This guide is for HLTH 350 Week 2 Article Review 1, start to submission. A 450 to 500-word paper summarizing the course article's major points and suggesting ways to address its problem, with one supporting source.
HLTH 350 is Introduction to Public and Community Health, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's BS in Public Health. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as HLTH350; it is the same course.
| Course | HLTH 350 Introduction to Public and Community Health |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 80 points |
| Length | 450 to 500 words |
| Sources | One source: the peer-reviewed article embedded in the course |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA, 12-point font |
What HLTH 350 Week 2 Article Review 1 asks for
This individual assignment summarizes the major points of the assigned paper and offers suggestions to address the problem or topic in the article. It is written as a paper in APA with 12-point font, 450 to 500 words, with one source to support your response: the peer-reviewed article already embedded in the course. It is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) Monday of Module/Week 2, with McKenzie et al. chapters 2, 3 and 5. Worth 80 points.
Where it fits in HLTH 350
In the published schedule, Article Review 1 is one of 7 graded written assignments in HLTH 350. It follows Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 and comes before Week 3 Discussion Board Forum 2.
How HLTH 350 Week 2 Article Review 1 is graded
Liberty grades Article Review 1 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. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in HLTH 350 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 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 week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The HLTH 350 Week 2 method, step by step
Read the article twice, differently
First read for the story, second read for the method. The critique is graded on the second read: design, sample, data collection, analysis and the honesty of the conclusions.
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.
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?
Name strengths as well as weaknesses
A critique is not a list of faults. Say what the study does well and why, then where it falls short and how much that matters to its usefulness.
Say what it means for practice
Close with usefulness: could the findings change practice, for which patients or settings, and with what caution?
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 350 Week 2 Article Review 1
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.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| The article | Citation and focus. | ~110 words |
| Summary of major points | What it found. | ~380 words |
| Suggestions | Two or three ways to address the problem. | ~310 words |
| Conclusion | The most promising suggestion. | ~110 words |
A topic angle that works
The guide asks for suggestions, so make them specific and feasible: who would act, what they would do and how success could be measured.
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.
Two responses could address the article's finding that adolescents in rural counties receive fewer preventive visits. First, school-based health centers could offer annual well visits on campus, removing the travel barrier the authors identify.1 Second, the county health department could send text reminders to parents before the school year, a low-cost step tied to higher visit rates in similar programs. Success would show in the share of students with a documented well visit by October.
- Specific actors.
- Feasible actions.
- A measure.
Mistakes that cost points on HLTH 350 Week 2
- Summary only, no suggestions.
- Over 500 words.
- Using an outside source instead of the course article.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 450 to 500 words
- Sources: One source: the peer-reviewed article embedded in the course
- 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
What source do HLTH 350 article reviews use?
One source: the peer-reviewed article already embedded in the course.
How many points is HLTH 350 Week 2 Article Review 1 worth?
80 points in Liberty's published course guide for HLTH 350, 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 350 Week 2 the same in every section of HLTH 350?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for HLTH 350. 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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