COVID-19 pandemic affects people of all ages, ethnicities, races, and cultures. The United States currently struggles to contain the illness as the rate of infections continues to rise by the day. The research will help develop measures that will help manage the condition in a community, specifically in Lake county Florida. Information in the research will include the rate of infections of people in the community and consider factors such as their race, age, ethnicities, and other background information. The research will include social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care, and health behaviors. Both primary and secondary forms of data will be used in the research. Primary data is collected through direct interaction with the participants, while secondary data is gathered from other sources such as health databases in the community (Trinh, 2018). Data collection will be conducted on a daily routine to maximize the input.
The project requires qualitative and quantitative methods to be used to collect data for the research. Community surveys will include information such as race, ethnicity, and language. The use of questionnaires will be employed in the data collection. Qualitative data collection to collect data can be done through direct observations. Working in health units will help provide the researcher with time statistics on the situation. Direct observation also identifies the methods applied in the health units to the affected patients. Some of the quantitative data collection methods to employ in the study include surveys and questionnaires. These questionnaires can be distributed to individuals or answered as interviews (Testa & Simonson, 2017). The interviews will observe the protocol of the pandemic. The questionnaires are suitable methods for people who are too busy to participate in interviews or who are not willing. The results should be dropped off at the nearest health centers once completed.
The surveys will observe all COVID-19 protocols to ensure the safety of the participants and the researchers. The participants of the surveys will also be assured of confidentiality and anonymity in the research data. Collecting the data will require collaboration with the local community leaders. The community leaders will help review the survey and identify sections that require modification. The survey will be in form questions which will also be available in different languages since the community contains people with different backgrounds (Testa & Simonson, 2017). The survey should be distributed in places with large gatherings of people like churches, schools, and markets. The surveys will help provide deer insight and more information to supplement the questionnaires. The surveys and questionnaires can also be available online apart from the paper form.
Townhall meetings and focus groups will not be appropriate since they are more than two people, which is against the protocol to protect people against infections. Collecting and analyzing data using existing documents is known as document review. Public electronic health records will help show the rate of infections in time (Dornan et al., 2019). This information will also reveal the most affected groups in the community and help create proper measures to combat the situation. Public health records should be accessed with authorization from the relevant authority. Information about the patients will be kept anonymous during the whole process.
The evaluation process determines whether the methods used in research achieve the intended goals (Corder, 2018). the evaluations can be carried out during or after the project. Evaluation of the success of the research project is shown with the number of participants taking part in the surveys and questionnaires. This process is done by running raw numbers of the people who participate in the project regardless of sex, age, or demographics. The surveys posted online will be evaluated by the rate of activity on the page, such as the feedback and the number of people visiting the page. An evaluation of how people answered the questions is also important. Evaluation will also be through the quality and cost-effectiveness of the whole project (Corder, 2018).
References
Corder, J. C. (2018). Population Health Management and ACOs: Will They Achieve Their Goals of Better Health and Lower Costs? The Journal of Missouri State Medical Association, 115(1), 7-10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139785/
Dornan, L., Pinyopornpanish, K., Jiraporncharoen, W., Hashmi, A., Dejkriengkraikul, N., & Angkurawaranon, C. (2019). The utilization of electronic health records for public health in Asia: A review of success factors and potential challenges. BioMed Research International, 2019, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7341841
Testa, M. A., & Simonson, D. C. (2017). The use of questionnaires and surveys. Clinical and Translational Science, 207-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-802101-9.00012-0
Trinh, Q. (2018). Understanding the impact and challenges of secondary data analysis. Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 36(4), 163-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2017.11.003
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