Health Science Information Sources: Primary and Secondary Analysis

This assignment explores the differences between primary and secondary sources within the health sciences, providing examples of each. Primary sources, such as original research and direct observations, offer authentic and detailed information, useful for in-depth analysis, like patient interviews to understand obesity's impact. Secondary sources, which include reviews and syntheses of primary research, are valuable for comparing and summarizing findings, such as comparing obesity's impact across different demographics. The assignment emphasizes the importance of both source types for comprehensive research and the need for critical evaluation of all resources. The student highlights that the health sciences require authentic information and a deep analysis to make informed conclusions. The student references relevant sources to support the arguments, highlighting the value of both primary and secondary sources in health science research and development.

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Information
Conducting research in sector of health science is related to the development of resources and
medical facilities to develop the health of people. Sources are of three types, primary
secondary, and territory (Liberary, 2020). This report will discuss the difference between the
primary and secondary resources, and will discuss the use of these resources in the health
science as well.
Primary resources
Primary sources are original, first-testimony and written in details over a particular point
focusing to deliver the authentic and most relevant information in detailed and concise
manner to the reader. For example, these resources are based on direct observation and
instigation; these are useful to conduct analysis over a specific issue in the health science. To
analyse the impact of obesity primary sources are authentic because researchers collect
information from the patient and doctors by direct interviews.
Secondary resources
Secondary resources are based on the findings of the primary resources, conducting research
on any topic and taking help from the previously written original sources to deliver the new
research about pre-researched topic are secondary resources. Secondary sources are helpful
while doing comparison of primary sources for example discuss the impact of obesity on
different ages and genders person, to find the most relevant information many primary
sources are compared and summarised.
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Importance of primary sources
Primary sources include books, journals or periodicals, pilot studies, conference papers,
reports, theses, and patents presented over a new research. These are authentic, original, and
contemporary to the time, deliver the more relevant detailed and useful information based on
direct observation (Magnani, et al., 2018).
Importance of secondary resources
Secondary resources are works published after comparing and evaluation of the primary
resources includes clinical care notes, newsletters, systematic reviews government, and legal
information. These are important because they deliver information after effective and deep
comparison of the primary sources, after deep and summarised evaluation of the findings.
Conclusion
Both primary and secondary research have its own value in the health science and
development, this is impossible to relay over a particular source because health science is
very diverse, it need most authentic and true information that is not possible by using only
one source but finding proper information from deep analysis id important in the health
science.
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References
Liberary, W. (2020, January 24). Healthcare Leadership: Primary & Secondary. Retrieved
February 05, 2020, from W liberary: https://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?
g=344230&p=2319715
Magnani, J. W., Mujahid, M. S., Aronow, H. D., Cené, C. W., Dickson, V. V., Havranek, E.,
et al. (2018). Health literacy and cardiovascular disease: fundamental relevance to
primary and secondary prevention: a scientific statement from the American Heart
Association. Circulation, e48-e74.
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