Description
Assignment Criteria:
1. Investigate the following health issues:
a. Lung disease and air pollution
b. Birth defects and hazardous waste
c. Cancer and radiation leakage from a power plant
2. Present statistics on each health issue.
3. Discuss ecologic fallacy for each health issue.
4. Analyze risk factors for each health issue.
5. Examine three (3) health promotion activities that the APRN should include.
6. What are the implications for future epidemiology research?
7. The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, five (5) to six (6) pages excluding the title and reference page.
8. Include an introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.
9. Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper (see suggested level 2 headings above).
10. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ‘I’) and in a scholarly manner. To clarify: I, we, you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.
11. Include a minimum of 5 professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support the paper (review in Ulrich Periodical Directory) and be less than five (5) years old.
12. APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations).
