Week 4 Discussion Due on 6/11/24 @ 11:59pm ESTDiscussion Topic DueJune 11 at 11:59 PM

Week 4 Discussion 3 Articles:

The impact of macroeconomic policies on the growth of public health expenditure: An empirical assessment from the Indian states

The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Healthcare Delivery in Kenya

The effect of macroeconomic indicators on health-care expenditure in Iran

Macroeconomic policies and increasing social-health inequality in Iran

Macroeconomic policies and health in developing countries

Week 4 Discussion 3: Macroeconomic Policies and Public Health

Read and compare two articles of your choice offered in the Forum. Are there similarities in the conclusions? Are there differences?Why?

While answering, consider the following

-the country profile

-the type of study and tools used for data collection

-bias and any specific assumptions

-political environment and transparency

-importance of the issue to the public and government

The post should be developed in acomparative analysisstyle. It should be around 500 words plus references. Make sure to support your reasoning with evidence (no less than 2) formatted in APA 7th Edition. This activity is weighted 5% toward the final grade.

In your replies to the peers indicate:

-if you find their reasoning convincing and why

-what type of evidence you found the most useful in accepting your peers' conclusions/or not. Explain why

-offer a suggestion on how the reasoning might have been improved or what other evidence could have been used to support/oppose it

The replies should be around 300 words each. The students are encouraged to use credible sources to support their ideas. Make sure to cite and refer properly any sources and the original post when quoted or paraphrased.

Corrections to make on the Discussion

1a. The first sentence of the paragraph should always start with a topic sentence that summarizes the main idea of the paragraph. So since this is your writing, use your own thoughts for a topic sentence instead of using cited information.

1b. Suggestion for topic sentence: since your discussion is a comparison of the two articles, explain what the two viewpoints pertain to. See resource on what to include in an introductory paragraph.

1c. There are two main viewpoints on the impact of......etc. Provide further background information on the subject matter of your essay. Then end the paragraph with a thesis statement.

2. Once you make a claim you need to support it using cited information as evidence to bolster your ideas.

3. You cannot just make a claim and assume that the reader knows what you are talking about. Explain it so the professor can see that you understand material.

4. Use cited information as evidence to explain the findings of the study.

5. You already said this. Also, what does this statement even mean? Articulate your thoughts clearly by explaining the positive relationship, and don't just say that there is one.

6. Don't assume that the reader knows what you know. Be clear on which article you are referring to.

7. Your discussion is disorganized and somewhat incoherent. First explain the viewpoints of the two articles. Then organize the writing by topic on what they disagree on instead of merging the topics in a single paragraph. For example, you can use their conclusions as one topic, their assumptions as another topic, biases, etc. Don't overuse "conclusion" in the essay.

8. Instead of referring to the article as first and second, use the name of the author. First and second and going back and forth is too confusing to follow.

Example: The two articles reach different conclusions because they use different data from different periods. According to Zaboli et al (2014), ___ explain the main conclusion____ , based on ____ . However, Pakdaman et al (2019) explains the reason for____ is because_____ . Therefore, the difference between the two articles can be explained by _____ .