We are still investigating, Mr Mayor. In the meantime, kindly advice the community to wear masks
Tell me you have something for me, I mean it’s a mayhem out there…have you seen?
In this case, we will need to conduct a mixed methods research, we will start off with the numbers ..er.. quantitative research to be exact , then follow up with qualitative study“
Precisely . A cross sectional study will suit our quantitative design and for the qualitative… of course we’ll need to do interviews, semi formal…maybe a phenomenological study , we’ll need to know what people are thinking”
You mean sequential explanatory sir
Community raises concerns about the new disease outbreak, demands answers!
We need all the patient records here , we need to know age, gender, area medical history, including lab results , It’s time we figure out what this beast is”
At least a half of them are here, other files are kept at the “Get-well” hospital, that’s where other cases were treated
Mayor consults with the Public Health Specialist on the Outbreak.
At first we thought it was just the flu, but then…. Then my son started getting really sick, fever and all”
Mrs Pillay, can you please tell me how this whole ordeal made you and your family feel?
We thank the public health team of specialists for leading us through this outbreak. The study was a success. They have used their expertise to help figure out the disease, and in that, discovered that the disease is treatable and a vaccine is also available for prevention, we’d like to urge everyone to vaccinate. Thank you for your cooperation and patience, rise Springville Rise
Outbreak Team and Public Health Specialists meet to brainstorm on possible research approaches to address the mayor's and community concerns.
To gather information about the disease symptoms, and other viarables, the Public Health Specialist engages the Dr for access to the medical records.
Home interview is conducted, to gather the perceptions of mothers on vaccination of their children.