METHODOLOGY
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
In science credit goes to the man
who convinces the world,
not the man to whom the idea first occurs.
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
“Research is a quest for
knowledge through diligent
search or investigation or
experimentation aimed at the
discovery and interpretation of
new knowledge.”
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TYPES OF RESEARCH
1. BASIC Vs APPLIED
5. PRIMARY Vs SECONDARY
4. CONCEPTUAL Vs EMPIRICAL
3. QUALITATIVE Vs QUANTITATIVE
2. OBSERVATIONAL Vs EXPERIMENTAL
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
NOMINAL ORDINAL
INTERVAL RATIO
DISCRETE
They are called as attributes.
They are qualitative in nature
e.g. Race, Sex, Religion…..
CONTINUOUS
They are also called variables.
They are quantitative in nature.
e.g. Height, weight, RBC’ count..
TYPES OF DATA
HIERACHY OF EVIDENCE
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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Directional hypothesis
Non directional hypothesis
Research hypothesis
Null hypothesis
Simple hypothesis
Complex hypothesis
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3
2
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS
Increase in independent variable, will increase
the dependent variable
It will tell the association but not the direction
No dose-response relation
IQ increases and short time memory decreases as the age
increases.
IQ increases as the age increases.
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
P - Value
Confidence level 95% means…..
Significance level 5% means…..
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL INDICATES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE ANSWER WILL FALL
OUTSIDE THAT RANGE.
CONFIDENCE LEVEL INDICATES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE ANSWER WILL FALL WITHIN
THAT RANGE.
If p <0.05, the
probability of getting a
difference between
groups purely by
chance or luck is less
than 5%
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Finding Mean, Median and Mode in a given Data
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Measures of Central Tendency:
SD -1 SD +1
SD -2 SD +2
SD -3 SD +3
9.30 am
9.20 am 9.40 am
Standard Deviation
Correct decision Type 2 error
Probability = beta error
Type 1 error
Probability = Alfa
Correct decision
Sensitivity= correctly identify those who have the diseases
Specificity= correctly identify those who do not have the diseases
Universe of outcomes
True Positive
False Negative
False Positive
True Negative
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
PROBABILITY SAMPLING
Simple random sampling
Stratified random sampling
Cluster sampling
Multistage sampling
Systematic sampling
Pathfinder surveys
NON PROBABILITY SAMPLING
Convenience sampling
Consecutive sampling
Quota sampling
Judgment/Purposive sampling
Snow ball sampling
SAMPLING
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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Classification
Experimental studies / Intervention studies
1. Randomized controlled trials
2. Field trials
3. Community trials
Observational studies
1) Descriptive studies
2) Analytical studies
Case-control study
Cohort study
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
STUDY DESIGNS
Descriptive Study
design
Is there any association Strength of Association Concrete Proof
Experimental designs
Cohort
study
Choose the study design based on the data you have…
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
DESCRIPTIVE STUDY DESIGN
STEPS
1) Defining the Population to be studied
2) Defining the Disease under study
3) Describing the disease by Time, Place, Person.
4) Measurement of disease
5) Comparing with Known Indices
6) Formulation of an Etiological Hypothesis
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
ANALYTICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
CASE-CONTROL STUDY STEPS
1) SELECTION OF CASES & CONTROLS
4) ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION
3) MEASUREMENT OF EXPOSURE
2) MATCHING
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
COHORT STUDY STEPS
• Selection of study subjects
• Obtaining data on exposure
• Selection of comparison groups
• Follow up
• Analysis
POPULATION
CASES
PEOPLE WITH DISEASES
CONTROLS
WITH NO DISEASES
Exposed (a)
Not exposed (c)
Exposed (b)
Not exposed (d)
TIME
DIRECTION OF ENQUIRY
1) CASE-CONTROL STUDIES
ANALYTICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
POPULATION PEOPLE WITHOUT DISEASES
EXPOSED
NOT EXPOSED
DISEASES
NO DISEASES
DISEASES
NO DISEASES
DESIGN OF COHORT STUDIES
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
TIME
DIRECTION OF ENQUIRY
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY DESIGN
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
ANIMAL EXPERIMENT
HUMAN EXPERIMENT
THEY ARE BROADLY DIVIDED INTO TWO TYPES
1. RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS:
2. NON RANDOMIZED TRIALS:
1. UNCONTROLLED TRIALS
2. NATURAL EXPERIMENTS/ QUASI TRIALS
3. BEFORE AND AFTER COMPARISON STUDIES
1. CLINICAL TRIALS
2. PREVENTIVE TRIALS
3. RISK FACTOR TRIALS
4. CESSATION EXPERIMENTS
5. TRIAL OF AETIOLOGICAL AGENTS
6. EVALUATION OF HEALTH SERVICES
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Select suitable population
(Reference or Target Population)
Select suitable sample
(Experimental or study population)
Those not eligible
Those who do not
wish to give consent
Make necessary exclusions
RANDOMIZE
Experimental group Control Group
Manipulation & Follow up
Assessment
DESIGN OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY LONGITUDINAL STUDY
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Patients
Random Assignment Exposed to
Specific Treatment
Unexposed to
Specific Treatment
Observation
Compare
Outcome
Compare
Outcome
Exposed &
Unexposed
to treatment
CONCURRENT PARALLEL STUDY DESIGN
CROSS-OVER TYPE OF STUDY DESIGN
Time
Patients
Random Assignment Observation
Time
Exposed to
Specific Treatment
Unexposed to
Specific Treatment
BIAS
BIAS IS A SYSTEMATIC ERROR IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EXPOSURE AND DISEASE.
It is an influence that produces distortion in the study results.
It cannot be eliminated completely but it can be marginalized by
1. Matching
2. Randomization
3. Blinding.
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
 Selection Bias
 Recall Bias
 Publication/Reporting Bias
 Funding Bias
 Berksonion Bias
 Surveillance Bias
 Interviewer Bias
Types
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Get an Idea
Turning research problem to Research question
Translate it into a working hypothesis
Review the relevant Literature
Realistically evaluate what you are about to do
i.e. preparing the research designs
Determine the sample design
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Procedural steps in doing RESEARCH
Write a protocol
Submit it to IRB and
then to university
Design and conduct Research
Analyze the data
Hypothesis testing
Draw conclusions
Generalization and Interpretation Preparation of report
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Procedural steps in doing RESEARCH
Vipeholm Dental caries study (1954)
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Ethical Issues in Scientific Research
Protecting Human
Subjects
Treating subjects
Fairly
Treating subjects
Equally
Three goals of research ethics
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
What should an Informed Consent should contain?
• Aims of the research
• Duration of participation
• Procedures employed
• Risks & discomforts
• Benefits
• Alternative procedures
• Privacy & confidentiality
• Compensation
• Availability of medical
treatments if injury occurs
• Whom to contact
• Voluntary Participation
• May discontinue
participation at any time
without penalty
• Authorization to publish
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
• Chair person – should be from
outside the institution
• Member Secretary from the
institution
• One legal expert or retired judge
• 1-2 basic medical scientists
• 1-2 clinicians from various
institutes
• One social
scientist/representative of NG
voluntary agency
• One
philosopher/ethicist/theologian
• One lay person
• If required, subject experts
could be invited to offer views
Members of IRB
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
1. Outright approval At most, only very minor changes are
suggested. The application contained all necessary
information .
2. Approval with modifications There is enough information
to judge the study, but clarification or changes are needed.
Decision of IRB
3. Resubmit with more information There is not enough
information to judge the application appropriately.
4. Outright disapproval There is no way the researcher can
ethically do the study.
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
veerannaramesh
@gmail.com
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist,
Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY public health dentistry

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    METHODOLOGY Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    In science creditgoes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs. Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS “Research is a quest for knowledge through diligent search or investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of new knowledge.”
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    6 TYPES OF RESEARCH 1.BASIC Vs APPLIED 5. PRIMARY Vs SECONDARY 4. CONCEPTUAL Vs EMPIRICAL 3. QUALITATIVE Vs QUANTITATIVE 2. OBSERVATIONAL Vs EXPERIMENTAL Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    7 Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS NOMINAL ORDINAL INTERVAL RATIO DISCRETE They are called as attributes. They are qualitative in nature e.g. Race, Sex, Religion….. CONTINUOUS They are also called variables. They are quantitative in nature. e.g. Height, weight, RBC’ count.. TYPES OF DATA
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    HIERACHY OF EVIDENCE DrVeeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    10 Directional hypothesis Non directionalhypothesis Research hypothesis Null hypothesis Simple hypothesis Complex hypothesis 1 3 2 Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS Increase in independent variable, will increase the dependent variable It will tell the association but not the direction No dose-response relation IQ increases and short time memory decreases as the age increases. IQ increases as the age increases.
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS P - Value
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    Confidence level 95%means….. Significance level 5% means….. SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL INDICATES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE ANSWER WILL FALL OUTSIDE THAT RANGE. CONFIDENCE LEVEL INDICATES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE ANSWER WILL FALL WITHIN THAT RANGE. If p <0.05, the probability of getting a difference between groups purely by chance or luck is less than 5%
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Finding Mean, Medianand Mode in a given Data Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS Measures of Central Tendency:
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    SD -1 SD+1 SD -2 SD +2 SD -3 SD +3 9.30 am 9.20 am 9.40 am Standard Deviation
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    Correct decision Type2 error Probability = beta error Type 1 error Probability = Alfa Correct decision Sensitivity= correctly identify those who have the diseases Specificity= correctly identify those who do not have the diseases Universe of outcomes True Positive False Negative False Positive True Negative Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    PROBABILITY SAMPLING Simple randomsampling Stratified random sampling Cluster sampling Multistage sampling Systematic sampling Pathfinder surveys NON PROBABILITY SAMPLING Convenience sampling Consecutive sampling Quota sampling Judgment/Purposive sampling Snow ball sampling SAMPLING Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    19 Classification Experimental studies /Intervention studies 1. Randomized controlled trials 2. Field trials 3. Community trials Observational studies 1) Descriptive studies 2) Analytical studies Case-control study Cohort study Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS STUDY DESIGNS
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    Descriptive Study design Is thereany association Strength of Association Concrete Proof Experimental designs Cohort study Choose the study design based on the data you have… Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    DESCRIPTIVE STUDY DESIGN STEPS 1)Defining the Population to be studied 2) Defining the Disease under study 3) Describing the disease by Time, Place, Person. 4) Measurement of disease 5) Comparing with Known Indices 6) Formulation of an Etiological Hypothesis Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    ANALYTICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CASE-CONTROL STUDYSTEPS 1) SELECTION OF CASES & CONTROLS 4) ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION 3) MEASUREMENT OF EXPOSURE 2) MATCHING Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS COHORT STUDY STEPS • Selection of study subjects • Obtaining data on exposure • Selection of comparison groups • Follow up • Analysis
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    POPULATION CASES PEOPLE WITH DISEASES CONTROLS WITHNO DISEASES Exposed (a) Not exposed (c) Exposed (b) Not exposed (d) TIME DIRECTION OF ENQUIRY 1) CASE-CONTROL STUDIES ANALYTICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
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    POPULATION PEOPLE WITHOUTDISEASES EXPOSED NOT EXPOSED DISEASES NO DISEASES DISEASES NO DISEASES DESIGN OF COHORT STUDIES Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS TIME DIRECTION OF ENQUIRY
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS EXPERIMENTAL STUDY DESIGN Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS ANIMAL EXPERIMENT HUMAN EXPERIMENT
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    THEY ARE BROADLYDIVIDED INTO TWO TYPES 1. RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS: 2. NON RANDOMIZED TRIALS: 1. UNCONTROLLED TRIALS 2. NATURAL EXPERIMENTS/ QUASI TRIALS 3. BEFORE AND AFTER COMPARISON STUDIES 1. CLINICAL TRIALS 2. PREVENTIVE TRIALS 3. RISK FACTOR TRIALS 4. CESSATION EXPERIMENTS 5. TRIAL OF AETIOLOGICAL AGENTS 6. EVALUATION OF HEALTH SERVICES Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Select suitable population (Referenceor Target Population) Select suitable sample (Experimental or study population) Those not eligible Those who do not wish to give consent Make necessary exclusions RANDOMIZE Experimental group Control Group Manipulation & Follow up Assessment DESIGN OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
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    CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY LONGITUDINALSTUDY Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Patients Random Assignment Exposedto Specific Treatment Unexposed to Specific Treatment Observation Compare Outcome Compare Outcome Exposed & Unexposed to treatment CONCURRENT PARALLEL STUDY DESIGN CROSS-OVER TYPE OF STUDY DESIGN Time Patients Random Assignment Observation Time Exposed to Specific Treatment Unexposed to Specific Treatment
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    BIAS BIAS IS ASYSTEMATIC ERROR IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EXPOSURE AND DISEASE. It is an influence that produces distortion in the study results. It cannot be eliminated completely but it can be marginalized by 1. Matching 2. Randomization 3. Blinding. Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS  Selection Bias  Recall Bias  Publication/Reporting Bias  Funding Bias  Berksonion Bias  Surveillance Bias  Interviewer Bias Types
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    31 Get an Idea Turningresearch problem to Research question Translate it into a working hypothesis Review the relevant Literature Realistically evaluate what you are about to do i.e. preparing the research designs Determine the sample design Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS Procedural steps in doing RESEARCH
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    Write a protocol Submitit to IRB and then to university Design and conduct Research Analyze the data Hypothesis testing Draw conclusions Generalization and Interpretation Preparation of report Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS Procedural steps in doing RESEARCH
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    Vipeholm Dental cariesstudy (1954) Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS Ethical Issues in Scientific Research
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    Protecting Human Subjects Treating subjects Fairly Treatingsubjects Equally Three goals of research ethics Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    What should anInformed Consent should contain? • Aims of the research • Duration of participation • Procedures employed • Risks & discomforts • Benefits • Alternative procedures • Privacy & confidentiality • Compensation • Availability of medical treatments if injury occurs • Whom to contact • Voluntary Participation • May discontinue participation at any time without penalty • Authorization to publish Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    • Chair person– should be from outside the institution • Member Secretary from the institution • One legal expert or retired judge • 1-2 basic medical scientists • 1-2 clinicians from various institutes • One social scientist/representative of NG voluntary agency • One philosopher/ethicist/theologian • One lay person • If required, subject experts could be invited to offer views Members of IRB Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    1. Outright approvalAt most, only very minor changes are suggested. The application contained all necessary information . 2. Approval with modifications There is enough information to judge the study, but clarification or changes are needed. Decision of IRB 3. Resubmit with more information There is not enough information to judge the application appropriately. 4. Outright disapproval There is no way the researcher can ethically do the study. Dr Veeranna Ramesh, Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    veerannaramesh @gmail.com Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS
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    Dr Veeranna Ramesh,Public Health Dentist, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MSRUAS