Handbook of Health Research Methods: Investigation, Measurement and Analysis

AvAnn Bowling,Shah Ebrahim

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

"an ideal set text" Angela Scriven, Course Leader, Brunel University

Which research method should I use to evaluate services?
How do I design a questionnaire?
How do I conduct a systematic review of research?

This handbook helps researchers to plan, carry out, and analyse health research, and evaluate the quality of research studies. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach to enable researchers from different disciplines to work side-by-side in the investigation of population health, the evaluation of health care, and in health care delivery.

Handbook of Health Research Methods is an essential tool for researchers and postgraduate students taking masters courses, or undertaking doctoral programmes, in health services evaluation, health sciences, health management, public health, nursing, sociology, socio-biology, medicine and epidemiology. However, the book also appeals to health professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge of research methods in order to make effective policy and practice decisions.

Contributors: Joy Adamson, Geraldine Barrett, Jane P. Biddulph, Ann Bowling, Sara Brookes, Jackie Brown, Simon Carter, Michel P. Coleman, Paul Cullinan, George Davey Smith, Paul Dieppe, Jenny Donovan, Craig Duncan, Shah Ebrahim, Vikki Entwistle, Clare Harries, Lesley Henderson, Kelvyn Jones, Olga Kostopoulou, Sarah J. Lewis, Richard Martin, Martin McKee, Graham Moon, Ellen Nolte, Alan O’Rourke, Ann Oakley, Tim Peters, Tina Ramkalawan, Caroline Sanders, Mary Shaw, Andrew Steptoe, Jonathan Sterne, Anne Stiggelbout, S.V. Subramanian, Kate Tilling, Liz Twigg, Suzanne Wait.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-06-16
Mått:172 x 240 x 38 mm
Vikt:1 182 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:640
Förlag:McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN:9780335214600

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Mer om författaren

Ann Bowling is Professor of Health Services Research at University College London. She specialises in quality of life measurement, research on ageing and equity of access to health services, and is author of best selling books on research methods and measurement including Measuring Disease, Measuring Health, and A handbook of Health Research Methods jointly with professor Shah Ebrahim (all published by OpenUP).

Innehållsförteckning

Section 1: Introduction1. Introduction: research on health and health care 2. Describing and evaluating health systemsSection 2: Multidisciplinary methods of investigation 3. Evidence based health care: systematic reviews 4. Critical appraisal5. Features and designs of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials and non-randomised experimental designs 6. Epidemiological study designs in health care research and evaluation 7. Finding and using secondary data on the health and health care of populations8. Quantitative social science: The survey 9. Approaches to qualitative data collection in social science 10. Combined qualitative and quantitative designs 11. Design and analysis of social intervention studies in health research 12. Area-based studies and the evaluation of multilevel influences on health outcomes13. Mathematical models in health care14. Economic evaluation of health care Section 3: Multidisciplinary research measurement 15. Psychological approaches to measuring and modelling clinical decision making 16. Approaches to measuring patients' decision making17. Techniques of questionnaire design18. Measuring health outcomes from the patient's perspective19. Genetics, health and population genetics research20. Tools of psychosocial biology and health care research Section 4: Data analysis 21. Key issues in the statistical analysis of quantitative data in research on health and health services 22. Key issues in the analysis of qualitative data on health services researchSection 5. Essential issues to consider when conducting research23. Involving service users in health services research24. Ethical and political issues in the conduct of research25. Training for researchGeneral glossary General further readingIndex