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010			_a 2001045769
020			_a0335206441 (hbk.)
020			_a0335206433 (pbk.)
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050	0	0	_aRA440.85 _b.B69 2009
082	0	0	_a362.1/07/2 _221
100	1		_aBowling, Ann.
245	1	0	_aResearch methods in health : _binvestigating health and health services. / _cAnn Bowling.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aBuckingham ; _aPhiladelphia : _bOpen University Press, _c2009.
300			_axvii, 525 p. : _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents: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
650		0	_aPublic health _xResearch _xMethodology.
650		0	_aCommunity health services _xResearch _xMethodology.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh051/2001045769.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh051/2001045769.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh051/2001045769.html
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