20 page Public Health SPSS(HIV/AIDS in low income communities)

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Scholar-Practitioner Project Guidelines

An essential part of scientific research is learning to conduct a systematic, detailed review of the scholarly literature. By reviewing in the literature what has already been done by others and what is known about theories, methods, and research on a particular topic, you will gain a deeper knowledge of the issue and be able to identify gaps in research and knowledge that would benefit from further study. Without this fundamental skill, you are likely to waste a great deal of time exploring questions that have already been answered or fail to get the best results due to outdated theories and methods.

Here are two examples of systematic, detailed literature reviews:

Gulliver, A., Griffiths, K. M., & Christensen, H. (2010). Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 10, 113.)

Roberson, L.L., Aneni, E.C., Maziak, W., Agatston, A., Feldman,T., Rouseff, M., Tran, T., Blaha, M.J., Santos, R.D., Sposito, A., Al-Mallah, M.H., Blankstein, R., Budoff, M.J., & Nasir, K. (2014). Beyond BMI: The "Metabolically healthy obese" phenotype and its association with clinical/subclinical cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality -- a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 14, 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-14.

For your Scholar-Practitioner Project (SPP), you will be writing a systematic literature review similar to the examples above. This SPP is intended to enhance your knowledge of a contemporary public health issue of your choice while developing your skills as a researcher. The public health issue you select can be the topic of your Dissertation, or it can be another public health issue that you are passionate about. Please note that the SPP is not the review of a single research study, but rather a synthesis and review of the literature as a whole (many studies). This exercise will include many of the same skills that you will use to write the literature review chapter of your dissertation.

you will conduct a detailed literature review and analysis of the issue. You will search for current literature (published within the last 5 years) on your topic of interest, including articles that discuss current theories and methods as well as research. Your paper needs to review at least 15-20 studies in your topic area. You will then write a 20-page systematic review of this literature, discussing the major theoretical models and methodologies used in current research, synthesizing major findings from the research studies, analyzing their strengths and limitations, and drawing conclusions about what is known and not known about your topic given the evidence in the literature. In addition, you consider the key stakeholders, policy implications, and recommendations for future research. This individual project is a culmination of key areas of learning throughout this course. As such, you should incorporate the ideas and concepts you have learned during this course.

Your SPP should contain the following sections (section lengths are approximate):

· Title page HIV/AIDS in low income communities

· Abstract (about 250 words) (1 page)

· Background

· Methods

· Results

· Conclusion

· Introduction (3 pages)

· Background information

· Descriptive epidemiology

· Methods used to conduct a systematic literature review (1 pages)

· Inclusion and exclusion criteria

· Key search terms

· Results of the systematic literature review (12 pages)

· Theories

· Methods

· Synthesis of research findings

· Discussion (5pages)

· Brief summary of main findings

· Strengths and limitations of systematic literature review

· Policy implications

· Key stakeholders

· Recommendations for future research

· Conclusions (1 pages)

· References

· At least 15references from within the past 5 years

· Cite references using APA style guidelines

· Appendix

· Literature review matrix table (Note: A template of matrix table is available in the Week 6 Learning Resources.)

. The final paper should be 20 pages in length (excluding title page, references, and appendices). The formatting should use 12 point-font, be double spaced, and conform to APA style guidelines.

Reference:

Gulliver, A., Griffiths, K. M., & Christensen, H. (2010). Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 10, 113.