

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 at FutureLearn Overview
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 at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate from King’s College London
Conducting Health Research in Conflict Settings: Navigating Research Challenges for Impactful Evidence at FutureLearn Course details
- 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.
Conducting Health Research in Conflict Settings: Navigating Research Challenges for Impactful Evidence at FutureLearn 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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