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HLTH 349 Week 6 Article Review 3: How to Write It

This guide is for HLTH 349 Week 6 Article Review 3, start to submission. The third 450 to 500-word article review.

HLTH 349 is Policy and Public Health, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's BS in Public Health. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as HLTH349; it is the same course.

CourseHLTH 349 Policy and Public Health
Module/Week6
Points80 points
Length450 to 500 words
SourcesThe assigned article
Faith integrationNot required by the guide
FormatCurrent APA

What HLTH 349 Week 6 Article Review 3 asks for

Review 3 is due in Module/Week 6 with McKenzie et al. chapter 14, the same week as Quiz 2. Same requirements as the earlier reviews. Worth 80 points.

Where it fits in HLTH 349

In the published schedule, Article Review 3 is one of 7 graded written assignments in HLTH 349. It follows Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 3 and comes before Week 7 Article Review 4.

How HLTH 349 Week 6 Article Review 3 is graded

Liberty grades Article Review 3 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 80 points in the published guide. That is about 8% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.

Course grades in HLTH 349 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.

Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.

The HLTH 349 Week 6 method, step by step

  1. Read the article twice, differently

    Read the article once for what it says and once for how it was done. On the second pass, note the design, sample, measures, analysis and any limitation the authors admit.

  2. Describe before you judge

    Open with an accurate, brief description of the study: purpose, question or hypothesis, design, sample and main findings. The critique only works if the reader trusts your summary.

  3. Appraise each part of the study

    Work through the study section by section and ask the questions the course uses: is the design suited to the question, is the sample adequate, are the measures valid, do the results support the conclusions?

  4. Name strengths as well as weaknesses

    Balance the appraisal. Strengths that are explained carry as much weight with graders as weaknesses, and a one-sided critique reads as careless.

  5. Say what it means for practice

    Close with usefulness: could the findings change practice, for which patients or settings, and with what caution?

  6. Keep to the length and format

    Write in paragraphs, inside 450 to 500 words, with current APA citations. A critique that turns into a table or list usually loses its argument.

A structure for HLTH 349 Week 6 Article Review 3

Word targets are planning numbers for about 900 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.

SectionWhat it must doTarget
Citation and purposeThe article and its aim.~140 words
SummaryMain points and evidence.~400 words
The problem addressedIts policy importance.~220 words
Brief assessmentStrength or limitation.~140 words

A topic angle that works

Close with one sentence judging the article's evidence: is it a single-site study, a national dataset or an opinion piece? That judgment is what separates a review from a summary.

Model paragraph with notes

An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.

HLTH 349 Week 6, sample assessment paragraph

The article's strength is its national dataset, which makes its findings on uninsured rates believable across states. Its limitation is that it covers only the first two years after the policy, before longer-term effects on health outcomes could appear, so its conclusions about health should be read as early evidence.1

  1. Names a strength.
  2. Names a limitation.
  3. A fair conclusion.

Mistakes that cost points on HLTH 349 Week 6

  • No assessment.
  • Over 500 words.
  • Missing citation.

Checklist before you submit

  • Length: 450 to 500 words
  • Sources: The assigned article
  • The summary of the study is accurate and brief
  • Strengths and weaknesses are both explained
  • Each rubric row read against the section that answers it

Questions students ask

When is HLTH 349 Article Review 3 due?

In Module/Week 6.

How many points is HLTH 349 Week 6 Article Review 3 worth?

80 points in Liberty's published course guide for HLTH 349, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 8% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.

Is HLTH 349 Week 6 the same in every section of HLTH 349?

This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for HLTH 349. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.

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