TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bowling,Ann
TI  - Research methods in health: investigating health and health services. 
SN  - 0335206441 (hbk.)
AV  - RA440.85 .B69 2009
U1  - 362.1/07/2 21
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Buckingham, Philadelphia
PB  - Open University Press
KW  - Public health
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Community health services
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents:Investigating health services and health: the scope of research: Evaluating health services: multidisciplinary collaboration -- Social research on health: sociological and psychological concepts and approaches:Health and illness -- Social factors in illness and response to illness -- Models of health behaviour -- Health-related quality of life -- Interactions between health professionals and patients -- Health needs and their assessment:demography and epidemiology: The assessment of health needs -- Epidemiology -- The role of demography -- Costing health services: health economic -- The philosophy, theory and practice of research: The philosophical framework of measurement -- The principle of research -- Quantitative research: sampling and research methods: sample size and sampling of quantitative research: Calculation of sample size, statistical significance and sampling -- Methods of sampling -- Quantitative research: surveys: survey methods -- methods of analyzing change in longitudinal studies -- Quantitative research: Experiments and other analytic methods of investigation -- Sample selection and group assignment methods in experiments and other analytic methods -- The tools of quantitative research -- Data collection methods in quantitative research: questionnaire, interviews and their response rates -- Questionnaire design -- Techniques of survey interviewing -- Preparation of quantitative data for coding and analysis -- Qualitative and combined research methods and their analysis: Unstructured and structured observational studies -- Unstructured interview and focus group -- Focus groups -- Mixed research approaches: case studies -- Consensus methods -- Action research and rapid appraisal techniques -- Document research
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