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Links to UTHSC sites that support research, such as Office of Research Administration, IRB, Compliance, etc.Ìý

Print Publications to Download
Guidelines, Tips, Checklists

Review

All things NIH: agency links, NIH policy, Federal FORMS, AHRQ, HRSA, NINR, Grants.gov links

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

  • AHRQ supports health services research that will improve the quality of health care and promote evidence-based decision making.

Grants.gov

  • : Links to funding announcements from all federal agencies
  • Help is provided for common troubleshooting issues such as verifying your Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) status, login for E-Business Point of Contact (E-Biz POC) and accessing search results. These troubleshooting tips can help you quickly resolve your technical issues.

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)


  • The eRA Commons is an online interface where signing officials, principle investigators, trainees and post-docs at institutions can access and share administrative information relating to research grants. RPPRs, No Cost Extensions, Just In Time, and other documents can easily be submitted via eRA Commons.

  • The Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools provides access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities, including information on NIH expenditures and the results of NIH supported research.

  • NIH Office of Extramural Research
    NIH Medical and Behavioral Research Grant Policies, Guidelines and Funding Opportunities
  • NIH made several updates to the NIH Public Access Web page to clarify the submission process.Ìý The Web site explains that there are four methods to ensure that a manuscript is submitted to PubMed Central in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy. These methods vary based on the version of the paper submitted, and the actions undertaken by the author and publisher.ÌýÌý

  • NIH portal for NIH grant applications and their review for scientific merit
  • Reports, data, and analysis of NIH Research Activities

  • NIAID Glossary of Funding and Policy Terms and Acronyms
  • The National Institutes of Health released recommendations of best practices for scientists conducting mixed methods health research. Mixed methods research combines the strengths of quantitative research and qualitative research.

National Institute of Nursing Research

Federal, state, foundation, and other sites with demographic information, statistical reports, registry information, and statistical methods information

Publications

  • See publication links or bibliographies of articles related to research topics of interest to nursing.

Research and Analysis Information

  • The FAIR Database contains 388 journal article summaries from a systematic review of racial and ethnic health disparities interventions published 1979-2011.

Geriatric Statistics

Federal Statistics and Demographics

  • : Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
  • NOTE: Links under What We Provide; e.g., American Community Survey, etc

Questionnaires

  • Dr. James Sallis has a website of downloadable physical activity and dietary questionnaires that you may find helpful in your current or future research. These include instruments dealing with social support, self-efficacy, environment, as well as parent and child behaviors. Dr. Cowan used the 7-day Physical Activity Recall instrument in her research studies involving adolescents and adults. Here is the website: .

Registries

Reports and Publications

  • , you will find useful to support your health and health care related efforts: links to publications/reports related to chronic illness, disparities, and other issues of interest to RWJF.

  • Andrulis, D., Duchon, L., Reid, H. 2003

  • America’s Health Rankings® provides an annual state-by-state analysis of our nation’s health. The longest running report of its kind, the Rankings presents a unique historical and comprehensive view of the health of the nation and an annual ranking of the healthiest and least healthy states.

Test Instruments and Measures Resources

Key Databases

E-Journals

Websites

Survey Analysis Tools


  • (Question Understanding AID) Will analyze survey items for you before you use them.

City - County - State Level Statistics and Demographics


  • [Tennessee Primary Care Association site]

  • Provide descriptive information on the condition of vulnerable children in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, using indicators of child protection, health, child care, education, and income support.Ìý

Health Care / Nursing Workforce

Links to site and documents to download related to grant proposal development, preparing budgets, electronic submission, writing query letters, checklists for excellence, and an NIH video on peer review

Proposal Writing

Checklists

Videos: SF424 / Peer Review

Program Officer Relationship

Query Letters

Budget

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Links to journal articles.

Diversity

Ethics

Scientific Writing - Journal Articles

  • Engle, V and Graney, Marshall J. (2001) Designing a Study for Success. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49,680-681 Milisen, K; Abraham, I L; Godderis, J; Delooz, H H; and Broos, PL. (2001) A nurse let interdisciplinary intervention program for delirium in elderly hip-fracture patients, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49,s23-s32.
    NOTE: Engle & Graney provide axioms for exemplar study design and the article produced by Abraham, et al.
  • Government information at NLM Web sites is in the public domain. Public domain information may be freely distributed and copied, but it is requested that in any subsequent use the National Library of Medicine (NLM) be given appropriate acknowledgement. When using NLM Web sites, you may encounter documents, illustrations, photographs, or other information resources contributed or licensed by private individuals, companies, or organizations that may be protected by U.S. and foreign copyright laws. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by as defined in the copyright laws requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Specific NLM Web sites containing protected information provide additional notification of conditions associated with its use.

Grant Writing

  • Markin, K. M. (2005). The Chronicle of Higher Education Retrieved March 24, 2006.
  • Tornquist, E. M. (1990). How to write a research grant proposal. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 22(1), 44-51.Ìý
  • Grey, M. (2000). Top 10 Tips For Successful Grantsmanship. Research in Nursing & Health, Editorial, 23, 91–92.
  • Crain, H.C. and Broome, M. E. (2000) Tool for planning the grant application process. Nursing Outlook, 48(6), 288-93.Ìý

Building a Program of Research

  • Conn, V. S., Porter, R. T., McDaniel, R. W., Rantz, M. J., & Maas, M. L. (2005). Building research productivity in an academic setting. Nursing Outlook, 53(5), 224-231.
  • Engle, V. F., & Graney, M. J. (2001). Designing a study for success. Journal of American Geriatric Society, 49(5), 680-681.
  • Markin, K. M. (2006). Where to Start. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved April 12, 2006.

Research Methods

  • Conn, V. S., Rantz, M. J., Wipke-Tevis, D. D., & Maas, M. L. (2001). Focus on research methods. . Research in Nursing & Health, 24(5), 433-442.
  • Bennett, J. A. (2000). Focus on research methods. Mediator and moderator variables in nursing research: Conceptual and Statistical differences. Research in Nursing & Health, 23(4), 415-420.

Mixed Methods Research

  • Chen, H. T. (2006). A theory-driven evaluation perspective on mixed methods research. Research in the Schools, 13(1), 75-83.
  • Johnson, R. B., Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Turner, L. (2007). Toward a definition of mixed methods research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(2), 112-133.
  • Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Johnson, R. B. (2006). The validity issue in mixed research. Research in the Schools, 13(1), 48-63.
  • Sandelowski, M., Voils, C. I., & Barroso, J. (2006). Defining and designing mixed research synthesis studies. Research in the Schools, 13(1), 29-40.
  • Sandelowski, M., & Sandelowski, M. (2000). Combining qualitative and quantitative sampling, data collection, and analysis techniques in mixed-method studies. Research in Nursing & Health, 23(3), 246-255.
  • Yin, R. K. (2006). Mixed methods research: Are the methods genuinely integrated or merely parallel? Research in the Schools, 13(1), 41-47.

Simulated Grant Review