Purpose: To integrate information from peer-reviewed research papers that provides information on the health problem and potential evidence-based solutions.
Example topics include:
For the health and wellness problem you are researching, locate and read 5 or more peer-reviewed research articles from a scholarly journal.
A form will be provided in class and on Blackboard that you can use to keep track of the articles. Using the form is optional. The literature review section should be in a narrative form synthesizing information from the peer-reviewed articles:
You should consider the following
What were the author(s) studying and why?
What did the author(s) expect to find? (aka what was the research hypothesis)
How many participants were included in the study?
Who were the participants (their characteristics or selection criteria)
How did the author(s) measure what they were studying?
What were the author(s) comparing, measuring, or correlating?
Look over the tables and figures to get some sense of whether the results supported the hypotheses: Did the results support or fail to support hypotheses of the author(s)?
What were the author(s) conclusions? What are your own conclusions after reading the article? You may or may not agree with the author[s]. Whether you agree or disagree or partially agree, please explain why.
What limitations of the research did the authors provide? If you feel there were additional limitations of the research, please state those.
What ideas for future research were presented by the author(s)? What are some of your own ideas based on this research? You may or may not agree with the author[s]. Whether you agree or disagree or partially agree, please explain why.
In a separate, final paragraph, summarize the key information from your articles
Include supporting details as needed.
Conclude the section with a 1-paragraph summary that leads into the next section.
Remember to use APA format for in-text citations.
Remember to use a separate reference page and APA format to cite all sources you use.
