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Proposal
THERESEARCHPROPOSALTEMPLATE
Thisdocumenthasbeensetuptoassiststudentsinpreparingthetextfortheirresearchproposal.ItisNOTintendedasadocumenttoguideyouthroughyourresearchproposaldevelopment,buttoassistyouinsettingouttheproposal,intermsoftextlayout,sectionheadingsandsub-sections.
TheResearchProposalisacompletedescriptionoftheintendedresearch,developedunderthesupervisionoftheassignedsupervisor.Throughthefullproposal,thestudentneedstodemonstrateconvincinglythatthestudywillmakeacontributiontoapublichealthissueorproblem.Thefullresearchproposalmustbebetween5and10pagesandshouldpresentthefollowing:
▪Title
▪BriefIntroduction
▪Backgroundandstatementoftheproblem(thisinthelightofathoroughliteraturereview)
▪Researchquestionorhypothesis,aimandobjectives
▪Studydesign(typeofstudy)
▪Studypopulationandsampling
▪Datacollectionmethodsandinstruments
▪Dataanalysismethods–ifapplicablestatisticalplanningmustbefullyaddressed,orthecandidateshouldprovideevidencethatstatisticsarenotrequired.
▪Mechanismstoassurethequalityofthestudy–e.g.controlofbias,safestorageofdata
▪Studyperiod-Timetableforcompletionoftheproject
▪Participantsinthestudy–allpeopleinvolvedinthestudy,andtheroletheyplay,shouldbeidentified.*
▪Ethicalconsiderations
▪Resourcesrequiredforthestudy,includingbudgetifapplicable
▪References
▪Appendices(copyofquestionnaire,consentforms,etc.)
Howtousethistemplate:
ThetemplateprovidesALLthesections,headingsandsubheadingsthatyouwillrequireinyourproposal,aswellasthelineandparagraphspacing,pagebreaks,pagenumbering,referencingsystemandreferencingstyles.Youshouldsimplyeditthetextwhereappropriateandinsertyourowntextasperyourproposal,i.esimplytypeintothedocument.Donotattempttochangethestylesfortheheadingsorsubheadings,anddonotattempttousemorethanthreelevelheadings(i.eAmainheading,asub-headingandasub-sub-heading).
WHENYOUAREDONE,DELETETHISFRONTINSTRUCTIONPAGEFROMYOURPROPOSAL
Ifyoufeelyouaresufficientlycomputerliterate,youcouldaddthistemplatetoyourTemplatesdirectoryinyourOfficesystemfiles.Thiswillallowyoutoselectthistemplateatanytimeinthefuturewhenyouprepareproposals.Todothis,gotothe“MenuBar”,selectFile>SaveAs…,whenthedialogboxappears,atthebottom,under“saveastype”,select“DocumentTemplate”.TheMSOfficeTemplatesdirectoryautomaticallyappears.Youcouldnameyourfile“ProposalTemplate”(whichshouldappearasadefaultinthedialogbox,atthebottom,under“SaveAs”).YourtemplateisnowsavedintheC:
\DocumentsandSettings\User\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Templatesdirectory.
Whenyounextwishtousethistemplate,clickonFile>New,the“taskpane”thatappearsontherightsideofyourscreenwillpromptyoutouseatemplate,clickon“onmycomputer…”,andfromthedialogboxthatappears,selectyourtemplate“ProposalTemplate”.Thisbringsupthetemplatewithallitssavedfonts,paragraphsettingsetc.Onceagain,simplyinsertyourtext,andthistime,saveyourfilenormally,andNOTasatemplate!
Whenyouhavefinishedtyping,thenreturntotheContentsPage,placeyourcursoronthegreyedoutsection,rightclickwiththemouse,andselect“Updateentiretable”
TYPETHETITLEOFYOURPROJECTHERE
STUDENTNAME:
Typeyournamehere
STUDENTNUMBER:
Enteryourstudentnumber
COURSENAME:
MastersinPublicHealth(OccupationalHygiene)
DEPARTMENT:
DepartmentofOccupationalandEnvironmentalHealth
COURSECODE:
OCEH8V1
SUPERVISOR:
Typeyoursupervisor’snamehere
DATEOFSUBMISSION:
DDMMMM20YY
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
Background
Methods
Results
DiscussionandConclusion
Donotuseabbreviationsorinserttables,figuresorreferencesintoyourabstract.Youabstractgenerallyshouldnotexceedabout300words.
introduction
Useheading1fromtheselectionaboveforyourmainheading.useallcaps,donotuseanythingelseasthetableofcontentshasbeenautomatedtousethissetting
SubHeading
UseHeading2fromtheselectionofstylesonthemenubarabove.DoNOTuseallcapitals,butwriteasisshownabove.DonotuseanythingelseastheTableofContentshasbeenautomatedtoincludethisstyleforasubheading.
Sub-Sub-Heading
UseHeading3fromtheselectionofstylesonthemenubarabove.DoNOTuseallcapitals,butwriteasisshownabove.DonotuseanythingelseastheTableofContentshasbeenautomatedtoincludethisstyleforasub-subheading.
Referencing
Whendoyourreferencing,usetheautomaticsystemprovidedbyMicrosoftWord.Tousethis,fromtheMenubar,gotoInsert>Reference>Footnote.NowselectEndnote>endofdocument.Fortheoptions,selectNumberformat>1,2,3;Custommark>leaveblank;Startat>1;Numbering>continuous.Ifyoudothis,youwillseeasuperscriptinsertedatthepointofyourcursor,asinthisexample,withthecursorautomaticallygoingtotheendofyourdocumentforyoutoinsertyourreferencedetails.Thiskeepsacontinuousnumberingsystemasyouprogressthroughyourproposal.Onceyouaredone,youcouldmovethisfromthelastpagetothelastpagebeforetheAppendices.
problemstatement
Overview
ResearchQuestion/Hypothesis
OBJECTIVESANDAIMS
OverallObjective
SpecificAims
BACKGROUNDANDSIGNIFICANCE
Thisisyourliteraturereview.UseHeadings2and3toprovidesubheadingsinyourreview
researchdesignandmethods
Overview
Useheadings2and3asappropriate,andusetheseheadingsifappropriate.
PopulationandStudySample
SampleSizeandSelectionofSample
SourcesofData
CollectionofData
ExposureAssessment
DataManagement
DataAnalysisStrategies
EthicsandHumanSubjectsIssues
Timeframes
StrengthsandWeaknessesoftheStudy
PublicHealthSignificance
BudgetandMotivation
references
UsetheVancouverStyleofreferencing.Thisisfoundatthiswebsite:
oralessdetailedwebsite:
Referencesshouldbenumberedconsecutivelyintheorderinwhichtheyarefirstmentionedinthetext.Identifyreferencesintext,tables,andlegendsbyArabicnumeralsinparentheses.ThetitlesofjournalsshouldbeabbreviatedaccordingtothestyleusedinIndexMedicus.ConsultthelistofJournalsIndexedforMEDLINE,publishedannuallyasaseparatepublicationbytheNationalLibraryofMedicine.ThelistcanalsobeobtainedthroughtheLibrary'swebsite..
Appendices
Appendix1:
Questionnaire
Appendix2:
PatientList