for measles. Support your conclusions

5. Design a research project that includes three possible methods of study with the goal of  

reducing the incidence of measles transmission. Choose the method that you think may be
most successful and provide your rationale for this choice.

Answer 1

Question no:1

1. Water supply- unsafe water will leads to inadequate ecreta disposal, poor hygiene, poor living condition is the major factor which are prone to get the disease.
2. Sanitation facilities
3. Food
4. Climate

Question no:2

1. Practicing universal hand washing
2. Avoid direct contact
3. Use hand sanitizer
4. Cover your mouth while travelling
5. Measles vaccination

Question no:3

Analyzing the measles

1. Appropriate milk treatment
2. Treatment formulas
3. Complete bed rest
4. Local painkillers
5. Fluid replacement
6. Vitamin a supplements
7. vaccination

Question 4

Yes. Mr.R is highly risk for measles disease; there` is an outbreak of brain

Question no:5

Research study of measles

Statement:

A descriptive study to determine the incidence of measles in a given area

Methodology:

Descriptive study

Method: randomization technique with cluster sampling technique