Researching health : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods
- Title
- Researching health : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods / edited by Mike Saks and Judith Allsop.
- Published by
- Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2007.
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- Description
- vii, 422 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Contents
- 'Guided tour' of pedagogical features -- Pt. I. Conducting health research -- 1. Introduction : the context for researching health / Mike Saks and Judith Allsop -- 2. Competing paradigms and health research / Alex Broom and Evan Willis -- 3. Doing a literature review in health / Kathryn Jones -- Pt. II. Qualitative methods and health -- 4. Using documents in health research / Andy Alaszewski -- 5. Unstructured interviews and health research / Jacqueline Low -- 6. Participant observation in health research / David Hughes -- 7. The use of focus groups in research into health / Judith Green -- 8. Action research and health / Heather Waterman -- Pt. III. Quantitative methods and health -- 9. Health research sampling methods / Peter Davis and Alastair Scott -- 10. Quantitative survey methods in health research / Michael Calnan -- 11. Statistical methods for health data analysis / George Argyrous -- 12. Randomized controlled trials / George Lewith and Paul Little -- 13. Experimental methods in health research / A. Niroshan Siriwardena -- 14. The use of economics in health research / Alan Maynard -- Pt. IV. Contemporary issues in researching health -- 15. Governance and ethics in health research / Priscilla Alderson -- 16. Mixed methods and multidisciplinary research in health care / Jonathan Tritter -- 17. Researching orthodox and complementary and alternative medicine / Janet Richardson and Mike Saks -- 18. Researching the health of ethnic minority groups / Mark R. D. Johnson -- 19. Involving the consumer in health research / Sophie Hill -- 20. Comparative health research / Viola Burau -- Pt. V. Disseminating health research -- 21. Writing up health research and getting published / Judith Allsop and Mike Saks.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.