Event Description: Competitors shall write a paper and develop a speech in which they must take a stand, either in favor of or opposed to a health related issue. Two topic areas will be selected each summer and will be announced in HOSA publications. Competitors select one of the topics and develop a speech and written paper to reflect the position taken on the selected topic, either for or against, supporting one position or the other.
The topics for 2017-2018 are:
1. Peanut Allergies: Is our World Too Clean for our Children?
2. Gene Editing: Cures or Scary Science?