Healthcare Is Failing Black Women

“Write for a Cause” Argument Essay Information
To-Do Date: Jul 8 at 8:00am
Objective: Students will connect the various modules in the course to the objective of the final exam.
Objective: Students will use the elements of persuasion to support their topic.
Objective: Students will connect research methods to write an argument essay.
Connecting What You’ve Learned This Semester
This semester we started our journey by learning about ourselves through the MyPlan assessment and going through the self-reflective process of finding a “cause” we could connect to your personal or professional growth. As we learned more about ourselves and our natural abilities, we were able to think more earnestly about what we want to see changed or improved in the world. This led us to our “Write for a Cause” research topic and our journey to this point commenced from there. Here’s an overview of what you’ve learned that is applicable to your final exam.

For the final exam you will:

Use the sources you discovered and summarized in the Preliminary Bibliography and Annotated Bibliography.
Use the power of persuasion as you did in the Research Proposal essay.
Create claims for topic sentences, offer evidence and write warrants for the information in your body paragraphs as you did in the Short Answer Response module.
Use the same essay format as the Analytical Essay where you:
(1) create an engaging introduction that leads to a strong thesis
(2) offer research responsibly in well-developed body paragraphs
(3) write a strong conclusion using the reflect and project method where you leave a lasting impression on your audience.
FINAL EXAM ARGUMENT ESSAY (10%)
The argument essay should be over the “Write for a Cause” topic that you posed in the preliminary research assignment. For the final exam essay, you will write an argument essay on your topic using factual information gathered from your research. Your intent is to persuade, so you will use the subjective tone.

For the final exam, you should:

Take a stance on your topic and argue for your cause.
This essay should be persuasive, and it should offer factual evidence and warrants to support the claims made in your essay.
You may include personal anecdotes to support your ideas as well.
If you choose to use anecdotes to support your claims, they should be contextualized and supported by research.
Research should go either before or after each anecdote.
Please Note:
The ONLY difference between the analytical essay and the final exam essay is that your intent is to persuade me and any other audience you imagine to support your “Write for a Cause” topic.

The analytical essay and the argument essay are NOT the same essays. They should have two separate thesis statements and offer different forms of evidence.
You will use the same strategies for writing the introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs as was used in the analytical essay.
Please see the information in Module 6 and review the webinars for help with strategies for developing your paragraphs.

My Annotated Bibliography,
Akobirshoev, Ilhom, et al. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes and Labor and Delivery Charges Among Massachusetts Women With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.” Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, vol. 58, no. 2, Apr. 2020, pp. 126–138. EBSCOhost,http://library.collin.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=143267043&site=ehost-live. Access 15 June 2020.

Butler, Kiera. “Pregnant While Black.” Mother Jones, vol. 43, no. 4, July 2018, pp. 13–15. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=130112828&site=ehost-live. http://library.collin.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=130112828&site=ehost-live. Access 15 June 2020

Mogos, Mulubrhan F., et al. “Inpatient Maternal Mortality in the United States, 2002–2014.” Nursing Research, vol. 69, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 42–50. EBSCOhost, http://library.collin.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=140878866&site=ehost-live (Links to an external site.). Access 17 June 2020

Petersen, Emily E., et al. “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy-Related Deaths – United States, 2007-2016.” MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 68, no. 35, Sept. 2019, pp. 762–765. EBSCOhost, http://library.collin.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=138475199&site=ehost-live (Links to an external site.). Access 17 June 2020

Pan, Zhi, et al. “Perinatal Health Outcomes Following a Community Health Worker–Supported Home-Visiting Program in Rochester, New York, 2015–2018.” American Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 7, July 2020, pp. 1031–1033. EBSCOhost,http://library.collin.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=143704269&site=ehost-live. Access 17 June 2020