Assignment:
CHOOSE ONE public health issue, from the list provided below. Your paper will be related to ONLY ONE of the topics below. Choose your topic and read the source given. Then decide if you wish to specialize in one aspect of the topic. This is a RESEARCH paper but you may write about prevention, etiology, treatment, legal issues (if relevant), and /or statistics/distribution of the issue.
Papers should each be 4-5 pages in length. Less then 4 pages will be downgraded. Do NOT include an abstract. You must use APA or MLA formatting, 12 point font, double spacing, 1" margins, and include text referencing AND a reference page with at least 5 references. You may include text as a reference. Please make sure to cite any facts or research you use.
PUBLIC HEALTH TOPICS:
HOOSE ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS THEN READ THROUGH THE SOURCE LISTED BELOW THE TOPIC YOU CHOSE FOR A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE YOU CHOSE
1) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus (AIDS):
2) Substance Abuse: (CHOOSE ONE DRUG, e.g. Alcohol, or Marijuana, or Heroin)
3) Mental Illness: (you may chose one mental illness, e.g. bipolar disorder, or depression)
4) Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence:
5) Food Security/Insecurity