investigating health and health services Bowling, Ann. creator text bibliography enk Buckingham Philadelphia Open University Press 2009 2002 3rd ed. monographic eng

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xvii, 525 p. : 25 cm. 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 Ann Bowling. Includes bibliographical references and index. Public health Research Methodology Community health services Research Methodology RA440.85 .B69 2009 362.1/07/2 0335206441 (hbk.) 0335206433 (pbk.) 2001045769 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh051/2001045769.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh051/2001045769.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh051/2001045769.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh051/2001045769.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh051/2001045769.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh051/2001045769.html DLC 010816 20210414114507.0 12504422