Skip to main content
It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results.

Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior

Finding Background Information
Use these sources to gain familiarity with your topic, narrow your research question, provide context, and identify experts

Writing Research Questions

One method used to write research questions in the health sciences uses the acronym PICO.  PICO stands for:

P: population or problem

I: intervention or exposure

C: comparison variable

O: outcomes