A. Below are examples of actual health problems which can be addressed through the conduct of health research. a.1. Identify the following from each of the examples :
a. the generic activity of health research that the example could represent;
b. the area of research that the example could be coming from

1. Growing microbiological resistance in, for example, diseases
like tuberculosis and malaria
a.
b.
2. Absence of effective treatments for diseases in low-income countries such as dengue fever
a.
b.
3. Treatment and prevention in HIV/AIDS
a.
b.

4. Preparedness for new/emerging infections
a.
b.

5. Need for new knowledge about local contexts, conditions and health priorities
a.
b.

6. Need for new knowledge about social, political, economic and environmental determinants of health
a.
b.

7. Health policy and systems research – how to make the health system perform better
a.
b.

8. Research on environmental health, the interaction between economic activity, environment and human health
a.
b.

B. Identify the specific steps in the research process where each of the following activities are undertaken. Be able to justify your answer.
1. Mothers in a community are invited to attend a film showing on the harmful effects of intestinal parasites like ascaris and hookworm. This is done to encourage them to submit stool specimens of their preschoolers, for a survey on the prevalence of parasitism among this age group in their community.

2 A Resident Physician consults with his Consultant the funding sources, the potential problems to be encountered in data collection, and the overall feasibility of investigating a research problem which he is interested in pursuing.

3 A nurse requests a statistician to compute for the sample size needed to conduct a study on the incidence of nosocomial infections in the hospital ward where she works.