Pregnancy– Hispanic Teens (1 page essay for Public Health Research and Evaluation class)

PartA. You must use the following information to complete each section of

your Individual Research Project.

The following is your rubric for the Project. Include all requested information listed below for each section for a good project score. Minimum of one page for each section!

1. Statement of the Problem (or Objective of your Study).

· Clearly state what it is that you want to study.

· Why is the hypothesized situation important to DeKalb County?

· If not now, could the problem be significant in the future due to possible changing demographics or other changes in the County’s health needs? When might this be?

· How does your proposed study contribute to the overall health status of your target population and the general health status of the DeKalb County population now and in the future?

· Null Hypothesis (including independent and dependent variables). Use full wording.

See “Course Information” for required wording (you can use this ver batim).

· Alternative Hypothesis (including independent and dependent variables; “if-then”) significant causation implied. What kind of causal relationship is it that you think is worthy of further funding and community intervention by the DeKalb County Health Department?

· Additional concerns for you to include:

· Are you proposing a Formative or Summative kind of evaluation and why?

· Include Validity and Reliability of the Study that you are doing, to confirm problem exists.

· Purpose of proposed study: Exploratory, Explanatory, and/or Descriptive? Why?