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HAS 911 Contemporary Public Health Issues II

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University Of Wollongong

   

Contemporary Public Health Issues II (HAS 911)

   

Added on  2020-05-04

HAS 911 Contemporary Public Health Issues II

   

University Of Wollongong

   

Contemporary Public Health Issues II (HAS 911)

   Added on 2020-05-04

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Running head: SOCIAL RESEARCHSocial ResearchName of the Student Name of the University Author Note
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1SOCIAL RESEARCHTable of Content 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................32. Background to the research.........................................................................................................43. Research Methods........................................................................................................................64.0 Description of the research tool pilot process............................................................................95. Proposed analyses are appropriate for the research tool............................................................106. Feasibility of research to address research questions, aim and objectives................................107.0 Proposed research and significance.........................................................................................118.0 Significance and innovation of the research............................................................................129.0 Strengths and limitations of the developed research tool........................................................129.1 Strengths of the developed research tool.................................................................................129.2 Limitations of the developed research tool..............................................................................13Reference and Bibliography..........................................................................................................14
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2SOCIAL RESEARCHTopic- How does smoking habit impacts on students in social science in University ofWollongong?1. IntroductionThe proposed research includes an investigation about the use of smoking habits ofstudents in social science and its impact on them. The integration of scientific evidencessignifying that cigarette smoking as severe health hazard and especially, it becomes the majorcause of lung cancer. It could lead to an increased sense of responsibility among the individualsand organizations concerned with public health to observe that young and adult students areaware of such hazard. Several studies have conducted on the cause of increasing smoking habitbut hardly a number of studies have particularly focused on the impact of such deadly habit onthe students and this is where the proposed study holds significance of conducting aninvestigation on this context. In this context, Johnston et al. (2016) commented that tobaccoproves to be the most significant preventable cause of premature death in several nations.Moreover, a half of the smokers who initiated smoking in adolescence could die from thepersistent use of tobacco. The proposed study will examine the impact of smoking habitsparticularly of the students of Wollongong. This research report provides the detail of study andinvestigation in terms of the major areas, techniques, resources and other relevant aspects. Thepurpose of the research is to examine the impact of increasing smoking habits on universitystudents. Research Aim and Objectives The aim of the research is to investigate the impact of smoking habits on the students in socialscience of the University of Wollongong. In addition, the research also identifies the major
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3SOCIAL RESEARCHcauses behind the increasing smoking habit. The following are the key objectives of the researchthat will help to shape the research needs and contribute to the actions of gaining the desiredoutcomes. To critically investigate the causes of increasing smoking habits of the students ofUniversity of WollongongTo analyze the impact of smoking habits on the students in social science of University ofWollongongTo develop a suitable solution to reduce the impact on the studentsResearch Questions What are the causes of smoking of the students in social science of University ofWollongong?What is the impact of increasing smoking habit of students of University of Wollongong?2. Background to the research The university life is a significant phase for every student at that time; they grow andengage in the risky behavior such as smoking. Therefore, it is found that smoking alwaysremains as a public health issue among the students of the University. An international studyconducted by Doran et al. (2013), demonstrated almost 34% of male university students as wellas 27% of female university students from 24 different nations were the existing smokers withthe large difference between nations and genders. As put forward by Maziak (2011), the individual personality factors, cognitive factors aswell as coping resources could play a significant role in determining particularly, which college
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