Health Topic Written Assignment Working individually, students will select a specific health issue or disease

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Health Topic Written Assignment

Working individually, students will select a specific health issue/topic affecting a specific life stage. Based on their specific selection, interrelationships therein, and dynamics thereof, students will prepare formal submissions of a formal research paper:

Format

o Cover page

o 10-12 pages in length for content, excluding cover page and works cited

o Works cited page with at least 8 peer reviewed sources

o APA citations

o Times New Roman, size 12, double spaced, 1 inch margins

o Proper grammar and correct spelling

Content

o Background and Epidemiology; Risk Factors from a Course Perspective; Prevention approaches; Policy and Program Assessment and Recommendations

 Content discussed will be relative to the course content as discussed in lecture and in readings, including, but not limited to, the following:

Background information

o Health issue basic definitions, descriptions and categorizations

o Why specific health issue and life stage were selected

Burden of disease/Epidemiological data

o e.g., incidence, mortality, healthcare costs, rates among different demographic groups, trends over time, location

Determinants of health

o Risk and protective factors

o Frame factors according to the ecological (biopsychoenvironmental) model, and other relevant models

o Interrelationship(s) of determinants (reciprocal influences, triangulation, compounding, etc.) and dynamic nature thereof

Descriptions of existing prevention strategies, if any, & evidence of effectiveness at various levels

o population level: Law/policy, environmental changes, screening guidelines, official government/agency recommendations, media campaigns

o individual level: educational, home based, health care provider based

Descriptions of existing intervention strategies, if any, & evidence of effectiveness at various levels

o population level: Law/policy, environmental changes, screening guidelines, official government/agency recommendations, media campaigns

o individual level: educational, home based, health care provider based

Conclusions and recommendations for both prevention and intervention

o Based on what is known and discussed in both papers, about the health issue, risk factors, effective interventions, etc.:

 what programs, policies or other recommendations should be changed or implemented for your target population/age group (that are not already in place)?

 What more should be done?

 What additional research is needed to be able to reduce the burden of disease in your target population?

 What are the knowledge gaps that, if filled, could lead to more effective interventions?

o Each paper should thoroughly address with attention to the life-course perspective from a public health vantage:

 “What is the problem? How do we measure it? How big is it? Why is it relevant?”

 “What is being done about this problem? What is our goal? How can we reach our goal?”