Dr. Obumneke AmadiAnalyzing and Evaluating the Use of Literature

Use of Literature

The use of literature in a research is the review of relevant literature that seeks to

describe, summarize, evaluate, clarify and integrate the content of primary reports (Deakin

University, n.d). The purpose for this discussion is to review my assigned research article and

write a paragraph analysis and evaluation of the author's use of literature in the article. The

article is Health Services and Public Health: Article A. The literature review of the author’s use

of literature in my assigned article are based on the following information’s:

Research Structure

In order to illustrate the research construction by the authors for the research article, a

literature was used to introduced a problem for the research article by the authors which states

that “Most smokers do not seek treatment for smoking cessation and report low levels of

motivation to quit” (Abrams, Herzog, Emmons, & Linnan, 2000) ((Patten, et.al. 2008, p.17), the

authors also used literature to introduce a theory which was applied in the research that states

that “Social cognitive (learning) theory (Bandura, 1998, 2004) was the conceptual basis for the

development of the intervention for support persons”, for which the perception emphasizes the

joint interplay between self-efficacy and environmental e.g., social persuasion determinants of

health behavior(Patten, et.al. 2008, p18).

In order to provide direction to the research questions and hypotheses a literature

statement was used which states that “The Clinical Practice Guideline on treating tobacco use

and dependence (Fiore, Bailey, & Cohen, 2000) provides evidence for the role of extra-treatment

support in smoking cessation” and “Despite these findings, reviews of the literature

(Lichtenstein, Glasgow, & Abrams, 1986; Palmer, Baucom, & McBride, 2000; Park, Tudiver,

Schultz, & Campbell, 2004) indicate that the effect of including an intervention component for

support persons on the smoking abstinence outcome is inconsistent” (Patten, et.al. 2008, p.18)

Current and Previous Research

To future analyzing the use of literature in the research article, I found that the article

Compared results with existing literature or predictions, which states that “However, efforts to

boost natural support in the context of community-based or self-help smoking cessation

interventions have been more successful (Carlson, Goodey, Bennett, Taenzer, & Koopmans,

2002; Pirie, Rooney, Pechacek, Lando, & Schmid, 1997)” and “These overall findings are

consistent with the literature on social relationships and health suggesting the effectiveness of

natural support networks versus social support groups (see Cohen, 2004, for review) especially

for maintenance of changes beyond the active intervention (Gottlieb, 2000)”( (Patten, et.al.

2008,p.18).

Other literatures where used where the authors revealed the problem addressed within the

study which states that “The importance of early development (stage I) of innovative behavioral

therapies has received increasing attention (National Institutes of Health, 2006)”. In addition a

literature was also used to identify the central purpose of the study which states that “In this

pilot, we developed and then examined the initial feasibility and acceptability of a telephone-

based intervention for support persons. (Patten, et.al. 2008, p.18) and that “the goal of this study

was to develop and refine a telephone-based intervention for support persons” (Patten, et.al.

2008, p.18)

Material Sampling and Results Summary

Literatures were also used to reveal information about the sample, population, or subjects

provided which states that “The written materials provided as part of the intervention was

condensed from the larger 139-page manual used in our previous study to a briefer 20-page

booklet format” and that “Participants were screened by telephone”. The article revealed the

projected a target sample of 10 support persons and a total of 21 participants who were screened

((Patten, et.al. 2008, p.20) and the key results was summarized which indicated that “the

telephone-based intervention was feasible and acceptable to participants; overall counselor

adherence to the manual guidelines was 100%, & the support person treatment acceptability had

positive rating (Patten, et.al. 2008, p.24).

Finally, the journal article is clearly a report of a research study because it has a central

idea of what to learn about, has access to participants and resources were collected and analyzed

for information. (Creswell, 2009).

Reference

Creswell, J. (2009). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications - Chapter 2, "Review of the Literature"

Deakin University (n.d).Literature reviewhttp://www.deakin.edu.au/library/research/literature-review.php

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009e). Literature reviews. Baltimore, MD: Author

Patten, C., Petersen, L., Brockman, T., Gerber, T., Offord, K., Ebbert, J., & ... Boness, J. (2008). Development of a telephone-based intervention for support persons to help smokers quit. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 13(1), 17-28.