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6.4 identify data sources, plan and perform a first-hand investigation or gather information from secondary sources to analyse and present information about the occurrence, symptoms, cause, treatment/management of a named non-infectious disease
identify data sources, plan and perform a first hand investigation or gather information from secondary sources to analyse and present information about the occurrence, symptoms, cause, treatment/management of a named non-infectious disease
If you know someone with a non-infectious diseases, you could ask their permission to interview them and then carry out a first-hand investigation of the disease.
- If this is the case, begin by determining the type of data that needs to be collected through interview and what information you may need to collect from secondary sources. Consider how you might analyse the information to make it useful in generalising about the occurrence, symptoms, cause and treatment or management of the disease.
- Plan your investigation so that valid and reliable information is collected. You may need to research some issues from secondary sources, particularly if your subject is uncertain about particular aspects required.
- Perform your investigation by conducting the interviews and compiling a report. You could summarise your findings in a table format, like the one below.
If you complete this syllabus point using secondary sources, you could:
- choose a non-infectious disease from one of the categories listed in the previous section.
- gather information from a range of resources, including popular scientific journals, digital technologies like CD-ROMs and the Internet.
- analyse the information to make a generalisation for each of the factors being examined.
- present a summary using a table like the one below.
Name of disease |
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Occurrence |
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Symptoms |
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Cause |
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Treatment or management |
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