221.638.01
Health Systems Research and Evaluation in Developing Countries
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Tu, Th, 1:30 - 3:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
220.601.01 Introduction to International Health
221.646.01 Health Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries
Builds an understanding of the purpose and nature of health systems research (HSR) as a multi-disciplinary endeavor with diverse research goals. Participants review the range of research questions, methodological approaches and study designs that health systems research encompasses, as well as cross-cutting issues pertinent to health systems research such as gender and human rights, research rigor, ethical issues and policy uptake. Fosters the ability to develop different research strategies depending on the research question at hand and to read health systems research critically.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Articulate uses of HSR, and delineate between various kinds of health systems research
- Develop health system research questions answered by different study designs depending on the type of investigation required
- Describe the types of evidence derived from diverse methodological approaches to health systems research, and the types
- Describe a range of applications used for health systems research, and how to ensure rigor in the various applications (quasi-experimental methods, use of administrative data, facility surveys, implementation research, case studies, participatory/action research, ethnography, mixed methods)
- Articulate how cross-cutting issues such as gender and human rights, and ethical issues are applied to health systems research
- Develop elements of research design and a policy influence and research uptake strategy