Week Five Article Review [WLOs: 1, 2, 3][CLOs: 1, 2] Find a peer-reviewed journal article that involves the health disparity topic of interest and includes diffusion of innovation theory. If you cannot find an article that focuses on your health disparity topic, please choose one that addresses another health outcome. For example, search for your article using diffusion of innovation theory and obesity in the library’s EBSCO database. You are welcome to use an article that you expect will be useful in your Final Paper (e.g., a research article describing an evaluation of an intervention or program that addresses your health disparity topic). This assignment must reflect graduate-level writing and critical thinking. The article you select should be an empirical study (not a review study), meaning that it involved the collection of data. The article could be, for example, research that has used the theory to examine theoretical risk factors for obesity, has tested the behavior theory in some way, or has used the theory in an intervention. Include the citation for the chosen article in your paper. Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. In your paper: Describe the theory that was chosen including all of the main elements, constructs, definitions or desсrіptions of the constructs, and how the constructs are related to each other and ultimately to behavior. Describe the opinion leaders, change agents, and their role. Summarize the research article—in your own words—not a copy/paste of the abstract. Describe the authors’ use of the theory in the research and how it was applied to the research. Describe your thoughts and opinions about how the authors used the theory (any strengths and weaknesses). Describe the implications for future interventions. Describe its relevancy to other public health issues or topics.
