Choose one chronic disease (diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, respiratory disease) and discuss the ways that the social determinants of health and inequality impact those living with the illness.
Step 1. Describe your Topic
What are the social determinants of health and inequality that are the reason why are we seeing an increase in respiratory disease in youth that vape or smoke e-cigarettes?
Note, this is not a final research questions/thesis - just the start.
Step 2: Identify keywords for your topic.
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social determinants |
vape |
youth |
respiratory disease |
Step 3: Find synonyms
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socio-economic |
vaping |
adolescent |
asthma |
education |
e-cigarettes |
teen |
lung cancer |
culture |
ecigarettes |
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chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
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school |
nicotine |
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Step 4: Build a search
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( socio-economic OR culture OR education) AND (vaping OR e-cigarettes OR nicotine) AND (youth OR teen OR adolescent) AND (respiratory disease OR asthma OR " lung cancer")