Directions for Health Issues “Fact Sheet” – a (short) Research Paper
There are many topics of concern in health and health education today. Information expands and at incredible rate and it’s impossible to include all important issues in this one-unit course. For this assignment, follow the steps outlined below:
Step 1: Choose a topic – any current issue that relates to health. Here is a partial list of ideas, but you may have another topic idea:
- Sleep deprivation
- Depression and/or anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Obesity, or
- Anorexia or Bulimia nervosa
- Bing Eating
- Drug use
- Alcoholism among children/adolescents
- Tobacco use (smoking, vaping, or chewing) among children/adolescents
- Depression or social anxiety
- Mental health disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar, OCD…)
- Cancer (especially types that affect children such as lukemia), Influenza, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis
Step 2: Investigate your selected topic. Find at least 3 resources. While you may read a Wiki and use links attached to it, do NOT stop there and reference a Wiki in your final paper!
Step 3: Write a one-page “Fact Sheet” about your topic. This should be something that you could share at a school staff meeting OR with a concerned parent during a teacher/parent conference. A fact sheet is NOT an essay or research paper. It is a brief page with lots of information on it. Alternatively, you may be more creative and make a brochure in a 3-column format (one side is fine). Use graphics to make your page/brochure appealing. You want your students, parents, and colleagues to want to pause and read the information, so make it “short, sweet, an to the point” while making the reader feel informed – it’s a balance! You need to include the 3+ resources you used to write your “Fact Sheet” – listed in MLA format. In a fact sheet or brochure, this is a section called “For More Information,” not “work cited.” All papers should be typed in Times New Roman, size 12 font (just like this direction page) and single-spaced. Your information should include the words in bold an you may address the questions that follow (meant to give you a general idea of what types of information to include):
1. Introduction to your topic (identify your topic, define it, tell ready why it’s important to know about it – why is it a health concern)
2. Background (when was this disorder first identified as a “concern” for children or adolescents? Who has done key research on it? How many people does it affect?)
3. Affect on social health (How does it come about – is it hereditary or influenced by environment? How does it manifest itself – what behaviors/symptoms might one observe in an individual who has this health concern?
4. Proposed Solution (How might parents, friends, teachers, or medical staff help someone who is struggling with this health concern? – therapy, pharmaceutical treatment)
5. For more Information – this is your “work cited” section (if you were writing an essay). In a fact sheet or brochure, you write “for more information” and list your sources.
I am sharing some examples of what your final product may look like.
Step 4: Proofread your work!
Again – you may choose a format that works for you. Some prefer the essay presentation, others prefer more graphic design. Just make sure that the key information is included.
Rubric: Rubric for Fact Sheet Assignment
the link above will not open, so I will upload it for you, below are 2 samples
An important note
1. Send me two colored health fact sheets, with pictures like the 2 samples above
.2. PROVIDE AT LEAST 3 RESOURCES
