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EPI 590N/HSERV 590N 

Winter Quarter  2005

Social Determinants of Health: 

Research Methods

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Instructors:                           Shirley A.A. Beresford, PhD
                                               Nicholas L. Smith, PhD

Data Consultant:                     Bonnie Lind, PhC, MS

Offices: Epidemiology F363C (SB)

Office Hours: By appointment

E-mail:  beresfrd@u.washington.edu

              nlsmith@u.washington.edu

Office Phones: (206) 543-9512 (SB); (206) 287-2784(NS);

Department phones: 543-1065 (Epi); 616-2935 (Hserv)

COURSE SCHEDULE:

·        Tuesdays        10:30 – 11:50 am     Room HSB T360A

·        Thursdays      10:30 – 11:50 am      Room HSB T360A

COURSE WEBSITE:

http://depts.washington.edu/cphhd/SDH%20Course/SDHResearchMethodsCourse.htm

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This 3-unit course will explore study-design, measurement, and analytic issues applicable to research into the social determinants of health. Twice-weekly graduate-level seminar offered to students with a basic knowledge of epidemiologic and biostatistical principles. The course will consist of 15 lectures and 5 journal-article critique sessions. Lectures are conducted by faculty from the Departments of Epidemiology, Health Services, and Biostatistics.

Five journal-article critique sessions will be part of the regular course schedule. Students will be assigned to 1 of the 5 sessions at the beginning of the course to create groups of 3-4 students. Each group will be responsible for serving as discussants for 1 of the 5 critique sessions. Groups will create 3-5 discussion questions and will provide these discussion questions a week prior to the discussion. Each group member will submit a critical review of the journal articles(s). Primary and secondary discussant roles will be assigned to group members on the day of the discussion.

PREREQUISTES:

Prerequisites include either EPI 511 or the 512/513 series and either the BIOST 511/512 series or the 517/518 series or instructors permission for those student who already have an epidemiology and biostatistics background.

COURSE MATERIALS:

Most of the readings are posted on the UW Health Sciences Library E-Reserves at: https://eres.lib.washington.edu/. Material will be listed under EPI 590N.

Four books have been placed on 2-hour holds in the Health Sciences Library for winter quarter and include the following:

Biostatistics: a methodology for the health sciences. Gerald van Belle et al.

Neighborhoods and health. 2003. Edited by Ichiro Kawachi, Lisa F. Berkman

Social epidemiology. 2000. Edited by Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi

Causal inference. 1986. Edited by Kenneth Rothman.

ASSESSMENT:

Students will be evaluated on 4 criteria for an overall course grade.

1)      Participation in class discussion (10% of final grade)

2)      Journal article critique (1 of 5 sessions)

a)      Critical summary (1-2 pages) of article(s) (10% of final grade)

i)        What was done?

ii)       How was it done?

iii)     Why was it done?

iv)     What can be concluded?

b)      Development of 3-5 questions for class discussion in small groups (5% of final grade).

3)      Short homework assignments (15% of final grade)

a)      Interpretation of ecologic data analysis output. Due Thursday, February 10.

b)      Interpretation of multi-level data analysis output. Due Tuesday, February 22.

c)      Interpretation of longitudinal data analysis output. Due Thursday, March 3.

4)      Development of short research proposal addressing the social determinants of health using outline provided by instructors (11 double-spaced pages maximum). The proposal is due in 4 parts.

a)      Select title and describe specific aims (5% of final grade). Due Tuesday, January 11.

b)      Develop conceptual model (10% of final grade). Due Thursday, January 20.

c)      Provide background section and describe study design and research hypotheses, describe data collection and evaluate key measures (25% of final grade). Due Tuesday, February 8.

d)      Develop analysis section and write up interpretation of the data using assuming the hypothesis is support and assuming hypothesis was not supported (20% of final grade). Due Tuesday, March 15.

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Contact the instructor at 543-9512: or by e-mail beresfrd@u.washington.edu