Critical Appraisal

ABSTRACT

The aim of the research study is merely to augment an apparent scarcity in the amount of resources that delve into qualitative study of the correlation between HCV infection prevalence and drug usage in London (Rhodes et al , 2004 . This much is clarified in the abstract , and the method used is appropriate enough , this being the inductive approach considering that the is merely a qualitative and not entirely scientific in the sense that it is subjective . It is also made clear from even the title itself that the subject of the is

sufficiently narrowed down into the IDUs (injecting drug users ) of London as the subjects of the research on HCV infection prevalence , giving the research some depth (Badke , 2008

The research , as a consequence , also investigates the prevalence of HCV infection among drug injectors in London , and the reasons behind it . The abstract , however , includes terms that may not necessarily be easily understood by lay-men there is an excessive amount of scientific jargon being tossed about , i .e . Analyses of drug injectors ' accounts of .`I never share ' showed that this construction denoted less a descriptor of actual risk behaviour than presentation of perceived risk status (Rhodes et al , 2004 ,

. 621 . In addition , the sentence constructions are most often baffling . Hence , it is suggested that the sentences be direct to the point , and the subject of the statements be presented at once rather than inverting the sentence format to achieve a sentence that sounds very deep in meaning , but does not serve the essential purpose of inducing an understanding of the

Reading through the rest of the abstract and the rest of the article research questions that arise are : why HCV infection is prevalent among drug users even with adequate supply of drug-injection paraphernalia such as syringes how the relativity of understanding and consequent ambiguity of the word `sharing ' has led to its execution in spite the cautiousness that some users seem to exude , etc . These research questions , however , are not introduced in this section of the as is necessary (Say ,2006 ) and are , as mentioned , inferable only throughout the reading experience , assuming that the reader actually reads through the lengthy article . In this respect , the abstract portion is inapt Moreover , the `conclusions ' portion of the abstract gives us the impression that there is more than one inference that could be surmised from all the results , and yet there is only one single statement that undermines the purpose of the entire study it was a weak summary of all possible inferences on so significant a research

INTRODUCTION

Even as it is satisfactory for there to be supporting sources for a statement , in this case , there is an excess of sources cited for a single statement even as a few (two to three ) highly credible source would do the citation of sources even tends to be longer than the statement being supported . In such a case , it would have been better if the author...