Epidemiology

  

Assignment Guidelines:

Health Topic: Chlamydia

Step 1: Identifying and Reading articles

· Identify 3 peer-reviewed articles. No older than 5 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMKZ3cBoHy0

· Article 1: Find one articles that discuss your selected health topic – define the topic, provide risk factors, justify why it is an important public health issue, research etc.

· Article 2: Find one articles that discuss evidence-based prevention/management strategies tackling your health issue using health education

· Article 3: Find one articles that discuss specific interventions that have been implemented to tackle your health issue (and population of interest)

· Local/ state/national level – (*Please select only one level*)

· Work with your group so you all read “different” types. Two people do local, one state, one national etc

Step 2: Annotating and Reviewing (100 points)

· You will submit two components

· Part A: Annotated Bibliography (60 points)

· Part B: Literature Review Methodology & Matrix (30 points)

· APA formatting, correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling must be used (10 points)

*See next page for directions on each of these components

Part A: Annotated Bibliography Guidelines

1. Write an annotated entry for each article

2. Cite the source in proper APA format and organize entries in alphabetical order by author

3. Copy and paste abstract of article

4. Write a thoughtful and complete annotations (minimum 150 words PER article entry) in your own words, that includes a:

a. Brief annotation that summarizes the article (approx. 3-5 sentences).

b. Then in 2 to 3 sentences, explain the source’s relevance and importance to your issue or health promotion at large.   

Part B: Literature Review Matrix Guidelines

1. For all 3 articles, read and input information into the literature review matrix

a. Be sure to use the matrix template I provide

2. Write a paragraph providing information about how you conducted your article search. What databases you used; key words; Studies found; how were articles selected for inclusion into LR? (see my example on D2L)

Articles Matrix (WRITE IN BULLET POINTS)

Article 1
Author(s), Year, Title of Journal Article, Journal Name, Vol #, Page Numbers (APA 7th) (In text citation)	How is the health issue defined? What are the major risk factors discussed?	A few key points (or findings) from the article How do they justify why this issue is important to public health?	Why are these points/findings important to epidemiology and public health? (What is the “real-world” application?)
Article 2
Author(s), Year, Title of Journal Article, Journal Name, Vol #, Page Numbers (APA 7th) (In text citation)	How is the health issue defined? What factors does the intervention tackle?	A few key points (or findings) from the article Summarize the evidence-based prevention/management strategy · What strategy was used? (education, policy, etc)	How have these been effective in tackling your health issue? (this helps with the “real-world” application?)
Article 3
Author(s), Year, Title of Journal Article, Journal Name, Vol #, Page Numbers (APA 7th) (In text citation)	What level was the intervention? Local/state/community? Who did they target?	A few key points (or findings) from the article Summarize these specific interventions implemented · what was done?	How have these been effective in tackling your health issue? (this helps with the “real-world” application?)