Cyber Addiction in Adolescents

Introduction / Background and Rationale

Inclusion Criteria and Flowchart

Completed all boxes in the flow chart correctly, including inclusion criteria and reasons for exclusion of articles

Abstracts searched

Reviewed a minimum of 15 abstracts from peer reviewed articles, logical flow to flowchart or table of literature search process

Paper Outline

Creates a clear outline that demonstrates a logical order of information or clearly groups similar ideas together.

Description of the public health issue

Clearly articulates a public health problem that needs to be ‘fixed’. Adequately describes the public health issue of interest including the magnitude of the problem risk factors, populations affected.

Relevance to public health essential services

Provides a discussion of how addressing the issue would contribute to the 10 public health essential services. Writing includes the specific essential services as listed by APHA.

Writing Quality

Free of spelling errors and uses good grammar. Uses good sentence structure throughout and written content flows well.

Bibliography (AMA style)

Provides in-text citations for data and statements of fact. References are from peer reviewed journals, in proper AMA style including author names, article title, journal abbreviation, and punctuation. No more than 10% of references are from websites/government reports.