❖ Chapter 1: ❖ Define Health research o is the process of systematically investigating a single well-defined aspect of physical, mental, or social well-being. ❖ Examples of Research Goals o Identifying and classifying new health problems o Determining risk factors for disease o Developing and testing new interventions for preventing or treating illness o Evaluating the impact of health policies on health outcomes o Synthesizing existing knowledge so that it can be applied by others ❖ Examples of Researcher Benefits o Acquiring new skills o Satisfying personal curiosity o Fulfilling degree or work requirements o Becoming a published author o Contributing to individual or population health ❖ The steps of any population health research project are: o Identify question study o Select study approach o Design study and data collect o Analyze data o Report findings ❖ Examples of Laboratory Research o Compare tests of air quality in several metropolitan areas o Analyze the biochemical composition of selected foods o Identify biological mechanisms for the emergence of drug-resistant strain bacteria o Identify genes that might be linked to an increased risk of breast cancer o Develop a new vaccine (2) ❖ Examples of Types of Populations o Australian children younger than 5 years old o Women living in rural Ontario o Audit with diabetes o Teachers with at least10 years of classroom experience o Individuals newly diagnosed with influenza at St. Mary's Hospital in Newcastle o Nongovernmental organizations working on issues related to HIV/AIDS in Uganda ❖ Examples of Types of Diseases o Injuries o communicable/ Infectious Diseases o Noncommunicable/ Chronic Diseases o Neuropsychiatric Disorders ABRAR & THAMER.M88 ❖ Examples of Types of Exposures o Socioeconomic status • Income • Wealth • education level o Health related Behaviors • Dietary practices • exercise habits • alcohol use o Health statue • Nutritional status • Genetics • stress o Environmental exposures • Drinking water • Pollution • radiation ❖ Give two examples of study questions using the [exposure] and [disease/outcome] in[population] research topic formula o Is income [exposure] related to the risk of tuberculosis infection [disease/outcome] in Australian children younger than 5 years old [population]? o Are natural disasters [exposure] related to the risk of stroke [disease/outcome] in adults with diabetes [population]? o Are exercise habits [exposure] related to the risk of bone fractures [disease] in adults with diabetes [population]? o Is reproductive history [exposure] related to the risk of stroke [disease] among women living in rural Ontario [population]? o Is household wealth [exposure] related to the risk of hospitalization for asthma [disease] in Australian children younger than 5 years old [population]?

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the following processes of systematically and carefully investigating a subject to learn or
discover new information about the world? A. Socioeconomic. B. Health. C. Epidemiology.
D. Research. ❖ Easy question ❖ Define Health research o is the process of systematically
investigating a single well-defined aspect of physical, mental, or social well-being. ❖
Examples of Research Goals o Identifying and classifying new health problems o
Determining risk factors for disease o Developing and testing new interventions for
preventing or treating illness o Evaluating the impact of health policies on health outcomes
o Synthesizing existing knowledge so that it can be applied by others ❖ Examples of
Researcher Benefits o Acquiring new skills o Satisfying personal curiosity o Fulfilling degree
or work requirements o Becoming a published author o Contributing to individual or
population health ❖ The steps of any population health research project are: o Identify
question study o Select study approach o Design study and data collect o Analyze data o
Report findings ❖ Examples of Laboratory Research o Compare tests of air quality in
several metropolitan areas o Analyze the biochemical composition of selected foods o
Identify biological mechanisms for the emergence of drug-resistant strain bacteria o
Identify genes that might be linked to an increased risk of breast cancer o Develop a new
vaccine