School of Public Health PGI Holds Workshop on “Research Methodology and Applications of SPSS in Environmental Health”

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 06^th December:- A five day workshop on “Research Methodology and Applications of SPSS in Environmental Health” commenced on Monday, 5 December 2016 at School of Public Health, PGI Chandigarh. The workshop is being financially supported by Department of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi. Dr. Ravindra Khaiwal, Associate Professor of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, PGI is coordinating the programme.

More than 20 participants having medical and environmental background are attending this training programme. Resource person of the programme includes Dr Madhu Gupta, Dr PVM Lakshmi, Dr. Sonu Goel, Dr. Shankar Prinja from School of Public Health, PGI, Chandigarh and Dr Suman Mor, Co-ordinator, Centre for Public Health, Panjab University, Chandigarh having expertise in Research Methodology Techniques. The experts will provide training on 'framing research questions', 'development and validation of questionnaire', 'qualitative/quantitative research techniques', and 'data management' including hands on training on statistical analysis using SPSS software.

Dr Ravindra Khaiwal, Associate Professor of Environment Health mentioned that this training is specially designed for the professionals who wish to acquire the knowledge in the area of environmental health and sharpen their analytical skills using the application of SPSS. He also highlighted that the training programme will enable the participants to define research problems and develop a suitable methodology for addressing the key public health issues. The participants will also learn about use of various data analysis techniques in research, designing the study, collecting data, issues involved in coding, editing, analyzing and interpreting the data collected.