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Literature search, citing medicine, instructions for authors - Epidemiologic studies - Research ethics - Gender analysis
Research proposal - WHO strategy on research for health - Monitoring and evaluation of health programmes - English writing

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Literature search, citing medicine, instructions for authors
Entrez - PubMed - MEDLINE - Aldo Campana	Internet and PubMed/Medline - Aldo Campana
Searching PubMed - Aldo Campana	Internet and PubMed/Medline - Aldo Campana Medical literature search - Free full-text articles - Aldo Campana
Citing biomedical documents - National Library of Medicine (NLM) style - Aldo Campana	Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling DL, technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 [updated 2009 Oct 21; cited 2010 Apr 30]. ICMJE: Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals - Preparing a Manuscript for Submission to a Biomedical Journal Mulford Library: Instructions to Authors Zotero
Biomedical journals - Instructions for authors - Aldo Campana	ICMJE: Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals Mulford Library: Instructions to Authors
WHO Library - Tomas Allen (presentation with audio) WHO Library - Tomas Allen (PDF)	Cochrane Collaboration Cochrane Library Embase Google Scholar PubMed WHO Databases
Epidemiologic studies
Epidemiologic studies - Mario Merialdi (presentation with audio) Epidemiologic studies - Mario Merialdi (PDF)	Bonita R, Beaglehole R, Kjellstrom T. Basic epidemiology. 2nd edition. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2006.
Case-control studies - Lale Say	Rutjes AWS, Reitsma JB, Vandenbroucke JP, Glas AS, Bossuyt PMM. Case-control and two-gate designs in diagnostic accuracy studies. Clin. Chem [Internet]. 2005 Aug [cited 2010 May 5];51(8):1335-41. Lee W, Bindman J, Ford T, Glozier N, Moran P, Stewart R, Hotopf M. Bias in psychiatric case-control studies: literature survey. Br J Psychiatry [Internet]. 2007 Mar [cited 2010 May 5];190204-209.
Cohort studies - Nguyen Thi My Huong	Rochon PA, Gurwitz JH, Sykora K, Mamdani M, Streiner DL, Garfinkel S, Normand ST, Anderson GM. Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 1. Role and design. BMJ [Internet]. 2005 Apr 16 [cited 2010 May 1];330(7496):895-7. Mamdani M, Sykora K, Li P, Normand ST, Streiner DL, Austin PC, Rochon PA, Anderson GM. Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 2. Assessing potential for confounding. BMJ [Internet]. 2005 Apr 23 [cited 2010 May 1];330(7497):960-2. Normand ST, Sykora K, Li P, Mamdani M, Rochon PA, Anderson GM. Readers guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 3. Analytical strategies to reduce confounding. BMJ [Internet]. 2005 Apr 30 [cited 2010 May 1];330(7498):1021-3. Thadhani R, Tonelli M. Cohort studies: marching forward. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol [Internet]. 2006 Sep [cited 2010 May 1];1(5):1117-23.
Population surveys - Lale Say	Demographic and Health Surveys: MEASURE DHS United Nations Statistics Division - Household Surveys in Developing Countries Thrift AG. Design and Methods of Population Surveys. Neuroepidemiology. 2010 Mar 18;34(4):267-9.
Research ethics
Good ethics is good research - Shyam Thapa (presentation with audio) Good ethics is good research - Shyam Thapa (PDF)	Background handout on ethical issues in research with a focus on youth: key terms and concepts - Shyam Thapa FHI - Research Ethics Training Curriculum Research Ethics Review Committee (WHO ERC) - Informed assent form template for children/minors Research Ethics Review Committee (WHO ERC) - Informed consent form template for consent for storage and future use of unused samples Research Ethics Review Committee (WHO ERC) - Informed consent form template for clinical studies Research Ethics Review Committee (WHO ERC) - Informed consent form template for qualitative studies Research Ethics Review Committee (WHO ERC) - Informed parental consent template for research involving children (clinical studies) Research Ethics Review Committee (WHO ERC) - Informed parental consent template for research involving children (qualitative studies) Research Ethics Review Committee (WHO ERC) - The process of seeking informed consent WHO \| Research ethics WMA Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Woodsong C, Karim QA. A model designed to enhance informed consent: experiences from the HIV prevention trials network. Am J Public Health [Internet]. 2005 Mar [cited 2010 Jun 18];95(3):412-9. World Health Organization - Research Ethics Review Committee - The Process of Seeking Informed Consent
Gender analysis
Gender mainstreaming: what, where, and how? - Islene Araujo de Carvalho (presentation with audio) Gender mainstreaming: what, where, and how? - Islene Araujo de Carvalho (PDF)	WHO - Gender, women and health WHO \| Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda
Research proposal
How to prepare a research protocol for WHO? - Shyam Thapa (presentation with audio) How to prepare a research protocol for WHO? - Shyam Thapa (PDF)	Fathalla MF. A practical guide for health researchers [Internet]. WHO Regional Publications, Eastern Mediterranean Series; 30. Cairo: 2004 [cited 2010 Jul 30]. Habicht JP, Victora CG, Vaughan JP. Evaluation designs for adequacy, plausibility and probability of public health programme performance and impact. Int J Epidemiol [Internet]. 1999 Feb [cited 2010 Jul 30];28(1):10-8. Recommended format for a research protocol - In brief Thapa S. Good ethics is good research. Paper presented at: Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research; 2011 Jun 4; Geneva. World Health Organization. Preparing a research project proposal. Guidelines and forms (fourth edition). Geneva 2003
WHO strategy on research for health
WHO strategy on research for health - Rob Terry (presentation with audio) WHO strategy on research for health - Rob Terry (PDF)	WHO \| Research policy WHO Research for Health Strategy approved by the 63rd World Health Assembly Health Research Web
Monitoring and evaluation of health programmes
Monitoring and evaluating family planning / reproductive health programmes: an introduction - Alfredo Luis Fort (presentation with audio) Monitoring and evaluating family planning / reproductive health programmes: an introduction - Alfredo Luis Fort (PDF)	For a framework and construction of indicators: J. Bertrand and Escudero, G., Compendium of Indicators for Evaluating Reproductive Health Programs, Volume One. MEASURE Evaluation Manual Series, No. 6, August 2002 For discussion on what can be accomplished with different assessments and evaluation designs: JP Habicht, CG Victora and JP Vaughan, Evaluation designs for adequacy, plausibility and probability of public health programme performance and impact, International Journal of Epidemiology, 1999; 28: 10-18 For presentation of different types of research and evaluation designs: AA Fisher, JR Foreit, J Laing, J Stoeckel and J Townsend, HIV/AIDS Intervention Studies: An Operations Research Handbook, The Population Council, 2002 For how to assess quality of care in facilities, including instruments: Quick Investigation of Quality (QIQ) A User's Guide for Monitoring Quality of Care in Family Planning, MEASURE Evaluation Manual Series, No. 2, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001 For M&E plans for Adolescent SRH programs: S Adamchak, K Bond, L MacLaren et al, A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Adolescent Reproductive Health Programs, FOCUS on Young Adults, Tool Series 5, June 2000
English writing
Some tips to reduce spelling and grammar mistakes in English and to improve the overall quality and style of your papers - Brenda Narice, Aldo Campana	Google Translate WordReference.com