Order Description
Paper Requirements
3-4 pages using the APA format and style. The page length does not include the cover page, references, article, abstract, or appendices. The paper will include a cover page, abstract, body (including introduction, cause and severity, intervention, recommendation, and conclusion sections), references, and an appendix (where you will include the article).
Selection of Topic
The student is free to select any current public health event, ongoing problem, or concern that includes sustainability and public health. The student will examine this public health event, problem, or concern and propose a solution. The article needs to be published within the last six months from a reputable source; Do not choose topic on gun violence! Sources of these topics have to be from a reputable source (these may include online or print newspapers or scholarly journals). For example, APHA?s Public Health NewsWire is an acceptable source to find a current event, but it not an adequate article itself. Fact sheets are not acceptable sources for the current issues paper.
Mechanics
Formatting: You will include a the following: cover page, abstract, body of the paper (3-4 pages), reference, and appendix sections. the paper will include APA style headers reflecting the required elements for the paper (introduction, cause and severity, etc.). You must cite every source in your paper in APA format.
Reference section: you will include a minimum of 6 references that are at most 5 years old, except for the main article which needs to be less than 6 months old.
You must include the minimum required references as follows:
1 article source
2 data sources
2 academic/scholarly sources
1 textbook – include page numbers
Paper content and grading rubric ? 100 points total
Abstract (10 points)Provide a 100-250 word abstract as a single paragraph without paragraph indention. This is a brief summary of your paper (not the article). It allows readers to quickly glance at the main purpose of each section of your paper.
Introduction (10 points) Provide a summary of the article and an objective overview of the public health event/problem/concern: What event/problem/concern is the article highlighting? Describe the event. Why this is a public health event/problem/concern? Give general data about the event include at least one data source that is not from the article.
Cause and severity of the event (20 points) Discuss the causes and severity of the health issue: Who is affected? What are the current statistics on the event/problem/concern? What are the risk factors? Here you will include reputable data sources.
Intervention (20 points) How can this health event/problem/concern be prevented or the severity reduced? Identify public health agencies involved (or those that should be involved). What interventions are discussed? What steps are being taken to remedy and prevent the health event/problem/concern? Here you may search for sources that focus on specific intervention programs for example.
Recommendations (20 points) Your detailed suggestions for additional prevention efforts to address this problem based on analysis (not personal belief or opinion). Your recommendations should directly reflect and be specifically supported by course readings and discussions. Make specific references to these readings.
Conclusion (10 points) Conclusions wrap up what you have been discussing in your paper. After moving from general to specific information in the introduction and body paragraphs, your conclusion should begin pulling back into more general information that restates the main points of your argument. Conclusions may also call for action or overview future possible research.
Mechanics (10 points) Sentence structure, grammar, spelling, appropriate APA style. Formatting of the assignment. A complete reference section with the minimum requirements. Include the current event article as an appendix. Overall effort and quality of the work.
