low income adults /socioeconomic status seeking dental care.

Literature Review Outline

1. Introduction
2. Define and describe the overall topic that you are investigating (provide background and context for reviewing the literature)
   1. Why is it important to the field? Need for research?
   2. Why are you interested in the topic?

• Establish your point of view

1. Problem Statement

1. Body
   1. Identify themes and trends in research questions, methodology, and findings (provide a “big picture” of all the literature)
      1. Briefly summarize each article
      2. Organize the literature according to common themes
   2. Provide insight into the relationship between your chosen topic and the wider subject area (example: between obesity in children and obesity in general)
      1. Move from a general, wider view of the literature being reviewed to the specific focus of your topic

• Conclusion
  1. Tie back to relevance of problem statement
  2. Summarize the important aspects of the existing body of literature
  3. Evaluate the current state of the literature reviewed
  4. Identify significant flaws or gaps in existing knowledge or research
  5. Suggestions for improvement and future studies (need for additional research)

1. References

DH 473 Literature Review and Critique                                                          Rev. 09/08/2020

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