Assignment:
Global Health
Global Policy Brief Presentations / Paper Directions
Directions: Each student or group will selected a problem in global health. It can be a problem that we discussed in class or something that we did not go over.
The paper should be 2 pages (double-spaced) long for each person working in the group. For example, if there are two people in the group, the paper should be between 4 to 6 pages. Presentations lengths will be assigned before the presentations.
Both the presentation and the paper should contain the following elements:
1. Problem: Describe the global health problem you are proposing to confront. This section should answer the following questions:
- What is the problem?
- What are factors known to cause the problem?
- Where is the problem most prevalent?
- Has the prevalence of the problem changed over time? If so, what is believed to have impacted this changing prevalence?
2. Existing Interventions: Describe what has been done to deal with the problem. This section should include:
- A description of interventions that have been tried.
- A description of where and when these interventions have been tried.
- An assessment of how effective these interventions have been. I encourage you to look for critical reviews of the intervention
3. Proposed intervention: Based on your understanding of your chosen health problem you should propose a new strategy to confront the problem. This proposed strategy does not need to be completely original, but it should be something that has not been tested on a large scale to deal with your chosen health problem. For this section, you should:
- Describe your intervention.
- Explain when, where, and how it will be implemented.
- Propose how the intervention will be evaluated.
Readings:
Hunger
By Julia Tan and Jiaxin Ni