Health Measurements: Questionnaries and Scales

Code:

OPT_MSP12_31

Acronym:

MSP12_31

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Epidemiology

Instance: 2018/2019 - 2S (of 11-02-2019 to 12-07-2019)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree Course in Public Health

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MSP	19	Current Studies Plan	1	-	4	36	108

Teaching language

English

Objectives

To gain theoretical and practical knowledge in the development and application of instruments for the evaluation of objective and subjective health determinants.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should be able of developing a questionnaire to assess objective and subjective health information and to test its validity and reliability.
Should be able of perform a critical revision of a tool.
Should gain skills on collection and handling health data.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Program

Evaluation of objective and subjective measurements: questionnaire design and structure; development of scales and index; Validity and reliability.

Principal component analysis and factorial analyses; Internal consistency; Scoring scales; defining cut-off points.

Questionnaires’ applications: administration methods (advantages and disadvantages); Maximize the participation proportion; to reduce measurement errors and its effects.

Questionnaires’ applications: administration methods (advantages and disadvantages).

Mandatory literature

Streiner DL, Norman GR.; Health measurement scales: a practical guide to their development and use., New York: Oxford University Press , 2008
McDowell I, Newell C; Measuring Health: a guide to rating scales and questionnaires Third edition., New York: Oxford University Press , 2006

Complementary Bibliography

Fowler FJ; Improving survey questions: design and evaluation. Applied social research methods series vol. 38. , Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications , 1995

Comments from the literature

The bibliography will be supplemented with relevant papers for the learning process.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Students will have 108 of working hours, 36 of contact:
One teorethical weekly session of 120min (total 9 sessions)

One teorethico-practical weekly session of 60 min (total 9 sessions)

One practical weekly session of 60 min (total 9 sessions)

The teaching methodologies to be used will combine the theoretical dimension of the main concepts and problems related with measuring health techniques and the practical dimension through the development, by the students, of a tool and trough the evaluation of its psychometric properties. The development of the work group including the development in practice of a tool, its application on a convenience sample and the statistical analysis of data, is understood as a more effective option to promote student´s skills in health monitorization.