A. Introduction [35 points]: Briefly (3-4 pages) introduce/describe your research question – what is the
SDoH domain; what health-related outcome is of interest, and why is this domain’s impact on the
health outcome important? What do we already know about this and what do we not know? What is
a social epidemiological theory that can help us understand the domain’s impact on your health
outcome? State your research question in a single focused sentence. Review the peer- reviewed
studies critically to assess the main arguments and evidence supporting them and write about how
gender is conceptualized, measured and categorized (for example- male/ female/other, cis male/ cis
female, etc. What is the source of the data? What kind of study is it? What analytic techniques are
used: descriiptive or inferential (association and causation), comparisons or summary measures?
Which groups are compared? Which group is the reference group and why? How are the findings
presented? Are they presented as rate ratios, odds ratios, relative risks, percent differences, etc.?).
What are its strengths and limitations? What analytical techniques did they use?
B. Methods [40 points] (3-4pages): Write a proposal for a study you will/ might conduct. For example,
how will you answer your research question? Where will you get the data from? Describe the data
sources you will use. If you will collect your own data, how will you collect it? What kind of study
design will you use and why? What are some of the limitations of your study design? What
analytical techniques will you use? What do you expect to find and why? Why is your study/ the
finding important?
C. Implications [25 points] (2 pages): Who are your main audience and why? What practices, policies
and programs can your study inform? What new policies need to be implemented, what existing
policies need to be funded, defunded, revised or banned?
*I have attached the one page proposal paper on the topic to help you understand what the paper needs to be about. Please use the sources listed on the paper AND on the word doc named Sources (additional resources) because I need to use at least 5 sources for this paper. Thank you!
