A Quantitative Research Design to Evaluate Two Education Models for Teaching Adult Males about Dietary Carbohydrates Walden University(USE AS GUIDE ONLY)

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Research Proposal
A Quantitative Research Design to Evaluate Two Education Models for Teaching Adult
Males about Dietary Carbohydrates
Walden University
Abstract
The inhabitants of the municipal area of “Greenway”, Oregon, ingest large
amounts of carbohydrate-rich foods. Approximately eight percent of the population has
diabetes, a condition that can result from obesity and cause changes in how the body
metabolizes carbohydrate. Therapeutic measures for mitigating these health risks involve
dietary carbohydrate education. Because the adult male obesity rate is above national
rate, this gender is being targeted for dietary carbohydrate instruction. The reduction of
calories from dietary carbohydrate should aid in proper weight maintenance and help
mitigate the incidence of certain forms of diabetes. The American Diabetes Association
has prescribed the traditional erudition model for controlling dietary carbohydrate. The
purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of the traditional method with that of a
newly developed alternative model for dietary carbohydrate education. Consequently,
the research question will be how does the carbohydrate knowledge of participants who
received the hybrid education model compare to the carbohydrate knowledge of those
participants taught by the prototypical method of the American Diabetes Association?
The overall research design will be a quasi, experimental paradigm involving two non-
equivalent groups created through purposive sampling; t-Tests will be used to compare
the differences between the groups. For a power of 0.80 and an effect size of 0.5, the
recommended sample for a t-test with alpha = 0.05 for a two-tailed test is n = 128.
Positive social change will be enhanced by making men more aware of how to control
calories from dietary carbohydrate for proper weight maintenance and for improving
health.
Table of Contents
List of Tables……………………………………………………………………………..iii
List of Figures…………………………………………………………………………….iv
Section 1: The Problem ........................................................................................................1
Definition of the Problem ..............................................................................................2
Rationale ........................................................................................................................3
Evidence of the Problem at the Local Level ........................................................... 3
Evidence of the Problem from the Professional Literature ..................................... 3
Definitions......................................................................................................................4
Significance....................................................................................................................5
Guiding/Research Question ...........................................................................................5
Review of the Literature ................................................................................................6
Theoretical Framework ........................................................................................... 7
Review of the Broader Problem ............................................................................ 11
Implications..................................................................................................................13
Summary ......................................................................................................................15
Section 2: Methodology………………………………………………………………….16
Introduction ............………………………………………………………………16
Research Design and Approach………………………………………………….16
Setting and Sample………………………………………………………………16

Document Outline

Section 1: The Problem 1

Introduction ………………………………………………………………16

Section 1: The Problem

Introduction

Definition of the Problem

Rationale

Evidence of the Problem at the Local Level

Evidence of the Problem from the Professional Literature

Definitions

Significance

Guiding/Research Question

Implications

Summary

References

Oregon Diabetes Report. (2015). A report on the burden of diabetes in Oregon and

progress on the 2009 strategic plan to slow the rate of diabetes. Retrieved from http://public.health.oregon.gov/DiseasesConditions/ChronicDisease/Diabetes/Documents/OregonDiabetesReport.pdf.