Why is there a stigma of mental health in the African American community
Methodology 1/1.5 pages
1. Describe what you did (a secondary data analysis of…
Discuss relationship between Serious psychological distress in the past 30 days
among adults aged 18 and over and Health insurance coverage among adults aged 18–64.
Data from at least from 2006-2016
2. Describe where it came from ..
Data received from links below to excel spreadsheet. (you can create data chart in
excel once spreadsheet is downloaded under “insert, highlight data between 2006-2016,
suggested chart” on excel. )
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/contents2017.htm#Table_046
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/contents2017.htm#Figure_019
Describe what you were looking for and how you found it.
Looking for relationships between Serious psychological distress in the past 30
days among adults aged 18 and over and Health insurance coverage among adults aged
18–64
Results/Discussion 2.5 pages
Last Note: Methodology Drives the Results section.
1. Describe what was found what was found.
2. Research Question 1: Is there a relationship between Serious
psychological distress and Health insurance coverage. (Discuss if the
research question is supported by the data and explain. If not explain
as well.)
3. Null Hypothesis: There is no relationship between Health insurance
coverage and Serious psychological distress. (Discuss whether
hypothesis is supported or not supported based on the same data
collected)
4. Alternative Hypothesis: African Americans are less likely to receive
health coverage even when expiring psychological distress. (Discuss
whether hypothesis is supported or not supported based on the same
data collected)
End the discussion talking about how the data analyzed connects to the topic “Why is
there a stigma of mental health in the African American community” and either supports or
disproves my Research question.