Task 1a and b. Written Assignment

You must complete Task 1 before Task 2. Review the PowerPoint presentation on titled “How to read a scientific article” then complete the following two assignments.

a.    Your research project is focused on the impact of climate change on infectious disease transmission

·       Retrieve the 8 articles provided below, obtained from PubMedCentral with the SEARCH terms: climate change AND communicable diseases.

·       In one hour, skim the articles and decide what articles should be added to your collection of references. List them and state why you have added them in one to two sentences

·       In another hour peruse and subsequently read the articles that you have decided to add to your collection of references 

·       Summarize with 1-2 sentences each paper that you have added to the library

b.    Select one of the 8 papers and provide a one-page review of the paper. Cover the following items:

·       An extensive outline of the main points of the paper you have selected as the most appropriate for the task to study the impact of climate change on infectious disease transmission such as assumptions made, arguments presented, data analyzed, and conclusions drawn

·       Potential limitations of the paper

·       Your opinion regarding quality of content of the paper and its potential impact

Upload your completed assignment by January 16, 2020

Paper Citation

1.     Levy, K., Smith, S. M., & Carlton, E. J. (2018). Climate Change Impacts on Waterborne Diseases: Moving Toward Designing Interventions. Current environmental health reports, 5(2), 272–282. doi:10.1007/s40572-018-0199-7

2.     Kraemer, M., Reiner, R. C., Jr, Brady, O. J., Messina, J. P., Gilbert, M., Pigott, D. M., … Golding, N. (2019). Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Nature microbiology, 4(5), 854–863. doi:10.1038/s41564-019-0376-y

3.     Thomson, M. C., Muñoz, Á. G., Cousin, R., & Shumake-Guillemot, J. (2018). Climate drivers of vector-borne diseases in Africa and their relevance to control programmes. Infectious diseases of poverty, 7(1), 81. doi:10.1186/s40249-018-0460-1

4.     Berry, P., Enright, P. M., Shumake-Guillemot, J., Villalobos Prats, E., & Campbell-Lendrum, D. (2018). Assessing Health Vulnerabilities and Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of International Progress. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(12), 2626. doi:10.3390/ijerph15122626

5.     Shezi, B., Mathee, A., Siziba, W., Street, R. A., Naicker, N., Kunene, Z., & Wright, C. Y. (2019). Environmental health practitioners potentially play a key role in helping communities adapt to climate change. BMC public health, 19(1), 54. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6378-5

6.     Shah, H. A., Huxley, P., Elmes, J., & Murray, K. A. (2019). Agricultural land-uses consistently exacerbate infectious disease risks in Southeast Asia. Nature communications, 10(1), 4299. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12333-z

7.     Chersich, M. F., Wright, C. Y., Venter, F., Rees, H., Scorgie, F., & Erasmus, B. (2018). Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Wellbeing in South Africa. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(9), 1884. doi:10.3390/ijerph15091884

8.     Wilcox, B. A., Echaubard, P., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., & Ramirez, B. (2019). Vector-borne disease and climate change adaptation in African dryland social-ecological systems. Infectious diseases of poverty, 8(1), 36. doi:10.1186/s40249-019-0539-3.

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