Assessment template
Question 1 (20 marks) (400 word equivalent)
Question 1A
After reading the background information, develop a researchable question from the
background information that you have been given relating to immunisation. Type
your question below:
What are the
issues of vaccination literacy and best ways of psychological empowerment in
parents about the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination decision-making? |
Question 1B: Listthreesources of
informationthat would provide you with strong evidencethat would enable you to answer your research
question. For each of the three sources,
give an example of the type of information that you would source:
*The example provided below is an example of a source
of information and a type of information available from that source. It is not
suggested that this example represents strong evidence.
Source of
information |
Type of
information |
RACGP- The Royal Australian College of
General Practitioners (RACGP) is the Australia's largest professional general
practice organisation which also representsrural and urban general
practitioners. |
It provides
several up-to-date research studies and articles about immunology including
MMR with best approach to enhance parental literacy about vaccination and
wasy to empower their decision-making. Example- A positive approach to
parents with concerns about vaccination for the family physician. Available
at- https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2014/october/a-positive-approach-to-parents-with-concerns-about-vaccination-for-the-family-physician/ |
Health Talk Organization provides reliable,
freeinformation about various global health issues with the real-life
experiences of sharing people. |
This source
provides real life stories about diseases and immunisation. It gives good
advice and data about topics of why parents do not agree to give MMR
vaccination to their children and what are the various methods to empower
their decision-making. It provides data about the concerns and feelings of
parents against MMR vaccination. |
PMC- US National Library of Medicine National
Institutes of Health |
It provides wide
range of latest research articles and studies about parent’s concerns
regarding MMR vaccination and ways to empower them to be aware of the
vaccination and its outcomes. |
Question 1C: List fivesearch terms that would assist you to find suitable
literature to answer your question.For each of the search terms, suggest an
alternate word for which the Boolean
function “or” could be used.
Keyword |
Search term for
Boolean ‘or” |
1MMR Vaccination literacy |
MMR Immunisation literacy |
2Psychological empowerment |
Parental decision-making empowerment |
3MMR vaccination decision |
MMR vaccination empowerment |
4Parental perspectives |
Parental concerns |
5MMR Australia |
Vaccination Australia |
Question 1D: If your search failed to find a satisfactory number of quality
articles, what actions could you take?
I could consult my mentor and educators for support in
searching best articles and linked sources for supporting my research question.
It is good to take help from expert people in research field and also to take
suggestions from peers about best ways to find the quality articles. I can also
search the best databases rated globally for high quality, reliable, and valid
data availability and accessibility. I could also serach out for peer-reviewed
journals and databases to assess best articles because peer-reviewed articles
are the best source of quality assessment and data availability.
Question 2 (40 marks) (800 word equivalent)
Complete the attached table with the relevant
information from each of the four articles.
Table 1. Meta-analysis
(+/- systematic review) |
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Full reference: Nursing Midwifery |
*Please delete the article that you are not using Taylor, L.E., Swerdfeger, A.L. and Eslick, G.D., 2014. Vaccines are not associated with autism: an evidence-based meta |