Research on Mental Health and Lifestyle - Eastern Thailand

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TIMELINE
COMPLETE OBJECTIVE #1
COMPLETE OBJECTIVE #2
PROJECT TEAM

PROJECT TIMELINE

Limit of Work
Data collection will be limited to the provinces of eastern Thailand.

Plan (Specific activities)

Specific Activities : #1 Develop data base of research, interests, and projects

a.  Get list of Universities and Graduate Education Departments in the Eastern development zone

•  criteria: Graduate colleges in Eastern Thailand where faculty are likely to be doing population research (e.g. health professions faculty, humanities and social science schools, education, or public policy schools)
•  Data required: Mailing addresses, phone number and names of dean, emails, contact persons
•  Product: listing of schools and departments with health science faculty and social science faculty.
•  Person responsible: Deachit
•  Dates:

b.  Get list of and Health Departments, Hospitals, NGO programs in the Eastern development zone
 •  criteria: each list should represent the population (of health departments, hospitals, or NGO programs) in estimated aspects of urban / rural and governmental organization (e.g. regional offices, district, tambon levels) and the list shall be inclusive of the provinces in Eastern Thailand .
•  Data required: listings of institutions and type, the characteristics of the service population, addresses, names of administrators and email contacts where available.
•  Product: Listing of health departments and hospitals with mental health activities. List of NGO funded projects in the region.
•  Person responsible: Deachit
•  Dates:

c.  Develop survey of research activities –
•  Criteria: Simple, concise, self-administered instrument that contains only essential information about research projects. Answers in proper data type for storing in a data base. Easy to distribute, copy, and collect. Should contain instructions as well as a description of the project in Thai and English, invitations to find other experts, and alternative means to contact project with data or mental health information.
•  Data required: Pretest with faculty of Public Health at Burapha
•  Product: Survey questionnaire and data fields for researchers and research projects.
•  Person Responsible: Ron
•  Dates: August 2005

d.  Create a web-based information collection system
•  Criteria: Allows persons with web access to send information about their research projects. Assures that data recieved are useable in the data base of researchers and research projects.
• Data Required: Information on website availbility and form retrieval. Possibilities for using open access data bases at BUU. Email account and tracking as alternatives to Web or regular mail.
•  Product: Web-based surveys using MS Access or HTML. Format for data collection via email or web form submittal.
•  Person Responsible: Ron + Consultant
•  Dates: September 2005

e. Create data base
•  Criteria: Be able to rapidly identify researchers and their interests. Be able to search or sort data. Data on projects should be accessible to a developing network of mental health researchers.
•  Data Required: Researchers, their expertise, locations, and contact information. Project names, objectives, populations of concern, funding sources, and time limits.
•  Product: MSAccess data base with data entry which can be updated. .
•  Person Responsible: Research Team
•  Date: August 2005- Jan 2005

f.  Distribute survey and collect data from University, health agency and Hospital activities
•  Criteria: Mail to all applicable universities, hospitals, and representative primary health care clinics.
•  Material Required: Addressed mailers, Cover letters, SAS envelopes
•  Product: Returned surveys
•  Person Responsible: Research Team
•  Timeline:  September of 2005

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 Specific Activities : #2  List community values and interests around mental well-being

a. Determine general topic, develop protocol and train interviewers
•  Criteria: Open ended questions but limited to the topics of mental health and mental illness
•  Requirement: instruction set in Thai for in-depth interview and focus group moderatos
•  Product: Interview guide
•  Person: Ron - consultant
•  Date: October

b. Arrange meetings and teach research process.
Criteria:
Requirement: Train the trainers meeting with faculty interviews, 12 meetings in research setting (3 per province)
Product: See below – site visits and interviews of risk groups
Person:
Date: November – December 2005

c. Site visits Health Departments and Mental Health Facilities to assess mental health activities and levels

• Criteria: In depth interviews must get experts impressions of local mental health issues, problems, and service needs, as well as further network contacts.
• Requirement: An urban and rural primary health care unit in each province, as well as expert contacts from major psychiatric units or hospitals.
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• Date: November - December

d. Recruit and do focus groups or interview representatives of risk groups e.g. Students, Factory Workers, Entertainment Workers, Hospital workers, health professionals, etc.

•  Criteria: risk groups selected by community experts
•  Requirement: Sample to saturation where new information is not evident from interviews
•  Product: Qualitative data from interviews and focus groups which summaries opinions and impressions of major stakeholers
•  Person: Research team
•  Date: November - December

e. Record and summarize population group data
•  Criteria: Develop categories of mental health definitions, priorities, perspectives on severity and probable contributing factors to problems.
•  Requirement:
•  Product: Prioritized listing of categories of mental distress and mental health environment which the communities would like to change.
•  Person: Research team
•  Date: December

Dissemination Activities : 

Report community values and interests in mental health services, prevention, and promotion
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Integrate results in to data base and research mapping

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PROJECT TEAM

	Name:	Ronald Markwardt
	Expertise:	Psychosocial Epidemiology
	Job:	Organize Project
	Contribution:	Develop Data Collection Procedures Create Database of Researchers Contribute to Research mapping

Name: Pissamai Homchampa Expertise: Health Anthropology Job: Organize Qualitative Data Collection Contribution: Determine community values and priorities for mental well being Participate in planning for Mental Health Promotion   Name: Deachit Expertise: Personnel Management Job: Data Collection Contribution: Find and catalog University and Government Depts active in research Create Database of Websites with Mental Health Statistics   Name: Prapa Nuntawarasilp Expertise: Administration Job: Translation and meeting organization Contribution: Serve as contact with external agencies Monitor Project Resource and Fiscal Needs Contribute to Research mapping   Name: Rangsiman Soonthornchaiya Expertise: Community Psychiatric Care Job: Participant Consultant Contribution: Arrange for consults with community based practitioners Collect and manage qualitative data from mental health providers Contribute baseline assessment of service and education   Name:   Expertise:   Job:   Contribution: << Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next >> Lorem Ipsum Dolor