Choose a topic that you are interested in learning about. What subject inspires your curiosity?

1. Choose a topic that you are interested in learning about. What subject inspires your curiosity?
2. Narrow the topic and develop a working thesis.
3. Based on the topic and your thesis statement, write a paragraph in which you discuss possible areas for exploration and 2 questions you would like to answer in an imaginary research paper.
4. Once you have developed your questions and areas for exploration, cite three sources where you might find the information you are looking for. Write a Works-Cited list for your imaginary paper.  Use the Modern Language Association (MLA) style for Works-Cited lists. See the list on the back page of the handout on Using Research in Your Writing to use as a model.  This is in MLA style.  
5. You may use the Sample Research Assignment below as a model if you wish.

Week Four Assignment – Final Paper (CLO1, CLO4, CLO6, PLO2, PLO4, PLO7)

Injury Prevention Program Paper Topic:

CDC Heads Up Concussion Program

**YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAMPLE PAPER FORMAT** (SEE ATTACHMENT)

**SEE Power point you did on Topic for Guidnace.

 Your paper must include the following and discussion of required sections to receive full points.

Follow APA style writing. Minimum of 3 pages and maximum of 5 pages excluding Title Page.

Your paper will be submitted to SafeAssign for plagiarism check.

Please follow the prompt questions to help you write your paper. Total maximum points (70 points)

1.   Title Page with:

· APA style

· Title of the Topic

· Student name, course, University Name

· Instructor information, date of submission

2. Introduction  

· Type of Injury

· Background

· Reason/rationale why topic is choosen

· What is the goal of your paper

3. Burden of the Problem

· Cost associated

· Statistics and data

4. Stakeholders

· Identify different stakeholders and role in the topic of choice

· Population affected?

· Government Agencies involved?

· Private and non-profit agencies?

5. Interventions or Programs

· What programs are available to collect data?

· What programs are implemented for education and awareness?

· What programs are implemented to solve the issue/problem?

· Goals of the program and success stories of the program?

· What are the barriers from the success of the programs?

· What are done or could be done to provide a more successful intervention?

6.  Summary

· Evaluate your topic and the interventions aimed to address your topic

· Summarize the information in the perspective of a public health professional

7. References

· Use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style or the similar Harvard Citation Style, but citation style and reference format should be consistent from beginning to end. References should be within the last 10 years. The purpose is to use recent understanding about your topic, not outdated viewpoints based on older models and techniques.

· You’ll need at a minimum between 5-7 citations from scientific or technical reports, scientific journals, and reputable websites in the field of your research topic

· References should be properly cited in the main text and must be properly described to receive full points for the references and the journal article

8. Quality of Work

· Should be college level technical/scientific writing and contain the required minimum number of references. Good technical English, minimum typos and punctuation marks problems. Your thought-process from section to section should be well integrated and the writing should flow smoothly from beginning to end. The best way to guarantee good flow is to go over the finished product several times before submission.

Resources:

· http://nu.libguides.com/citations

· PubMed

· Web of Science

· http://scholar.google.com

· Inter-library loan

· https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/