Assignment Instructions
Global Health in the News
Page Limit & Formatting: 1.5-2 typed, double-spaced pages with 1” margins on all sides. Please submit
this document as a Word file. If you submit a PDF I will return it to you and count it as late until you
submit a version in Word.
The purpose of the Global Health in the News assignment is to encourage students to understand what’s
going on right now in global health and how this affects us in the United States. The field of global health
is constantly changing and evolving, so it’s only by being aware of what’s happening in the news that
you can be up-to-date with what’s happening in the field.
The due date for this assignment varies, so please see the attached schedule. You must choose a global
health news article published in a high quality source in the past four months. High quality sources
include newspapers (e.g. New York Times, Washington Post) and news magazines (e.g. Time, the
Economist). Please do not use a transcript of a television or radio news report and make sure you’re
article covers a global health concern. Articles that only talk about the U.S. or aren’t about health are
not acceptable.
Read the article and prepare a summary that includes these things: an APA style citation for the article, a
description of the global health issue/problem discussed, a description of what is being done or could be
done to address the global health issue, including any key organizations or people who are involved in
addressing the issue and a conclusion that includes your reaction to the article. Please note that the
summary of the article needs to be written in your own words. The article must be attached to your
summary. The summary should not include more than one quote from the article reviewed. If more
than one quote is included in the summary or sentences from the article are copied, the student will
receive a zero for the assignment. If any other sources are used in the summary, they should be
appropriately cited on a separate page.
By the day your summary is due you must turn in a copy of the article, or a hyperlink to the article, along
with your summary, as described above. Please submit your assignment in TWO places. Use the
assignment link to turn in the assignment. ALSO, submit your assignment to the discussion board
indicated in the assignment schedule. This will allow your instructor to grade the assignment (via the
assignment link) and allow your classmates to read and respond to your summary within the discussion
board. Please note that this does not count as your discussion board post for the week.
Grading Rubric for Global Health in the News Assignment
Correct APA style
citation
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The citation
provided for the
article uses correct
APA format
Description of
Problem
The problem has
been thoroughly
and accurately
identified and well
described
Description of
Intervention/Actors
The intervention
and/or actors have
been thoroughly
and accurately
identified and well
described
Conclusion
The conclusion is
strong and leaves
the reader solidly
understanding the
writer’s response
and personal
reaction to the
article.
The grammar and
usage are correct
and fluent
Grammar and Usage
1.5
The citation
provided for the
article uses
mostly correct
APA format
The problem has
been mostly
thoroughly and
accurately
identified and
well described
The intervention
and/or actors
have been
mostly
thoroughly and
accurately
identified and
well described
The conclusion is
good. Includes
the author’s
response and
personal
reaction to the
article.
1
The citation
provided for the
article uses
somewhat correct
APA format
The problem has
been somewhat
thoroughly and
accurately
identified and
well described
The intervention
and/or actors
have been
somewhat
thoroughly and
accurately
identified and
well described
Conclusion is
weak or
incomplete.
Limited response
and personal
reaction to the
article.
0.5
The citation
provided for the
article does not
use APA format
The grammar
and usage are
mostly correct
and fluent
The grammar and
usage have major
problems,
however they do
not keep the
authors meaning
from being
understood
The grammar
and usage have
major problems
that prevent the
author’s
meaning from
being
understood
The problem has
not been
thoroughly and
accurately
identified and
well described
The intervention
and/or actors
have not been
thoroughly and
accurately
identified and
well described
There is no
conclusion – the
summary just
ends.
How to Get Smokers to Quit? Enlist World’s Ugliest Color
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Mcneil, D. G. (2016, July 20). How to get smokers to quit? Enlist world’s ugliest color. New
York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/health/cigarettepackaging-ugliest-color.html?rref=collection/column/global-health
Description of the global health issue/problem what is being done or could be done to
address the global health issue discussed:
The New York Times online article describes how to encourage smokers to stop
smoking. Nicotine becomes a drug that is constantly demanded by the brain through smoking
therefore, smoking becomes a habit that cannot easily be overcome. The best way to inform
smokers that smoking is dangerous to our health, according to global health authorities, is to
persistently remind smokers of the most obvious side effects of smoking. Placing various
smoking side effect pictures on every cigarette packaging has the potential to decrease smoking.
For instance, rather than having the cigarette box covered in cigarette company logos, perhaps
the sign that reads, “smoking causes blindness” with a distorted eye ball placed on the box will
subconsciously remind the brain that smoking is bad, thus, keep away. (McNeil, 2016)
Key organizations or people involved in address the issue:
Contracted under the Australian government, the market research company called GfK
Bluemoon, surveyed nearly 1,000 smokers to determine the world’s most repulsive color.
Opaque couche was determined to be the world’s most repulsive color. Opaque couche color
became the background of every cigarette package. Australia showed a decrease in smokers after
mandating to place vivid side effects of smoking on every cigarette packaging. Because of
Australia’s success, Britain, France and Ireland followed suit. India officials only agreed to cover
85 percent of packs; while the United States completely disagreed with the idea of covering
cigarette packages to show that smoking is essentially detrimental to our health. (McNeil, 2016)
How to Get Smokers to Quit? Enlist World’s Ugliest Color
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Conclusion
Australia’s decision to decrease smoking habits by covering the entire cigarette
packaging with realistic, vividphotos of smoking side effects was a success. If Australia showed
a significant decrease in smoking through these picture reminders, why did the United States not
follow Australia’s successful attempt? Buyers are not forced to stop smoking since smoking
addiction has proven to have difficulty stopping over the years. The buyers, however, are given a
choice with obvious signs to stop smoking. The United States should learn from history by
learning from other country’s mistakes, in this case, learning from Australia’s success.

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