8 Surveys and quasi-experimental designs Chapter Contents Introduction Non-experimental research designs Surveys Epidemiology Designs for comparing groups Naturalistic comparison studies Case-control designs Correlational designs Quasi-experimental designs Time-series designs Multiple-group time-series…
23 Critical evaluation of published research Chapter Contents Introduction Guidelines for critical appraisal of research publications Critical evaluation of the introduction in a research paper Adequacy of the literature review …
12 Interviewing techniques Chapter Contents Introduction Interviewing models Methods of conducting interviews The interview process Methods of recording interview information Advantages and disadvantages of interview-recording methods Focus groups The analysis…
1 Foundations of health research Chapter Contents Introduction Knowledge and methods Tradition Reasoning The scientific method Positivist paradigm Observations, description and measurement Generalization and induction Hypotheses and laws Theories Deduction …
3 The research process Chapter Contents Introduction Sequential steps of the research process 1 Research problems and questions 2 Planning 3 Design 4 Data collection 5 Organization and presentation of the data 6 Data analysis 7 Interpretation…
10 Qualitative research Chapter Contents Introduction Research problems and questions Approaches to qualitative research What defines qualitative research? An example of qualitative research Summary Introduction Qualitative (interpretive) research aims to…
2 Quantitative and qualitative methods Chapter Contents Introduction The social construction of reality Contrasting qualitative and quantitative methods Perception of subject matter Positioning of researcher Data and evidence Theories Theory…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 17 Global Health Sources MEGAN VON ISENBURG AND MELLANYE LACKEY The phrase global health refers to “health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries, may be…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 16 Point-of-Care and Clinical Decision Support Resources SUSAN SWOGGER One of the most vital and also most unique health sciences information needs is for accurate information at…
