Imagine you are working in a public health office and an outbreak of measles occurs at a local college. Your team is trying to put together a research proposal so they can better understand how the outbreak occurred and what the best evidence-based practice is for treating and preventing it from happening in the future. Your supervisor asks you to write a bullet-point list of five outbreak questions you feel should be researched.
Then, using the resources provided in this unit, choose a theory or model that best supports the team's research efforts to answer your previously determined questions. If you think anything is missing in the theory or model you chose, list those deficiencies.
locate two non-experimental quantitative public health research studies. Assume, once again, your role as a college instructor for students who are new to the public health field. In your post, describe each of the studies, including the following parameters:
Variables: Independent (IV) & dependent variable (DV). Groups: If groups are used, a comparison group rather than a control group. Research location: Natural setting. Research purpose: To compare a situation, people, or phenomenon, also over a period of time, to observe the change. Type of design: Survey, case studies, correlational studies, comparative studies, descriptive studies, longitudinal studies, needs assessment, historical research. Purpose of the study. Findings of the study. Be sure to correctly cite the studies, so that your students can review them, if they choose.
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