The article, Vietnam veterans’ rapid recovery from heroin addiction: A fluke or normal expectation, was conducted by Lee N. Robins at the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. The researcher discuss a drug addiction issue that affected the Vietnam veterans who were in deployment. The author was assigned by Dr. Jaffe in 1973-1974 to investigate the rumors about the servicemen doing different kinds of drugs. Afterwards, the author conducted an evidence-based study on addiction among the Vietnam veterans who were deployed. Throughout the years, this issue increase dramatically among this population. Eventually, the researcher came to the conclusion to obtain another study in 1993 to determine
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In 1971, the first sample consisted of from a tape of 22,000 men made for us by the Department of Defenses (DOB) from the computerized Active Duty Roster. This sample pertained to the men that were still enlisted in service in September. The men that got selected were the ones that was fixing to leave Vietnam. The author’s result is to enrich the number of heroin users utilizing sample by sampling and records that demonstrated the ones that tested positive for heroin at departure. The second sample was conducted on the civilians who were draft-eligible, but did not serve in the military. These civilians and veterans matched the following: age, region, and education at the time the veterans entered service. Second, the author utilized several evidence-based studies in the research include the following: sample from Surgeon General’s list and support from the National Opinion Research Center for interviewing, Guttman scale, and previously research done by other researchers (Robins, …show more content…
According to Allen Rubin and Earl R. Babbie, the term culturally competent research is defined as being aware and appropriately responding to ways in which cultural factors and differences can influence all stages of the research process (2008, p. 662). However, the authors did utilize reliable, evidence-based studies throughout their article. For example, the author verbalized “I have still not found a serious flaw in the study, and I think the findings are consistent with those of other studies, such as the studies accompanied by other researchers” (Robins, 1993, pp. 1049-1050). Also, the author selected interviews from a reliable
In 1971, the first sample consisted of from a tape of 22,000 men made for us by the Department of Defenses (DOB) from the computerized Active Duty Roster. This sample pertained to the men that were still enlisted in service in September. The men that got selected were the ones that was fixing to leave Vietnam. The author’s result is to enrich the number of heroin users utilizing sample by sampling and records that demonstrated the ones that tested positive for heroin at departure. The second sample was conducted on the civilians who were draft-eligible, but did not serve in the military. These civilians and veterans matched the following: age, region, and education at the time the veterans entered service. Second, the author utilized several evidence-based studies in the research include the following: sample from Surgeon General’s list and support from the National Opinion Research Center for interviewing, Guttman scale, and previously research done by other researchers (Robins, …show more content…
According to Allen Rubin and Earl R. Babbie, the term culturally competent research is defined as being aware and appropriately responding to ways in which cultural factors and differences can influence all stages of the research process (2008, p. 662). However, the authors did utilize reliable, evidence-based studies throughout their article. For example, the author verbalized “I have still not found a serious flaw in the study, and I think the findings are consistent with those of other studies, such as the studies accompanied by other researchers” (Robins, 1993, pp. 1049-1050). Also, the author selected interviews from a reliable