My Topic is HIV/AIDS

Each student will write a 5-7 page APA research paper on a significant chronic or communicable disease prevalent in the United States or globally. Discuss incidence, mortality rates, and distribution of the disease. Identify symptoms, risks, and contributing factors. Describe one program that has been implemented to prevent the condition.  

– five informational sources including a journal 

The print should be a 12-point font (Times New Roman or Arial), with margins of one (1) inch on all four sides.  All papers submitted must have APA formatting. The Written Assignments must reflect college-level writing and thinking. Please view this link for an example APA formatted paper: http://www.apastyle.org/manual/related/sample-experiment-paper-1.pdf. An abstract is not necessary. Papers not following proper APA format will be deducted appropriately. Review the rubric within the assignment 

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Points Range:0 (0%) – 20 (20%) Identified and described a chronic or communicable disease. What is the cause (bacterial/viral)of the disease? Include statistics relative to incidence and mortality rates associated with the condition in the region you are focusing on. Explain if the condition affects a specific population and why.

Points Range:0 (0%) – 20 (20%) Symptoms of the condition are identified and thoroughly explained. Risk factors for transmission of the condition are included and thoroughly described. What are potential contributing factors for the condition? Include and describe thoroughly.

Points Range:0 (0%) – 20 (20%) A program implemented to prevent the condition is identified and thoroughly described. Objectives and goals of the program are thoroughly described. How the program will be implemented is included. The target population that the program is designed for is thoroughly described and included. Length of the program is discussed.

Points Range:0 (0%) – 10 (10%) Components (description, objectives, goals) of an evaluation of the program reviewed are identified, as well as clearly and concisely described. What type of evaluation was conducted (formative, process, summative)?Statistics demonstrating program success or lack of success are included.

Points Range:0 (0%) – 10 (10%) APA style in-text citations used throughout document with no errors and/or no quotations longer than 5 words.

Points Range:0 (0%) – 5 (5%) APA reference page contains reliable or scholarly sources and has no formatting errors.

Points Range:0 (0%) – 10 (10%) Information is very well organized into excellently constructed paragraphs. Each paragraph has an introductory sentence, details relating to the introductory sentence, a concluding sentence. Paragraph transitions are logical

Points Range:0 (0%) – 5 (5%) Rules of grammar, usage and punctuation are followed, spelling is correct. Language is clear and precise; sentences display consistently strong, varied structure