{"id":10323,"date":"2015-10-30T15:39:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T19:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/?page_id=10323"},"modified":"2015-10-30T15:39:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T19:39:49","slug":"grap-01-ruducha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/grap-01-ruducha\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAP Opportunity &#8211; Social Network Analysis for the Uttar Pradesh Community Mobilization Project (Ruducha)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Opportunity ID:<\/strong> 01-Ruducha<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Title:<\/strong> Social Network Analysis for the Uttar Pradesh Community Mobilization Project<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Mentor:<\/strong> Jenny Ruducha<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We conduct evaluation and operations research studies within the Uttar Pradesh Community Mobilization Project, a large-scale project with the goals of disseminating key MNCH messages to marginalized communities in rural Uttar Pradesh (India) and strengthening linkages between the community and the public health system.<\/p>\n<p>One of our major studies is a Social Network Analysis (SNA) of recently delivered women\u2019s networks as well as the village-level health networks within project areas. We conducted a baseline SNA study two years ago, and data collection is currently underway for the endline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scope of Work:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are looking for a Research Assistant (RA) with motivation to learn a new set of analysis skills related to Social Network Analysis. The RA will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work with our team\u2019s Research Fellow and learn how to work with network-structured data<\/li>\n<li>After training, assist in data processing, cleaning, and preparation for analysis<\/li>\n<li>Participate in conducting descriptive analyses of the data<\/li>\n<li>Conduct Social Network Analysis with supervision from Research Fellow<\/li>\n<li>Expected work hours will be 10-20 hours per week November 2015 \u2013 January 2016, with possible extension through March 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Minimum Skills Required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience working with quantitative data sets and conducting quantitative analyses<\/li>\n<li>Interest and desire to learn how to conduct Social Network Analysis and work with Network-structured data<\/li>\n<li>Background in STATA and\/or R is a plus<\/li>\n<li>No requirement to have any experience with Network Analysis \u2013 all skills will be taught on the job<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Time\/Data Expectations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Availability through January 2016 for 10-20 hours per week<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Material Requested:<\/strong> None<\/p>\n<p><strong>Logistics and Support: <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opportunity ID: 01-Ruducha Project Title: Social Network Analysis for the Uttar Pradesh Community Mobilization Project Faculty Mentor: Jenny Ruducha Description: We conduct evaluation and operations research studies within the Uttar Pradesh Community Mobilization Project, a large-scale project with the goals of disseminating key MNCH messages to marginalized communities in rural Uttar Pradesh (India) and strengthening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8655,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":46,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10324,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10323\/revisions\/10324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}