Monitoring an Epidemic: Analyzing Through Graphical Displays Factors Relating to the Spread of HIV/AIDS
Heidi A. Everett-Cacopardo
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Unit Objectives
The students will:
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1. review strategies for effectively organizing data in a table.
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2. develop data tables that effectively organize data.
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3. review the steps involved in creating a graph (title, labeling x and y axis, independent and dependent variables, and scale).
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4. compare and contrast a line graph, bar graph, histogram, pie chart, and map chart.
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5. distinguish between a developed and underdeveloped country.
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6. compare and contrast the shapes of population pyramids of a developed and underdeveloped country.
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7. analyze the factors that shape the pyramids of different countries.
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8. define and distinguish between an epidemic and pandemic.
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9. define the terms prevalence and incidence.
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10. apply the terms prevalence and incidence in analyzing statistics regarding HIV/AIDS cases throughout the world.
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11. research factors that contribute to the differences in HIV/AIDS cases in a developed and underdeveloped country.
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12. choose three factors from their research related to HIV/AIDS cases and summarize how they have affected the shape of developed and underdeveloped country’s population pyramid.
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13. decide what type of graph is appropriate for displaying the factors they have researched data on dealing with HIV/AIDS in a developing and developed country.
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14. evaluate how the data they have graphed on HIV/AIDS is related to the population pyramid of the countries they have investigated.
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15. evaluate how science and technology benefit the health of human populations.
