Homework: Population-Based Interventions
Topic: Data Collection Method
For this homework, you will plan to collect data for a community health need.
Begin by choosing a population of interest to you. Research your chosen population for available health data. This is your secondary data. From the data available about your population, identify a health need that you would like to address.
Choose a data collection method to collect primary data about the identified health need for your population. Popular data collection methods to choose from are surveys, focus groups, and interviews. Write a 750 to 1,000 words plan describing how you will collect primary data about the identified health need for your chosen population.
Include the following in your data collection plan:
a. Description of the chosen population and identified health need.
b. Identify the most appropriate data collection method for your chosen population with rationale.
c. Describe which type of data that will be collected (qualitative or quantitative).
d. Identify health indicators specific to the population with at least one source.
e. Provide at least five example questions to be used in your data collection.
f. Include a rationale for each question asked, including the expected data.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Reference
a. Read Chapter 10 in Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community.
b. Read "Section 4: Identifying or Collecting Data for Surveillance" of Lesson 5 in Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice (2012), located on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.
c. Explore "Chapter 3. Assessing Community Needs and Resources," located on the Community Toolbox website (2018).