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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Soc Welf. 2018 Oct 2;6(3):177–188. doi: 10.1007/s40609-018-0126-8

Table 2:

Outline of Year 1 and Year 2 Mental Health Research Methods Workshop Curriculum

Year 1 Curriculum Year 2 Curriculum
Mental Health Research Methods and
Grant Writing Workshop
Mental Health Research Methods
Workshop
Day 1 Overview of Global Mental Health and
Mental Health in Kenya; Introductions; Why
do Research? Time Management
Overview; Introductions; Why do Research?
Time Management; Ethics and Institutional
Review Board Applications
Day 2 Working with Collaborators and Mentors;
Literature Reviews and Literature Searching
Tools
Research Questions; Study Design;
Thematic Group Presentations
Day 3 Components of a Research Grant; Budgets; Qualitative Methods
Day 4 Grant Review Process; Proposal Formats Measurement; Sampling
Day 5 Individual Presentations of Aims Pages and
Abstracts
Biostatistics; Power Analysis
Day 6 Research Study Designs with Student
Examples
Day 7 Journal Club, Data Collection and
Recruitment; Database Management
Scientific Writing
GrantWriting: Background/Introduction;
Literature Searches and Reviews; Global
Communication (Skype, Dropbox)
Day 8 Culturally Appropriate Measurement Grant Writing: Methods Sections; Aims Pages
Thematic Group Work
Day 9 Sample Size Calculation; Data Analysis Model Building; Confounders/Mediators
Thematic Group Work
Day 10 Presentation of Proposals; Consultation on
Sample Size; Scientific Writing
Discussion Sections, Abstracts
Break Out Sections on Statistics;
Evaluations