Public Health

Ziel

With this module, students will learn how to design a research project to address a public health issue. The major stages of a research process – ie research design, data collection and data analysis and relevant social science methods – will be examined, through concrete examples and personal work.
Upon completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Formulate a relevant research question
  
• Select an appropriate data collection method
  
• Define an appropriate sample
  
• Plan data collection
  
• Select an appropriate data analysis method
  

Inhalte

• Characteristics of good research questions
  
• Quantitative and qualitative social science research methods
  
• Sampling issues (types of sampling, recruitment of participants)
  
• Ethical issues related to field work
  
• Data collection methods (surveys, interviews, focus groups, observation)
  
• Data analysis methods (statistical analysis, content analysis)
  
• Feasibility of a planned project with respect to available resources (time, staffing, budget)
  

Methoden

This is a hands-on, interactive course where students will hear lectures, but also do group work and receive immediate feedback from the teachers. Prior to the module, students will formulate 1 or 2 research questions related to their work environment. During the module, presentations and group work sessions will take the students through the successive stages of designing a research project. After the module, each student will write a research proposal.

Leistungsnachweise

Group work during the module and personal essay at the end of the module, ie a research proposal of 3 to 5 pages.

Vor- und Nachbereitung

5 Stunden Vorbereitung, 15 Stunden Nachbereitung

ECTS-Punkte

1.5 ECTS

Zielpublikum

• Advanced course for students of the MPH programme (compulsory)

Vorkenntnisse

required are:

• «Grundlagen der Gesundheitswissenschaft und Sozialepidemiologie» (B201.20)

Veranstalter

Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin der Universität Zürich

Leitung

Prof. Dr. Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Département de Sociologie, Université de Genève
Prof. Dr. Max Bergman, Institut für Soziologie, Universität Basel

Datum

12 - 14 October 2011

Ort

Zürich

Kosten

Fr. 1'150.-

Anmeldeschluss

12 August 2011

Spezielles

The module will be taught in German and English