Theories In Educational and Health Science Research

Theories In Educational and Health Science Research Name Institution Theories In Educational and Health Science Research Introduction Shondras S. Loggins’s Dissertation Research Problem The researcher observes that most deaths among the new born occur because of the low income earned by their parents and their racial disparities. Infant mortality rates are lower among the Whites than Blacks. Finally, the researcher observes that stressors negatively impact birth outcome. Purpose of the Study Loggins conducted a study on racial and socioeconomic disparities in neonatal infants and investigate the role of stress in Blacks who are at risk and those who are at low risk. The research uses data from the Linked Birth-Infant Death files from the Fragile Families Study (FFS), the National Centre of Health Statistics (NCHS), and the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). Research Questions * Do stress determinants vary between the Whites and Blacks? * What role does stress plays in explaining racial disparities in birth results among women who are at risk? What role does stress plays in explaining racial disparities in birth results among women who are at low risk? * What differences exist among the inter-racial infant mortality trends in the US? Hypothesis The hypothesis that the researcher test is that Black woman have greater infant mortality rates (IMRs) since they experience stressors which negatively affects health birth outcomes. Benjamin Curran Sosnaud’s Dissertation Research Problem Sosnaud observes that good health is not equally distributed within the society just like occupation, income, and education. The rich experiences better health outcomes than the less fortunate. Health disparity is linked to policies and institutions put in place by various societies just like economic inequalities. Hence, the size of health inequalities gives an opportunity to evaluate the extent to which social structures shape disparities. Purpose of the Study Sosnaud conducted a research on the difference in the socio-demographic inequalities in the rate of death among the new born babies in the US. The study contains three empirical chapters. The first chapter explores the rates of inequalities in the infant mortality by maternal education. The second chapter is based on racial disparity in neonatal disparity (Sosnaud, 2015). Further, the researcher divides the gaps into two generating mechanisms such as disparities that arise due to variation in birth weight-specific mortality and those that occur as a result of birth weight distribution. The final chapter explains the relationship between socioeconomic inequalities in infant mortality and the local public health expenditures. Research Questions * How racial disparity affect infant mortality rate? * How maternal education affects infant mortality rates? * What is the relationship between socioeconomic inequalities in infant mortality and the loc...