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Final Paper (40% of grade). For the final, students will choose a specific health topic/outcome of interest in medical anthropology/global health and write a 5 page paper on that topic (12 point font, double-spaced). The paper must be evidence based and incorporate both a literature review on the topic as well as an advocacy/making recommendations element. Students are required to use a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed articles (may be more) for their final papers with APA formatting. The final is worth 40 points and counts for 40% of your final grade.
1) INTRODUCTION (WHAT IS THE HEALTH OUTCOME/ ISSUE) (10 points)
-Demonstrate sound understanding of the health outcome/issue in MAGH with supporting evidence for impact on health
-Include statistics/prevalence of the problem
-Describe what communities deal with the problem/who are most affected (You can hone in on one specific community or apply a cross-cultural global comparison, but be clear!)
-May be global health issue or country-specific (YOUR CHOICE-but be clear how you define it)
-May be cross-cultural health issue or within a specific group (YOUR CHOICE-but be clear how you define it)
2) APPLICATION OF A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO THE HEALTH ISSUE (10 points):
- Choose at least one theoretical approach that we learned about in this class and apply it to your chosen health issue. Possible approaches include: a) biocultural b) biosocial c) health disparities/social determinants of health d) social justice/structural violence e) health as a human right.
-Please note you can apply just one of these theories or several of the theories, as there is much overlap between several of them
-You will be graded on how you apply the theoretical approach to the health issue in a clear structured way utilizing evidence from readings/articles
3) MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS/ADVOCACY (HOW DO WE IMPROVE THIS HEALTH ISSUE) (10 points)
-Suggest workable, real world solutions for how to improve this health issue in your population, including from both public health and policy related approaches/angles
-Include supporting evidence from successful programs/interventions/policies, community needs assessments, including discussion of effectiveness of culturally appropriate programs in the field
-Remember if not much is known you can also propose the development of community needs assessments/CBPR type research but if you do so, please be specific in what you'd want to propose doing (what is not known)
4) APA FORMATTING REQUIRED within text/body of paper and as separate Reference List will be required and minimum 5 peer-reviewed publications/articles (10 points). Note the Reference List pages or Title Pages are not included in the 5 page length.