Pre-requisites

Preferred: YH801, YH802, YH803, YH804, YH836, YH837, YH901, YH902

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Research and critically evaluate types of research that relate to mental health and wellbeing practices affecting young people

• Synthesise a meta analysis of recent research relating to a chosen area of mental health and wellbeing practice relevant to their area of specialisation

• Critically review and revise a component of mental health and wellbeing practice or emerging theory relevant to their area of specialisation

• Create a position paper based on a thorough literature review constructed to communicate informatively to peers in the youth mental health and wellbeing field

• Construct and justify a research proposal and associated standard HREC protocol or template

Unit Description

This unit introduces students to research in youth mental health and wellbeing, looking at research methods for qualitative and quantitative projects. The ethics of research will be considered in light of codes of ethics, practice and statements on human research ethics. Students will apply their learning to engage with recent research in their area of specialisation with regards to content knowledge, and highly effective mental health and wellbeing practices.

Topics

1. An introduction to qualitative and quantitative research methods Literature reviews
2. Defining the research question, setting aims and hypotheses, choosing the right methodology
3. The process of proposal construction, report writing and publishing results
4. An introduction to mental health and wellbeing focussed methodologies – systematic and scoping reviews, qualitative approaches, quantitative approaches, mixed method approaches
5. NHMRC national guidelines for human ethics and the purpose of a HREC Writing ethics proposals – negligible, low risk and human subject proposals
6. Research tools – Survey instruments, Qualitative research software, SPSS

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Unit offerings

Face to face: (Every 3rd Year, Semester 2)
Face to face: (Demand based)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.