PhD- proposal

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Emerging Diseases in Saudi Arabia due to Urbanization

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 .0 INTRODUCTION

1 .2 Objective of the Study

2 .0 LITERATURE REVIEW

3 .0 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGIES

3 .2 RESEARCH DESIGN

3 .3 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES

3 .3 .1 Case Study Research

3 .3 .2 Observation Research

3 .3 .3 Ethnographic Research 3 .4 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES

3 .4 .1 Descriptive Research

3 .4 .2 Experimental Research

3 .4 .3 Quasi-Experimental Research 3 .5 DATA COLLECTION METHODS

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.5 .1 Interview

3 .5 .2 Questionnaire Survey

3 .5 .3 Focus group

3 .5 .4 Secondary Sources 3 .6 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY 3 .7 COMBINATION OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS

3 .8 DATA ANALYSIS

3 .9 CONCLUSION

3 .10 BIBLIOGRAPHY

1 .0 INTRODUCTION

The American magazine Contemporary Review in 1936 mentioned , The sanitation of Makkah and Medina was as defective as it possibly could be . Water was scarce and there were no hospitals or good qualified doctors to be found . and so mortality was very high among the pilgrims and citizens alike ' The situation changed after four decades of consistent development by Saudi government . The government setup new health facilities and network of hospitals for its citizens , which has led to overcome the traditional diseases such as malaria , smallpox , and cholera , which drastically reduced the life expectancy in 1970s . During the early development of health plan in 1970s , the Saudi Health care system paid more emphasis on establishing the necessary healthcare infrastructure , which included clinics , pharmacies and hospitals in nearby towns and cities , this shift converted the traditional villages into settlement and towns . Many of the Bedouins tribes moved to nearby cities to work and became part of the growing urban population

Saudi Arabia is experiencing now a vast and mass development in the society and every other aspect concerning the people and their life styles . Saudi Arabia is regarded one of the largest countries in the Middle East , due to its large size , different geographical patterns and rapidly growing population . These factors are influencing the appearance of new diseases associated with this new-changed urban life style

1 .2 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The study will look at the factors , which contributes to the spread of new diseases , such as diabetics , obesity and tension , depression and heart related diseases . The study is essential in Saudi Arabia because primary health centers and school health departments provide health services to a large segment of the Saudi community

The drugs used and prescribed in the primary health centers and school health department in Saudi Arabia has not been reviewed in a scientific field study before to asses if Saudi Health care system is ready to cope with this new merging diseases in wake of this new urbanisation

1 .3 RECENT STATISTICS

According to WHO statistic for Saudi Arabia mentions the population below 15 years of age and above 65 years of age (1993 , was estimated as 41 .8 percent and 2 .6 percent respectively . In 1996 , the literacy rate...