Week one

Question 1

What is Clinical Research

Answer 1

Evaluates the best way to prevent diagnose and treat adverse health issues that adversely affect individuals and families (something doctors look at)

Question 2

What is population health research

Answer 2

Communities and city’s focuses on the health outcomes and the determinants of health in groups of humans doesn’t care about any indviduals

Question 3

What is public health

Answer 3

The actions taken to promote health and prevent illness injuries and early deaths at the population level

Question 4

What is biological (basic medical research)

Answer 4

Looks at changes at human cellular level that can be related to health outcomes dosen’t look at people
looks at cells

Question 5

What are the five steps to the research process

Answer 5

1. Identify a study question
2. Select a general study approach
3. Design the study and collect data
4. Analyze Data
5. Write and share a report about the findings

Question 6

What is the six steps of the more comprehensive research process

Answer 6

1. Research question
2. Generate Hypothesis
3. Collect Data
4. Analyze Data
5. Interpret findings
6. Communicate

Question 7

How do we brainstorm a question

Answer 7

Generating long lists of spontaneous ideas about possible research

Question 8

What could be some sources for brainstorming a question

Answer 8

Person experinces
Knowledge aquried from coursework
Clinical or public health practice
Informal reading about subjects of interest

Question 9

What does it mean when the question is clear

Answer 9

Practical and focused
Who where when what why and how often

Question 10

What are some goals for your research question

Answer 10

Understanding the issue needs assessments program evaluations clinical effectiveness studies and other types of health releated research

Question 11

What is EDP

Answer 11

Exposure disease population

Question 12

What is exposure

Answer 12

A personal characteristic( SES) behvaiour smoking enviromental encounter pollution or intervention that might change the likelihood of developing a health condition

Question 13

What is outcome

Answer 13

An observed event such as the presence of disease in a participant in an observation study or the measured endpoint in an experimental study

Question 14

What is the standard of health research

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What makes a question a good research question?

Answer 15

1) A real question should not be based on predetermined call to action
2) Testable
3) Generalizable
4) Purposeful

Question 16

What are 4 questions for refining the study question

Answer 16

What is the one well defined research question that the study will answer
What speific aims objectives or hypotheses will enable the key question to be answered
Would a conceptual framework be helpful for guiding the design analysis and interpretation of the study and its results
Is the proposed study feasible? Is there a high likelihood that the research team will be able to answer the studys main research question?

Question 17

What are some things to consider if you research question is important

Answer 17

What is one key thing the study will answer
What is already known about the research topic or the gaps to be adressed
What is the significance of the problelm that the study will adress
What will be innovative about the research how will it gap
What is the impact how will it help advance health

Question 18

How many specefic aims to health science studys have

Answer 18

2-4, 3 being the most typical

Question 19

What is sequential vs independent objectives

Answer 19

Sequential: Chronological list of actions that will achieve the main goal
Independent: Related but independent objectives when one objective is not achived it will not prevent successfully completion of other objectives

Question 20

What is a good specefic objective

Answer 20

S specific
M measurable
A attainable
R relevant or realisitc
T timely

Question 21

What are theoretical frameworks

Answer 21

A set of established modelS in the published literature that can inform the components and flows of the concenptua; framwork for a new resarch study

Question 22

Why do we use models

Answer 22

Organize thoughts
Explore determinant helath relationships in a systematic manner
A guide for analysis
Identify modifiable factors for intervention

Question 23

What is lalondes model

Answer 23

New perspective of health in 1974 lokking beyond biomedical
human biology
enviorment
lifestyle
health care orginzation

Question 24

What is Evans and stoddart model

Answer 24

When a disease happens it has consequenses

Question 25

What is the eco social model

Answer 25

microsystem
mesosystem
exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem

Question 26

What is the conceptual model

Answer 26

That a researcher sketches using boxes and arrows to illustrate the various relationships that happen
between community level social captial and injuries
Personal
Family/Interpersonal
Community