The COVID-19 pandemic has caused numerous psycho-social effects on communities

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused numerous psycho-social effects on communities and health care professionals. You are the primary investigator of a research team that wants to investigate these psycho-social effects on both the community members as well as the health care professionals of a town which only has one small hospital.

Plan a mixed methods research that aims at developing a support programme to alleviate the stress the pandemic is causing to both the community members and the health care professionals.

  1. Identify the population and sampling techniqueused in the first two phases.

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  1. Explain how you would executethe sampling techniques.                            (3)

 

  1. Discuss the type of data collection that is most suitable for each of the first two phases taking into consideration the selected mixed methods design indicated for the study.                     (8)

 

  1. Explain how you will ensurethat you adhereto all the specific ethicalprinciples given the specific issues related to the pandemic.