Assignment: Environmental Health Theory
Tasks:
For the Module 4 Case Assignment, you will write a 3-5 page essay in which you assess the challenge in linking environmental exposure to disease outcomes. As a specific case study, suppose that you have been charged with investigating whether climate change has an impact on public health.
Your task is to develop a concise theory-based research plan to examine this problem.
1. Clearly state the methodology that you feel is most appropriate to investigate the problem. Justify why this methodology would be more appropriate than other possible methodologies.
2. Based on the relationship between an environmental exposure and disease outcomes, identify a theory that in your opinion clearly supports the relationship to be studied.
3. Identify key independent variables and at least one key outcome variable that you would measure.
4. Briefly acknowledge the main limitations to your approach.
Expectations:
You will be expected to:
1. Provide a scholarly basis for your response.
2. Justify your opinions with evidence from the peer-reviewed literature.
3. Cite several scholarly references in your essay.
4. Properly cite all references in the text of your essay as well as at the end.
5. Apply APA formatting to your essay, as you would for all Ph.D. level work at TUI.
6. Limit your response to 6 pages minimum.
Additional expectations for the assignment:
1. Your references and citations should be consistent with a particular formatting style, such as APA.
2. Your response should be based on scholarly material, such as peer-reviewed articles, white papers, technical papers, etc.. Do not include information from non-scholarly materials such as Wikis, encyclopedias, www.freearticles.com (or similar websites).
3. Your response should incorporate the objectives of the module with the requirements of this assignment.
Your Case paper will be further evaluated based on the following criteria:
Precision (Excellent; Good; Average; Poor)
• Each question and or assignment requirement is addressed in the paper
• Accuracy of your answers, key points and supporting discussion
Clarity (Excellent; Good; Average; Poor)
• The paper is well organized, concise, reads clearly, and it is not confusing.
Breadth (Excellent; Good; Average; Poor)
• The paper presents appropriate breadth covering the assignment questions/requirements
Depth (Excellent; Good; Average; Poor)
• Presents key points that lead to deeper matters and issues
• Integrates several points into coherent conclusions
Critical Thinking (Excellent; Good; Average; Poor)
• The paper demonstrates good understanding and synthesis of the module background material
• Logically incorporates key concepts presented in the background material into the overall analyses, key points and supporting discussions
• Present well-reasoned conclusions and positions as well as convincing arguments in support of the same
Writing Mechanics
• Grammar (Excellent; Good; Average; Poor)
• Spelling (Excellent; Good; Average; Poor)
• Vocabulary (Excellent; Good; Average; Poor)
• Referencing (Excellent; Good; Average; Poor)
Additional considerations to keep in mind while working on your case assignments:
Originality and Use of directly quoted material
• The purpose of each assignment is for you to present your understanding and synthesis of the background material and key concepts. Accordingly, this must be accomplished substantially in your own words.
• Use directly quoted material sparingly and only when preserving the exact words of an author is necessary. For purposes of this course, rarely should directly quoted material represent more than 5-10 percent of your entire case paper's content. Composing a paper patched together from mostly quoted material is not acceptable.
• Be sure to properly reference all directly quoted material and include the in-text citations.
Attachment:- Module-4.rar