Healthcare Research

Healthcare Research

Introduction

The journal article which has been selected for review and critique was The effects of a school-based intervention on the self-care and health of African-American inner-city children with asthma published in Journal of Pediatric Nursing. The article has been penned by Velsor-Friedrich, B. along with Pigott, T.D., and Louloudes, A. this paper attempts to evaluate the written critique in the light of Critical Review Guidelines for Quantitative Studies and highlights the items which were missing from the article critique.

Evaluation of critique

When it comes to the critique of a research article, in particular a quantitative study, there are certain dimensions that have to be critiqued in order to make it rich. The citation for the article has been given as per the research citation standard that was required. It is complete and accurate and is formatted as peer the right format. The identification of the type of research at the start is a good choice in that after having given the title of the selected research article, it should be laid down as to what approach has been used to conduct the research. The research that has been selected is Quasi-experimental, pretest and posttest design.

Next, the critique discusses the purpose of research. It is imperative that the critic of any research remains clear and concise. In this context, it is imperative to state that the purpose of critique of a medical research is not only to reiterate the facts but to analyze them. This analysis means finding both the positive as well as negative points of the research. For instance, when it comes to the purpose of the research, it is imperative to state whether the research must be conducted with the same purpose or not. Also, the researcher could have commented whether the purpose of the research matches its scope or not (Salkind, 2003). These are two things that should go hand in hand. In addition, it should have stated why is there a need to examine the effects of a school-based intervention program, Open Airways, on the self-care abilities, practices, and health outcomes of 8-13 year old minority children with asthma. If there are studies that have been conducted on the same topic earlier, then the purpose of this research becomes obsolete.

In addition, there is no comment on the application of the study on occupational therapy. In addition, it does not even define how the purpose ...