Introduction to Health Services Research : A Self-Study Course
Case 1. Health Disparities Research Case (Page 3 of 37)
Learning Objectives
Case 1 will help you...
Develop a better understanding of what health services research is through completing this research case on health disparities
List the steps in developing a Community Based Participatory Study and the advantages and disadvantages of using this approach
Develop strategies for retrieving health services research citations from a variety of databases on the relevant topics by
asking questions that illuminate the research questions
creating concepts that help define the questions
selecting appropriate bibliographic databases
locating specialized vocabulary terms for efficient searching of relevant databases
executing searches
Evaluate the results of your searches for quality
Understand who the important players (key government and non-profit organizations) are in the field and what their interest is in getting answers to this and similar questions
Develop an understanding of current research projects dealing with this and similar topics and how to use the information from related research projects to inform this question
Locate appropriate datasets and instruments, and related information for use in answering your research questions