Assignment Overview
The Springdale Community Coalition has asked each member to continue gathering information about specific health issues as they work toward creating a healthier community. This time, you were asked to focus on Injury Prevention.
For this assignment, investigate how well (or not well) your state scored on the 10 key indicators of steps states can take to prevent injuries described in the required background reading, The Facts Hurt: A State-By-State Injury Prevention Policy Report published by the Trust for America's Health (2012).
Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
1. What state you chose to investigate.
2. How does your state compare with other states?
3. What steps has your state taken to prevent injuries?
4. What additional steps should they take?
5. In what ways have any of these injury-related issues affected you or someone you know?
SLP Assignment Expectations
In order to earn full credit:
Please write your paper in your own words. That is the only way I can evaluate your level of understanding. Quotes are rarely needed; if necessary, they should comprise less than 10% of a paper and must be properly cited.
Even though the papers must be written in your own words, you are required to cite sources for any statement of fact or idea that is not common knowledge. You are required to cite the sources within the body of the paper and include a reference list at the end of the paper.
Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source of information. Use credible, professional, and scholarly sources such as journal articles from ProQuest or EBSCO, and government, university, or nonprofit organizations' web sites.
You must clearly show that you have read the module homepage and the required background materials. You are welcome to do research in addition to-but not instead of-the required readings.
Your papers will be evaluated on the following factors:
• References - citations are used within the body of the paper any time you state a fact or idea that is not common knowledge and a reference list is included at the end of the paper.
• Precision - you follow all instructions and you answer each part of the assignment.
• Breadth - you show broad knowledge of the module's topic.
• Depth - you go into detail to show more critical thought about the specific assignment.
• Clarity - the extent to which you elaborate and include discussion or examples as asked.
• Application - the extent to which you apply the information to a real-life situation related to the assignment, if asked.
Before you begin, please review this information about When to Cite Sources https://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/cite/
Other resources are available at https://www.plagiarism.org/index.html and https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/
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