By Anibal Velasquez should not be a problem selecting a thesis topic at universities with professors doing research, because usually in these universities are given resources to do a thesis. In such cases all you have to do is to contact students with a teacher to be the guardian of his thesis.
However, few researchers and universities with limited resources to research the situation becomes difficult, example is the high percentage of students completing a career or a graduate and have no the corresponding title.
This blog is intended for students who can not afford and do not have the assistance of a tutor, in this sense are two low-cost options that can be chosen for a thesis. Although the student will need to check in your college if there is any restriction for this type of research.
Research topics are suggested that can be done with secondary sources
studies
secondary sources are observational studies that examine available databases that were developed by other institutions or researchers. Usually these databases are surveys household or evaluation of services or programs. This group also found that systematic reviews involve the review and summary of results of other investigations. In this case, the investigation begins with the selection of variables and the search for possible relationships of variables that can be investigated in the databases, ie research depends on the available data.
The following thesis suggests some issues related to these studies, likewise, identifies the skills and resources necessary for students to conduct these investigations. These investigations suggested will be developed gradually in this blog.
1. Equity analysis of some health condition or access any service, program or funding
cognitive powers
conceptual and methodological basis of equity analysis
Operating Skills required databases, build variables, handle tools basic statistical analysis in any statistical software. Databases household surveys some geographical area
Resource requirements Dictionary
code database and questionnaires
Spreadsheet Gini coefficient (Concentration) and the Lorenz curve (concentration)
2. Analysis of the demand for health services
Cognitive Skills Conceptual and methodological analysis of the demand for health services
Operating Skills required databases, build variables, multivariate analysis tools ( Probit regression, sensitivity analysis)
Resource requirements Databases household surveys to investigate access to health services Dictionary
code database and questionnaires
Guide for the analysis, syntax (SPSS) or the C file (STATA), the spreadsheet
sensitivity analysis
3. Analysis of risk factors for illness or injury
cognitive powers
Conceptual and methodological analysis of risk factors
Operating Skills required databases, build variables, calculation of OR and 95%, use multivariate analysis tools (logistic regression) to adjust the OR
Resource requirements Databases household surveys to investigate prevalence of illness or injury Dictionary
code database and questionnaires
Guide for the analysis, syntax (SPSS) or the C file (STATA)
4. Assessing health impact of programs
cognitive powers
Conceptual and methodological impact assessment through secondary sources
Operating Skills required databases, multivariate analysis using tools and / or multilevel technique Propensity Score Matching and / or analysis of exogeneity
Resource requirements Bases household survey data to investigate any health conditions and access to services or programs Dictionary
code database and questionnaires
Guide for impact assessment
5. Burden of disease study
cognitive powers
conceptual and methodological basis of the estimation of disease burden
know how to estimate the epidemiological parameters for the calculation of DALYs and DALY (incidence rate of disability, age onset, duration of illness). Skills required
Operating
databases and spreadsheets for prevalence or incidence of selected disease. Handle some statistics to estimate the incidence prediction from incomplete data. Managing DISMOD II software to estimate the epidemiological parameters that are not available, and Ges Mor software for the calculation of DALYs and DALY
Resource requirements Database of services statistics, epidemiological surveillance, mortality , household surveys have assessed the prevalence of selected damage
Guide for the estimated epidemiological parameters needed to calculate DALYs and DALY
Tables of coefficients of disability
DISMOD II software and software Ges Mor
natural history of disease
6. Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of treatments or interventions in public health competencies
cognitive information search techniques and methodology of systematic reviews
necessary skills Ability to find, systematize and evaluate the quality of published research on effectiveness of interventions or treatments. Ability to do a meta-analysis, using some software (eg Epi-data) Resource requirements
Internet access and virtual libraries to obtain full articles of selected research
Guide to Systematic Reviews
Guide to meta-analysis or indicator for the effectiveness of interventions or treatments
7. Cost-effectiveness of interventions, treatments and health technologies
cognitive powers
conceptual and methodological basis of cost-effectiveness through secondary sources. Information retrieval techniques and methodology of the reviews
systematic
necessary skills Ability to search, organize and evaluate the quality of published research on the effectiveness of interventions or treatments
capacity to make a meta-analysis, using some software (eg Epi-data) Ability to
a cost analysis (optional in case there is a cost study that is evaluating treatment)
Resource requirements Internet access and virtual libraries to obtain full articles of selected research
Access to information costs of the intervention or treatment to be evaluated (if any)
Guide to Systematic Reviews
Guide to
cost estimates Guide to meta-analysis or indicator for the effectiveness of interventions or treatments
Guide to the cost-effectiveness analysis
Sheet calculation for the cost-effectiveness and sensitivity analysis
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