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Digital methods in healthcare research have been steadily gaining ground but, until recently, were superseded by conventional face-to-face approaches wherever possible. However, the COVID-19 pandemic rendered in-person forms of data collection largely impossible, propelling digital approaches to the forefront. This book offers a digital lens in the participatory perspective of ethnography, a qualitative methodology. A series of chapters from internationally distinguished and rising authors present digital platforms and techniques and apply these to a wide range of healthcare studies. The authors highlight the different aspects of digital research approaches as well as reflecting on and proffering digital approaches to qualitative research for the future. Will these new digital health techniques be embraced, or will researchers be keen to revert to the traditional methods? With its unique approach, this is an invaluable resource for both prospective and experienced qualitative researchers in a broad array of medical and health disciplines.

This edited book focuses on the role and use of emerging technologies within the healthcare sector. This text draws on expertise from leading practitioners and researchers who either utilize and/or are at the forefront of researching with emerging technology in anticipation of enhancing patient outcomes.Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Interpersonal and Client-Based Perspectives focuses on the role of emerging technologies in society and how it may enhance medical treatment, management, and rehabilitation of service users. It offers expert perspectives on topics covering emerging technological advances and how they are being incorporated into healthcare, but also critically appraises forthcoming implementation. The editors draw from recent publications and the growing narrative surrounding technological advances, notably telerehabilitation, virtual reality, augmentation, and mHealth. Subsequent chapters focus on these, coupled with other emerging technologies, providing detailed insight into how these can either enhance and/or hinder patient/service user outcomes. Each chapter explores the multifaceted use and application of each emerging technology, that impacts on diagnosis, treatment, and (self-) management of individuals. For example, can emerging technology really facilitate patient diagnosis, improve, or remove practitioner–patient interactions, provide sound rehabilitation, and treat/monitor mental health conditions?This edited volume encompasses an array of emerging technologies that will remain pertinent to caregivers, families, practitioners, service users and policymakers. This is not a text on emerging technology alone but on its societal implications, accompanied by ethical, altruistic, and moral examples for such advances within the healthcare field. It is targeted that this text will enhance and offer original discussions surrounding the interconnectivity of technology and medicine, rehabilitation, and patient care.

This edited book focuses on the role and use of emerging technologies within the healthcare sector. This text draws on expertise from leading practitioners and researchers who either utilize and/or are at the forefront of researching with emerging technology in anticipation of enhancing patient outcomes.Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Interpersonal and Client-Based Perspectives focuses on the role of emerging technologies in society and how it may enhance medical treatment, management, and rehabilitation of service users. It offers expert perspectives on topics covering emerging technological advances and how they are being incorporated into healthcare, but also critically appraises forthcoming implementation. The editors draw from recent publications and the growing narrative surrounding technological advances, notably telerehabilitation, virtual reality, augmentation, and mHealth. Subsequent chapters focus on these, coupled with other emerging technologies, providing detailed insight into how these can either enhance and/or hinder patient/service user outcomes. Each chapter explores the multifaceted use and application of each emerging technology, that impacts on diagnosis, treatment, and (self-) management of individuals. For example, can emerging technology really facilitate patient diagnosis, improve, or remove practitioner–patient interactions, provide sound rehabilitation, and treat/monitor mental health conditions?This edited volume encompasses an array of emerging technologies that will remain pertinent to caregivers, families, practitioners, service users and policymakers. This is not a text on emerging technology alone but on its societal implications, accompanied by ethical, altruistic, and moral examples for such advances within the healthcare field. It is targeted that this text will enhance and offer original discussions surrounding the interconnectivity of technology and medicine, rehabilitation, and patient care.

Projective Techniques and Sort-Based Research Methods offers a brief introductory guide to the use of these exciting, innovative and often artistic approaches, to students and researchers who have no prior knowledge of these.This book brings together a wide range of examples of projective and mapping techniques that offer the ideal methodology for researchers wishing to collect less controlled and filtered material, that tap the deeper levels of the conscious and sub-conscious to reveal a more profound, richer and hidden level of response. It presents the techniques in a way that will enable the reader to appreciate their nature and to choose an appropriate method for their own research. Information is also provided that allows readers to design and implement their own projective or sort-based approaches. Each of the approaches the authors present are concisely described, and their usages explained, along with references and examples of the applied usage of the technique.The book is valuable reading for researchers from a wide range of academic disciplines from within the social sciences, humanities, business studies, marketing, etc. The book is an introductory guide, but it will be appropriate for use with undergraduate, post-graduate and research students. It will also be of great use to professionals working in the areas of consumer behaviour, marketing and communications.

Projective Techniques and Sort-Based Research Methods offers a brief introductory guide to the use of these exciting, innovative and often artistic approaches, to students and researchers who have no prior knowledge of these.This book brings together a wide range of examples of projective and mapping techniques that offer the ideal methodology for researchers wishing to collect less controlled and filtered material, that tap the deeper levels of the conscious and sub-conscious to reveal a more profound, richer and hidden level of response. It presents the techniques in a way that will enable the reader to appreciate their nature and to choose an appropriate method for their own research. Information is also provided that allows readers to design and implement their own projective or sort-based approaches. Each of the approaches the authors present are concisely described, and their usages explained, along with references and examples of the applied usage of the technique.The book is valuable reading for researchers from a wide range of academic disciplines from within the social sciences, humanities, business studies, marketing, etc. The book is an introductory guide, but it will be appropriate for use with undergraduate, post-graduate and research students. It will also be of great use to professionals working in the areas of consumer behaviour, marketing and communications.

This timely book offers an overview of how to understand health and wellbeing in custodial settings. It draws on cutting-edge research for a big picture perspective on the issues of prisoners' health and wellbeing in prison settings. Bringing together international experts from research psychology, health and criminology, the volume creates a multidisciplinary narrative to highlight contemporary issues within prisons concerning health and wellbeing. It also explores how these issues can be effectively researched and subsequently understood.The book covers how to navigate ethics in prisons research, the practicalities of conducting research in custodial settings, as well as discussions and case study examples from custodial settings in different countries. Chapters include illustrative examples and practical guidance from those working in the area, offering rich and in-depth insights into the different factors that affect health and wellbeing within prisons. The book also reflects on contemporary changes to prison research following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.The book will be essential reading for postgraduate and upper-level undergraduate students of research psychology, criminology and health psychology. The book will also be highly relevant for postgraduate students and professionals studying or working on health and wellbeing in prisons and custodial environments.

This timely book offers an overview of how to understand health and wellbeing in custodial settings. It draws on cutting-edge research for a big picture perspective on the issues of prisoners' health and wellbeing in prison settings. Bringing together international experts from research psychology, health and criminology, the volume creates a multidisciplinary narrative to highlight contemporary issues within prisons concerning health and wellbeing. It also explores how these issues can be effectively researched and subsequently understood.The book covers how to navigate ethics in prisons research, the practicalities of conducting research in custodial settings, as well as discussions and case study examples from custodial settings in different countries. Chapters include illustrative examples and practical guidance from those working in the area, offering rich and in-depth insights into the different factors that affect health and wellbeing within prisons. The book also reflects on contemporary changes to prison research following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.The book will be essential reading for postgraduate and upper-level undergraduate students of research psychology, criminology and health psychology. The book will also be highly relevant for postgraduate students and professionals studying or working on health and wellbeing in prisons and custodial environments.

This book uses a declarative mapping methodology to examine a range of issues relating to environmental and social justice issues, including climate change, homelessness, refugees, food insecurity, and racial and gender inequality. The book explores how we can bring about change in order to have a meaningful impact on these problems, using a literature-based approach to identify and analyse this through the Declarative Mapping Method, showing how this methodology can be used in the context of these issues. The authors build a body of knowledge based upon published research, to offer a template that may be used to bring about meaningful and appropriate changes in human behaviour in a variety of social/ecological justice contexts. In a world where most of the global challenges we face are a result of human behaviour, the book applies psychological principles to gain a deeper understanding of our responses to world issues. Case studies are included to show how specific strategies can be used to address problems, and a holistic perspective offers strategies and insights into addressing these challenges. This is an ideal text for researchers and students interested in environmental and social issues, especially those looking to find ways to address them through research methodologies.

This book uses a declarative mapping methodology to examine a range of issues relating to environmental and social justice issues, including climate change, homelessness, refugees, food insecurity, and racial and gender inequality. The book explores how we can bring about change in order to have a meaningful impact on these problems, using a literature-based approach to identify and analyse this through the Declarative Mapping Method, showing how this methodology can be used in the context of these issues. The authors build a body of knowledge based upon published research, to offer a template that may be used to bring about meaningful and appropriate changes in human behaviour in a variety of social/ecological justice contexts. In a world where most of the global challenges we face are a result of human behaviour, the book applies psychological principles to gain a deeper understanding of our responses to world issues. Case studies are included to show how specific strategies can be used to address problems, and a holistic perspective offers strategies and insights into addressing these challenges. This is an ideal text for researchers and students interested in environmental and social issues, especially those looking to find ways to address them through research methodologies.

This edited book focuses on the role of self-management in healthcare and how it may enhance the medical treatment, management and rehabilitation of service users. It offers expert perspectives on topics covering tools and techniques and how they are being incorporated into healthcare, but also critically appraising forthcoming implementation.Handbook of Self-Management and the Lived Experience of Healthcare begins by introducing the importance of self-management with contemporary and innovative approaches. The book focuses on the impact of self-management and how it affects interpersonal and client based perspectives. The chapters examine how these strategies can help and/or hinder patient/service user outcomes. Each chapter explores the multifaceted use and application of each self-management strategy within its respective specialty and its impacts on diagnosis, treatment, and future management of individuals. It encompasses an array of examples of self-management strategies that will remain pertinent to caregivers, families, practitioners, service users and policymakers. This is not a text on self-management alone but on the societal implications, accompanied by ethical, altruistic and moral examples for such advances within the healthcare field. The book offers original discussions surrounding the interconnectivity of technology and medicine, rehabilitation and patient care.This book will be useful for healthcare practitioners, researchers, and academics as it provides insight into both contemporary and innovative approaches within the medical field, and it can be used as a text to enrich scholarly learning, teaching and assessment to healthcare programmes nationally and internationally.

This edited book focuses on the role of self-management in healthcare and how it may enhance the medical treatment, management and rehabilitation of service users. It offers expert perspectives on topics covering tools and techniques and how they are being incorporated into healthcare, but also critically appraising forthcoming implementation.Handbook of Self-Management and the Lived Experience of Healthcare begins by introducing the importance of self-management with contemporary and innovative approaches. The book focuses on the impact of self-management and how it affects interpersonal and client based perspectives. The chapters examine how these strategies can help and/or hinder patient/service user outcomes. Each chapter explores the multifaceted use and application of each self-management strategy within its respective specialty and its impacts on diagnosis, treatment, and future management of individuals. It encompasses an array of examples of self-management strategies that will remain pertinent to caregivers, families, practitioners, service users and policymakers. This is not a text on self-management alone but on the societal implications, accompanied by ethical, altruistic and moral examples for such advances within the healthcare field. The book offers original discussions surrounding the interconnectivity of technology and medicine, rehabilitation and patient care.This book will be useful for healthcare practitioners, researchers, and academics as it provides insight into both contemporary and innovative approaches within the medical field, and it can be used as a text to enrich scholarly learning, teaching and assessment to healthcare programmes nationally and internationally.