Week one Flashcards
What is Clinical Research
Evaluates the best way to prevent diagnose and treat adverse health issues that adversely affect individuals and families (something doctors look at)
What is population health research
Communities and city’s focuses on the health outcomes and the determinants of health in groups of humans doesn’t care about any indviduals
What is public health
The actions taken to promote health and prevent illness injuries and early deaths at the population level
What is biological (basic medical research)
Looks at changes at human cellular level that can be related to health outcomes dosen’t look at people
looks at cells
What are the five steps to the research process
- Identify a study question
- Select a general study approach
- Design the study and collect data
- Analyze Data
- Write and share a report about the findings
What is the six steps of the more comprehensive research process
- Research question
- Generate Hypothesis
- Collect Data
- Analyze Data
- Interpret findings
- Communicate
How do we brainstorm a question
Generating long lists of spontaneous ideas about possible research
What could be some sources for brainstorming a question
Person experinces
Knowledge aquried from coursework
Clinical or public health practice
Informal reading about subjects of interest
What does it mean when the question is clear
Practical and focused
Who where when what why and how often
What are some goals for your research question
Understanding the issue needs assessments program evaluations clinical effectiveness studies and other types of health releated research
What is EDP
Exposure disease population
What is exposure
A personal characteristic( SES) behvaiour smoking enviromental encounter pollution or intervention that might change the likelihood of developing a health condition
What is outcome
An observed event such as the presence of disease in a participant in an observation study or the measured endpoint in an experimental study
What is the standard of health research
P- What is the patient or population group and the problem studied
I- What is the intervention that will be tested
C- What will the intervention be compared to what is the control group
O- What is the outcome of intrest
T- What is the timeframe to follow up
What makes a question a good research question?
1) A real question should not be based on predetermined call to action
2) Testable
3) Generalizable
4) Purposeful