Question

Project information and requirements: • Complete an ANNOTATED bibliography in APA format (12 pt. Times New Roman, double-spaced, 1-inch margins). • Address the following assignment requirements. o Summarize and evaluate a minimum of 4 (four) peer-reviewed journal articles published within the past 5 years that address current research topics in public health. o Each annotation must be a minimum of 250 words and include the following: ▪ Summary of the resource content ▪ Evaluation of resource utility ▪ Assessment of resource credibility and reliability o Paraphrase information to demonstrate your own understanding of the topic in the context of public health research.

Answer 1

Public health research:

Specific bibliographies are created for numerous reasons. One reason is to encourage students and researchers to become experts on a topic or area of study. It takes quite a bit of effort and time to access, read, and analyze sources related to a research topic. Scouring the wealth of information available promotes understanding and mastery. They may find that the information relates to their own research goals and decide to locate and use the source as well, or they may decide to skip it.

They are also assigned to demonstrate, as well as to advance, information literacy skills. Using accurate keywords and subject headings, accessing databases, and analyzing sources are skills that are necessary for the 21st century.

The healthcare team on a larger scale encompasses the patient’s entire community. There are numerous benefits to the patient and community as a whole by linking the patient with community health resources. Public health initiatives have improved patient outcomes in many disease processes such as hypertension and asthma control. The reviews and perspectives below also highlight that most efforts to integrate care delivery in primary care and public health thus far have been locally implemented with very few examples of successful integration on a larger/national scale

This report presents the medical and public health literature that addressed literacy issues in health care and in health promotion education. Following a brief introduction on the subject of health and literacy, the literature search methods are described and the choice of citation categories is discussed. Finally, an annotated bibliography is presented for articles meeting the inclusion requirements. The bibliography includes 250 citations in APA format that involves (1) links between literacy and health; (2) literacy levels of patients, clients, or program participants; (3) match between reading ability and written materials; (4) functional literacy and institutional settings; (5) materials assessments; (6) research tools for assessing health literacy; (7) program descriptions; and (8) guidelines for practice.

Research by S.Hargreaves, J.Himmels, G.Biswas

Identifying research questions for HIV, tuberculosis, tuberculosis-HIV, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases through the World Health Organization guideline development process: a retrospective analysis, 2008–2018.

This study examined the knowledge gaps generated through the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline development process to inform future strategies.

Focused on five disease areas: tuberculosis (TB), HIV, malaria, TB-HIV, and neglected tropical diseases.

Research questions were often not formulated in a specific or actionable way and were hard to be identified.

The WHO must strengthen its approach in identifying research questions during the guideline development process.

Resaerch N.Obore, L.Wang, J.Guan

Association between indoor air pollution, tobacco smoke, and tuberculosis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis on February 2020

Exposure to indoor air pollution increases the risk of contracting tuberculosis.

Second-hand smoke doubles the risk of contracting tuberculosis.

Pollutants like PMand biomass smoke may contribute to a higher risk of tuberculosis.

There is a need for efficient fuels for cooking especially in low-income countries.

Research by Z. Vally

Public perceptions, anxiety, and the perceived efficacy of health-protective behaviors to mitigate the spread of the SARS-Cov-2/ COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2020

There was widespread adherence to health-protective behaviors in response to COVID-19.

If participants believed that particular behavior would be efficacious, they were more likely to employ it.

Anxiety about COVID-19 was highly prevalent but unrelated to behavioral adherence.

Participants who had read the government's public health information exhibited greater adherence.

Research by G. Ndueta, R. Ndjaboue

Lifetime marijuana use in relation to the cadmium body burden of US adults: results from the national health and nutrition examination surveys- 2016

The blood cadmium (BCd) level was higher in marijuana users, independent of the frequency of use.

Both frequency and duration of marijuana use were associated with higher BCd levels.

In former users, the urinary cadmium (UCd) level was higher in those with a high frequency of past use.

High frequency of use was not associated with UCd, unless being exposed for more than 15 years.

Long-term use was associated with high UCd levels, even at low frequency of exposure.

The transition from the individual practitioner to a team-based approach decreases physician burnout and has led to improved patient satisfaction. Some authors suggest that smaller teams foster better communication and coordination, while others suggest that decentralizing power by including more members of a team is beneficial.

Extensive and scholarly annotated bibliographies are sometimes published. They provide a comprehensive overview of everything important that has been and is being said about that topic. You may not ever get your annotated bibliography published, but as a researcher, you might want to look for one that has been published about your topic