The unit aims to develop your critical understanding and knowledge of:
What public health research is, its importance and uses
What health-related systematic reviews are and how to produce them in a rigorous fashion (including understanding narrative analyses and meta- analyses)
The importance of research questions and how they are constructed
What quantitative research is the types of quantitative research designs available to health researchers and the key concerns associated with quantitative research
Qualitative and quantitative data analysis
How to construct a research proposal
How to disseminate and publish health research
The importance of ethics in health related research and key ethical issues to critically consider