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Critically analyze current practice to formulate researchable problems. I was able to discover the following: current practice recommendations for reducing health disparities among African-American female adolescents are lacking, but recent research findings suggested that parenting may represent a significant syndemic factor that could be influenced by nursing interventions. A review of this literature led me to propose a quantitative study examining the efficacy of cultural competency training for primary care providers who practice in an inner-city African-American neighborhood.

Evaluate current research studies for appropriateness of problem statement, sampling design, methodology, data analysis procedure, interpretation of findings, and ethical issues. In order to propose a researchable problem I needed to understand what had already been accomplished by other researchers. This required me to dig into the literature, evaluate the details of the methodologies used, and compare and contrast both findings and interpretations. The topic I chose for my research proposal...
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