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Conducting Health Research in Conflict Settings: Navigating Research Challenges for Impactful Evidence 

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Overview

Understand and address the challenges of conducting rigorous, ethical, and impactful health research in conflict-affected areas.

Duration

7 weeks

Total fee

3,799

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Advanced

Credential

Certificate

Conducting Health Research in Conflict Settings: Navigating Research Challenges for Impactful Evidence
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Conducting Health Research in Conflict Settings: Navigating Research Challenges for Impactful Evidence
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  • Earn a certificate from King’s College London
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Conducting Health Research in Conflict Settings: Navigating Research Challenges for Impactful Evidence
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More about this course
  • Whether from a quality or an ethics perspective, health research comes with its own unique challenges. These are only amplified in fragile or conflict-affected environments.
  • This seven-week course from King's College London provides an overview of the challenges associated with health research in conflict. Structured around a series of real research case studies, the course provides the knowledge and skills you need to conduct impactful health research or audit and quality improvement projects in conflict settings.
  • The course will begin by examining the ethical context of research in conflict settings.
  • You'll gain an introduction to the ethical considerations of working with conflict-affected populations, and an overview of different study designs applicable to this research.
  • Once you've understood the context you as a researcher will be working in, you can begin setting the parameters of your own research project.
  • Each week, you'll review a different method or group of methods within health research, considering the specific challenges that arise with each.
  • You'll also explore ways of maximising the impact of research to inform policy and practice.
  • Your instructors on this course are experts based at King's College London, together with their partners in the Middle East and North Africa region. They all have years of experience in conducting research and providing research training in conflict-affected areas.
  • With their guidance, you'll be able to ensure your research project achieves the greatest impact and meets the highest standards of ethics and academic rigour.
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Conducting Health Research in Conflict Settings: Navigating Research Challenges for Impactful Evidence
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Curriculum

Introduction to Study Designs in Conflict Settings

Welcome and Housekeeping

Understanding the unique context of conflict settings and its impact on research

Ethical Considerations in Conducting Research in Conflict-Affected Populations

Overview of Study Designs Applicable in Conflict Settings

Addressing Challenges and Maximizing Research Potential in Conflict Settings: Insights and Practical Examples

Cross-Sectional Study Design in Conflict Settings

Importance of cross-sectional studies in conflict settings

Sampling Techniques and Considerations for Data Collection in Conflict Settings: Ensuring Representative and Ethical Research

Ethical Challenges and Strategies for Participant Recruitment and Consent: Ensuring Ethical Research in Conflict Settings

Analysing and Interpreting Cross-Sectional Study Data in Conflict Settings

Case-Control and Cohort Studies in Conflict Settings

Utilizing case-control and cohort studies to investigate specific outcomes in conflict settings

Addressing Challenges of Sample Selection, Data Collection, and Follow-up in Cohort and Case-Control Health Research in Conflict

Mixed Methods Research in Conflict Settings

Integrating qualitative and quantitative approaches in conflict settings

Step-by-Step Guide to Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Health Research in Conflict Settings

Data Collection Techniques and Tools for Capturing Contextual Factors and Lived Experiences

Triangulation and Data Synthesis in Mixed Methods Research in Health in Conflict Settings

Participatory Research Approaches in Conflict Settings

Participatory Action Health Research for Empowering Conflict-Affected Populations

Engaging communities and stakeholders in research design and implementation

Ethical Considerations and Power Dynamics in Participatory Health Research in Conflict

Data Analysis and Dissemination in Conflict Settings

Strategies for analyzing and interpreting data in conflict settings

Addressing Challenges of Data Security and Protection

Effective Dissemination of Health Research Findings to Inform Policy and Practice

Audit and Quality Improvement Projects in Conflict Settings: Enhancing Healthcare Delivery

Introduction to Audit and Quality Improvement Projects

Case Studies: Successful Audit and Quality Improvement Projects in Conflict Settings

Research, quality improvement (QI), and audit; differences and similarities

Acknowledgement

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