Outline of Study Protocol / Proposal for short studies and Long Project
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The public health problem worthy of investigation
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Supportive evidence for the importance of the problem
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Statement of the purpose of your study
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Statement of how your study addresses the main problem
Objectives/Hypothesis
Methods
This section should briefly describe folowings on 1-2 pages
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Study Design: including time period for study
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Study Area
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Study Population
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Definition : Operational definitions of case, control, cohort, exposure, outcome, inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Sampling
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Data Collection
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Sources of data
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Type of data collection instrument
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Designing data collection instruments
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List of factors to be studies
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Need of permissions to proceed
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Pilot study /Pretest
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Field work
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Consent procedures
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Supervisory mechanisms
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Laboratory methids
Report Writing
Type of reports, target audience and time line.
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Enlist all activities (with timeline) of the entire research process - from hypothesis to data analyses and reporting the results in a tabular form or Gantt chart
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Give ample time for approvals
Budget
Indicate the cost of manpower, travel, stationery and equipment needed to carry out the study
Data Analysis Plan
Briefly how the data will be coded, entered in computer and software to used. Briefly describe the type of analyses to be
performed and statistical tests to be applied.
Introduction
This section (around one page double-spaced) is similar to the introduction of a published scientific paper. The
introduction should include:
