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SH6P06
Health Research Project |
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Research Proposal Template (Assessment 1) |
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Assessment: Research Proposal Template (100%) 2500 words
This proposal assessment forms the foundation of your Research Project (SH6P06 Assessment 2). A revised version of your proposal will form the basis for your chapter 1 & 2 in the project in discussion with allocated supervisor. You must address all headings listed in this template in essay format. |
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Guidance |
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Research / statement question |
What do you want to examine or explore? What is the main question / statement you wish to answer/ explore? Have you included a specific health issue, target population, context (location and policy initiatives/ interventions if assessing this) in your research question / statement? |
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Introduction |
What are the key areas which will be addressed in this research proposal? |
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Background and Rationale for the study (please do not introduce additional subheadings under this section) |
Have you read around your research topic? Have you provided background information of important historical and contextual events/ research which informs the reader about why and how the health issue you are interested in exists as a problem? Have you evidenced the health issue with relevant statistics showing the nature and extent of the problem including past and current statistical variations supported by relevant literature sources? What other studies have been conducted and what is their relevance to your research topic? Have you identified and given a brief overview of the policy/ strategy or policies/ strategies whose outcomes in terms of interventions you will critically assess in the project and or the theoretical perspectives you will critically discuss ? Why is this research topic important to your field of practice? Have you presented a Justification Statement? i.e. objectively justifying the research topic using relevant literature sources? |
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Aim and Objectives |
What is the aim of the study – what do you want to achieve? (Identify one aim) Does the aim of the study resonate with your research question/ statement? What are the objectives of the study? (Identify 4 objectives. The first objective to focus on the prevalence of the health issue & if assessing impact of policy initiatives / intervention/s the last should be on assessing that in relation to the health issue you have identified). Overall, all objectives should be geared towards addressing the aim of the study. |
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Methodology
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You have a choice of conducting either Secondary Research OR Primary Research. If considering conducting Secondary research, you are required to address the following: Have you explained the selected methodological approach- i.e. secondary research versus primary research? Have you discussed the strengths and limitations of selected methodological approach supported by relevant literature? Have you justified the selected methodology approach supported by relevant literature? Literature Search Strategy How will you conduct your literature search, i.e. literature search strategy? What search engines will be used to search for the literature? What academic data bases will be accessed? What organisations, if any will be accessed for literature? What relevant key words and Boolean operators will be used in the literature search? What is your literature search exclusion and inclusion criteria, and have you justified it? If considering conducting Primary Research, you required to address the following: Have you explained the selected methodological approach-i.e. Primary versus secondary research? Have you discussed the strengths and limitations of selected methodological approach supported by relevant literature? Have you justified the selected methodology approach supported by relevant literature? Have you explained your: a) Data collection methods b) Study participants (including Sampling techniques -how you will recruit them?) c) Data analysis method Have you justified the data collection method/s & analysis method and supported this with relevant literature? Literature Search Strategy How will you conduct your literature search, i.e. literature search strategy? What search engines will be used to search for the literature What academic data bases will be accessed? What organizations, if any will be accessed for grey literature? What relevant key words and Boolean operators will be used in the literature search? What is your literature search exclusion and inclusion criteria, and have you justified it? |
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Ethical Considerations
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For those considering primary research, this includes seeking ethical approval (informed consent, voluntary participation, confidentiality, data protection). Please Ethics Approval Form* AND Whether you are considering conducting Secondary Research or Primary Research, you must consider ethical issues in relation to studies being reviewed; ethical issues pertaining to: 1.The ‘literature reviewer identity – such as scholarly practice, integrity, respecting rights, dignity and diversity; avoiding plagiarism, falsification and misrepresentation of data etc. 2.If assessing impact of interventions/ policy initiatives – 2 areas of ethical tensions/ conflicts arising from the interventions relating to your topic area which you will address in chapter 3 discussion |
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Project outline |
Have you considered the contents of each chapter? See structure guidance below: Chapter 1 Introduction and Background: Background and Rationale: Research Question, study Aim and Objectives. Chapter 2 Methodological approach: either Secondary Research or Primary Research, literature research strategy as well as ethical considerations Chapter 3 Results and Discussion: Table of results as an appendix (if conducting secondary research); discussion addressing all objectives via relevant themes. If conducting primary research, a description of your results first followed by a discussion under relevant themes. Chapter 4 Conclusion and Recommendation Reflection of the research process (your experience from proposal stage to project submission) using a model of reflection |
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Research Time table |
When will your research project start and finish? Have you identified specific targets/ actions for completion within specific time frames? (e.g. a table with two columns and list your targets/ actions and timeframes, i.e. specific dates. Consider time for supervision sessions and acting on feedback within proposed time table |
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References |
Have you provided a comprehensive reference list of all cited literature sources? |