Disease Brochure Instructions for Biology 3
Los Angeles Mission College
You will select, research, and create a brochure about a human disease. The disease you select may be
caused by a genetic abnormality, infection, an immune system disorder, environmental factors, a
combination of one or more of these, or other factors.
Human diseases that fall in these categories include, but are not limited to the following:
Genetic
Disorders
Albinism
Bloom syndrome
Cystic fibrosis
Deafness (congenital)
Down’s syndrome
Dwarfism
Edward syndrome
Fatal familial insomnia
Fragile X syndrome
Galactosemia
Hemophilia
Huntington’s disease
Klinefelter syndrome-XXY
Lou Gehrig’s disease
Microcephaly
Muscular dystrophy
Phenylketonuria
Progeria
Retinitis pigmentosa
Sickle cell disease
Tay-Sachs disease
Turner syndrome (XO)
Xeroderma pigmentosa
XYY syndrome
Zellweger syndrome
Infectious
Diseases
AIDS
Anthrax
Botulism
Chlamydia
Gangrene
Genital herpes
Gonorrhea
Hepatitis (A, B, or C)
Influenza
Leprosy
Syphilis
Mad cow disease
Measles
MRSA
Poliomyelitis
Rabies
Ringworm
Salmonellosis
Shingles
Strep Throat
Tuberculosis
Urinary Tract infection
West Nile virus
Yellow Fever
Whooping cough
Immune System
Disorders
Allergies
Asthma
Ankylosing spondylitis
Bullous pemphigoid
Celiac disease
Contact dermatitis
Diabetes (Type I)
Graft-versus-host dis.
Hashimoto’s disease
Hemolytic disease of
newborn (Rh)
Graves’ disease
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Inflammatory Bowel dis.
Lupus erythematosus
Meniere’s disease
Multiple sclerosis
Psoriasis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Scleroderma
Severe Combined
Immune Def. (SCID)
Sjorgen’s syndrome
Transfusion reactions
Vitiligo
Other
Disorders
Attention Deficit (ADD)
Alzheimer’s disease
Anorexia
Autism
Breast cancer
Bulimia
Cirrhosis of the liver
Congestive heart failure
Diabetes (Type II)
Emphysema
Epilepsy
Fetal Alcohol syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Gallbladder stones
Hypothyroidism
Infertility
Leukemia
Lung cancer
Narcolepsy
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Schizophrenia
SIDS
Stroke
Tourrete’s syndrome
Please check with your instructor to verify that the disease you select is appropriate before you start your
project. Avoid picking a topic that is too broad. For example, instead of selecting cancer, choose one
particular type of the disease, such as pancreatic or cervical cancer. Once you have checked with your
instructor, you need to gather at least three to five sources of information on the disease you have
chosen. At least one reference should be from a non-internet source and one from an internet source.
Brochure Guidelines: You will develop a two sided 3-fold brochure or pamphlet on a single sheet of paper
(8.5 x 11 inch) with six possible columns of information. If you are using Microsoft Word you can select
from various brochure formats available when you open a new document. Your brochure should be
targeted to a patient that has just learned that s/he or a family member has this disease.
Organize your brochure into three basic parts:
Brochure Cover (5 points): Include the name of the disease, at least one illustration or picture, your
name, college name, your class section number, and the semester and year (e.g. Fall, 2013). Your
pamphlet cover should catch the reader’s attention, so be creative with your graphics and text.
Body of Brochure (35 points): Provide comprehensive information on the disease using your own words.
Do not cut and paste someone else’s brochure you find on the internet. The information you provide
should attempt to answer the following questions:
 Etiology: What is the cause of the disease?
 Diagnostics: How is the disease diagnosed?
 Epidemiology: How common is the disease? Who is more likely to get it? Discuss known risk
factors such as age, gender, genetics, lifestyle, etc.
 Symptoms and signs
 Complications
 Treatment and/or cure
 Prevention: Can this disease be prevented? If so, how?
 Prognosis: What is the expected outcome for someone with this disease?
 Any other relevant information: History of the disease, current research, vaccines, medication
availability or side effects, etc.
Back of Brochure (10 points):
 Provide resources for patients with the disease such as: existing foundations, government
websites, or local support groups
 List all of the references you used for this project. You need a minimum of three sources. Use at
least one internet and one non-internet source.
Grading:
This assignment is worth 50 points: cover (5) + body (35) + back (10).
You will be graded based on the following criteria:
 Visual presentation, design and creativity of your brochure
 Accuracy of information presented
 Clarity of information presented
 Relevance of information presented
 Coverage of topic: Is the information provided complete and comprehensive?
 Conciseness of writing and use of language
 Sources of information provided: At least three sources should be used and referenced
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