Handbook of health research methods : investigation, measurement and analysis / / edited by Ann Bowling and Shah Ebrahim

• Pubblicazione: Maidenhead : , : Open University Press/McGraw-Hill Education, , 2005; ©2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 625 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 362.1072; 610.72
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - Research; Public health - Research; Health - Research - Methodology
• Persona (resp. second.): BowlingAnn; EbrahimShah
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 01 Research on health and health care -- Chapter 02 Describing and evaluating health systems -- Part 2 Multidisciplinary methods of investigation -- Chapter 03 Evidence-based health care: systematic reviews -- Chapter 04 Critical appraisal -- Chapter 05 Randomized and non-randomized experimental designs -- Chapter 06 Epidemiological study designs -- Chapter 07 Finding and using secondary data -- Chapter 08 Quantitative social science -- Chapter 09 Approaches to qualitative data collection -- Chapter 10 Combined qualitative and quantitative designs -- Chapter 11 Design and analysis of social intervention studies in health research -- Chapter 12 Area-based studies -- Chapter 13 Mathematical models in health care -- Chapter 14 Economic evaluation of health care -- Part 3 Multidisciplinary research measurement -- Chapter 15 Psychological approaches to measuring and modelling clinical decision-making -- Chapter 16 Approaches to measuring patients' decision-making -- Chapter 17 Techniques of questionnaire design -- Chapter 18 Measuring health outcomes from the patient's perspective -- Chapter 19 Genetics, health and population genetics research -- Chapter 20 Tools of psychosocial biology in health care research -- Part 4 Data analysis -- Chapter 21 Key issues in the statistical analysis of quantitative data -- Chapter 22 Key issues in the analysis of qualitative data -- Part 5 Essential issues to consider when conducting research -- Chapter 23 Involving service users in health services research -- Chapter 24 Ethical and political issues in the conduct of research -- Chapter 25 Training for research -- Glossary -- Index -- Back cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: This handbook helps researchers to plan, carry out, and analyse health research, and evaluate the quality of research studies. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach to enable researchers from different disciplines to work side-by-side in the investigation of population health, the evaluation of health care, and in health care delivery. Handbook of Health Research Methods is an essential tool for researchers and postgraduate students taking masters courses, or undertaking doctoral programmes, in health services evaluation, health sciences, health management, public health, nursing, sociology, socio-biology, medicine and epidemiology. However, the book also appeals to health professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge of research methods in order to make effective policy and practice decisions.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of health research methods
• ISBN: 1-280-95086-2; 0-335-22436-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813692603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II