Research Design Proposal- 10 scholarly resources- Must be seven to ten double-spaced pages in length-vaccines

Research study Participants, Procedures, and Instruments

Christopher Malone

HIA 625

Dr. Gwen Morse

09/07/21

Introduction

Research participants

The participants in the study will range from eighteen years to 60 years. The main reason for leaving out those below eighteen years is that they do not have the power to make informed consent except under specific circumstances. The participants will be identified through a stratified sampling method. The stratified sampling method divides the participants into smaller subgroups based on shared characteristics (Arnab, 2017). In this case, the population will be divided based on education level and income, and other factors. The reason for using stratified sampling is to ensure that every group is represented in the research process. In the end, the data collected will capture every sub-group, unlike in random sampling, where the chances of selecting a population with the same traits are high (Arnab, 2017). The other rationale for using stratified sampling is it requires a short sample size which saves money and time, while at the same time ensuring efficiency. The participants will be drawn from communities with low to medium vaccine acceptance.

Procedure

The first step in conducting the research will be receiving permission from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) since the study consists of human subjects. IRB approval will be followed by notifications via email to the target population, requesting them to participate in the research process. The second step will be defining the population (Arnab, 2017). In this case, the research will focus on a population consisting of both males and females of age between 18 years and 60 years. Afterward, the necessary stratification will be identified based on the feedback received from the target research population. The next step will be listing all the research participants in the study. Everyone will be part of the process during the listing, but afterward, the list is formed based on stratification identified earlier. The other step is selecting the sample size (Arnab, 2017). For this study, the sample size will consist of 100 people in different strata and represent the entire population. The reason for limiting the population to a hundred participants is due to limited resources and time. After identifying the sample size, the selected people will be sent a letter to inform them about their selection to participate in the research and briefed about the commencement of the process.

Instruments in the study design

Email interviewing will be used to collect data from participants. In this data collection method, the participants will receive a document with the questions via their emails. One rationale behind using email interviewing is to reduce travel costs for all parties (Fritz & Vandermause, 2017). Also, it is safer to conduct the interview electronically than face-on-face due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The other benefit of using email interviewing is to allow the research participants to have enough time to respond to the questions (Fritz & Vandermause, 2017). The focus of the study is to identify the best method to increase vaccine acceptance in vaccine-hesitant populations. The questions for use in the interviews are:

1. Have you at any point in your life used vaccines?

If yes, proceed to question 2; if no, go to question 3

2. What was your first experience with vaccines?

3. Why have you never used vaccines?

a) Never heard about them.

b) Inadequate information

c) Side effects

d) I do not know

4. Where did you first hear about vaccines?

a) In school

b) In a community meeting

c) Social media

d) TV, Radio, Newspapers,

e) Other

f) Never heard them

5. What would make you reluctant to use vaccines?

6. What would make you accept the use of vaccines?

7. Do you think your community has contributed to your rejection/acceptance of vaccines? Explain.

References

Arnab, R. (2017). Stratified Sampling. In Survey sampling theory and applications. Elsevier Science & Technology. Retrieved from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/mathematics/stratified-sampling

Fritz, R. L., & Vandermause, R. (2017). Data collection via in-depth email interviewing: Lessons from the Field. Qualitative Health Research, 28(10), 1640–1649. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732316689067

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