Psychology Homework - Identify your chosen social problem

Psychology Homework

Create a PowerPoint presentation outlining and identifying the following: 

1. Identify your chosen social problem - Substance Abuse amongst adolescents

2. Your research question - Does the widespread use and dependency on drugs or alcohol, often cause personal and social harm amongst adolescents?

3. Evidence/Statistics supporting why this social issue is problematic (this will help you get started on your literature review)- Be sure to cite within the slides as well as have references slide at the end. 

4. Relevant policies/advocacy groups that already exist to support or address this problem (include strengths and limitations of each)

5. List research design elements (methodology, sampling, data collection and analysis, reporting, limitations) **You do not have to go into depth just list these elements**

6. Discussion-- Based on the strengths and limitations of existing programs/advocacy groups what program or policy ideas do you have that you feel would fill these gaps and create measurable change for this problem? Why is this problem important to social work?