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Presentation Project: Outline and Reference Page Assignment Instructions
Overview
Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the
distribution, patterns, and determinants of health and disease conditions in
defined populations. It is a cornerstone of public health practices. The ability to disseminate information and
present it to both an audience of one’s peers and the general public in a
comprehensible and concise manner is a key element in a public health
professional’s skillset. After selecting
a topic, the next logical step in preparing a presentation is the development
of an outline of that presentation.
HEPATITIS A (ACUTE)
Instructions
The first part of this
assignment consists of a bullet style outline using a standard hierarchical
format and a working bibliography containing a minimum of seven references from
peer reviewed journals and appropriate government websites.
An
outline should have:
· First
order point indicated by Roman numeral. Second order points denoted by letters;
Arabic numerals used for tertiary points and so forth.
· In-text
citations are sequential in order of use and of superscript format.
· The
working bibliography list must be written consistent with AMA style.
Once you have sufficiently researched your topic,
develop the following points in an outline format:
I. Define
the problem (nature, extent, significance, etc.).
II.
Describe the agent.
III.
Describe the condition (briefly).
IV.
Examine the above sources for data on
morbidity and mortality in the selected health problem.
V.
Summarize these data on the distribution
of the selected health problem according to the following factors using tables,
graphs, or other illustrations whenever possible:
A. Host
characteristics
1.
Age
2.
Sex
3.
Nativity
4.
Marital status
5.
Ethnic group
B.
Environmental attributes
1.
Geographic areas
2.
Social and economic factors
a.
Income
b.
Housing
3.
Occupation
4.
Education
C.
Temporal variation
1.
Secular
2.
Cyclic
3.
Seasonal
4.
Epidemic
D.
Any additional characteristic that
contributes to an epidemiologic description of the disease
VI.
Summarize any current hypotheses that have
been proposed to explain the observed distribution.
VII. List
the principal gaps in knowledge about the distribution of the health problem.
VIII. Suggest
areas for further epidemiologic research.
IX.
Critically appraise the data as a whole;
consult primary sources and important original papers.
Reference Page:
For this part of the assignment, you are required to
provide at least 8-10 referenced sources (for the final presentation, you are
required to have between 10-15 referenced sources). Sources should be no older
than ten years. Sources should be from governmental, peer-reviewed literature,
or non-governmental (NGO) publications intended for a professional audience.
The sources should exclude
newspapers, lay magazines, dictionaries, encyclopedias, Wikipedia, Web-M, or
non-refereed Internet sources intended for the lay public. Sources of data that
you should consider using in your exploration may include:
· morbidity
and mortality reports (vital statistics): World Health Organization and
international reports; U.S., federal, state, and local annual and periodic
reports
· current
literature on the selected health problem
· reports
of special surveys
Note: Your assignment
will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.