Introduction to Networks and Health Improvement (online)
Date:
19/10/2022 - 21/10/2022
Organised by:
Run online by University of Glasgow
Presenter:
Dr Mark McCann
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Penny White
NCRM Centre Manager
p.c.white@southampton.ac.uk
Venue: Online
Description:
This introductory course will provide students with an understanding of how social interactions may relate to health behaviour and outcomes, the approaches that can be used to study social network influences on health, and network approaches to improving health.
The course is aimed at those with no knowledge of network analysis but with an interest in population health, delivering community services or implementing health interventions. The course will focus on non-communicable disease e.g., mental health, health risk behaviours but not infectious diseases.
The course will allow students to identify further training needs, and provide information on further sources of learning and training that will allow them to carry out their own network studies or to conduct health improvement interventions.
The course will run from 1pm to 4.30pm across three afternoons, and will include lectures and group work sessions to discuss how to apply network concepts to your own topics. The duration equates to one and a half days for payment purposes: £45 for students / £90 for staff working in academic institutions, Research Councils and other recognised research institutions, registered charity organisations and the public sector / £150 for all other participants.
The course will be delivered online via zoom.
Intended learning outcomes:
Students completing the course will be able to:
- Name and define the key concepts and terminology related to social networks
- Recognise and interpret the common social network approaches used in published health research and interventions
- Identify which network methods could be applied to their own health improvement topics or research areas of interest.
Programme:
Day 1: Motivation for network approaches to population health, relational theory, network concepts
Day 2: Network intervention theory, data collection, approaches to analysing networks
Day 3: Applied examples of network interventions, study design and data processing
Cost:
The fee for the course is: £45 for students / £90 for staff working in academic institutions, Research Councils and other recognised research institutions, registered charity organisations and the public sector / £150 for all other participants. In the event of cancellation by the delegate a full refund of the course fee is available up to two weeks prior to the course. NO refunds are available after this date. If it is no longer possible to run a course due to circumstances beyond its control, NCRM reserves the right to cancel the course at its sole discretion at any time prior to the event. In this event every effort will be made to reschedule the course. If this is not possible or the new date is inconvenient a full refund of the course fee will be given. NCRM shall not be liable for any costs, losses or expenses that may be incurred as a result of its cancellation of a course, including but not limited to any travel or accommodation costs. The University of Southampton’s Online Store T&Cs also continue to apply.
Website and registration:
Region:
Scotland
Keywords:
Social Network Analysis
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