Research project development in theory and practice with application to a real-world data set on Syrian refugees in Europe and Middle East - Detailseite

Go through the steps of setting up a research project with a real world data set on refugee health. In this research-based course the students will get the opportunity for independent but supervised research in a joint effort with peers. Through the course the students will be introduced to the topic “refugee health” and will develop a research question, describe the analysis plan, perform the data management and carry out the final analysis. Thus, the students will gain insights into the subject specific scientific area and knowledge on generic epidemiological methods and terminology. Depending on the group the course may also include statistical programming in R. Whether or not this ends up with a publishable product is entirely up to the group.

eiset@clin.au.dk

Primary

• Vandenbroucke JP, Pearce N. From ideas to studies: how to get ideas and sharpen them into research questions. Clin Epidemiol. 2018;10:253–64. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5846748/
• “Exploratory Data Analysis with R" by Roger Peng (https://bookdown.org/rdpeng/exdata/)
•  Eiset AH, Aoun MP, Haddad RS, Naja WJ, Fuursted K, Nielsen HV, et al. Asylum seekers’ and Refugees’ Changing Health (ARCH) study protocol: an observational study in Lebanon and Denmark to assess health implications of long-distance migration on communicable and non-communicable diseases and mental health. BMJ Open. British Medical Journal Publishing Group; 2020;10:e034412. Available from: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/5/e034412

 Secondary

• Westgard B, Martinson BC, Maciosek M, Brown M, Xu Z, Farah F, et al. Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors Among Somali Immigrants and Refugees. J Immigr Minor Health [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2020 Oct 5]; Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-01078-3
• Gilgen D, Maeusezahl D, Salis Gross C, Battegay E, Flubacher P, Tanner M, et al. Impact of migration on illness experience and help-seeking strategies of patients from Turkey and Bosnia in primary health care in Basel. Health Place. 2005;11:261–73.
• Komorowski M, Marshall DC, Salciccioli JD, Crutain Y. Exploratory Data Analysis. Second Anal Electron Health Rec [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2016 [cited 2022 Feb 6]. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK543641/

Bachelor and Master students in the health and social sciences and arts. E.g. anthropology, public health, medicine, economics.