Health Risks

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CDC Health Issues

Visit the Web site of CDC’s Morbidity & Mortality Weekly report www.cdc.gov/mmwr. Has the CDC reported
any new outbreaks or health risks this week? What other issues is the nation’s epidemiology agencies
concerned about ÕÉ?†?†this week? Discuss in detail.
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One source must come from:
Scutchfield, F, D, & Keck, C. W. (2009). Principles of Public Health Practice (3rd Ed.). Clifton Park, NY:
Delmar/Cengage Publishing.

2:How spark plugs work mechanic to mechanic

The first writing assignment will be a technical description for two different audiences.
Explain to both a non­technical audience and to a specialized audience how something
works.
Choose an object or a process with which you are familiar. You will then describe this
object or process to an audience that with whom you share a degree of specialization. You will
also describe this object or process to an audience that has little or no background of the subject.
Keep in mind that, if you describe a process, you are not giving instructions on how to do
something. You will write a set of instructions for writing assignment #2. For writing
assignment #1, if you describe a process, you will describe an activity that takes place. You will
describe how a phenomenon happens or how a mechanism works.
Your description will include pictures. The description will use visual detail in both words and
images.
Examples include the following:
• You are a member of a gaming community. You could write a description of how a
game operates to individuals in your gaming community. You will also describe how the
game operates to an audience of non­gamers. You would not write a set of instructions on
how to play the game. You would describe how the game works.
• You are in a branch of the military. You could write a description of how a function of
your unit operates to an audience of colleagues who are also in your branch of the
military. You will also describe how this function works to a non­military audience. You
would not write a set of instructions on how to do something in the military unit. You
would describe how a function or process in the military unit operates.
• You are an auto mechanic. You could write a description of how spark plugs work in a
four­cylinder engine to an audience of colleagues who work in your shop. You would
also write a description of how spark plugs work in a four­cylinder engine to an audience
of non­mechanics. You would not write a set of instructions on how to install spark
plugs. You would describe how spark plugs work.
• You work in technical support at a computer store. You could write a description of how
a graphics card works to colleagues in your tech support unit. You would also write a
description of how a graphics card works to an audience that is not familiar with
computers. You would not write a set of instructions on how to install a graphics card.
You would describe how graphics cards work.
• You work in a restaurant. You could write a description of how the serving process
works during a busy Friday night. You would write a description to fellow workers at the
restaurant. You would also write a description to an audience that does not work at the
restaurant. You would not write a set of instructions on how to serve food in the
restaurant. You would describe how the wait staff, cooks, managers, and other staff work
Overall, chapter 20 from Markel, “Writing Descriptions,” should be read thoroughly as you
begin this assignment. Different types of descriptions call for different strategies. The chapter
from Markel is an excellent resource in guiding your approach. The chapter is available in
eReserves in our class. On page 549, Markel provides an excellent distinction between writing
instructions and describing a process. Please become familiar with that section of Markel’s
chapter as you consider your topÕÉ?†?†ic for this assignment.
Your descriptions should answer the following questions:
• What is the object or process? How is it defined?
• What does the object or process do?
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• What does the object or process look like?
• What is the object made of? (if you are describing an object and not a process)
• How does the object or process work?
• Why should the reader be interested in your object or process?
Your descriptions should explain the following:
• Why the object or process is significant for the audience
• How each of the functions of the object or process work
• Appropriate details

Health issues