328). Smith boils it down to two main concerns (pitfalls) and objections to the use of secondary data in social research: a) "It is full of errors"; and b) "…because of the socially constructed nature of social data, the act of reducing it to a simple numeric form cannot fully encapsulate its complexity" (p. 328). The author offers the national Census as a perfect example of the limitations of using

This section lists, in particular detail, the many primary and secondary sources he used to create his work. Most interestingly, the author begins by pointing out that he was himself subject to the prejudice and suspicion aimed at newly arrived immigrants when he arrived on American shores from Germany with his parents. He therefore has first-hand experience of both being at both ends of the immigration phenomenon. Once he

Evidence-Based Practice in Public Health: Population Based Health and Health Care Health DisparitiesThe concept of levels of prevention refers to strategies used to prevent, delay, or reduce the onset and progression of diseases in a population. The three levels � primary, secondary, and tertiary � focus on different elements of health maintenance, such as prevention of the onset of disease, early detection and management of risk factors, and reduction of

Care Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Care Primary Care Primary care, also called the medical care, is the first point of contact between the patient and the health care unit, which can be an office or clinic (Timby, 200). The patient visits health care unit and meets doctors, physicians or nurse practitioners for concerns like cold, flu and bacterial or viral infections. Primary care also includes visiting hospital for a sore muscle, skin

Secondary Sources: An Introduction Primary Sources Primary Source helps in delivering first-hand evidence or direct indication related to a matter under examination. Recorders or witnesses who have seen the incidents or circumstances being acknowledged produce these records. Usually these sources are produced at the time the incidents or situations are taking place, but Primary Sources can also consist of biographies, journals, and oral histories that are documented later. A notable feature

10 was written so that people could see the good in the Constitution and why it was so very important that it be ratified and accepted by all of the states in the U.S. Federalist Paper No. 10 (Madison, 1787) is an excellent primary source because it has been verified by scholars and historians throughout the ages, because it can be safely attributed to Madison as the author, and because