Grey Literature and reference formatting
For peer-reviewed literature, search in Medline, Embase, Cinahl, Pubmed databases after
logging in to the ACU Li
ary. The way to find Grey Literature, ie non peer-reviewed articles,
and a lot of great data, is to go to ACU Li
ary / Subject Guides / Health Sciences / Public
Health / Grey Literature / Trove. Then search on a subject. Searching by subject is a great
way to find relevant sources.
Grey literature often has the organisation rather than the person as the author; Therefore,
the listings in your reference list and in-text citation are done differently in APA6 format.
Please use ACU’s APA6 Referencing Guide on the Unit LEO page, LaTrobe University Li
ary’s
link http:
www.lib.latrobe.edu.au
eferencing-tool/apa-6
Note that ACU assessment tasks require in-text citation as well as a reference list.
A time-saver is to find your article from a search, open a new
owser window with Google
Scholar, paste the citation (title, authors etc) into this for a search, then go to the big blue
citation link (“) which gives this formatted for APA style. Copy this into your word
document for the reference list.
Another way to find grey literature is to go to good websites. Here are a few sources for
eports of this type that I have used at work:
Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW); https:
www.aihw.gov.au/
World Health Organization (WHO) http:
www.who.int/gho/publications/en/
United Nations (UN) http:
www.un.org/en/index.html
and look for health etc. for example, http:
www.unaids.org/en
Victorian Population Health Survey
(https:
www.google.com.au/search?q=victorian+population+health+survey+2013&ie=utf-
8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=kea1Wo7oN6fM8gf97LCIDg)
Good old ABS Census (http:
www.abs.gov.au
owse?opendocument&ref=topBar), with
ich data and a lot of specific reports, some at the Local Government Area level.
There is a lovely,
ight portal for Victoria's service data for children called VCAMS
(https:
www.data.vic.gov.au/data/dataset/vcams-proportion-of-children-with-good-
health)
Happy researching! Marion Cincotta
http:
www.lib.latrobe.edu.au
eferencing-tool/apa-6
https:
www.aihw.gov.au
http:
www.who.int/gho/publications/en
http:
www.un.org/en/index.html
http:
www.unaids.org/en
https:
www.google.com.au/search?q=victorian+population+health+survey+2013&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=kea1Wo7oN6fM8gf97LCIDg
https:
www.google.com.au/search?q=victorian+population+health+survey+2013&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=kea1Wo7oN6fM8gf97LCIDg
http:
www.abs.gov.au
owse?opendocument&ref=topBa
https:
www.data.vic.gov.au/data/dataset/vcams-proportion-of-children-with-good-health
https:
www.data.vic.gov.au/data/dataset/vcams-proportion-of-children-with-good-health
Compulsory Hurdle Task: Skill Building. Due Date: Friday 24th August, 5pm by email
This exercise is intended to give students an opportunity for orientation to academic writing, with feedback prior
to graded assessments. Preliminary work for Assessment Task 1 will be submitted by email for ungraded
evaluation and comment.
Create a title page; begin a table of contents that is a list of headings; identify and list three relevant references
in APA6 style. One reference should be a peer reviewed journal article; one should be from a Government
statistical report; and one from a reputable non-government agency (such as the World Health Organisation).
Assignment 1 concerns workplace drug testing, so your three references should pertain to that.
Possible headings for the table of contents can be deduced from below. This task will not receive a grade or
mark, but emailed feedback. These steps will contribute to the Assignment.
Assessment Task 1: Evaluating a screening program Due date: Friday 21st September. 5pm
Total possible marks: 40%
Students will assume the role of a Workplace Health Advisor working for a corporation that is considering the
introduction of a drug and alcohol screening program for all employees. The Advisor has been asked to write a
eport that critically evaluates drug and alcohol screening programs generally, and the likely implications of
such a program in this specific workplace.
The organisation employs around 3000 staff, including warehouse workers, delivery drivers, administration
staff, and executives. All employees are based within 2 buildings located a short walk apart, in the inner city,
easily accessible by public transport. There are car parking facilities available nea
y at discounted rates to
employees. Increasingly, office workers are working from home/off site on random days throughout the week.
The Chief Executive Officer is concerned about Workplace Health and Safety issues with drug use, after a firm
paid compensation to a worker injured in a forklift incident. Reference.
A company offers workplace drug and alcohol screening on site, claiming that their screening results are 95%
accurate. The Chief Executive Officer is considering using this organisation to screen all employees once a
month. She approaches you to discuss the benefits and downsides of drug and alcohol screening on all
employees in general, and specifically using the test that this company is advertising.
1) What would you advise the CEO about the benefits and downsides to screening all employees in this
organisation each month. You should include in your advice the issues with screening programs in general, as
well as the specifics of this screening program.
Identify at least 3 benefits and 3 downsides and discuss. (600 words).
References are required.
2) The CEO is excited by this company’s test accuracy. What would you say to the CEO regarding this
companies claim to be 95% accurate. (100 words)
3) You decide to do some further investigation into drug and alcohol screening tests and find a company
whose test has shown to be quite reliable, with a 95% sensitivity, and a 86% specificity.
a. Explain these results to the CEO (1-2 paragraphs)
. Based on other workplace screening programs, you anticipate a 0.001% prevalence of drug and/or alcohol
in your workplace. Using these values, calculate the positive and negative predictive values if you were to use
this test in your workplace. Provide an interpretation of these values in a language that would be appropriate to
eport back to the CEO. (Show using 2X2 table)
c. Would you recommend the use of this test as a monthly screening test in your workplace?
Why or Why not? (200 words)
Note: This and the remaining Assessment Tasks are to be submitted to Turnitin, from LEO.
http:
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/tas/TASWRCT/2016/11.html
Marking Ru
ic for Assessment Task 1. This work counts 40% toward overall Unit marks.
marks Assessment criteria
1. Advice on benefits & downside of screening employees
XXXXXXXXXX
High-level advice on the use of this screening test; evidence on benefits & downside
of screening. A considered argument is made, supported by adequate evidence.
XXXXXXXXXX
Very good advice on the use of this screening test; evidence on benefits & downsides
of screening. An argument is presented, and is supported by adequate evidence.
XXXXXXXXXX
Good advice on the use of this screening test; evidence on benefits & downsides of
screening. An argument is presented, supported by adequate evidence.
XXXXXXXXXXSatisfactory advice on the use of this screening test; with some evidence.
XXXXXXXXXXSubmission demonstrates very little (or no) advice; minimal or no evidence.
2. Advice to CEO on companies claim to be 95% accurate
XXXXXXXXXXExcellent, high level advice and interpretation of the accuracy statistic
XXXXXXXXXXVery good advice and interpretation of the accuracy statistic
XXXXXXXXXXGood advice and interpretation of the accuracy statistic
XXXXXXXXXXAdequate advice and interpretation of the accuracy statistic
XXXXXXXXXXInadequate advice and interpretation of the accuracy statistic
3. Explaining sensitivity & specificity, positive & negative predictive values
XXXXXXXXXX
Excellent, high level interpretation of sensitivity & specificity, positive & negative
predictive values
XXXXXXXXXX
Very good interpretation of sensitivity & specificity, positive & negative predictive
values
XXXXXXXXXXGood interpretation of sensitivity & specificity, positive & negative predictive values
XXXXXXXXXX
Adequate interpretation of sensitivity & specificity, positive & negative predictive
values
XXXXXXXXXX
Inadequate interpretation of sensitivity & specificity, positive & negative predictive
values
4. Effective communication and use of references
XXXXXXXXXX
High-level quality of writing that is logical, clear and eloquent, meeting word limit
equirements. No e
ors with grammar, spelling, punctuation or APA6 formatting.
Required numbers of credible and relevant references are used.
XXXXXXXXXX
Very good quality of writing, mostly clear, logical and well written, with minor e
ors
with grammar, spelling, punctuation, APA6 referencing. Meets word limit
equirements. The meaning is easily discernible. Credible and relevant references are
XXXXXXXXXX
Good quality of writing, logic, which meets word limit requirements. There are e
ors
with grammar, spelling and punctuation, APA6 referencing, but the meaning is easily
discernible. Credible and relevant references are used.
XXXXXXXXXX
Satisfactory quality of writing. E
ors in spelling, sentence structure, organisation do
not obscure meaning. Meets word limit requirements. APA referencing style is applied
in most instances. References may be insufficient.
XXXXXXXXXX
Poor standard of writing, which fails to adhere to word limit requirements, grammar,
spelling, punctuation or APA6 referencing style. Meaning is not clearly conveyed. Not
all references are relevant.
Introduction to the APA Referencing System
Prepared by the Academic Skills Unit, August 2015
2 Academic Skills Unit, last updated August, 2015
Overview
The information presented here is based on the 2010 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.); the
acketed section
numbers [e.g., (6.11)] in the table on the subsequent pages refer to the chapter and the section of a particular rule within the manual.
Please note the examples provided are not actual publications. They have been created for the purposes of this resource.
Any requirements provided by your lecturer take precedence over the information contained in this guide.
APA is an author-date system, in which author-date citations are used within text:
• If you refer to an author’s idea’s (information prominent citation), place within
ackets the surname(s) of the author(s) of the source, the year of
publication, and a page number when appropriate: (Smith, 2015, p. 25).
• Place information prominent citations at the end of the phrase or sentence containing information from the source.
• If the author’s