This book describes the entire life cycle of a health research project based on live experiences from Ethiopia. What a research is, how it can be conducted well and how it can be written in a reader friendly manner. You may be good in writting, but a well written research paper may get shelved. This book will give you the tips in communicating your research to the relevant audience. Organizations are also facing difficulty in getting the right research consultant. This book will guide you how to manage that. The experiences of the author in research managment are well reflected in the book....

This research is all about developing a research tool that will be used to measure barriers to behavioral change in HIV prevention. It adresses the main barriers to ABC (abstinence, being faithful, condom use), VCT (voluntary counseling and testing) and care and support. The tool is intended to measure those behavioral change barriers among university students in developing countries. Besides, the methodology used in developing the tool is standard and includes qualiative methods for generating items, expert review and pilot study to refine and draft tools and major qualiative study to...