Health policy.

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Overview

Writing an Annotated Bibliography and sharing resources with peers. Using reliable evidence to support your writing is important not only in the academic setting but also in your career and professional activities. Becoming familiar with and using scholarly resources is an integral part of your studies.

For this Discussion, you will develop an Annotated Bibliography on the topic of social justice for a Vulnerable/Special Population and a related Health Care Policy.

Step 1: Please review these Resources for this assignment:
Purdue Writing Lab Annotated Bibliographies
Sample of Annotated Bibliography: Purdue Owl APA Annotated Bibliography

Conduct a literature search. Choose two current articles that discusses the major health needs or challenges of a vulnerable population (i.e racial/ethnic minorities, uninsured women/children, individuals living in rural areas, are homeless, mentally ill, chronically ill/disabled individuals, or patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS).
- - The articles must have been published within the last five years.
  - The articles must be from peer reviewed professional health-related journals.

- Identify a current health care policy (recently introduced or passed) that impacts social justice for the population under discussion.
Step 2: Create an annotated bibliography on each of the two articles you selected.
- - Elements of an Annotated Bibliography:
    - An Introduction to the problem/issue.
      - Discuss the vulnerable population of choice.
      - Identify the legislative policy that was designed to impact social justice for the vulnerable population (reference policy appropriately).
    - Write the Reference of the first article written in APA format.
    - A Summary of the article analyzing information related to the vulnerable population of choice (1-2 paragraphs).
      - Include a short analysis of the source.
        How to evaluate/analyze a source can be found at this link.
    - Repeat the Reference and Summary for the second article
  - A Conclusion paragraph which summarizes your key points.