Research in Public Health

Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research PUBH 613
82[54108] (School of Public Health)
Part 1. Read the following article: Owen PR. Portrayals of schizophrenia by entertainment media:
a content analysis of contemporary movies. Psychiatr Serv. 2012;63(7):655-659 (Available on
Blackboard)
Answer the following questions (each worth 0.15 points, for total of 0.75 points):
a) What is the research question, and the motivation behind the research question (why did the
author want to answer it)?
b) How was the sample defined? Which databases were used for the search? Which search terms were used?
c) List the variables the researcher used to code the data.
d) What is the author’s main conclusion based on the study results?
e) In your opinion, how trustworthy are the results of this study? Which aspects of the design
contribute to its trustworthiness (credibility, dependability, confirmability, and/or transferability)?
What are some of the study’s limitations?