Quantitative and Qualitative Data Collection Methods Worksheet
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Quantitative and Qualitative Data Collection Methods Worksheet
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Selection and Justification of a Community Health Planning Model
Identify a planning model that could be used to help determine the needs of the community and provide justification for your selection.
The planning model chosen for the project is the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model. The model was chosen because it has been utilized in studies conducted in settings similar to the current project. The researcher is interested in studying diabetes among American Indians. Several research studies have used the model to evaluate Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus prevention strategies. In addition, the major advancements noted in earlier investigations imply that it is a suitable and trustworthy model for application (Issel et al., 2022). The use cases for the PRECEDE-PROCEED approach are also important to note. It has improved patients’ knowledge, attitudes, supporting factors, facilitating factors, and coping mechanisms in epilepsy management. Through spreading awareness and changing parents’ perspectives, it has assisted in preventing developmental abnormalities. Kan et al. (2021) used the model to manage diabetes. They concluded that long-term diabetes management using the PRECEDE-PROCEED paradigm for chronic disease health management in urban populations could increase patient understanding of diabetes, lower blood sugar levels, boost self-management and self-efficacy, and enhance quality of life. The model also enhances teenage mental health, changes the lifestyle habits of hypersensitive patients, helps people develop preventive skin cancer behaviors, and supports women through reinforcement and enabling factors.
Relationship Between the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model and the Generalized Planning Model
How does the planning model that you selected relate to the Generalized model?
The generalized model has been modified to create the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. The generalized model’s five-step structure is the basis for most programming models today. The five steps are needs assessment, goal and objective setting, intervention development, intervention implementation, and result evaluation. The eight steps of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model are divided into two groups. A succession of deliberate assessments makes up the first part, and the knowledge they produce is utilized to inform subsequent decisions. The model’s first part includes social and situational analysis, epidemiological evaluation, educational and environmental evaluation, intervention orientation, and administrative policy evaluation (Binkley & Johnson, 2013). The aims of these first four phases correspond to the first three parts of the generalized model: identifying needs, establishing goals and objectives, and creating interventions. The final two elements of the generalized model, applying interventions and assessing results, include the last four phases of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model: implementation, process evaluation, impact evaluation, and outcome evaluation.
Selection of a Quantitative Data Collection Method
What quantitative data collection method would you use to obtain information from your service population?
What method will you use and why?
The internet would be the method chosen for the cross-sectional survey in this project. The internet has made electronic interviews feasible, and businesses such as SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics, and Zoomerang make the process more practical and straightforward. There are certain benefits to conducting electronic interviews. According to prior research, electronic interviews speed up response times, reduce material costs, simplify data collection, allow flexible questionnaire design and delivery, and increase participant comfort with the format and technology (Archibald et al., 2019). This approach can examine participants’ attitudes, views, beliefs, and experiences. These interviews can be conducted synchronously or asynchronously. The interviewer and respondents converse concurrently when using the synchronous approach. Examples include talking on the phone, using a webcam, and chatting on social media. Asynchronous interviews occur when the interviewer and interviewee communicate at different times. Asynchronous interviews can take place over email, social networking sites, internet forums, and bulletin boards.
Information Required for Community Health Assessment
What type of information is needed?
For the study’s completion, the cross-sectional survey participants must provide primary data. Information on predisposing, facilitating, and reinforcing factors, diet, and participants’ physical activity profiles is needed to complete the study. The timeline and intensity of physical activity sessions are also required.
Target Population for Data Collection
From whom is the information needed?
The study’s target population comprises American Indian individuals between 31 and 45 years of age.
Survey Questions for Diabetes Prevention and Management Assessment
Suppose you will use a survey to collect information about your disease of choice.
Prepare a list of 6–8 questions that you would ask your service population about your disease of choice, along with the appropriate response categories.
- Are you American Indian or Alaska Native?
- Yes
- No
- What would be the best solution to a low blood sugar reaction?
- Taking fast-acting insulin
- Physical exercise
- Drinking some juice
- Lying down and having some rest
- What is the most reliable and valid data source concerning diabetes management and prevention?
- Healthcare center staff and organizations
- Family, friends, and relatives
- Newspapers, magazines, and other publications, including books and brochures
- Educational films
- Peer groups
- Do your loved ones provide you with advice or support when it comes to using glucose-lowering medications or engaging in physical activity to lessen your chance of developing diabetes?
- Yes
- No
- Sometimes
- Do the medical staff at your selected healthcare facility encourage you to adopt diabetes prevention practices such as physical activity, a healthy diet, or medication?
- Yes
- No
- Sometimes
- Do you believe improved health and wellness can be controlled more effectively through a healthy diet, exercise, or medication?
- Yes
- No
- Sometimes
- What other ways do you think can be effective in controlling and managing diabetes apart from a healthy diet, physical exercise, or the use of medications?
Evaluation of Survey Readability
Conduct a readability test of your survey by using the readability statistics in Microsoft Word.
The average number of words in each paragraph is 8.5, which, based on the SMOG conversion chart, corresponds to a reading level appropriate for the sixth grade (Grades 7–12).
Assessment of Survey Suitability for the Target Population
Do you think your survey is at a reading level that is appropriate for those who will complete the survey? Justify your answer.
The survey created above is appropriate for the intended sample group because it is written at an accessible reading level. The short, focused questions and straightforward English are the primary reasons for its suitability. The language used is appropriate for the general public and meets the standards for written material at approximately the sixth-grade reading level.
Revision of the Survey Following Readability Assessment
If your answer is “no” to the previous question, revise your survey as necessary and report the changes you made here.
No revisions were required because the survey was determined to be appropriate for the intended audience.
References
Archibald, M. M., Ambagtsheer, R. C., Casey, M. G., & Lawless, M. (2019). Using Zoom videoconferencing for qualitative data collection: Perceptions and experiences of researchers and participants. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18, 1609406919874596.
Binkley, C. J., & Johnson, K. W. (2013). Application of the PRECEDE-PROCEED planning model in designing an oral health strategy. Journal of Theory and Practice of Dental Public Health, 1(3).
Issel, L. M., Wells, R., & Williams, M. (2022). Health Program Planning and Evaluation: A Practical Systematic Approach to Community Health. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Kan, W., Yang, R., & Tang, M. (2021). Application research of chronic disease health management in an urban community based on the PRECEDE-PROCEED model in the long-term management of diabetes mellitus. American Journal of Translational Research, 13(7), 8142.