The NUR 550 Benchmark – Part A: Population Health Research and PICOT Statement is a crucial component of your nursing coursework. It involves researching a specific population health issue and developing a PICOT (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Time) statement to guide your research.
The PICOT statement helps to focus your research question and identify the key elements of your study. A well-crafted PICOT statement can help you to more effectively collect and analyze data, and ultimately contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of nursing.
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NUR 550 Benchmark – Part A: Population Health Research and PICOT Statement
NB: GCU changed this syllabus to a totally new one. We also have that one. Simply click on Benchmark – Evidence-Based Practice Project: PICOT Paper
Identification of Clinical Problem or Issue
As you can see, this header is bolded. In this section you need to use a national, state or local population health care database to research indicators of disparity. You have discussed a potential problem in the Week 3 discussion 1 forum.
Choose a mortality/morbidity indicator to identify a clinical problem or issue that you want to explore pertaining to a population of focus. Every evidence-based practice project begins with a problem to be solved.
The problem statement presents the idea, issue, or situation that you intend to solve through application of evidence-based practice. The problem statement is the foundation of the project and is usually preceded by several paragraphs of background information that set the stage for the proposed project.
These paragraphs identify the significance of the problem, present justification that the problem actually is a problem and is researchable and provide supporting documentation from the literature. You must always include the population of interest and the variable(s) or outcomes to be measured. Use this indicator to begin to formulate a PICOT and conduct research on the population.
PICOT Question
In African Americans (P), what is the effect of a community-based physical activity and nutrition education program (I) on the reduction of diabetes incidences (O) compared with no intervention (c) within 6 months (T)?
Demographics
The African Americans were about 19% of the total population in 1790. At the beginning of the civil war, in 1860, the number of African American increased to 4.4 million. Most of them were still slaves. Only 488,000 of them counted as freemen (HHS.gov, 2019). The number of Blacks in America has been increasing rapidly over the past several years and now makes the second-largest minority groups in the US after Latino. In 2017, African Americans were 41.4 million people in the United States which represents 12.7 % of the total population. Most African Americans (58%) lived in the South (HHS.gov, 2019). Also in 2017, the African Americans median household income stood at $40,165, bellow that for Whites.
Health Concern of the Population
The most common kind of diabetes is type 2 diabetes, which affects a high number of African Americans. African Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health (2018), are more likely than other populations to suffer from the ailment. African Americans are 77% more likely to develop diabetes than Whites. Diabetes can lead to major health issues such as heart disease, coronary artery disease, and stroke (National Institutes of Health, 2018). Neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy, foot damage, skin disorders, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease are all typical complications in this population.
Nursing science, health determinants, epidemiologic data, and genetic data may all have an impact on African American diabetes care. Diabetes management treatments such as nutrition and physical activity, as well as appropriate drugs, have been established by nursing science (National Institutes of Health, 2018). Diabetes research is still happening in attempt to enhance diabetics’ lives. All of these therapies, including education and counseling, are supported by nursing science.
Health determinants can provide insight into the underlying cause as well as the necessary management to improve community health.
People’s behavior or genetic make-up, for example, can help explain why type 2 diabetes is becoming more prevalent in the population (National Institutes of Health, 2018). Epidemiological data can also be utilized to evaluate the prevalence of diabetes among African Americans. Because type 2 diabetes risk factors can be inherited, genomic and genetic data are crucial. Variations in the HLA-DQA1, HLA-DQB1, and HLA-DRB1 genes are also associated with an increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes (National Institutes of Health, 2018). The findings of these health determinants can be used to improve community health.
You will complete a two-part assignment in this course in which you will conduct research on a specific demographic, develop a PICOT statement, and write a Literature Review. Choose a subject to work on in your next course using the PICOT statement and Literature Review you prepare in this session.
PICOT (Population/Problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Time to Achieve the Outcome) is a strategy for determining the characteristics needed to develop a good question from a practice issue or problem affecting the population of interest. Furthermore, the information obtained from a good PICOT allows doing a literature search to discover translational research sources that can be used to treat the clinical problem easier.
Consult a national, state, or local population health care database to explore inequities in population health care. Choose a mortality/morbidity indicator to identify a clinical problem or concern in relation to a certain demographic that you want to explore. Start using this indicator to create a PICOT and undertake population study.
Write a 750-1,000-word paper analyzing your study and focusing on the population you’ve chosen. Explain how nursing science, health determinants, and epidemiologic, genomic, and genetic data may impact population health management. Give a description of a prospective solution to your population’s health problem, as well as the desired PICOT statement. Describe how the approach includes health policies and goals that promote equity in health care for the target group.
To complete this Benchmark – Part A: Population Health Research and PICOT Statement: assignment, you must mention three to five sources. Sources must be recent (5 years) and relevant to the assignment criteria and nursing subject.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This Benchmark – Part A: Population Health Research and PICOT Statement assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
NUR 550 Benchmark – Part B: Literature Review
In Part A, you described the population and quality initiative related to your PICOT (Population/Problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Time to achieve the outcome) statement. In this assignment, you will formalize your PICOT and research process.
Use the GCU Library to perform a search for peer-reviewed research articles. Find five peer-reviewed primary source translational research articles.
In a paper of 1,250-1,500 words, synthesize the research into a literature review. The literature review should provide an overview for the reader that illustrates the research related to your particular PICOT. Include the following:
Introduction: Describe the clinical issue or problem you are addressing.
Methods: Describe the criteria you used in choosing your articles
Synthesize the Literature: Part A: Discuss the main components of each article (subjects, methods, key findings) and provide rationale for how this supports your PICOT; Part B: Compare and contrast the articles: Discuss limitations, controversies, and similarities/differences of the studies.
Areas of Further Study: Analyze the evidence presented in your articles to identify what is known, unknown, and requires further study.
You are required to cite five to 10 sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
