Research methods in health : investigating health and health services /
Ann Bowling.
- 2nd ed.
- Buckingham : Open University Press, 2002.
- xiv, 486p. ; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-478) and index.
Section 1: Investigating health services and health: the scope of research--1. Evaluating health services: multidisciplinary collaboration--2. Social research on health: sociological and psychological concepts and approaches--1. Health and illness--2. Social factors in illness and responses to illness--3. Models of health behaviour4. Health-related quality of life--5. Interactions between health professionals and patients--3. Health needs and their assessment: demography and epidemiology--1. The assessment of health needs--2. Epidemiology--3. The role of demography--4. Costing health services: health economics --Section 11. The philosophy, theory and practice of research:--5. The philosophy framework of measurement--6. The principles of research--Section 111. Quantitative research: sampling and research methods--7. Sample size and sampling for quantitative research--1. Calculation of sample size--2. Methods of sampling--8. Quantitative research: surveys--1. Survey methods--2. Methods of analysing change in longitudinal surveys--9. Quantitative research: experiments and other analytic methods of investigation--10. Sample selection and group assignment methods in experiments and other analytic methods--Section IV The tools of quantitative research--11. Data collection methods in quantitative research: questionnaires, interviews and their response raates--12. Questionnaire design--13. Techniques of survey interviewing--14. Preparation of quantitative data for coding and analysis--Section V. Qualitative and combined research methods, and their analysis--15. Unstructured and structured observational studies--Unstructured interviewing and focus groups--1. Unstructured interviews--2. Focus groups--17. Other methods using both qualitative and quantitative approaches: case studies, consensus methods, action research and document research--1. Case studies--2. Consensus methods--3. Action research and rapid appraisal techniques--4. Document research.
Bowling describes the range of methods that can be used to study and evaluate health and health care. Designed for students in a range of health care disciplines, this text is also suitable for those who need to apply research findings in practice.
Community health services--Research--Methodology Public health--Research--Methodology Medical care--Research--Methodology Medicine--Research--Methodology Health and Wellbeing. Social research & statistics Epidemiology & medical statistics Health systems & services