HSCE 3010 ASSIGNMENT 5

HSCE 3010 ASSIGNMENT 5

HSCE 3010 ASSIGNMENT #5: Pulling it together with the Research Abstract (worth 15% of final grade)

Please note you are NOT required to submit in the discussion forum or provide peer feedback. However you are welcome to do so if you so wish.

The word count for this assignment is ​500 words​ (not including references).

What is an abstract?

An abstract is NOT an outline of a longer research proposal. The outline is commonly used to guide the writing of the paper. An abstract highlights all the key pieces associated with your study. It could be considered a mini research paper.

There are two types of abstracts that are commonly used in research:

1. The abstract that accompanies a full length paper for submission into a journal
2. The abstract that is a standalone, usually submitted at an academic conference. The

   former has the advantage of filling in the gaps while the latter really has to stand by itself as the study may not have been executed as is the case with your assignment. As such, you will not have any results or conclusions to report.

For this assignment we ask you to focus on the following areas: Introduction, Background & Statement of Problem, Methods, Ethical Issues/Study Limitations, Population sample, exclusion/inclusion criteria and data analysis. If you use these headers while preparing the abstract, please be sure to remove them prior to submitting your assignment.

Do note, this assignment will borrow from all of your previous assignments. The only new information you will be presenting in this assignment is in relation to your sample.

HSCE 3010 ASSIGNMENT 5

Do note, a number of the sections below have already been completed in previous assignments. However given the length of this assignment, you will be requested to choose key points when writing this mock abstract. You should try to balance the abstract so it covers all aspects requested in the rubric below. As well, please be sure to incorporate any comments that were made in previous assignments if you haven’t done so already.

This assignment has selected specific themes that may vary from abstract samples provided. However feel free to review these samples to understand the style of writing an abstract. You may refer to the following resources:

● http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/4/459.abstract
● http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15447804
● http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23930687
● http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/abstracts-research ● http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/policy/structured_abstracts.html

HSCE 3010 ASSIGNMENT 5

Your research abstract assignment should include the following components​:​ (15 points) Please be sure to state your research question at the start of your assignment!
1 mark: Title

• ●  Choose a title that represents the topic and question being posed in a clear appealing manner. Be imaginative, no need to be too technical. Review titles of other studies and find one that suits the focus of your study.
• ●  Try to decide on a title AFTER you have completed writing the abstract. 3 marks: Introduction, Background and Statement of Problem

• ●  Description of the rationale for your research project (why it was conducted, why it is important) with references to current literature on your topic of interest
• ●  Brief discussion regarding what new knowledge your research will offer to existing landscape of research surrounding your topic.
• ●  You need not restate your research question within the body of this assignment. However some statement regarding the study purpose/objective is required for this study.

  5 marks: Methods, Sampling approach

• ●  Highlight the methods or approach you have chosen to use for your research project with references supporting why this approach is appropriate. Be sure to include any survey instruments you plan to adapt and use for your study.
• ●  Identify your target population, how you will recruit for your study (sampling approach), any inclusion/exclusion criteria you may set and your sample size.
• ●  Briefly describe how you will collect data and if appropriate, how you will analyse data (e.g. will you be working with text/themes or numbers/statistics or both).

  2 marks: Study Limitations

  Need Help with this Assignment?

  

   

● Identify at least 1 issue that may affect the execution and/or results of your study and how you will mitigate it. You may refer to your ethical assignment.

HSCE 3010 ASSIGNMENT 5

2 marks: Conclusion

• ●  A brief statement that sums up the potential influence your study findings will have on health/health care delivery/service.
• ●  You may wish to suggest a new direction the field may take as a result of findings. 2 marks: Overall Presentation of Assignment

• ●  Proper grammar
• ●  Content flow
• ●  Spelling and sentence structure (do not write in fragments, do not write long run-on

  sentences that try to include too much).

• ●  3-5 references, ​referenced properly in the text​ and in APA format. (Be sure to

  reference appropriately in the text)