Catalog Description: This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of qualitative data collection and analysis methods used in community and global health research. Students will learn about data collection using participation and observation, interviews, and focus groups. Students will also learn about text analysis and presenting qualitative results. This course is not designed to provide an in-depth examination of these methods or practical experience, but rather an introduction to their uses and how they complement quantitative methods.
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
Describe the application of qualitative methodology in health research
Explain multiple strategies used in qualitative data collection/generation and analysis
Discuss research ethics pertaining to qualitative research approaches and methods
Identify essential elements in designing qualitative research studies
Demonstrate emerging skills in qualitative research methods
Apply reflexivity through discussion and written work
Catalog Description: This course will explore central issues in the philosophical and theoretical foundations central to population health research methods. It focuses on critically analyzing and applying theories to scholarship. Students will engage with theoretical thinking, reading, and writing, applying it to their research interests. Course work will cover the philosophy of science alongside theoretical frameworks and both formal and informal theories from interdisciplinary fields. Students will refine their research agendas, developing questions and conceptual frameworks to guide their work.
.On completion of the course, students will be able to:
Explain how key concepts in the philosophy of science affect the design of research in population and community health
Critique methodological choices in population and community health research based on philosophical assumptions
Communicate relationships between philosophical assumptions and research methodology through academic channels of dissemination
Analyze theoretical writing in the fields of population and community health
Articulate theoretical and conceptual frameworks relevant to their own developing research agendas
Apply theories, frameworks, and perspectives to population and community health challenges
Catalog Description: This course, designed to be taken after Introductory Methods in Qualitative Methods, focuses on the practical application of qualitative data collection and analysis techniques learned in the introductory course in qualitative methods within the context of applied health research. Students will design and conduct a qualitative health study. Students will also be exposed to advanced techniques in qualitative research, such as ethnography, visual methods, computer-assisted analysis, and more.
Prerequisites: CGH 106
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
Explain the major strategies of inquiry in qualitative methodology, including case studies; grounded theory; and ethnography.
Discuss paradigms and theoretical perspectives in qualitative methodology and the implications of these perspectives on study design and analysis.
Design qualitative research studies that address community health problems.
Conduct qualitative data collection methods, including observations, interviews, and document review.
Analyze qualitative data within its appropriate conceptual, theoretical, and empirical frameworks.
Evaluate quality and credibility of qualitative studies.