PUBH6008 Capstone A: Applied Research Project in Public Health - Assignment 2

Instructions:

By the end of module 3, student must provide to their learning facilitator a brief review of the literature on their chosen topic. The literature review must contain key references/theorists/researchers for the public health topic chosen. The literature review assignment must be designed to address the following questions:

• Who are the key theorists/researchers in your public health topic?
• What are the key issues?
• What are the gaps in the existing body of knowledge?

The literature review should provide a basis for justifying a clear research question or hypothesis to be explored further.

You must also indicate the search strategy used for your literature review. For example, what were the key words you searched for, and which key databases or other sources did you use to conduct your literature review? (e.g. CINAHL, Proquest Public Health, Informit, Medline, Google Scholar).

Assessment Criteria:

• Critical and comprehensive review of the literature (70%) Clarity of research question/hypothesis (10%)    General assessment criteria (20%):
  • Provides a lucid introduction
  • Shows a sophisticated understanding of the key issues
  • Shows ability to interpret relevant information and literature in relation to chosen topic
  • Demonstrates a capacity to explain and apply relevant concepts o Shows evidence of reading beyond the required readings
  • Justifies any conclusions reached with well-formed arguments and not merely assertions
  • Provides a conclusion or summary o Correctly uses academic writing, presentation and grammar:
    • Complies with academic standards of legibility, referencing and bibliographical details (including reference list)
    • Writes clearly, with accurate spelling and grammar as well as proper sentence and paragraph construction
    • Uses appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research