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what is health?
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
what is research?
activities designed to develop or contribute to generalizable
knowledge like theories, principles, relationships that can be confirmed
or refuted by recognized methods of observation, experiment and
inference
what is health research philosophically?
biological, behavioural and social science research on all aspects of
human health and disease
what is health research applied?
process of systematically investigating a single well defined aspect of
physical, mental or social well being
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health research makes the connection between _________ and __________
determinants and health
what is epidemiology?
study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states in
specific populations, and the application of this study to control health
problems, it focuses more on the reasons behind a disease
what is biological / basic medial research?
looks at changes at the human cellular level that can be related to health
outcomes, most methods are lab methods, studies genes, cells, molecules
etc. related to human function
what are the 6 steps of the research process?
1) identify study question
2) generate hypothesis
3) design study and collect data
4) analyze data
5) interpret findings
6) communicate findings
what is brainstorming?
process of generating long lists of spontaneous ideas about possible
research questions, do not eliminate ideas at this stage
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what is concept mapping?
visual listing of ideas and grouping them to reveal relationships
what is an exposure?
personal characteristic, behaviour, environmental encounter or
intervention that might change the likelihood of developing a health
condition (a determinant of interest upon which an outcome depends,
can be constitutional, environmental or behavioural)
what is an outcome?
an observed event, such as the presence of a disease in observational
study or a measured end point in experiments, for many health projects the
outcome studies is disease
what is a population?
group of individuals, communities or organizations with identifiable similar
characteristics, which may make them susceptible to an exposure
what does PICOT stand for?
Population/ Problem
Intervention/exposure
Comparison/Control
Outcome of interest
Time frame for follow
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what makes a good research question?
a real question, testable, generalizable and purposeful
what is generalizability in research?
information that can be applicable beyond the study population
what is a study goal?
the single overarching objective of a research project or the main question
that a research project seeks to answer
what are specific aims?
carefully described action that will help the researcher make progress towards
achieving the big picture goal
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