Assignment

Your paper should be 15 to 20 double-spaced pages in length excluding the title and reference pages. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Utilize at least 7 to 10 scholarly sources in your research. Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

In your research paper:

• Provide an introductory background of the selected research topic.

• Describe the selected research topic, health-related state or event. Describe the disease, disability, or chronic condition.

• Describe the population at risk or affected by the disease, disability,or chronic condition.

• Describe, in detail, the epidemiology of your selected health-related state or event (e.g.disease, disability,chronic condition)

• Describe the occurrence, signs and symptoms, and control of your selected health-related state or event (e.g.disease, disability,chronic condition).

• List the steps that might be used to investigate and address the disease or public health problem described in the selected research.

• Using the information obtained about the disease or public health problem.

• Describe an epidemiologic study type to investigate the selected research topic, case study, or event. You may recommend a study approach based on the circumstances around the outbreak or event.

• Discuss how surveillance data, as well as monitoring and control measures, were, or can be, used to identify and characterize the disease or public health problem.

• Describe and analyze the outcomes and results in the selected research topic, including interpreting epidemiologic study findings, if reported in the case study.