醫療照護研究方法

This is a 3-credit course. This course is conducted mainly with both lectures and class discussion. Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to: 1. Understand basic knowledge in Health Services Research Methods 2. Explain the relationship between the research question and the research design 3. Identify different types of study designs and their threats to internal and external validity 4. Assess which methodology is most appropriate to evaluate a given research objective or question 5. Perform the essential elements of proposal/manuscript development 6. Critique health services research proposals and academic articles of others.

Session 1: 1. Shi, L. (2007). “Chapter 1: Scientific Foundation of Health Services Research” and “Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Health Services Research” In Health Services Research Methods, 2nd edition. Albany, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning Chapter 1-2, pages 1-60. 2. Hart, C. (2018). “Chapter 1: The Research Imagination” In Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination. 2nd edition, Sage Publications Ltd.. 3. Cals JW, Kotz D. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers, Part I: How to get started and part III: Introduction. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013 Jul;66(7):397 and 702 Session 2-3: 1. Brownson RC et al., (2003). “Searching the scientific literature and organizing information.” In Evidence-based Public Health. Oxford: Oxford Press. 2. Shi, L. (2007). “Chapter 4: Research Review” In Health Services Research Methods, 2nd edition. Albany, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning Chapter 4, pages 92-113. 3. Hart, C. (2018). “Chapter 2: The Purpose of Literature Reviewing,” “Chapter 3: Classifying and Reading Research to Review” and “Chapter 7: Understanding and Analyzing the Ways Ideas are Organized” In Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination. 2nd edition, Sage Publications. Session 5 (Student Discussion): 1. Zajacova, A. (2006). “Education, gender, and mortality: Does Schooling Have the Same Effect on Mortality for Men and Women in the US?” Social Science and Medicine, 63:2176-2190. 2. Asaria, M., et al., (2016) “How a universal health system reduces inequalities: lessons from England” J Epidemiol Community Health, 70(7): 637-643. 3. Martsolf, G.R., et al. (2016). “An Examination of Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Experience with Care: Differences between Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Estimates” Health Services Research, 51(6):2221-2241. 4. Beaulieu, N.D., et al., (2020). “Changes in Quality of Care after Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions.” N Engl J Med 2020;382:51-9. Session 6: 1. Bruce, N. et al., (2008). Quantitative Methods for Health Research: A Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Interscience, Chapter 2.1 & 2.5, pages 29-30, 78-86. 2. Corsi, DJ et al., (2012). “Demographic and health surveys: a profile.” International Journal of Epidemiology, 1-12. 3. Asian Development Bank (2010). “Administrative Data Sources for Compiling Millennium Development Goals and Related Indicators” http://www.getinthepicture.org/sites/default/files/resources/Administrative-data-sources-for-MDG-ADB.pdf 4. Whitaker, RC et al., (2022). “Family Connection and Flourishing Among Adolescents in 26 Countries.” Pediatrics. Online ahead of print. Session 8: 1. Hinkin TR. A brief tutorial on the development of measures for use in survey questionnaires. Organizational Research Methods, 1998: 1(1): 104-121 2. To, T., et al. (2008). “Examining intra-rater and inter-rater response agreement: a medical chart abstraction study of a community-based asthma care program.” BMC medical research methodology, 8(1), 1. 3. Kaufmann, R. B., Morris, L., and Spitz, A. M. (1997). “Comparison of two question sequences for assessing pregnancy intentions.” American Journal of Epidemiology, 145(9), 810-816. 4. Harel, Y., et al. (1994). “The effects of recall on estimating annual nonfatal injury rates for children and adolescents.” American Journal of Public Health,84(4), 599-605. Session 9: 1. Korn, E. L., and Graubard, B. I. (1991). “Epidemiologic studies utilizing surveys: accounting for the sampling design.” American Journal of Public Health, 81(9), 1166-1173. 2. Lehtonen R and Pahkinen E. (1995). Practical Methods for Design and Analysis of Complex Surveys, 2nd Edition Wiley publisher. 3. Hahs-Vaughn, D. L., et al. (2011). “Methodological Considerations in Using Complex Survey Data An Applied Example With the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey.” Evaluation Review, 35(3), 269-303. 4. West, B. T. (2008). “Statistical and methodological issues in the analysis of complex sample survey data: practical guidance for trauma researchers.” Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21(5), 440-447. Session 10: 1. Lu Ann Aday and Llewellyn J. Cornelius. (2006). Designing and conducting health surveys. A comprehensive Guide. 3rd edition. Lossey-Bass Publishers. Chapter VIII & XII. 2. Beaton, D. E., et al. (2000). “Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures.” Spine, 25(24), 3186-3191. 3. Fisher, B. S. (2009). “The effects of survey question wording on rape estimates evidence from a quasi-experimental design.” Violence Against Women, 15(2), 133-147. 4. McNeeley S. (2012). Sensitive Issues in Surveys: Reducing Refusals While Increasing Reliability and Quality of Responses to Sensitive Survey Items. L. Gideon (ed.), Handbook of Survey Methodology for the Social Sciences, Springer Verlag. Session 11: 1. Lu Ann Aday and Llewellyn J. Cornelius. (2006). Designing and conducting health surveys. A comprehensive Guide. 3rd edition. Lossey-Bass Publishers. Chapter XIII: Monitoring and carrying out the survey. 2. Turner, C.F., et al. (1998). “Adolescent sexual behavior, drug use, and violence: Increased Reporting with computer survey technology.” Science, 280:867-873. 3. McHorney, C. A., Kosinski, M., and Ware Jr, J. E. (1994). “Comparisons of the costs and quality of norms for the SF-36 health survey collected by mail versus telephone interview: results from a national survey.” Medical Care, 551-567. 4. Watson, L. F., et al. (2007). “Research interviewers’ experience in the Early Births study of very preterm birth: qualitative assessment of data collection processes in a case–control study.” Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 21(1), 87-94. 5. Couper MJ. (2011). The future of modes of data collection. Public Opinion Quarterly, 75(5): 889–908 Session 12-13: 1. Blettner, M. et al., (2001). “Critical reading of epidemiological paper.” European Journal of Public Health, 11(1): 97-101. 2. Gliner, J.A., Morgan, G.A., and Leech, N.L. (2017). Research Methods in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis. 3rd Edition. Routledge, NY., Chapter 5 (P.69-88), Chapter 7(P. 106-119), and Chapter 8(P. 120-131). 3. Cals JW, Kotz D. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers, Part IV: Methods. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013 Jul;66(7):817 4. Rothman K.J. (2014). “Six persistent research misconceptions.” J Gen Intern Med, 29(7):1060–4 5. Cals JW, Kotz D. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers, Part V: Results, part VI: Discussions, and Part VII: Tables and Figures. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013 Jul;66(7):945, 1064 and 1197 Optional: 1. Baron, R.M., and Kenny, D.A. (1986). “The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic and statistical consideration.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(6): 1173-1182. 2. Galea, S. et al., (2010). “Causal thinking and complex system approaches in epidemiology.” International Journal of Epidemiology, 39:97-106 3. Gliner, J.A., Morgan, G.A., and Leech, N.L. (2017). Research Methods in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis. 3rd Edition. Routledge, NY., Chapter 23 (P.417-432) and Chapter 24 (P. 433-445). Session 14 (Student Discussion): 1. Kruk, M.E., et al., (2012) “The role of health systems and policies in promoting safe delivery in low- and middle-income countries: a multilevel analysis.” American Journal of Public Health, 102(4): 645-650. 2. Kuo, Y.F., et al., (2015). “Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations in Medicare Patients with Diabetes: A Comparison of Primary Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners versus Physicians” Medical Care, 53(9): 743-835. 3. Matthews A., et al., (2016). “Impact of statin related media coverage on use of statins: interrupted time series analysis with UK primary care data.” BMJ, 353:i.3283. 4. Dimitrovová, K., et al., (2020) “Effect of a national primary care reform on avoidable hospital admissions (2000-2015): A difference-in-difference analysis” Soc Sci Med, 252:112908. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112908. Epub 2020 Mar 10. Session 15 (Student Discussion): 1. Kruk, M.E., et al., (2012) “The role of health systems and policies in promoting safe delivery in low- and middle-income countries: a multilevel analysis.” American Journal of Public Health, 102(4): 645-650. 2. Kuo, Y.F., et al., (2015). “Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations in Medicare Patients with Diabetes: A Comparison of Primary Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners versus Physicians” Medical Care, 53(9): 743-835. 3. Matthews A., et al., (2016). “Impact of statin related media coverage on use of statins: interrupted time series analysis with UK primary care data.” BMJ, 353:i.3283. 4. Dimitrovová, K., et al., (2020) “Effect of a national primary care reform on avoidable hospital admissions (2000-2015): A difference-in-difference analysis” Soc Sci Med, 252:112908. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112908. Epub 2020 Mar 10.

One mid-term presentation 20% Final presentation 40% Student Discussions: Critiquing others' work 30% Participation & Attendance 10%

1. Gliner, J.A., Morgan, G.A., and Leech, N.L. (2016). Research Methods in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis. 3rd Edition. Routledge. 2. Bruce, N. Pope, D. and Stanistreet, D. (2018) Quantitative Methods for Health Research: A Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics. Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd edition 3. Lu Ann Aday and Llewellyn J. Cornelius (2006). Designing and conducting health surveys: A comprehensive Guide. Jossey-Bass; 3rd edition 4. Chris Hart (2018). Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination. SAGE Publications Ltd; Second edition

地點

Room 201, Medical Building II

時間

Friday morning

聯絡方式

syhuang@nycu.edu.tw