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Descriptive Epidemiological Paper (Signature Assignment – Every student enrolled in HSC 400 is required to complete this assignment).

• The topic should focus on a specific outcome variable (disease or health problem) that negatively impacts a population. The purpose of this assignment is to assess your ability to (1) describe and examine the distribution of a disease or health problem in a population and (2) synthesize research material for the epidemiological description of the disease or health problem, and (3) demonstrate your knowledge of the course material. 
• YOUR TOPIC MUST BE PRE-APPROVED BY YOUR INSTRUCTOR. You were required to list your name and proposed topic in a Google Spreadsheet. Links to an external site.You would have been notified if your topic was NOT approved.  If you did not list your name and proposed topic, this means your topic has not been approved, and I have not been given the opportunity to give you feedback.
• Length: maximum five typed pages. Please see Formatting Requirements on page 6 of the syllabus. Please see the rubric that is associated with this assignment.

Required Sections to be Discussed in the Descriptive Epidemiological Paper:

1. Define and identify the problem.
2. Describe the extent of the problem (e.g., mortality, morbidity, or economic impact).
3. Describe the agent of disease (e.g., bacterium, virus, or other agent).
4. Describe the condition (briefly describe the clinical symptoms).
5. Describe the modes of transmission if by an infectious agent.
6. Describe the mechanisms that are used to control the problem or spread of disease.
7. Describe the host factors that make people vulnerable to the problem (e.g., race, sex, gender, age, nativity, and marital status).
8. Describe the environmental factors (e.g., geographic location) and socioeconomic factors (e.g., income, housing, occupation, education, family structure, and cultural background) that make people vulnerable to the problem.
9. Describe the problem’s temporal variation (seasonal trends, cyclic, epidemic, endemic, or pandemic).
10. Describe any additional epidemiological variables that pertain to your topic.
11. Summarize any current hypotheses that have been proposed to explain the observed distribution or problem.
12. Describe the gaps in knowledge about the disease (e.g., reporting gaps and insufficient knowledge of the disease). Has previous research failed to address any pressing issues regarding the disease or problem in question?
13. Suggest areas for further epidemiological research. What should epidemiologists and researchers do?
14. Include at least 5 high-quality tables, graphs, or figures in an Appendix (this is in addition to the 5-page requirement). As required by APA, label each table, graph, or figure as Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, etc. Appendices are placed after the reference page.
15. Provide at least 5 high-quality references (e.g., USDHHS, WHO) in correct APA format. All sources of information/data must be published in the last five years.
16. Correctly cite all sources of information that are used according to APA format.

Requirements

• Please refer to the Descriptive Epidemiological Paper Rubric for how points will be distributed.
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