Planning for Health Policy Research

What COVID-19 related health policy is the focus of your assignment?

I. Research Conceptualization:

  1. Explain WHAT you want to learn about this policy from your proposed research and WHY you think that is important.
  2. State your research hypothesis or research question.
    II. Research Methods:
  3. Our research will be [choose research method: exploratory, descriptive, explanatory] because (describe why this type of research is most appropriate for your hypothesis or question).
    III. Research Design:
    Create a detailed plan for how you will conduct your study. Be specific enough so that someone who is reading your plan would know how to implement it.
  4. What population will you study? How will you select individuals to participate in your research?
  5. What specific methods of data collection will you use?
  6. Our research will use [choose: qualitative, quantitative, both] methods. The specific methods we have decided to use include: describe your specific research methods here (experiments, surveys and types, evaluations, observations, interviews, etc.)
  7. This method of research is most appropriate for our research study because (describe why you think your research method in #2 is most appropriate for your study).
  8. For each method of data collection, prepare a plan or a guide that explains your data collection process.
    o For example, if you are doing observation, list what locations you are going to observe and when, who will do the observation, how many episodes of observation, or how long the observations will be.
    o If you are using a survey, prepare a sample survey with questions and response options and discuss how it will be administered (online, in person, mail, phone, etc.).

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