About

There is a prevalence of ill mental health due to conflict and war-affected populations worldwide. Yet, we lack locally relevant and reliable mental health information as research capacity and resources are insufficient. This Qualitative Research Methods for Mental Health in War and Conflict course at King's College London will expose you to various research methodologies, skills and resources.

Overview

About the course

On this Qualitative Research Methods for Mental Health in War and Conflict course at King's College London will develop the qualitative research skills needed to explore these intersections and design your own research project.

What’s more, you will explore relevant case studies which focus on the particularly vulnerable. With this knowledge, you will learn about the ethical challenges you could face when conducting research with war-affected populations and learn how to adapt different research methods to these communities.

Programme Structure

Topics include:

The impact of war and conflict on health including mental health
The ethics of researching vulnerable populations
Qualitative research on mental health in war and conflict
Research project development (Finding a research topic, developing research questions, deciding on a sampling approach)
Qualitative research methods (Observations, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions)
Qualitative data analysis (Coding, theme development, thematic analysis)
Communication and dissemination of research findings (The elevator pitch; conference presentations, poster presentations, infographics)

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 1 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Psychology Emergency & Disaster Management Terrorism & Security View 142 other Short Courses in Psychology in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

This course is designed for those working in the field of mental health and psychosocial support.
It will be particularly helpful for mental health and psychosocial researchers and practitioners working in different parts of the world which are affected by war and conflict.

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 GBP for the full programme during 1 months.
National

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 GBP for the full programme during 1 months.

Funding

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Qualitative Research Methods for Mental Health in War and Conflict