Measuring Health Outcomes in Field Surveys

开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 8 weeks

所在平台: EdxArchive 课程类别: 其他类别 大学或机构: MITx 授课老师： Dr. Vandana Sharma Rachel Glennerster

课程主页: https://www.edx.org/archive/measuring-health-outcomes-field-surveys-mitx-jpal350x-0

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Travel with our team to India and Kenya to see first-hand how rigorous health research is conducted in the field. This eight-week course will focus on the fundamentals of field-based health research with an emphasis on measuring health outcomes in low resource settings. The course will involve real world examples from on-going research studies in India and Kenya, combined with exercises to provide practical insights about study design, measurement of health outcomes and data collection, as well as the common challenges and constraints in implementing health surveys in the field. Through a series of integrated learning modules, the course will focus on topics such as:

• Measuring individual and population health
• Selecting health indicators
• Measurement tools and selection
• Questionnaire development
• Ethical issues

Case Studies and exercises will be drawn from research conducted by J-PAL affiliated professors.

JPAL350x is designed for people from a variety of backgrounds including those who are new to health research as well as managers and researchers from international development organizations, foundations, governments, and non-governmental organizations around the world.

课程大纲

• Measuring individual and population health
• Designing research studies, including theories of change and logical frameworks
• Selecting health indicators
• Measurement tools and selection
• Questionnaire development
• Safety, hygiene, and ethical issues related to health research

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