Explore the critical role of behavioural and social research in understanding, controlling, and preventing infectious diseases.
You will learn about the methodologies that can be used and the insights that can be gained through quantitative and qualitative research approaches, learn to craft a comprehensive research project and discover how to choose the most effective data collection methods. .
Duration: 45-60 minutes.
Audience: Public Health professionals from European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries working in the field of infectious diseases prevention and control and interested in developing behavioural and/or social sciences interventions.
Objectives:
- Explain the importance of conducting behavioural and social research for understanding, controlling, and preventing infectious diseases.
- Compare quantitative and qualitative behavioural and social research approaches.
- Describe the specificities of behavioural and social science research projects or protocols, including research questions formulation, research designs, sampling strategies, and ethical considerations.
- Select data collection methods for different purposes.
Participation: This is a PILOT, once completed, the course will be open for public enrolment.