(SOLVED) A Literature Review for the Situation of Diabetes Mellitus in the United States

The topic in question is Diabetes in the United States. Use the five sources attached in a document for this review. 

Literature Review
20 points
Length: 4 pages, double-spaced (plus a title page and reference page)

Overview
The University of Guelph Library page (2016) defines a literature review as such:

A literature review is both a summary and explanation of the complete and current state of knowledge on a limited topic as found in academic books and journal articles. There are two kinds of literature reviews you might write at university: one that students are asked to write as a stand-alone assignment in a course, often as part of their training in the research processes in their field, and the other that is written as part of an introduction to, or preparation for, a longer work, usually a thesis or research report. The focus and perspective of your review and the kind of hypothesis or thesis argument you make will be determined by what kind of review you are writing. One way to understand the differences between these two types is to read published literature reviews or the first chapters of theses and dissertations in your own subject area. Analyze the structure of their arguments and note the way they address the issues.  (McLaughlin Library, n. pag.)

This assignment is a short literature review that only requires you to research and synthesize five articles.

Purpose of a Literature Review (from University of Guelph)

• It gives readers easy access to research on a particular topic by selecting high quality articles or studies that are relevant, meaningful, important and valid, summarizing them into one complete report
• It can provide clues as to where future research is heading or recommend areas on which to focus
• It highlights key findings
• It identifies inconsistencies, gaps and contradictions in the literature
• It provides a constructive analysis of the methodologies and approaches of other researchers

Paper Guidelines

• Summarize five articles that you gathered about the current scholarly thinking on a topic of your own choosing.
• A topic resides somewhere within a subject area but requires a narrowing of focus.  For example, you may be interested in video games.  Video games is a good example of a subject area.  A topic, on the other hand, is more specific, such as the effects of video games on children and early learning, or the correlation between violent video games and childhood aggression.
• After you have narrowed your focus from subject to topic, find five scholarly articles on that topic from one or more of the RU databases.

Content of the Review (from University of Guelph)
The paper should be broken into the following sections with subheadings as discussed below.  No abstract is required but use standard APA format for title page, headings, and reference page.

Introduction
The introduction explains the focus and establishes the importance of the subject. It discusses what kind of work has been done on the topic and identifies any controversies within the field or any recent research which has raised questions about earlier assumptions. It may provide background or history. It concludes with a purpose or thesis statement. In a stand-alone literature review (like this paper), this statement will sum up and evaluate the state of the art in this field of research.

Body
Often divided by headings/subheadings, the body summarizes and evaluates the current state of knowledge in the field. It notes major themes or topics, the most important trends, and any findings about which researchers agree or disagree.

• The discussions of each article must be at least five to eight sentences.  Sometimes two paragraphs will be required, but try to keep your summaries concise.
• Include one direct quote from each article being summarized and use the “quotation sandwich” model discussed in the reading and PPT “The Art of Quoting” to properly integrate the quotation into your own text.  (We will study this method during this unit.)
• Include an in-text parenthetical citation after each quote,
  Essays will be graded on the accuracy of summaries, documentation exactness, and grammatical correctness.
  I recommend using the database “Cite” function to copy-and-paste the correct APA references entry above each article (see the end of Module Three’s tutorial on RU databases for clarification); however, below is the format for an APA entry of scholarly journals if you prefer to do it the old-school way.

Conclusion
The conclusion summarizes all the evidence presented and shows its significance. If the review is an introduction to your own research, it highlights gaps and indicates how previous research leads to your own research project and chosen methodology. If the review is a stand-alone assignment for a course, it should suggest any practical applications of the research as well as the implications and possibilities for future research.