What methodology has previously been undertaken (qualitative or quantitative or mixed methods?)

A Literature Review needs to be critical – not just a précis (or overview) of what has been written.
From your previous studies, you should by now have a working knowledge of how to approach a literature review. You will have commenced gathering various articles together and read them. You may intuitively have organised some of the ideas emerging from your reading.
For the purposes of this assessment you should take these steps:
1. Use credible databases and keyword searches to find literature that relates to your research question.
a. Use Google Scholar, Findit@Flinders, or other databases relating to your question.
2. There is a HLTH 3102 libguide to help you with your search
3. Contact the librarian Nikki May if you need additional support with using research databases and searching for literature.
4. Sort your literature into various themes as part of a critical analysis.
a. Construct a table like these below. Consider including this table as part of your assessment submission to show your tutor how you came to sort your literature
Author
Date
Aim of study
Sample size
Methods
Key findings
Limitations
Relevance/Significance
Author
Date
Purpose
Cohort
Study Design
Results
Recommendations
Implications
Author
Date
Research Question
Population
Methodology
Outcomes
Conclusions
5. As you develop your table, you will notice similar themes emerge from your reading.
a. Consider the following themes
i. The location of the research (nationally, internationally?)
ii. What methodology has previously been undertaken (qualitative or quantitative or mixed methods?)
iii. What data collection methods have been used by the researchers (survey, interview, focus groups etc?)
iv. What theoretical approaches did the researchers use to apply or explain their findings? Was this consistent across all the articles?
v. Is there agreement or disagreement across the articles for the findings?
vi. Is there agreement or disagreement across the articles for the implications or recommendations?
Once you have finalised your reading and table construction, you will be able to determine the structure of your paragraphs. Structuring your paragraphs according to these themes.
HLTH 3102 LITERATURE REVIEW GUIDELINES
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As you have only 500 words for your literature review, this would lend itself to say only 3 or 4 paragraphs at the most, with each paragraph being 150 to 175 words.