Healthcare Research

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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 ...