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ABSTRACT
The combination of demographic change and limited budgets is forcing health care like any other economic sector to increase value-added process. While concentrating on performance and service scope as well as rise-demanding, it must take action in order to provide better results with the same staff. Against this backdrop, most hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, nursing homes, medical organisations are more involved with projects to reorganise its quality management or process management in order to improve its processes and reduce risks and unacceptable medical care for patients. This purpose of this research is to explore the concept of changing healthcare system of Irish society and how can we provide better health care.
Table of Contents
ABSTRACTIV
ASSIGNMENT 1: THE RESEARCH PROCESS1
Introduction1
Literature Review2
Research Question4
Research Design and Methodology5
Sampling Procedure5
Report on Findings6
In this section the researcher will present the findings of Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaires (please see Appendix D, E, F, G) and figures of Body Mass Index (BMI) and Waist to Hip ratio (WHR) from Lifestyle Survey Data Recording Sheet (see Appendix H) of four respondents interviewed.6
Discussion of the findings9
Recommendations10
ASSIGNMENT 2: CRITIQUE OF AN ARTICLE11
1. The Literature Review11
Is the literature review logical and comprehensive?11
Is the literature review up to date?12
Is the literature review critical?12
Is it adequately referenced?12
2. The Research Question13
Is the research question clearly defined?13
Is the research question worth answering?13
3. The Research Design14
Is the research model and design appropriate to the research question?14
Does the research raise any ethical issues?14
4. The Sample and the Sampling Procedure15
How the sample was drawn?15
Is the sample size relative to the target population?15
What was the response rate?15
5. The Data- Gathering Instruments Used16
6. The Analysis16
7. The Findings17
8. The Discussion of the Findings18
9. The Conclusions and Recommendations18
10. The Abstract19
11. Overall Assessment19
REFERENCES20
APPENDIX22
Health and Life Style Questionnaire22
Research List of names26
Cross tabulations of age by gender27
Describe, Explain, Evaluate and Plan (D.E.E.P) Reflective Scaffold28
ASSIGNMENT 1: THE RESEARCH PROCESS
Introduction
According to Boston College website:
Research means a systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalisable knowledge. (http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/research/hum_sub_rev/definitionofresearch.html)
We all do different kinds of research in our everyday lives. When we shop, we usually try to find the best price for the goods we want to purchase, when we go on holidays, we ...