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PUBH6008 Capstone - Applied Research Project in Public Health

Assessment - Literature review

Learning outcome 1: Integrate and apply their knowledge and skills in public health

Learning outcome 2: Develop research skills and apply these to a public health issue

Learning outcome 3: Conduct a small literature review which critically analyses key issues on a public health research topic

Learning outcome 4: Define and justify a research question, based on the literature/public health issue, and outline its significance

Instructions:

By the end of module 3, student must provide to their learning facilitator a brief review of the literature on their chosen topic. The literature review must contain key references/theorists/researchers for the public health topic chosen. The literature review assignment must be designed to address the following questions:

• Who are the key theorists/researchers in your public health topic?
• What are the key issues?
• What are the gaps in the existing body of knowledge?

The literature review should provide a basis for justifying a clear research question or hypothesis to be explored further.

You must also indicate the search strategy used for your literature review. For example, what were the key words you searched for, and which key databases or other sources did you use to conduct your literature review? (e.g. CINAHL, Proquest Public Health, Informit, Medline, Google Scholar).

Attachment:- Literature review.rar