Background
Incorporating the concepts that you have learned in our textbook (e.g. inequality in health, immigration, aging and the life course to name a few), the video and podcast links provided to you, and the data you collected in the data collection step, you are to write a five page paper discussing why certain trends in health behaviors (the topics will depend on what variables you selected) are present in your selected states and how that is contributing to rates of COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths.
For example, you could talk about the role of health inequality, or where people receive healthcare, or how access to healthcare technologies is contributing to specific trends. What about someone’s age, racial identity, or where someone works result in particular health outcomes? The goal is for you to practice writing creative discussion combining descriptive statistics and sociological concepts to explain why certain trends in this pandemic exist.
Requirements
You are to write in 12-point font, 1’ margins, double-spaced five-page paper. Make sure to include your name and page numbers. Include a title page as well. A reference page is required in APA or ASA style. In the reference section, you will need to include the datasets used and the scholarly articles. Please include at least four peer reviewed scholarly articles, in addition to the textbook, literature from governmental health websites, and scholarly articles to support your claims. In order to ensure that the the articles are suitable, please refer to Dr. Smith’s Library Resource Guide in the module, where our subject librarian, Bridgette Sanders has provided information to help you identify these articles. Please also review the COVID Research Paper rubric.
The paper will include:
Introductory paragraph whereby you describe the issue and include a thesis statement (1/2 to 1 page).
A literature review whereby you include an argument backed by a theoretical paradigm that is supported by at least four peer-reviewed scholarly articles from the Atkins Library database to support a claim that you are making (e.g., policies need to be changed, how “super-spreaders” are causing the diagnosis and deaths of many, why Black Americans are disproportionately affected, etc.). You are also welcome to incorporate course materials and information from governmental websites. This is a section that you should demonstrate your knowledge, show off your research skills. Throughout the section, you can incorporate the data you collected earlier to bolster your argument ( a full 3.5 to 4 pages).
In your conclusion, you will write about whether your thesis statement is properly supported, policy and practical ideas and implications, and current limitations in the cultural norms or existing policies (1/2 to 1 page).
Reference page of your citations in APA or ASA style. Please refer to Dr. Smith’s Library Guide in the Modules for resources on how to cite correctly in either of th
