This is NOT the complete assignment. See your BrightSpace shell for more details.
Research Paper #1: Health Issue
Write 500 words (2 pages) in APA format including the following information:
1. Name of selected health issue and why this issue was selected
2. Discuss the four determinants of health as they relate to the health issue chosen.
3. Discuss two strategies to improve this health issue.
4. Cite at least one peer reviewed reference that is used to develop paper and presentation.
See the Finding Articles tab for a list of relevant databases to search for articles on your career. See the Search Strategy tab for effective search techniques. Log in with your WCC id when off campus or using a non-networked device.
Look at the article titles, some will be more technical than what is needed for this particular assignment:
Better suited to this assignment:
Search the databases using a variety of keyword combinations. Do not type full sentences. You may need to narrow or broaden your specific topic or use related phrases to find the information you need.
e.g. Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Well Being, Burn-out
Focus your topic by adding a specific demographic e.g. age, race or ethnicity, gender or gender identity, vocation (veterans or nurses) or other subgroup
Stress and Nurses; Depression and Nursing
Teens and Anxiety; High School Students and Mental Health; Teenagers and Stress
Use the asterisk * to truncate your search terms for more results. E.g. Child* will search Child, Children and Children.
Include "United States" as a search term to exclude articles focused on other countries.
Include a discussion of the 4 determinants of health as they relate to your topic. You can search for additional sources if you need to.
E.g. : Infant Mortality
