Georgia standard · Science

`SEPI1`Disease Process Overview

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to understand and analyze the disease process.

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Expectations

SEPI1.a
Obtain, evaluate and communicate information about the history and uses of epidemiology. (Clarification statement: This element is intended to include scientists, public health organizations and scientific breakthroughs.)
SEPI1.b
Ask questions about diseases and pathogens that cause them.
SEPI1.c
Construct an explanation of the body’s defense mechanisms and how illness results when the mechanisms fail to maintain homeostasis.
SEPI1.d
Construct an argument from evidence to explain how the rapid evolution of pathogens results in diseases that will continue to be a public health concern. (Clarification statement: Instruction should include an emphasis on the importance of antibiotic resistance from both domestic and global perspectives).
SEPI1.e
Develop and use models to explain the different modes of disease transmission and how timing of exposure during the disease process affects spread of disease.

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