Homework Help Forum: HCA 240

Posted by Markella Smith on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:08am.

I need help with this assignment about HIV/AIDS: An Overview its due sunday. I have to compose a 1,300 to 1,450 word paper in APA format. I have to explain the difference between HIV and AIDS, Descride various ways HIV can be transmitted, Identify and discuss what has changed in the immune system when an HIV patient becomes an AIDS patient, Explain why the body's innate immunity fails in an AIDS patient, Describe treatment available for HIV/AIDS patients, Discuss precautions to prevent the spread of HIV, and Describe at least one global awareness campaign to fight the spread of HIV. Resources: Ch. 2 of Human Diseases.

• HCA 240 - Writeacher, Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:53am

  Here are some sites to help you with APA format: http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/apa/ and http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whenever you are writing a comparison/contrast paper (paragraph, essay, research paper), you need to plan it out very carefully on paper first. Try this: 1. Write all the information about one of your topics on one page. 2. Write all the information about the other topic on another page. 3. Then put them together in this order: 1. Intro 2. All about topic A ~~~2A. detail 1 ~~~2B. detail 2 ~~~2C. detail 3 ~~~2D. detail 4 ~~~2E. detail 5 3. All about topic B ~~~3A. detail 1 ~~~3B. detail 2 ~~~3C. detail 3 ~~~3D. detail 4 ~~~3E. detail 5 4. Concl. The number of details for each topic will vary depending on your main points. I would include comparisons (how they are similar) in the introduction and conclusion, but sections 2 and 3 and all those details will be stating and explaining how they are different. There are two recognized patterns for writing comparison/contrast papers. One is casually referred to as "zig-zag,” but can be very confusing for the reader if you don’t use transitions effectively. The other is topic-by-topic (which is what I've outlined above) and is much easier for the reader to follow. See http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html for further help with comparison/contrast writing. Once you have organized your information, please repost if you’d like feedback from someone here.

  
  

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