Whooping cough, two countries are France and Australia:
write an essay that discusses why these two countries have similar (or different) disease burdens. Your analysis should consider such factors as cultural, economic, behavioral, environmental, and biological attributes of each country, the distribution of resources within each population, and the ability of each country’s health system to prevent, diagnose, and treat the disease. You should incorporate the table into the body of your paper.
As this assignment asks you to explore health and demographic data about select countries. Here are some great resources to help you find the data you need for the analytical portion of the paper:
1. Links to an external site.UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)Links to an external site.
You should use the IHMEs GBD Compare Tool as described above to fill in the data for the table. It is a great resource for visualizing data, seeing trends, and comparing regions and countries. This tool allows you to easily and quickly create visual representations of your chosen country and the disease or condition of your choice.
2. WHOLinks to an external site.
The WHOs Global Health Observatory (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/countriesLinks to an external site.) also has many health statistics. After clicking on your country, explore the “country data and statistics” and “country pro les”.
3. World BankLinks to an external site.
The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/Links to an external site.) has many development indicators. You can explore by searching the indicators and then adding your country or clicking on the “By Country” tab at the top of the page.
4. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)Links to an external site.
DHS is a USAID-funded project that carries out surveys in low-income countries receiving US foreign aid. Each DHS has extensive data about specific countries and can be found here: https://dhsprogram.com/Where-We-Work/Country-List.cfmLinks to an external site..
5. Links to an external site.UNDPLinks to an external site.
The United Nations Development Program (https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/country-insights#/ranksLinks to an external site.) also collects many development indicators and has some excellent maps available too.
The paper body should be spaced pages, use 12pt Times New Roman font or comparable, and set your margins at 1 inch. The paper should include a strong introductory paragraph with a clear thesis, a body that uses original arguments and analysis, and uses primary source material to support claims. The paper should close with a substantive conclusion and have a complete and properly formatted bibliography of all of the sources you have cited in your research. In addition to any data tool sites such as those above, you are expected to draw on a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed, scholarly sources to support your analysis. News articles and other non-scholarly sources may be used in addition to your scholarly sources; these must also be cited and included in your bibliography. Do not use encyclopedias (Wikipedia is a big no-no) or other general-reference texts such as dictionaries in your research, as these are not considered college-level research sources.
You must conform to APA Style for this assignment. You can find resources associated with APA Style
