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380.662.01
Critiquing the Research Literature in Maternal, Neonatal, and Reproductive Health

Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2018 - 2019
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Tu, Th, 8:30 - 10:20am
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite
Description
Discusses the sources of data and analytic and conceptual basis for methodological approaches to the study of maternal, neonatal, and reproductive health. Critically evaluates selected research articles in maternal, neonatal, and reproductive health.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify the usefulness and limitations of data from routinely collected records and major national surveys for studying maternal, neonatal and reproductive health
  2. Use the analytic and conceptual basis of various methodological approaches for studying pregnancy, maternal, newborn, and reproductive health as a guide to evaluating research
  3. Evaluate measures of pregnancy, maternal, newborn, and reproductive health
  4. Evaluate measures of social and biological factors and their relation to maternal, newborn, and reproductive health
  5. Critically evaluate studies related to maternal, newborn and reproductive health and identify valid inferences from the studies
Enrollment Restriction
Undergraduates must obtain instructor consent.