Medical Interventions - Activity 1.4.

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PLTW Biomedical Science

Student Response Sheet

Purpose

Find a relative, friend or acquaintance for each category and ask the question listed below.
Record the results of your interview in the table. If the interviewee does not know where to start,
mention examples of vaccines such as measles, polio, hepatitis, or influenza.

What vaccinations have you had over the course of your lifetime?

Interviewe A Vaccinations Comments/Conclusions

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#1 -HPV Vaccine I am up to date on all of the
-Tetanus Vaccine recommended shots my
Yourself -Flu Vaccine doctor has prescribed but I
or a friend might’ve been unable to
your own -Smallpox remember all of them.
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Vaccine
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Parents
-Meningitis
may be Vaccine
consulted)

#2 -Smallpox My mom came from Peru

A -Meningitis which could be a factor of
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#3 -Only Tetanus My grandmother lived in the

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Explain the trends you see in the vaccination data.

As the generations go further out or as we leave the U.S in some
situations, vaccinations seem to be less and less.(My parents
came from Peru so the vaccinations there would most likely be
more strained than here in the U.S.)

Why do you think developing countries in Africa or Asia might report a high
number of deaths from diseases that can be controlled in the United States?
What factors prevent access to prevention and treatment?

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Developing countries in Africa or Asia might report a high number
of deaths from diseases that can be controlled in the U.S because
they do not have access to the same medical system(Vaccines) we
have here and could be affecting their health drastically. Some
factors that could prevent access to prevention and treatment could
be cultural ideals, economic poverty through most of the
population, lack of infrastructure, etc.

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