Click here for the google doc.
Just a reminder, your literature review doesn't need to be populated strictly with one kind of literature, that is, with only one kind of method/evidence. But you need to know what kind of research method/evidence would be ideally suited for your question, and you need to be able to show how you systemically sought out this type of literature over all others.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Monday, January 30, 2017
Example RQ for 1/30: How do you get a research question from, say, mixed methods (a type of evidence/method), and a public health-related topic?
What HIV prevention programs have proved ineffective because of cultural insensitivity and miscommunication? And what HIV interventions have been put forth in their place?
"mixed methods" "public health"<--first search in KC
For many years, researchers in a range of fields have combined quantitative and qualitative methods. However, the combined use of quantitative and qualitative methods has only recently been conceptualized and defined as mixed methods research. Some authors have described the emerging field as a third methodological tradition (in addition to the qualitative and quantitative traditions). Mixed methods research combines different perspectives and facilitates the study of complex interventions or programs, particularly in public health, an area where interdisciplinarity is critical. However, the existing literature is primarily in English.
Generalizing about Public Health Interventions: A Mixed-Methods Approach to External Validity, by Laura C. Leviton<--this is where you got the HIV/ Native American idea
SubjectTerms:"Mixed methods"; "public health"
SubjectTerms:"Mixed methods"; "public health" AND "HIV prevention" AND drugs
Sexual scripts are widely shared gender and culture-specific guides for sexual behavior with important implications for HIV prevention
"mixed methods" "public health"<--first search in KC
Generalizing about Public Health Interventions: A Mixed-Methods Approach to External Validity
Annual Review of Public Health, 04/2017, Volume 38, Issue 1
Generalizing about Public Health Interventions: A Mixed-Methods Approach to External Validity
Annual Review of Public Health, 04/2017, Volume 38, Issue 1
Mixed methods research in public health: issues and illustration
SANTE PUBLIQUE, 01/2012, Volume 24, Issue 1
For many years, researchers in a range of fields have combined quantitative and qualitative methods. However, the combined use of quantitative and qualitative methods has only recently been conceptualized and defined as mixed methods research. Some authors have described the emerging field as a third methodological tradition (in addition to the qualitative and quantitative traditions). Mixed methods research combines different perspectives and facilitates the study of complex interventions or programs, particularly in public health, an area where interdisciplinarity is critical. However, the existing literature is primarily in English.
Generalizing about Public Health Interventions: A Mixed-Methods Approach to External Validity, by Laura C. Leviton<--this is where you got the HIV/ Native American idea
SubjectTerms:"Mixed methods"; "public health"
SubjectTerms:"Mixed methods"; "public health" AND "HIV prevention" AND drugs
Sexual Scripts and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Black Heterosexual Men: Development of the Sexual Scripts Scale
Sexual scripts are widely shared gender and culture-specific guides for sexual behavior with important implications for HIV prevention
Sunday, January 29, 2017
1/30->2/6
This will link you to the Google docs page for the new schedule (click the "this"). It's under files in Canvas too.
Remember, I need your blog address on the Google doc. But also try and link your blog to my blog. I know it's possible. It's called a "blog roll" I think. Either way, we need to be blog friends, as it were.
If you're having technical difficulties, remember to be in the browser Google chrome and with an Gmail address that's not affiliated with UNR. Also, a lot of this stuff can be done on a phone as well, so just get the Blogger app. It's free.
Google + has to be enabled as well, but that has only been a problem for one person, for whom we had to begin with a new Gmail address, totally shut down and restart the computer, log into with the browser Google Chrome and with the new, non-UNR Gmail address, and then into Google + first. Then, after we were logged into Google + with the new, non-UNR Gmail address, then we signed up for Blogger.
Also remember that it's important with the Google Site to select file cabinet when you're making the audio page. And when you input the HTML for the audio, you have to be in the HTML section of your post.
Remember, I need your blog address on the Google doc. But also try and link your blog to my blog. I know it's possible. It's called a "blog roll" I think. Either way, we need to be blog friends, as it were.
If you're having technical difficulties, remember to be in the browser Google chrome and with an Gmail address that's not affiliated with UNR. Also, a lot of this stuff can be done on a phone as well, so just get the Blogger app. It's free.
Google + has to be enabled as well, but that has only been a problem for one person, for whom we had to begin with a new Gmail address, totally shut down and restart the computer, log into with the browser Google Chrome and with the new, non-UNR Gmail address, and then into Google + first. Then, after we were logged into Google + with the new, non-UNR Gmail address, then we signed up for Blogger.
Also remember that it's important with the Google Site to select file cabinet when you're making the audio page. And when you input the HTML for the audio, you have to be in the HTML section of your post.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Monday, January 23, 2017
Just got this tweet from AJPH; consider adding AJPH to your Twitter handle so that you can get updates.
Check out @AMJPublicHealth's Tweet: https://twitter.com/AMJPublicHealth/status/823625100050108417?s=09
1/23: what you need to know
Today, after I was locked out of not only many buildings to print syllabi but also our classroom to get things started, plus the computer not booting up, I told you the following:
- The single most important thing you need to do is set up a blog on Blogger and give me the address on the google doc.
- The second most important thing you need to do is search in the Journal of American Public Health for something that relates to what you do, your job, what you're interested in: something that feeds into your budding professional career, hopefully (= practice)
- The third most important thing you need to do is come to class on Wednesday, as it is worth a point.
- The fourth most important thing you need to do is remember that the hello post is due on Friday, to which you must attach audio and pictures/screen shots.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
1-23 -> 1/29
I'll obviously give you an updated schedule on 1/30. For now, here's what you need to do this week: click here.
There are two things I forgot. You'll need to give me the address for your blog. The link to the Google doc is here. And second, your topic ought to stem from and feed back into practice. I will be checking for this when I grade these.
There are two things I forgot. You'll need to give me the address for your blog. The link to the Google doc is here. And second, your topic ought to stem from and feed back into practice. I will be checking for this when I grade these.
Friday, January 20, 2017
Ch1 questions
[ ]Systematic
[ ]Remit
[ ]Systematic approach (description of how the literature was searched, and how the quality of the literacy was evaluated): it has to be "clearly evident" the results arise directly from the methods
[ ]Literature review as a method
[ ]Good quality lit rev: what is the difference between a gq lit rev and a systematic review? "Clarity as to how the question was answered"
[ ]What are the elements of a lit rev?
[ ]What is the point of doing a little rev? To influence practice with best practice.
[ ]Evidence-based p
[ ]Quality/validity
[ ]What are inclusion/exclusion criteria? And how do they work?
[ ]What sense can you get of the narrative of a lit review? What comes before what and why?
[ ]How does critique/appraisal work?
[ ]What is the danger of not undertaking a systematic approach? Bias.
[ ]What section of the lit rev does the systematic approach most closely correspond to?
[ ]What is cherry picking, and how does it work?
[ ]What is the significance of the puzzle/jigsaw metaphor? And what does it relate to personal expertise?
[ ]What is the function of a RQ?
[ ]Know to unknown: what is the direction of the research? To deductively capture the unknown
Gut feeling...past alone<--meta-g
Thursday, January 19, 2017
link for how to add an audio file to your blogger
click here for the link.
when you're typing your research journals out, just leave a blank space at the very top of the post. in other words, hit enter once and then begin typing with one space at the top left empty. then, later, when you're ready to add the html, then you can just add it at the beginning of the post, so it'll look more or less like mine. don't forget to label your research journal #1 as research journal #1 in the label section to the right under post settings (above "schedule").
when you're typing your research journals out, just leave a blank space at the very top of the post. in other words, hit enter once and then begin typing with one space at the top left empty. then, later, when you're ready to add the html, then you can just add it at the beginning of the post, so it'll look more or less like mine. don't forget to label your research journal #1 as research journal #1 in the label section to the right under post settings (above "schedule").
Monday, January 16, 2017
choosing a research question and the initial search
What was the process by which you narrowed down potential topics to two appropriate ones? And how were these decisions made on the basis of either class discussion, or our required, course textbook (Aveyard 2014), or both?
Foucault
Social theory
"healthification"
What research question did you choose, and how are I can be sure you're making a reasoned, academic judgement on the basis of chapters 1-3 (Aveyard 2014)?
My research question is: What are the homeless' attitudes towards their own homelessness, specifically in terms of personal responsibility? Do they view their own homelessness as primarily socially determined? Or do they understand their homelessness to result from their own personal choices? Or some mixture of both?
What article (or articles) are you basing this question on, and what type of article is it (research, theory, policy, practice) (citation[s] in APA, please)?
Alexander-Eitzman, B. (2006). Examining the course of homelessness: right direction, wrong approach. American Journal of Public Health. 96(5), 796.
Potvin L, Gendron S, Bilodeau A, Chabot P. (2005). Integrating social theory into public health practice. American Journal of Public Health. 95(4), 591-595.
Viehbeck SM, Petticrew M, Cummins S. (2015). Old myths, new myths: challenging myths in public health. American Journal of Public Health. 105(4), 665-9.
How can I be sure that the key vocabulary of the question corresponds not only to literature in the field, but also to chapter 1-3 (Aveyard 2014)?
I encountered much difficulty with this one, with my initial search to determine if the type of research my research question calls for actually exists in the form of reliable, peer-reviewed research.
Based on what your question is, what kind of literature are you going to need? Again, please explicitly reference the text (Aveyard 2014). What is your hierarchy of evidence?
In the order of importance going downward (those are the top are the most important) (cf. pg. 69 Aveyard):
Systematic reviews of qualitative studies of homeless perceptions
Quantitative and qualitative studies of homeless perceptions
Expert opinion
Anecdotal evidence
How exactly did you research question arise out of "practice"?
How do you define your key terms, and how do these definitions link to key journals in the field?
social determinants
personal responsibility
Deborah Holtzman
homeless* "personal responsibility" "public health"
homeless* "individual responsibility" "community health"
individual responsi* homeless
social determin* responsi* homeless*
homeless* AND phenomeno*
homeless* AND qualitative
homeless* AND perception*
homelessness AND experience* AND qualitative
Did anything unexpected happen? From you initial search, does it appear as though your research question will work? Or does the vocabulary and/or type of research sought need to be changed?
optimism
getting worried
cardboard, very excited
very worried
surprised
"structural"
theor* "public health" complexity
"Evidence-Based" "Public Health" complexity
Any final thoughts?
New research question, perhaps: What are the theoretical limits of evidence-based practice, and how do public health professionals attempt to surpass them?time spent=3hrs
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