Understanding and Using Evidence for Public Health

: UNDERSTANDING AND USING
EVIDENCE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................4
BACKGROUND Evidence-informed public health and it’s important...................................4
SEARCH STRATEGY..................................................................................................................5
One database used and why.........................................................................................................5
PICO framework and why it is used............................................................................................5
Main and alternative search keywords........................................................................................6
Boolean operators used in primary research study article and contribute in refining the search
keywords......................................................................................................................................6
Limiters (filters) were used and why...........................................................................................7
How many search results were identified and the way they have been narrow done..................7
The way one primary research study article and literature review journal article has been
selected........................................................................................................................................7
Strengths and limitations of your search strategy........................................................................8
PRIMARY RESEARCH STUDY ARTICLE.............................................................................8
Aim (and objectives) of the research study.................................................................................8
Kind of study...............................................................................................................................8
Where and when was it done.......................................................................................................8
Ethical approval and informed consent.......................................................................................8
Kind of participants were involved..............................................................................................8
Method of data collection and done in research..........................................................................9
Key finding in abstract and discussion session............................................................................9
Strengths and limitations (weaknesses) of the study...................................................................9
Value of the research and recommend for future research or public health policy.....................9
Literature review article.............................................................................................................10
Answer of focussed question.....................................................................................................10
Comparison of the finding of primary research with the finding of literature review..............10
Summarization of theme of literature review............................................................................10
Usefulness of literature article over primary.............................................................................11
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CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Public health refers to the protection and promotion health status of people as well communities
in which they live, play, work and learn. Physical activities such as exercise/ workouts have been
proven as the powerful treatments for preventing obesity and to improve obesity risk factors in
adolescents and children as well (Shelton, Cooper and Stirman, 2018). The report will aim to
analyse the background of public health, search strategy of chosen article, primary research study
analysis of research study article and the literature review of the primary research article.
BACKGROUND
Evidence-informed public health and it’s important
Evidence informed public health refers to the process of refining and distribution of best
evidence available from the research, experience and context. This evidence is used for
informing and improving the public health practices and policies. These benefits involve the
access to a higher quality and better access to information and knowledge on best practices. They
also enhances the likelihood of successful policies and programs as well as the greater workforce
productivity (Brownson, Fielding and Green, 2018).
Literature review
Literature review refers to the piece of academic writing which demonstrate the understanding
and knowledge of literature on a certain topic or subject. The literature review involves a critical
evaluation of the topic. A literature review provides the researcher to the users a general image
or review of knowledge which is previously published by other authors on the question which is
under research (Kowalski and et.al., 2020). This provides a theoretical framework by a research
methodology as well as also ensures that a proper research question has been asked. It can be a
form of review article which presents the existing knowledge, methodological contributions,
theoretical contributions as well as the substantive findings. They are the basis of every research
in every academic field (Norcross and Lambert, eds., 2019).
Main sources and types of evidence
Evidence refers to the procedure of
systematic appraisal, identification as well as the evidence based care e contemporary research
finding as a framework for decision making. The evidence based research in healthcare refers to
the use of research evidence as well with other factors for making clinical decisions. The
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