Handbook of theory and methods in applied health research : questions, methods and choices /: questions, methods and choices. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Catherine Walshe (division of health research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, UK), Sarah Brearley (division of health research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, UK).
• Editors: (Professor of palliative care), Walshe, Catherine; Brearley, Sarah
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: Introduction to the handbook of theory and methods in applied health research / Sarah G Brearley, Catherine Walshe -- Part I: Research skills -- Chapter 1. Critical appraisal -- how to examine and evaluate the research evidence / Alyson L Dodd, Siobhan Reilly, Faraz Ahmed, Carol Thomas -- Chapter 2. Literature reviews / Nancy Preston, Helen Aveyard -- Chapter 3. Developing research questions / Sarah G Brearley -- Chapter 4. Between the institution and the field: Research ethics in health and social care / Amanda Bingley, Anne Grinyer -- Part II: Variety and variation in qualitative research methods -- Chapter 5. Ethnography in applied health research / Michaela Edwards. -- Chapter 6. An Introduction to narrative research methods in health and social care / Amanda Bingley -- Chapter 7. Grounded theory methods and analysis: Methodological revisions and practical application / Susannah Baines -- Chapter 8. Phenomenology and interpretative phenomenological analysis / Craig D. Murray and David J. Wilde -- Chapter 9. Using action research to implement, investigate and evaluate interventions in applied health research / John Hamilton and Sandra Varey -- Chapter 10. The crossover artist: Consensus methods in health research / Saskia Jünger and Sheila Payne -- Part III: Variety and variation in quantitative research methods -- Chapter 11. Designing and using quantitative health care questionnaires and surveys / Jane Simpson and Ian Fletcher -- Chapter 12. Understanding effect and effectiveness of interventions: Trials and other evaluative study designs in applied health research / Naomi Fisher, Heather Robinson -- Chapter 13. Analysing quantitative data: Correlation and beyond / Guillermo Perez Algorta -- Chapter 14. Using and analysing secondary data / Anthony C. Gatrell -- Part IV: Contemporary issues -- Chapter 15. Using information and communication technologies for health research / Gerasimos Chatzidamianos and Rob J. Parker -- Chapter 16. The case for mixed methods in applied health research / Catherine Walshe -- Chapter 17. Public engagement in health research / Michelle Collins, Emma Halliday -- Conclusions and final thoughts: Dissemination and impact / Catherine Walshe, Sarah G Brearley -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 367 pages)
• Subjects: 362.1072; Public health -- Research -- Methodology; Health -- Research -- Methodology; Health Services Research; Public Health; Research Design; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785363214; 1785363212
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 28, 2020).
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