Proposal.docx

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Proposal

THERESEARCHPROPOSALTEMPLATE

Thisdocumenthasbeensetuptoassiststudentsinpreparingthetextfortheirresearchproposal.ItisNOTintendedasadocumenttoguideyouthroughyourresearchproposaldevelopment,buttoassistyouinsettingouttheproposal,intermsoftextlayout,sectionheadingsandsub-sections.

TheResearchProposalisacompletedescriptionoftheintendedresearch,developedunderthesupervisionoftheassignedsupervisor.Throughthefullproposal,thestudentneedstodemonstrateconvincinglythatthestudywillmakeacontributiontoapublichealthissueorproblem.Thefullresearchproposalmustbebetween5and10pagesandshouldpresentthefollowing:

▪Title

▪BriefIntroduction

▪Backgroundandstatementoftheproblem（thisinthelightofathoroughliteraturereview）

▪Researchquestionorhypothesis,aimandobjectives

▪Studydesign（typeofstudy）

▪Studypopulationandsampling

▪Datacollectionmethodsandinstruments

▪Dataanalysismethods–ifapplicablestatisticalplanningmustbefullyaddressed,orthecandidateshouldprovideevidencethatstatisticsarenotrequired.

▪Mechanismstoassurethequalityofthestudy–e.g.controlofbias,safestorageofdata

▪Studyperiod-Timetableforcompletionoftheproject

▪Participantsinthestudy–allpeopleinvolvedinthestudy,andtheroletheyplay,shouldbeidentified.*

▪Ethicalconsiderations

▪Resourcesrequiredforthestudy,includingbudgetifapplicable

▪References

▪Appendices（copyofquestionnaire,consentforms,etc.）

Howtousethistemplate:

ThetemplateprovidesALLthesections,headingsandsubheadingsthatyouwillrequireinyourproposal,aswellasthelineandparagraphspacing,pagebreaks,pagenumbering,referencingsystemandreferencingstyles.Youshouldsimplyeditthetextwhereappropriateandinsertyourowntextasperyourproposal,i.esimplytypeintothedocument.Donotattempttochangethestylesfortheheadingsorsubheadings,anddonotattempttousemorethanthreelevelheadings（i.eAmainheading,asub-headingandasub-sub-heading）.

WHENYOUAREDONE,DELETETHISFRONTINSTRUCTIONPAGEFROMYOURPROPOSAL

Ifyoufeelyouaresufficientlycomputerliterate,youcouldaddthistemplatetoyourTemplatesdirectoryinyourOfficesystemfiles.Thiswillallowyoutoselectthistemplateatanytimeinthefuturewhenyouprepareproposals.Todothis,gotothe“MenuBar”,selectFile>SaveAs…,whenthedialogboxappears,atthebottom,under“saveastype”,select“DocumentTemplate”.TheMSOfficeTemplatesdirectoryautomaticallyappears.Youcouldnameyourfile“ProposalTemplate”（whichshouldappearasadefaultinthedialogbox,atthebottom,under“SaveAs”）.YourtemplateisnowsavedintheC:

\DocumentsandSettings\User\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Templatesdirectory.

Whenyounextwishtousethistemplate,clickonFile>New,the“taskpane”thatappearsontherightsideofyourscreenwillpromptyoutouseatemplate,clickon“onmycomputer…”,andfromthedialogboxthatappears,selectyourtemplate“ProposalTemplate”.Thisbringsupthetemplatewithallitssavedfonts,paragraphsettingsetc.Onceagain,simplyinsertyourtext,andthistime,saveyourfilenormally,andNOTasatemplate!

Whenyouhavefinishedtyping,thenreturntotheContentsPage,placeyourcursoronthegreyedoutsection,rightclickwiththemouse,andselect“Updateentiretable”

TYPETHETITLEOFYOURPROJECTHERE

STUDENTNAME:

Typeyournamehere

STUDENTNUMBER:

Enteryourstudentnumber

COURSENAME:

MastersinPublicHealth（OccupationalHygiene）

DEPARTMENT:

DepartmentofOccupationalandEnvironmentalHealth

COURSECODE:

OCEH8V1

SUPERVISOR:

Typeyoursupervisor’snamehere

DATEOFSUBMISSION:

DDMMMM20YY

CONTENTS

ABSTRACT5

introduction6

Useheading1fromtheselectionaboveforyourmainheading.useallcaps,donotuseanythingelseasthetableofcontentshasbeenautomatedtousethissetting6

SubHeading6

Sub-Sub-Heading6

problemstatement7

Overview7

ResearchQuestion/Hypothesis7

OBJECTIVESANDAIMS8

OverallObjective8

SpecificAims8

BACKGROUNDANDSIGNIFICANCE9

researchdesignandmethods10

Overview10

PopulationandStudySample10

SampleSizeandSelectionofSample10

SourcesofData10

CollectionofData10

ExposureAssessment10

DataManagement10

DataAnalysisStrategies10

EthicsandHumanSubjectsIssues10

Timeframes10

StrengthsandWeaknessesoftheStudy11

PublicHealthSignificance12

BudgetandMotivation13

references14

Appendices15

Appendix1:

Questionnaire15

Appendix2:

PatientList16

ABSTRACT

Background

Methods

Results

DiscussionandConclusion

Donotuseabbreviationsorinserttables,figuresorreferencesintoyourabstract.Youabstractgenerallyshouldnotexceedabout300words.

introduction

Useheading1fromtheselectionaboveforyourmainheading.useallcaps,donotuseanythingelseasthetableofcontentshasbeenautomatedtousethissetting

SubHeading

UseHeading2fromtheselectionofstylesonthemenubarabove.DoNOTuseallcapitals,butwriteasisshownabove.DonotuseanythingelseastheTableofContentshasbeenautomatedtoincludethisstyleforasubheading.

Sub-Sub-Heading

UseHeading3fromtheselectionofstylesonthemenubarabove.DoNOTuseallcapitals,butwriteasisshownabove.DonotuseanythingelseastheTableofContentshasbeenautomatedtoincludethisstyleforasub-subheading.

Referencing

Whendoyourreferencing,usetheautomaticsystemprovidedbyMicrosoftWord.Tousethis,fromtheMenubar,gotoInsert>Reference>Footnote.NowselectEndnote>endofdocument.Fortheoptions,selectNumberformat>1,2,3;Custommark>leaveblank;Startat>1;Numbering>continuous.Ifyoudothis,youwillseeasuperscriptinsertedatthepointofyourcursor,asinthisexample,withthecursorautomaticallygoingtotheendofyourdocumentforyoutoinsertyourreferencedetails.Thiskeepsacontinuousnumberingsystemasyouprogressthroughyourproposal.Onceyouaredone,youcouldmovethisfromthelastpagetothelastpagebeforetheAppendices.

problemstatement

Overview

ResearchQuestion/Hypothesis

OBJECTIVESANDAIMS

OverallObjective

SpecificAims

BACKGROUNDANDSIGNIFICANCE

Thisisyourliteraturereview.UseHeadings2and3toprovidesubheadingsinyourreview

researchdesignandmethods

Overview

Useheadings2and3asappropriate,andusetheseheadingsifappropriate.

PopulationandStudySample

SampleSizeandSelectionofSample

SourcesofData

CollectionofData

ExposureAssessment

DataManagement

DataAnalysisStrategies

EthicsandHumanSubjectsIssues

Timeframes

StrengthsandWeaknessesoftheStudy

PublicHealthSignificance

BudgetandMotivation

references

UsetheVancouverStyleofreferencing.Thisisfoundatthiswebsite:

oralessdetailedwebsite:

Referencesshouldbenumberedconsecutivelyintheorderinwhichtheyarefirstmentionedinthetext.Identifyreferencesintext,tables,andlegendsbyArabicnumeralsinparentheses.ThetitlesofjournalsshouldbeabbreviatedaccordingtothestyleusedinIndexMedicus.ConsultthelistofJournalsIndexedforMEDLINE,publishedannuallyasaseparatepublicationbytheNationalLibraryofMedicine.ThelistcanalsobeobtainedthroughtheLibrary'swebsite..

Appendices

Appendix1:

Questionnaire

Appendix2:

PatientList