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Researching health : qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods / edited by Mike Saks and Judith Allsop

Contributor(s): Publication details: Los Angeles : Sage, 2007Description: vii, 422 s. : illISBN:
  • 1412903637 (inb.)
  • 9781412903639 (inb.)
  • 1412903645 (hft.)
  • 9781412903646 (hft.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.72 22
NLM classification:
  • WA 20.5
  • WA 950
Other classification:
  • Vna
  • V:dd
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Biblioteket HKR Biblioteket Metod Researching Available 11156000157347
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

′[This book] merits attention for bringing together diverse facets of mixed methods research usage in a single volume....[It] provide[s] good coverage of the subject offering the reader command over this newly emerging research approach in social science research′ - Social Research Association

In this eagerly-anticipated new text, a range of internationally-renowned experts draw on their extensive experience to provide a practical and accessible guide to the wide span of methods used in health research.

Researching Health covers the background to conducting health research, qualitative and quantitative methods employed in researching health, contemporary issues such as research ethics, comparative research and the use of mixed methods, and how to disseminate health research. As such, it provides the perfect package to help readers carry out their own research projects and use the research of others more effectively in their work.

Key features:

- comprehensive coverage of the range of methods available

- brings readers fully up-to-date on topical issues and research

- packed with pedagogical features including: case studies, health-related exercises, chapter summaries, annotated further reading, and a full glossary

- supported by an interactive companion website with an instructors′ manual and PowerPoint slides for lecturers, and datasets, links to relevant websites, online reading, and an online glossary for students.

(The companion website can now be accessed from here or by clicking on the ′companion website′ logo above)

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Conducting Health Research
  • Introduction: The Context for Researching Health
  • Competing Paradigms and Health Research
  • Doing a Literature Review in Health
  • Part 2 Qualitative Methods And Health
  • Using Documents in Health Research
  • Unstructured Interviews and Health Research
  • Participant Observation in Health Research
  • The Use of Focus Groups in Research into Health
  • Action Research and Health
  • Part 3 Quantitative Methods And Health
  • Health Research Sampling Methods
  • Quantitative Survey Methods in Health Research
  • Statistical Methods for Health Data Analysis
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Experimental Methods in Health Research
  • The Use of Economics in Health Research
  • Part 4 Contemporary Issues In Researching Health
  • Governance and Ethics in Health Research
  • Mixed Methods and Multidisciplinary Research in Health Care
  • Researching Orthodox and Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Researching the Health of Ethnic Minority Groups
  • Involving the Consumer in Health Research
  • Comparative Health Research
  • Part 5 Disseminating Health Research
  • Writing Up Health Research and Getting Published