GH 531/EPI 539
Research Methods for Developing Countries
Sessions
Lecture notes, slides, & assignments for each class session.
Winter 2009
Jan 6: Session 1: Introduction and Data & Decision-Making - Gloyd & Micek
- Lecture Slides
Jan 8: Session 2: Developing a Research Question & Case Discussions - Gloyd & Micek
Jan 13: Session 3: Indicators & Data Sources - Gloyd & Micek
Jan 15: Session 4: Household Surveys - Gloyd
Jan 20 & 22: Sessions 5 and 6: Cluster Sampling - Gloyd
Jan 27: Session 7: Operations Research (OR) Theory - Micek
Jan 29: Session 8: OR Modelling - Archis Ghate
Feb 3: Session 9: Common OR Study Designs - Micek
Feb 5: Session 10: Quality Improvement - Jeff Hummel
Feb 10: Session 11: OR Case Discussions - Micek
Feb 12: Session 12: OR Methodology: Cluster Randomized Trials - Jim Hughes
Feb 17: Session 13: Discussion of Research Proposal - Gloyd & Micek
- Health Extension Workers in Rural Ethiopia
- Research Participant Comprehension in Tanzania
- Migration, Sexual Networks, and HIV in Accra, Ghana
- Evaluation of the Impact of a Child Spacing Film on Fertility in Timore-Leste
- Case Managers and ART Service Delivery in Amhara, Ethiopia
Feb 19: Session 14: Adult Mortality - Julie Rajaratnam
Feb 24: Session 15: Child Mortality - Julie Rajaratnam
Feb 26: Session 16: Health Metrics - Chris Murray
- Lecture Slides will be uploaded as soon as we have them
Mar 3: Session 17: Nutrition - Gloyd
Mar 5: Session 18: Presentations - Gloyd & Micek
- Optmizing Prenatal HAART in Mozambique
- Quality of Care and Interim Outcomes in Volunteer-based Health Projects in Rural Sudan
- Mercury Pollution in Drinking Water and Child Diarrhea in Suriname
Mar 10: Session 19: Presentations - Gloyd & Micek
- Expectations and Hopes of Medial Students in Family Residency in Chile and in the U.S.
- Availability of Essential Drugs in Primary Health Care Facilities of Blue Nile State, Sudan
- Post Disaster Mental Health Outcomes in IDPs and Returnees
- Immigration and HIV-testing at the India-Nepal Border
Mar 12: Session 20: Assumptions, Bias, Ethics - Gloyd
Winter 2008
Session 1: Introduction and Data & Decision-Making
Session 2: Developing a Research Question, Health Data Indicators and Vital Statistics I
Session 3: Developing a Research Question, Health Data Indicators and Vital Statistics II
Session 4: Household Surveys
Sessions 5 and 6: Cluster Sampling I and II
Session 7: Introduction to Health Systems Research Methodology
Session 8: Quality Improvement - Dr. Jeff Hummel
Sessions 9 and 11: HSR Methodology I and II
- Case Study Assignment
To help you respond to this assignment, you may consult four new articles placed on E-Reserves. They are the readings in the Session 9 folder. Thanks!
Session 10: Operations Research - Dr. Archis Ghate
Session 12: HSR Methodology III: Cluster Randomized Trials - Dr. Jim Hughes
Session 13: Child Mortality
- Lecture Slides
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