Research Methods in Community Medicine

Surveys, Epidemiological Research, Programme Evaluation, Clinical Trials

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

A simple and systematic guide to the planning and performance of investigations concerned with health and disease and with health careOffers researchers help in choosing a topic and to think about shaping objectives and ideas and to link these with the appropriate choice of methodFully updated with new sections on the use of the Web and computer programmes freely available in the planning, performance or analysis of studies

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Utgivningsdatum:2008-03-14
Mått:170 x 244 x 24 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:432
Upplaga:6
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9780470986615

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J.H. Abramson, Emeritus Professor of Social Medicine, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem.Author of five previous editions of the formerly titled Survey Methods in Community Medicine and Making Sense of Data with OUP. Z.H. Abramson, Beit Hakerem Community Clinic (Clalit Health Services) and Department of Family Medicine, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem.

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Preface vii1. First steps 12. Types of investigation 133. Stages of an investigation 354. Formulating the objectives 395. The objectives of evaluative studies 496. The study population 617. Control groups 698. Sampling 779. Selecting cases and controls for case-control studies 9110. The variables 10111. Defining the variables 10912. Definitions of diseases 11713. Scales of measurement 12514. Composite scales 13315. Methods of collecting data 14316. Reliability 15117. Validity 16118. Interviews and self-administered questionnaires 17919. Constructing a questionnaire 19320. Surveying the opinions of a panel: consensus methods 20321. The use of documentary sources 20922. Planning the records 22523. Planning the handling of data 23324. Pretests and other preparations 24125. Collecting the data 24726. Statistical analysis 25127. Interpreting the findings 25928. Making sense of associations 26929. Application of the study findings 29730. Writing a report 30531. Rapid epidemiological methods 31332. Clinical trials 32533. Programme trials 34534. Community-oriented primary care 35735. Using the Web for health research 373Appendix A Community appraisal: a checklist 383Appendix B Random numbers 387Appendix C Free computer programs 389Index 407