Assignment Instructions/ Description
Final PaperYou should draw heavily on your proposal, the feedback you received on it, and your presentation toprepare your final paper also due on April 11. Your final paper should be 5-7 pages (double-spaced, 12point font, and 1-inch margins, not counting citations) and, using evidence, should address the following:• Describe a pressing public health problem and its related risk and protective factors, using descriptivestatistics as appropriate;• Define a specific health disparity between two subpopulations associated with this health outcome,using descriptive statistics as appropriate;• Describe “causes of the causes” (i.e., social determinants of health) that drive this disparity;• Provide policy or program solutions to this disparity based on examples found in the literature, aswell as ideas you have for interventions that may be effective.You should include at least 5-7 articles from peer-reviewed journals or other credible resources thatsupport your key arguments. These sources may very well be the articles you provided in your proposal; itis also likely that you will have conducted additional research based on the feedback you received. Thesereferences should be cited both in-text and on a final reference page using a consistent AmericanMedical Association (AMA) citation style. Note: If you are unsure how to prepare in-text or referencepage citations, please either: (1) set up a time to meet with me; (2) make an appointment with College ofEducation, Health, & Human Services librarian, Raya Samet (rsamet@umich.edu); or (3) use the PurdueOnline Writing Lab: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/ama_style/index.html
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