HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE - UNIT 4 - ENQUIRIES INTO CURRENT RESEARCH IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 UPDATE A+

What are the four main purposes of research in health and social care? - ANS-1. To improve outcomes for people using services 2. To inform policy and practice 3. To extend knowledge and understanding 4. To identify weaknesses or gaps in provision What is research? - ANS-A systematic or orderly procedure that explores issues to establish facts or reach new conclusions Name the issues for research - ANS-1. Health conditions 2. Lifestyle factors 3. Social care and welfare needs What are the stages of the research process? - ANS-1. Research planning, rationale and objectives 2. Use of research methodology 3. Selecting target group and sample 4. Considering ethical issues 5. Conducting research and selecting, analysing and interpreting sources and evaluating and applying research What are the six key methods that produce numerical data for quantitative analysis? - ANS-1. Experiments 2. Observations 3. Interviews 4. Checklists 5. Questionnaires 6. Surveys What is meant by primary research data/research? - ANS-Data gathered directly by the researchers themselves What is meant by secondary research data/research? - ANS-Data that other people have gathered. More generalised data, e.g. census data, government statistics What is quantitative data? Give some strengths and weaknesses - ANS-Information involving numbers - Physical measurements, e.g. height, pulse rate - Frequencies (number of people or occurrences) - Percentages Continues...