1. Name:          Jane Graduate

2. Discipline:   Health Care Administration

3. Research question:

How does early diagnosis affect autism treatment in children? 

4.  Keywords & synonyms

Early:            timely
Diagnosis:     symptoms, screening, testing, assessment
Autism:         autistic, neurodevelopmental disability, autistic disorder
Treatment:    cure, healing
Children:       child, pediatric

5. UMUC Electronic Databases

MEDLINE
CINAHL
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

6. Search statements

(early OR timely) AND diagnosis AND (autism OR autistic) AND treatment AND child*
"early diagnosis" AND (autism OR autistic) AND treatment AND (child* OR pediatric)
"early diagnosis" AND (testing OR screening) AND autism

7. Citation in correct APA format

(Following are two examples, one with a DOI and one without. For your project, just list one article)

(No DOI)

Crane, J. L., & Winsler, A. (2000). Early autism detection: Implications for pediatric practice and public policy. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 18(4), 245-53. Retrieved from http://dps.sagepub.com

(DOI)

Nadel, S., & Poss, J. E. (2007). Early detection of autism spectrum disorders: Screening between 12 and 24 months of age. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 19(8), 408-417. doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00244.x

8. Database name:

CINAHL database

9. Subject terms

Autistic Disorder
Pediatric Care – Standards
Public Policy