title: Research in prehospital and disaster health and medicine: developing a research objective statement.
abstract: A concise, well-designed research objective statement for proposed research is important for directing and coordinating a study.While often only a single or a few sentences in a manuscript, the research objective statement is usually the single most important element in the design and conduct of a research study.
authors.forename: Samuel J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Stratton
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D054597:Disaster Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012107:Research Design