Health Promotion
Health promotion remains among the core principles of the nursing profession. It also embodies the core values of ethical practices. The project methodology employs both qualitative and quantitative approaches to collect and analyze data. In an endeavor to understand the concept, two peer-reviewed articles have been explained below.
Shah et al. (2018) offer their study on the impact of vaccination following an outbreak of mumps in the community surrounding the University of Iowa. The study involved willing participants ranging from university students to locals in the community aged about 25 years and below. Pre and post-vaccination campaigns were conducted on the selected population. Results were analyzed using the Fisher exact test and revealed that pre-campaigns increased the number of people willing to take vaccinations up to the third dosage.
The article exemplifies a lot of strengths to validate the outcomes of the project. Firstly, the process excels in the application of ethical practices. The participants were randomly and freely recruited, with some leaving during the project timeline. Such freedom shows that the researchers applied ethical principles such as beneficence, respect of other persons, honesty, and justice, among others. At the same time, the research utilizes highly accepted methods such as the Fisher exact test, which improves the credibility of the results. The study is also highly timely in 2019, which shows the relevancy of the problem and accuracy of the results in solving current similar health crisis. The main weakness remains the population that left amid the process. The missing data might reflect an error in the outcome.
Newton and Smith (2017) studied the factors impacting the rate of MMR uptake on the specific population of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (G&T) in 2017. The study employed a cross-sectional qualitative approach. The participants were randomly placed in 5 groups of 16 people to aid in the management of the process. The research transcribed data using verbatim before thematically analyzing the same. The article presents various strengths, such as the use of powerful tools such as verbatim to process data, which increases the accuracy of the outcome. The study is also leaned towards establishing the cause of limited MMR uptake with a focus on health promotion to overcome the identified barriers to high vaccination. The main weakness of the article remains to maintain consistent information of the traveling population, which might delay the completion of the project or missing data.
The two articles employ potent data analysis tools with one using Fisher exact test. The method guarantees high accuracy of outcome with minimal room for error as it can analyze both small and large sample sizes. Thematic analysis, on the other hand, offers a high degree of flexibility, allowing researchers to meet diverse needs in data analysis.
The evidence from the capstone project highly advocates for health promotion on the education to the public regarding inhibitors and facilitators of immunization with a focus of increasing the same. Health promotion can be achieved using various platforms such as informal meetings that use CDC guidance for childhood immunization. Such meetings enable the affected population to learn more regarding vaccination and can henceforth change their attitudes to seek more vaccines for themselves and their families. Nurses should also take up the task of teaching their patients as guided by the principle of beneficence, among others. The results reflect positive outcomes in every population studied, which indicates more people could change to embrace immunization if health education is advanced through aggressive promotion methods.