Creating a comprehensive thesis guideline is essential to ensure that students understand the expectations and requirements for their research proposals and reports. Here is a detailed guideline for both:
Guideline for Public Health Research Proposal
Preliminaries:
i. Front Cover Page
ii. Approval Page
iii. Table of Contents
iv. List of Figures
v. List of Abbreviations
CHAPTER - 1: Introduction
1.1. Introduction/Background
1.2. Justification/rational of the Study
1.3. Research Questions/Hypothesis
1.4. Objectives of the Study (General and Specific Objectives)
1.5. Study variables
• Independent Variables
• Dependent Variables
1.6. Conceptual Framework
1.7. Operational Definitions
1.8. Expected Outcome (If applicable)
CHAPTER -2: Literature Review
CHAPTER -3: Methodology
3.1. Study Design
3.2 Study area/setting
3.3. Study Population
3.4. Selection Criteria: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
3.5 Sample Size
3.6 Sampling Technique
3.7 Data Collection Technique
3.8 Data Collection Tools
3.9 Pretesting of the Tools
3.10 Data collection and procedure
3.11 Data Processing and Analysis
3.12 Quality Control and Quality Assurance
3.13 Validity and reliability of research
3.14. Ethical Consideration
References
Appendixes: e.g.
A. Informed Consent form
B. Data collection tools
C. Work plan (Gantt Chart)
D. Map of study are
Guideline for Public Health Research Report
Preliminaries:
i. Front Cover Page/Title Page
ii. Declaration Sheet (Student's declaration)
iii. Supervisor Certificate
iv. Approval Page
v. Acknowledgements
vi. Abstract
vii. Table of Contents
viii. List of Table
ix. List of Figures
x. List of Abbreviations
CHAPTER - 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1. Introduction/Background
1.2. Justification of the Study
1.3. Research Questions/Hypothesis
1.4. Objectives of the Study (General and Specific Objectives)
1.5. Study Variables
• Independent Variables
• Dependent Variables
1.6. Conceptual Framework
1.7. Operational Definitions
1.8. Expected Outcome (If applicable)
1.9. Limitation of the Study (if applicable)
CHAPTER - 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER - 3: METHODOLOGY
3.1. Study Design
3.2. Study area/setting
3.3. Study Population
3.4. Selection Criteria: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
3.5. Sample Size
3.6. Sampling Technique
3.7. Data Collection Technique
3.8. Data Collection Tools
3.9. Data Processing and Analysis
3.10. Quality Control and Quality Assurance
3.11. Pretesting of the Tools
3.12. Ethical Consideration
CHAPTER – 4: RESULTS/FINDINGS
CHAPTER - 5: DISCUSSION
CHAPTER - 6: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
References
1. Annexes/Appendixes:
1. Informed Consent form
2. Tools of data collection
3. Work Plan (Gantt Chart)
4. Map of Study Area
5. Institutional Review Committee (IRC) Approval Page (if appropriate)
6. Authorized Documents (if any)
7. Photographs during Research Activities (if any)
Formatting to Every Report Writing
1. Font size:
a. Cover Page Title: 14-16 Bold, All Capital Letters
b. Chapter title: 14 Bold, All Capital Letters
c. Title: 12 Bold, Initial letter capital
d. Sub-title: 12 Bold, Initial letter capital
e. Text: 12
f. Font: Times New Roman
2. Lines spacing: 1.5
3. References: Vancouver or Harvard or APA
4. Page set up: Margins: 1.5" on left, 1.3" on top and 1"- on right and bottom
5. Preliminary pages the number will be in capital Roman letters should be hidden and unhide from the acknowledgement page
6. Start the numeric page number from the introduction
Source: Syllabus of Purbanchal University Faculty of Medical and Allied Health Sciences Bachelor of Public Health (BPH) Program
Shisir Kumar Adhikari
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