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Handbook of theory and methods in applied health research questions, methods and choices

"This Handbook expertly instructs the reader on how to conduct applied health research across a number of disciplines. Particularly aimed at post-graduate health researchers and students of applied health research, it presents and explains a wide range of research designs and other contemporary...

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Other Authors: Douglas, Catherine (Editor), Brearley, Sarah (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton Edward Elgar Publishing 2020, 2020
Subjects:
Public Health / Research / Methodology
Health / Research / Methodology
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 8. Phenomenology and interpretative phenomenological analysis / Craig D. Murray and David J. Wilde
  • Chapter 9. Using action research to implement, investigate and evaluate interventions in applied health research / John Hamilton and Sandra Varey
  • Chapter 10. The crossover artist: Consensus methods in health research / Saskia Jünger and Sheila Payne
  • Part III: Variety and variation in quantitative research methods
  • Chapter 11. Designing and using quantitative health care questionnaires and surveys / Jane Simpson and Ian Fletcher
  • Chapter 12. Understanding effect and effectiveness of interventions: Trials and other evaluative study designs in applied health research / Naomi Fisher, Heather Robinson
  • Chapter 13. Analysing quantitative data: Correlation and beyond / Guillermo Perez Algorta
  • Chapter 14. Using and analysing secondary data / Anthony C. Gatrell
  • Part IV: Contemporary issues
  • Chapter 15. Using information and communication technologies for health research / Gerasimos Chatzidamianos and Rob J. Parker
  • Chapter 16. The case for mixed methods in applied health research / Catherine Walshe
  • Chapter 17. Public engagement in health research / Michelle Collins, Emma Halliday
  • Conclusions and final thoughts: Dissemination and impact / Catherine Walshe, Sarah G Brearley
  • Index
  • Contents: Introduction to the handbook of theory and methods in applied health research / Sarah G Brearley, Catherine Walshe
  • Part I: Research skills
  • Chapter 1. Critical appraisal - how to examine and evaluate the research evidence / Alyson L Dodd, Siobhan Reilly, Faraz Ahmed, Carol Thomas
  • Chapter 2. Literature reviews / Nancy Preston, Helen Aveyard
  • Chapter 3. Developing research questions / Sarah G Brearley
  • Chapter 4. Between the institution and the field: Research ethics in health and social care / Amanda Bingley, Anne Grinyer
  • Part II: Variety and variation in qualitative research methods
  • Chapter 5. Ethnography in applied health research / Michaela Edwards.
  • Chapter 6. An Introduction to narrative research methods in health and social care / Amanda Bingley
  • Chapter 7. Grounded theory methods and analysis: Methodological revisions and practical application / Susannah Baines
  • Includes bibliographical references

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