Translational Practice-Based Methodological Model for Health  and Wellness in COVID-19 Times

Valerie  Ross; Abid  Amir

doi:10.48165/sajssh.2021.2609

Authors

Valerie Ross Faculty of Music Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Shah Alam, 40450, Selangor, Malaysia
Abid Amir Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Sungai Buloh, 47000 Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/sajssh.2021.2609%20

Keywords:

COVID-19 pandemic, health and wellness, translational practice-based methodology

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled interdisciplinary research and innovation in institutions of higher learning to combat rising physical and mental health issues. A robust research methodology is the foundation and quintessence of quality research output. As innovation assumes increasing prominence in translational science-art research, the process of interdisciplinarity within the research design itself is of growing interest but lesser known. This paper extrapolates the crafting of a Translational Practice-based Methodological model of interdisciplinary research to promote health and wellness. Multimethodologies comprising practice-based approach, user-centred design and design thinking strategies inform the model design. Central to the model is the ‘User’ and the innovative artefact of research flanked by considerations of sustainable development goals, theoretical framework, assimilating methodologies and applying translational practice.

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