Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing

Western Governors University

Measles is a viral disease that is highly contagious. Although it can be controlled through vaccinations, it can still lead to complications such as ear infections (most common in children), diarrhea, and even death (CDC, 2019). Within the United States, measles has been eliminated since 2000, outbreaks continue to happen as a result of import of the disease from other countries (Gastanaduy et al, 2016). One of such measles outbreaks occurred in an Amish county in Ohio on March 2014. The disease was imported from the Philippines when 2 unvaccinated, Amish men aged 22 and 23 was returning to their homes after volunteering in the then typhoon-stricken country of the Philippines....