Description
1) Epidemiology of COVID-19 (for example, look at studies of obesity and how they relate to COVID-19)
2) Public health response to COVID-19 (for example, examine different impacts of non-pharmaceutical interventions like stay-at home orders; or vaccine hesitancy among a particular group)
3) U.S. disparities in COVID-19 (for example, examine research on disparities in relation to COVID-19 outcomes OR the pandemic’s effects on racialized groups)
Your task will be to use public health or medical literature to discuss this issue and a potential solution to addressing this issue. Structure your work as follows:
1. ISSUE STATEMENT (10%):State the public health issue in response to COVID-19 that you will discuss.
2. DISCUSS EXISTING ACADEMIC LITERATURE(60%):Conduct research (using PUBMED or Google Scholar) to identifyat least 3 articles from the scholarly literature that discuss the issue you selected. Please use at least 3 academic journal articles from PUBMED or Google Scholar. Please let me know if you need help doing the literature search.
Include citations and a reference list.
Summarize the literature with respect to the following:
(1) description of the purpose of the study/research
(2) study design, including how they evaluated their hypotheses or questions; (3) the study participants and their demographic characteristics
(4) main findings of the research
(5) recommendations made by the researchers for future research or policy recommendations (usually found in the discussion section).
3. SOLUTION RECOMMENDATION (20%):Finally, based on your work in steps 1-2 above and our class discussions, what recommendation(s) would you make to improve the issue and address any disparities. Use literature (academic or policy) to make recommendations; dont rely solely on your own opinion.
Length, Format, and Grading Rubric
Your papers should each be 700-1000 words long
All work should be in Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced.
Cite sources using a consistent citation method of your choice (APA, Chicago, Turabian, MLA, or AMA). Try using citation software such as EndNote.
10% of your grade will be reserved for writing which is direct, graceful, free of misspelling and grammatical errors, and includes appropriate and consistent citations.
Other suggestions
The strongest papers usually have lots of references to scholarly sources journal articles, books, reports from reputable organizations.
Here is a resource list with articles that we covered during the course:
COVID trackers: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100klast7da
CDC information on pre-existing conditions linked to COVID-19 severity: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-ext…
Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for greater than six months after infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.15.383323v
Clinical Outcomes in Young US Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19. Published online September 09, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5313
Leidner AJ, Barry V, Bowen VB, et al. Opening of Large Institutions of Higher Education and County-Level COVID-19 Incidence United States, July 6September 17, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:1419. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7001a4
Popkin, BM, Du, S, Green, WD, et al. Individuals with obesity and COVID?19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships. Obesity Reviews. 2020; 21:e13128. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13128
