COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Year II, Semester II, Public Health students’ regular program individual
assignment on Research Methods, Course code: PubH2094 out of 30% in 2020.
Select your own title and write a clear proposal based on your reading
assignment materials and the hint given below.
Assignment hint based on your selected title for proposal development
Title
Acknowledgement
Table of contents
Abbreviations /Acronyms
List of tables
List of figure
Summary
1. Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Significance of the study
1.4 Objective of the study
1.4.1 General objective
1.4.2 Specifc objectives
2 Literature Review
3 Methodology
3.1 Study area
3.2 Study period
3.3 Study design
3.4 Population
3.4.1 Source population
3.4.2 Study population
3.4.3 Study unit

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 3.5 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
3.5.1 Inclusion criteria
3.5.2 Exclusioncriteria
3.6 Sample size determination and sampling technique
3.6.1 Sample size determination
3.6.2 Sampling technique and procedure
3.7 Study variables
3.7.1 Dependant variable
3.7.2 Independant variables
3.8 Data collection method , tool and personnel
3.9 Data quality assurance
3.10 Data management and analysis
3.11 Ethical consideration
3.12 Desimination of the sudy findings
3.13 Operational definition
4 Work plan
5 Budget breakdown/Logistics
6 References
7 Annexes

Note
 Plagiarism/academic dishonesty will lead to zero mark out of the given
assignment score.
 The paper should be MS word type written (1.5 space, 14 size for title and 12
size for text times new roman font).
 Don’t simply copy paste what you get from google or any other sources (read,
get the concept, and write your proposal based on your understanding).
Prepared by
1. Misgan Legesse(Assistant professor)
2. Fentaw Wassie(Lecturer)