Health inquiry

Question 1

Steps in planning a health inquiry – what is involved in each step?

Answer 1

Planning- identification and description of a health issue, development of focus question to research.

Locating and selecting – identification and use of reliable information and sources, identifying and applying criteria

Interpreting- summery of information, identification of trends and patterns in data, developing and argument, developing general conclusions

Presenting- presentation of findings in appropriate format to suit audience

Question 2

Criteria for selecting sources of information.

Answer 2

1. Locating sources- books, internet, media, interpersonal
2. Reliability and relevance of sources - recency, reputation, qualifications, bias, values, consistence, confirmation, witness or researcher
3. Multiple sources

Question 3

What is reliability?

Answer 3

Authentic, conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief, showing whether research methods can reproduce the same results multiple times.

Question 4

What is validity?

Answer 4

How well the results among the study participants represent true findings among similar individuals outside the study

Question 5

Interpretation of information – patterns

Answer 5

The occurrence of health-related events by time, place and personal characteristics.

Question 6

Interpretation of information – trends

Answer 6

Trends generally occurs over time and a relationship can be over time or at a specific point in time.

Question 7

Interpretation of information – summarizing data.

Answer 7

Read the text carefully, make a vocabulary list, key words, condense, attitude, re-phrase.