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Recommended readings

• Brusich, M., Greico, J., Penney, N., Tisgratog, R., Ritthson, W., Chareonviriyaphap, T., Achee, N. (2015). Targeting educational campaigns for prevention of malaria and dengue fever: an assessment in Thailand. Parasites & Vectors; 8:43
• Rabani, F., Ali Mukhi, A., Perveen, S., Gul, X., Iqbal, S., Qazi, S., Syed, I., Shaikh, K. Aftab, W. (2014). Improving case management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in District Badin, Pakistan through a cluster randomised study – the NIGRAAN trial protocol: Implementation Science, 9:186
• Paul, S., Akter, R., Aftab, A., Khan, A., Barua, M., Islam, S., Islam, A., Husain, A., Sarker, M., (2015). Knowledge and attitude of key community members toward tuberculosis: mixed methods study from BRAC TB control areas in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 15:52
• Panisset, U., Koehlmoos, P., Alkhatib, A., Pantoja, T., Singh, P., Kayondo, J., McCutchen, B., Block, M. (2012). Implementation research evidence uptake and use for policy making. Health Research Policy and Systems, 10:20
• Hanson, K., Nathan, R., …& Schellenberg, J. (2008). Vouchers for scaling up Insecticide Treated nets in Tanzania: Methods for monitoring and evaluation of a national health systems intervention. BMC Public Health, 8:205
• Implementation Research for the control of infectious diseases of poverty: UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. (2011). http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/documents/access_report.pdf
• Brigid R. Marriott, B., Rodriguez, A., Landes, S., Lewis, C., and Comtois, K. (2016). A methodology for enhancing implementation science proposals: comparison of face-to-face versus virtual workshops. Implementation Science DOI 10.1186/s13012-016-0429-z
• Enola K Proctor, E., Powell, B., Baumann, A., Hamilton, A, and Santens, R. (2012): Writing implementation research grant proposals: ten key ingredients. Implementation Science 7:96
• Leedy, P., & Ormrod, J. E. (2001). Practical research planning and design (8th ed.). New York, NY: Macmillan.
• Sukamolson, S. Fundamentals of quantitative research. Assessed from http://www.culi.chula.ac.th/Research/e-Journal/bod/Suphat%20Sukamolson.pdf.
• Mutai, B. K. (2000). How to write quality research proposal: A complete and simplified recipe. Kenya, Nairobi. Egerton University.
• Crawley, G. M., & O’Sullivan, E. (2007). The grant writer’s handbook: How to Write a Research Proposal and Succeed. New Jersey: Imperial College Press – Assessed at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015032152
• Creswell, J. W. (2013). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage publications.
• Offredy, M., & Vickers, P. (2013). Developing a healthcare research proposal: An interactive student guide. John Wiley & Sons.
• The NIH Office of Extramural Research free tutorial on Protecting Human Research Participants available at https://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php?l=3