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From ICE Primer: A Tobacco Control Research Methodology Primer

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Welcome to the ICE Primer

This wiki is a collaborative site designed to produce a primer on tobacco control research methodology. The target audience for this wiki is investigators who are new to tobacco control (whether they are new investigators, or just new to tobacco control).

This primer is intended to give an overview of commonly used methods and research tools used in tobacco control research through a series of short, linked articles. The outline below includes a range of topics. In some cases, the article is not yet written. Those from the tobacco control research community should feel free to contribute by adding to articles, authoring articles in the outline and/or by adding articles to the outline.

This primer is an activity of the Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Program - A Pan-Canadian Resource Network for Tobacco Control Research, Policy & Practice(ICE-PRN). ICE programs are an initiative of the Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the National Cancer Institute of Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and Health Canada.

If you would like to know more about this wiki,or would like to be involved, please contact Mari Alice Jolin.

Outline for a Primer on Tobacco Control Research Methodology

Identifying your problem

  1. Fundamentals of conducting focused literature reviews in tobacco control
  2. Creating an analytical plan
  3. Standard measures for assessing tobacco use and cessation
  4. Data sets

Ethics

  1. Methodological Considerations for Active Information - Passive Consent
  2. Concealed measurement of second hand smoke

Research Design

  1. Fundamentals of survey design and analysis
  2. Longitudinal surveys
  3. Determining sample size for a survey
  4. Group (cluster) randomized trials (e.g. school and workplace settings)
  5. Quitline evaluations
  6. Conducting meta-analyses
  7. Non-randomized studies and natural experiments
  8. Design in primary data collection
  9. Cluster sampling
  10. Randomized design
  11. Small area methods and mapping
  12. School-based studies
  13. Worksite studies

Data Collection

  1. Questionnaire design
  2. Truthful response
  3. Survey response rates
  4. Test-retest reliability
  5. Recruitment procedures
  6. Compensation of respondents
  7. Maintenance of a cohort
  8. School-based studies: Partnerships with Schools

Data Analysis

  1. Following an analytical plan
  2. Intent-to-treat analysis
  3. Approaches to multi-level modeling
  4. School-based studies
  5. Secondary analysis of data
  6. Multi-variate regression analysis
  7. Use of survey weights
  8. Small area methods and mapping
  9. Complex survey software

Reporting Results

  1. Journals relevant to tobacco control research
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