PBHE Outbreak Investigation

Comment by Lori Dewald: Need a header

Title Page Comment by Lori Dewald: delete from your paper

Name of the assignment

Student’s Name

Name of the course

American Public University System

Date

Comment by Lori Dewald: need to establish page numbers that begin on the next page and not on the cover page. Page numbers must be in the lower right corner of the pages. Comment by Lori Dewald: if you are going to use my Word document to write your paper, you must remove all of these comment boxes throughout this outline.

Comment by Lori Dewald: this final paper does not have an abstract because an Epi investigation does not have an abstract.

Title of Your Paper

Introduction Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have this heading

Your paper needs to start with an introductory section and this is where you introduce the paper to the reader. It will be 1-2 paragraphs. Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have 1-2 paragraphs that introduce the paper

The Next Headings Will be Based Upon the Steps in an Epi Investigation

Your paper will continue from here and there will be written content under each heading. Follow the assignment directions for the specific content in each step. The headings are:

Step 2: Establish the Salmonella Outbreak Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have this heading and then the related paragraphs

Step 3: Verify Diagnosis Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have this heading and then the related paragraphs

Step 4: Working Case Definition Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have this heading and then the related paragraphs

Step 6: Conduct Descriptive Epidemiology Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have this heading and then the related paragraphs

Step 8: Conducting a Retrospective Cohort Study Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have this heading and then the related paragraphs Comment by Lori Dewald: this Epi final paper does not have steps 9 or 10 in it.

Step 11: Apply Food Safety Principles to Further Prevent Salmonella Outbreaks in the Cafeteria Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have this heading and then the related paragraphs

Conclusion Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have this heading

Your paper needs a concluding section and this is where you summarize the paper to the reader. It is NOT the same as the introductory paragraphs. The conclusion will have 1-2 paragraphs. Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have these paragraphs that conclude the entire paper

References Comment by Lori Dewald: you must have this heading

The gold standard for primary peer reviewed references is: 75% should be within the last 5 years and only 25% of the references should be 6-10 years old.

The only references from websites should be from the CDC, NIH, and WHO. Otherwise references from websites should not be used.

All references must be in APA format. Comment by Lori Dewald: this is critical. Students lose many points because they do not put their references into APA format.