Day: October 6, 2020

The Disease that is going be write about is Bipolar. The paper should follow the rubric. it uses one books to explain the spiritual reflection how it will help the disease processes,–here are
the chapters are

Readings in E.G. White,
The Ministry of Healing

Chapt 10 Helping the Tempted
Chapt 18 Mind Cure
Chapt 25 Extremes in Diet
Chapt 26 Stimulants and Narcotics
Chapt 27 Liquor Traffic and Prohibition

Readings in Mauk and Schmidt, Spiritual Care in Nursing Practice

Chapt 19 The Nurses Spiritual Health

the websites for the books is

https://www.ellenwhite.info/books/bk-mh-contents.htm

1) Choose a topic: Choose a public health problem that you would like to investigate. Briefly state the health issue.

2) Research the topic: Read general background information about your topic using reliable websites such as those belonging to a federal agency (e.g., Health Services and Resources Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bureau of Primary Health Care), respected national organization (e.g., American Heart Association, American Cancer Association, Kaiser Family Foundation), and/or peer-reviewed journal articles.

3) Document Prevalence and/or Incidence: Find and write the prevalence or incidence of the condition using one or more of your reliable websites or articles. Cite the source for the prevalence or incidence next to it.

4) Hypothesize: Considering what you have learned about the health issue you’ve chosen, consider the possible risk factors for the condition, means of prevention, and potential outcomes. Write a carefully considered hypothesis about one risk factor or means of prevention (this is the “exposure) that you could test which has not, based on what you read, been widely studied.

5) Design your study: Once you have your hypothesis, design a study that you could do to test your hypothesis.  Imagine that time, money, and logistics are unlimited and you have all the resources you need at your disposal.  Include the following information:

5a. Who are your study participants?

5b. How would you collect or obtain your data?

5c. What time of study design would you use? (e.g., cohort, case-control, observational, or randomized control trial)

5d. Why is this design (your answer to 5c) an appropriate study design for your study?

5e. Into which category of study design does your study design fall? (experimental, quasi-experimental, observational)

5f. What elements of your study justify inclusion into the category of study design you wrote for 5d? (e.g., is there manipulation? randomization?)

To begin improving your understanding of experimental design, first visit the following websites, read the page contents (all quick reads!), and watch the videos:

      – https://whydoscientists.org/validating-experiments-controls/

      – https://whydoscientists.org/fair-comparisons-randomisation/

      – https://whydoscientists.org/bias/

      – https://whydoscientists.org/markers-surrogates/

In your initial post, begin by defining these terms in your own words based on the above readings (give examples if it helps you to explain): positive control, negative control, randomization, experimental blinding, placebos, markers, and surrogates.

Then, check out the following article on Science Daily about the health benefits of eating crickets: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180803134654.htm

(and if you’re convinced, here’s a link to some sweet ones: https://www.amazon.com/Hotlix-Assorted-Cricket-Sucker-Lollipop/dp/B00SZ8W5PW)

You will need to reference this article as well as the following images in order to complete the discussion post this week.

Here are some of the elements of study design included in the actual research article. You are encouraged (but not required) to actually check out the article itself, as it is posted in a PDF version on this week’s D2L contents.

Experimental Setup:

Figure 1

Study Flow Diagram:

Figure 2

To complete your post this week, answer the following questions:

1. Did these scientists have controls set up, and how do you know? If so, what were the controls, and do you think they were they good controls (& why)? Would you have added anything else?

2. Was the experiment a fair comparison? How do you know? Why is it important to include this feature in scientific experiments?

3. The researcher who designed this study thinks that insects taste pretty good, according to the Science Daily article. Does this make her biased in the experiment? Can you identify any ways that bias was addressed in this study, and do you think it was properly addressed? Explain, and add anything else that you might have done if this were your experiment.

4. Did this study include obvious surrogates or markers? Identify them and explain how you recognized those in the experimental design. Would you have done this differently, and how? Explain.

5. Have you ever heard of beneficial bacteria? What is the microbiome? Microbiota? How do these influence human health?

6. Are you convinced that eating crickets is good for your health, and would you now consider eating them? Would you recommend it to a friend? Explain.