Description

do each part in separate documents

part one

Research Paper

Your Tasks

Task 1

Choose one of the following health topics to discuss:

Suicide

Task 2

Write a 3-4 (double-spaced) page paper that addresses the following:

A brief overview of the health topic, including a description of the condition and incidence/prevalence trends in the U.S. Note observed disparities in incidence and prevalence.
A discussion about social and other determinants of health related to your topic, and how it relates to observed disparities. For example, you may discuss the relationship between race, gender, and SES and how these factors influence your chosen health topic. Also provide an explanation for why differences exist between groups.You will need to discuss 3 determinants for full points.
A brief description of current or proposed solutions addressing the topic and/or decreasing disparities related to the topic. This can include government policies, organizational efforts, etc. If no policies exist, provide a suggestion for possible policies that can be implemented.

Include at least 2 outside sources, properly cited using APA format.

part two

You will need to pick a topic related to anything that we have gone over in the course.

Here are some ideas to help guide your decision:

Explore trending events/topics in the news
- What are news reporters currently focusing on? Oftentimes politicians are also focusing on these issues.
- Examples of news sources: CalMatters, NPR, CNN, Fox, BBC, MSNBC, and etc.
Research proposed/recently passed bills
- What are some issues that legislatures have recently voted on or will be voting on soon?
- Examples of where to find this information: CalMattersDecide Who You Will Write To
  Next, you will need to decide who to write your letter to. It is recommended that you:
  Write to the legislator that represents your district and/or
  Write to a legislator who works on the topic you’re writing about.
  CalMatters has a new tool that allows you to find your legislator, as well as identify legislators who work on key topics. You can access this information on their page, Glass House: California Legislator Tracker

You are angry about something, and want others to know it
You think that an issue is so important that you have to speak out
Part of your group’s strategy is to persuade others to take a specific actionOr you want to:
Suggest an idea to others
Influence public opinion
Educate the general public on a specific matter
Influence policy-makers or elected officials directly or indirectly
Publicize the work of your group and attract volunteers or program participantsPlease refer to the guidelines found in “How to Write Letters to Elected Officials”, which can be found on the next page. General guidelines can also be found in the powerpoint presentation preceding this assignment. Once you have completed and submitted your draft to the Project Rough Draft assignment page, you will complete 2 anonymous peer responses. You will provide the following feedback to your assigned peers:
How closely they followed the format provided in the “How to Write Letters to Elected Officials” guidelines.
Strengths of their letter
Areas that need to be improved in their letter
Spelling/grammatical errors

Something new that you learned about the topic that you wrote about
Overall impression of the letter writing process (Was it easy, difficult, manageable?)
Something else that you would like to mention