Source #1 Matteson, Kristen A., et al. "Accessing Care: Use of a Specialized Women's Emergency Care Facility for Nonemergent Problems." Journal of Women's Health (15409996), vol. 17, no. 2, Mar. 2008, pp. 269-277. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1089/jwh.2006.0292.
The research within the source is largely useful to furthering my research on the emergency room. As the research process has just began, I have not set a solid focus for the project, however it has been determined that it will revolve around emergency medicine, and this source has an abundance of information on this field. Specifically, the research conducted in the source may help determine a specific point of study in the emergency room, namely Women’s Health because this is the focus of the source. One of the ways this source is extremely fitting is that it discusses not only women in the emergency room, but also the overcrowding and misuse of the emergency room in general, which is another potential research topic. When starting on a research project, it is important to scan across numerous sources before making solid determinations, and this source provides a variety of outlets for information. The researchers discuss the problems of visiting the emergency room for non emergent issues and cite their credible sources as well as providing first hand accounts. Furthermore, their research is quite straightforward, which leaves less room for confusing variables and provides easily accessible information for my paper.
The source provides in depth information for all angles of my research by collecting data on the various races in the emergency department and putting them into a viewable chart. The research done in this source almost completely matches the type of research I plan to conduct, but the researchers in this case compared their information with insurance, whereas I will not be doing this. Furthermore, I am conducting research in a smaller location with a different demographic, so I intend on drawing different results that I can compare to the data in this source. In regards to the data collected in their research, they did not find a defined correlation between race and emergency room visits. However, in my experience in the emergency room, I have encountered a large racial diversity, thus I hope to find a more definite correlation in my research.
Source #3 Areavibes. “Gainesville, GA Demographics.” AreaVibes - The Best Places To Live, 2015, www.areavibes.com/gainesville-ga/demographics/.
The article that I discovered covers the details of a specific part of my research. The information gives further background that adds to my field of study, considering it reports the demographics of Gainesville GA and I am studying the demographics of Gainesville’s emergency room. This is helpful because I am able to take this into consideration once I gather my data to see if a specific group may be seen in the ER more than others because they overwhelm the Gainesville demographics. I may also use this prior to my research to make an educated guess as to the results I will find. According to the source, the majority of Gainesville residents are caucasian and hispanic, with African American, Asian, and other being the minorities. There is also a semi equal male-female ratio in the Gainesville area. This will be useful knowledge to note during research.