NUR 533 Discussion Population Based Health Disparities
NUR 533 Discussion Population Based Health Disparities
The purpose of this discussion is to provide you with an opportunity to
receive feedback on the construction of your annotated bibliography and further
develop your approach to this assignment. The focus of your annotated
bibliography is on a specific population based health disparity that you have
chosen to investigate. The annotated bibliography assignment asks you to
conduct a literature search and identify 8 to 10 articles that address the
disparity and write an annotation of each article.
For this discussion, choose one of the articles you identified for your
annotated bibliography and include the following in your initial post:
Identify the disparity and the specific population.
Provide a brief synopsis of the article (in your own words, not a
restatement of the abstract); include a link (URL) to the article.
Describe the usefulness of the article as a source of information about
the disparity.
Does information provided in the article facilitate efforts to eliminate
the health disparity? If it cannot be used to eliminate the health disparity,
explain why
Describe ethical concerns you might have after reading this article.
Describe how information from the article enhanced your awareness of the
disparity.
For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.
Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:

Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.
Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
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Evaluation
This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.