GCU HLT314 Week 4 Assignment Latest 2019 September

HLT314 Health Care System

Week 4 Assignment

Comparison of Research
Articles

Choose two research
articles published by a scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal on a current health
care issue in the United States, controversial or otherwise.

Topics:

Suggested topics may include:

A study of
vaccinations and autism rates

Maternal health, fetal
health, or elder health

Disease-based studies,
such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease

The increasing rates
of caesarean sections in birthrates

Managed health care in
the United States

Any of the leading
Health Indicator topics (2020 LHI Topics) profiled in the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention’s Healthy People 2020 initiative website

Part One

Complete the attached
“Article Comparison Table” to compare the two articles in terms of
content, research methods, focus of the study, target audiences and subjects,
and their possible impacts on the future of health care delivery.

Part Two

Write a 500-750 words
analysis that includes the following:

A summary of the topic
you chose with rationale. (This may have personal significance to you or it may
be a topic of particular interest that you have seen in the news.)

An explanation of the
significance of the two research studies to health care delivery in the United
States.

A description of the
major functions provided by research and data monitoring of health care
delivery in the United States.

Identification of
potential environments within health care delivery appropriate to research and
data monitoring.

Your assessment of the
impact of the studies in your chosen articles in regards to health care
delivery, incorporating and expanding on the information you provided in Part
One. Were the studies intended to change or influence health care delivery? If
so, how? If not, what are the implications of each study for health care
delivery?

Your assessment of the
role the allied health professional plays, or could play, in research and data
monitoring of health care delivery in the United States.

Attach the
“Article Comparison Table” to your written analysis and submit as one
document.

Prepare this
assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to
submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.