Mixed-Methods Research in Wellbeing and Health

Rachel Locke is Senior Lecturer in International Development and Global Health in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Winchester, UK. Amanda Lees is a Senior Researcher in the Health and Wellbeing Research Group at the University of Winchester, UK.

"We live in a complex world where causes, meanings and contexts interweave. Useful research relies on sophisticated and creative methodologies that respond to this complexity. This book offers excellent exemplars of such research and decisively advances the case for mixed methods designs. More than ever in health and well-being research, we need to free ourselves from traditional methodological constraints to successfully grapple with the urgent problems of our time. This book is an important, creative and timely contribution to that project." -- Professor Andrew Cooper, Professor of Social Work, The Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust"This important and original book has pulled together a broad collection of fascinating studies that illuminate and explore different mixed methods approaches. It is thoroughly recommended for anyone learning how to do health and wellbeing research or grappling with how to do it better." -- Dr Simon Fraser, Associate Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK"This is essential reading for all who are planning mixed methods and multi-modal research, not only in the arenas of wellbeing and health. Through practical, diverse and policy orientated examples, it clearly illuminates the why, how, impact, successes and challenges of such approaches. A much-needed addition to the research literature." -- Professor Judith Lathlean, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UKThis book provides a welcome and timely collection of chapters that encourage a fresh view of mixed methods research in health and wellbeing, together with a critical overview that invites discussion and reflection. It promises to help move forward the field of health and wellbeing research, opening possibilities for new research questions, new voices and with new implications for policy and practice." -- Professor Jane Payler, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Languages Studies, The Open University, UK

• Introduction 1. Methodological Issues in Researching Everyday Music Therapy Practice 2. Using a Mix of Qualitative Methods to Investigate Vulnerability in the Medical Profession 3. Qualitative Methods to Optimise Design and Conduct of Randomised Controlled Trials with Clinical Populations 4. Mixed Methods and Wellbeing: Issues Emerging from Multiple Studies into Mentoring for Doctors 5. Mixing Methods and Data: Exploring Health and Wellbeing on a Social Scale 6. Community-participatory Investigation of the Health-environment-wellbeing nexus of WaSH in Eural Eswatini 7. Using Mixed and Multi-modal Methods in Psychological Research with Young People 8. A Multimethods Approach to Defining a Strategy for Engaging Vulnerable Families in Research 9. Mixed Methods in Community-based Health and Wellbeing Practices Conclusion: Developing Mixed Methods Research Practice in Wellbeing and Health