PICO: Does the method of breastfeeding (I) or bottle feeding(C) among infants (P) influence the incidence of ear infections (O) during the first year of life (T)?

This is an IMR paper the first part of a synthesis final paper. Review
the Assignment Guidelines and the Evaluation Criteria (Rubric) carefully
before beginning assignment. File attached.

The
introduction is very important. Please use the article Caranza et al. from
the Week 2 assignment as an example of how to write an introduction.
(Article attached)
Use
your text, APA manual, and the scholarly articles you
reviewed for ideas and examples of what to include in various
sections of the paper and how to write/present a clear &
concise scholarly discussion of significance.
Include
the following headings/sub-headings to organize the
paper: (see evaluation rubric for more details); A Title Page
must be included correctly formatted in APA 7th ed.
guidelines; with a running head (professional paper) or no running head
(student paper).
Please use
for first page of content of your paper the Title (same as on the Title
Page)
Abstract
needed;
The
Introduction section contains and must include the following per rubric
guidelines:
clearly
state the clinical problem/issue to be addressed;
define
and establish the importance/significance of the problem (support with
citations from the general literature); not the
articles/studies you have attained in your search methods
clearly
state the of intent or purpose of the EBP review and what you
intend to do within the paper
Methods: (review
Search Methods tables for information to include here)
clear
statement of clinical question (PICOT format) used to guide the EBP
review
PICO:
Does the method of breastfeeding (I) or bottle feeding(C) among infants
(P) influence the incidence of ear infections (O) during the first year
of life (T)?
Search
Strategies:
describe
when and how the search was conducted;
any
guidelines used for conducting the review;
identify
keywords used & databases searched;
clearly
state inclusion & exclusion criteria.
Search
Results:
describe
the quantity and quality of evidence that was found;
explain
how the found evidence was reviewed and analyzed to select best
relevant evidence for analysis/critical appraisal;
identify
study quality indicators used to determine best evidence;
include a figure to
illustrate evidence selection process; The SR Gatewood and DeGagne
article (posted below) 2 figure on p. 3 of the study to follow as an
example for assignment.
Review
of Evidence (ROE): use the Evidence Matrix part I to write an
integrated review of the selected evidence; organize the review around
the descriptive characteristics of the studies;
critiquing the evidence from the matrix table you have populated there to
include here in the Review of Evidence, this is not part of the Intro
sections. Use the following sub-headings to organize your review. Discuss
similarities and differences across all the selected studies.
number
& types of studies selected, purpose, design, level of evidence
(P)
population, sample size, groups, number of trials
(I)
intervention/independent variable examined
(C)
comparison/control used
(O)
outcome(s) measured/dependent variable(s); results/findings

References/Citation
of Sources: include complete citation of all sources used, cited
in-text, and the evidence selected for critical appraisal using
APA format; References goes at the end of the written content of the
paper.
Appendices:
(A) Search Methods Table; (B) Evidence Matrix (part I) -These both must
be referred to in the paper in specific sections as stipulated; and
included after the References page.

Attached
are my 5 articles, Search Methods Table (completed), and Evidence Matrix
Part I

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