Week 2
TOPIC 1: Disease transmission and causation.
1. Explain the differences between communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
2. Explain the difference between isolation and quarantine.
3. Explain the difference between acute and chronic diseases, and provide at least two examples of each.
4. Describe and provide at least two examples of direct transmission of communicable diseases.
5. Identify each “link” in the chain of infection and explain their relationship.
6. Explain the multicausation disease model.