A memory of oppression

In 350-450 words, respond to the following prompt. Be sure to have citations and references in your post.

PROMPT

Visit the CDC’s FluView (Links to an external site.).

1. Press “View this Application” below National, Regional, and State Level Outpatient Illness and Viral Surveillance.
2. Accept the disclaimer.
3. Expand the Line Chart ILINet by pressing the square icon in the top right corner of that window.

This chart shows the percentage of outpatient visits that were due to influenza-like illness (ILI). For 2017-2018 flu season, the x-axis displays the weeks in a year (Links to an external site.), beginning with the start of flu season, September 30, 2018 (that date begins week #40), going to September 1, 2018 (that date ends week #35).

Compare the percentage of ILI doctor visits from the 2017-2018 flu season with other years. Note the highest percentages and how long rates remained high.  Change the Surveillance Area drop-down box to State and then select Texas. Also view the chart below to compare Texas rates as reported by the DSHS in recent seasons:

What is significant about the 2017-2018 flu season based on national and state data? See number 2 on this webpage (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/overview.htm#Outpatient (Links to an external site.)) to see how that data is compiled. What are some ethical, privacy, and confidentiality considerations that come to play in the collection, dissemination, and use of this information? During that outbreak, physicians were urged to immediately prescribe antivirals like Tamiflu to ILI-individuals and their families to stop the spread. Were there other changes in practice and medical recommendations during that time and in recent weeks from your own experience or from news reports? How does evidence-based practice play a role in those changes?

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Write a reflection paper of at least one page in length about the process so far and your progression through the class.

Need some help in determining what to discuss? Here are some guiding questions:

• What process did you go through in working on the website so far?
• Have you done a similar kind of work in the past?
• In what ways have you improved knowledge, skills, etc. in the assignments so far? In what ways do you think you need to improve?
• What problems have you run into? How did you solve them?
• What resources did you use when working on assignments? Which were especially helpful?
• What was especially satisfying to you about your work? What was frustrating?
• Did you meet your standards for yourself?
• What did you learn about yourself as you worked through the semester?
• What is the one thing you particularly want people to notice about your website when they look at it?
• In what ways did your work meet the standards for the assignment?
• What will you change in the next revision(s) of your website?
• As you look at the website, what’s one thing you would like to try to improve?
• What things might you want more help with?