Download or read book Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences written by Pranee Liamputtong and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 2300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Updated content will continue to be published as 'Living Reference Works'"--Publisher.
Download or read book Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Daily Life written by Matthias R. Mehl and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together leading authorities, this unique handbook reviews the breadth of current approaches for studying how people think, feel, and behave in everyday environments, rather than in the laboratory. The volume thoroughly describes experience sampling methods, diary methods, physiological measures, and other self-report and non-self-report tools that allow for repeated, real-time measurement in natural settings. Practical guidance is provided to help the reader design a high-quality study, select and implement appropriate methods, and analyze the resulting data using cutting-edge statistical techniques. Applications across a wide range of psychological subfields and research areas are discussed in detail.
Download or read book Handbook of Research Methods in Health Psychology written by Deborah Fish Ragin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive handbook, Ragin and Keenan present an all-encompassing analysis of the variety of different methods used in health psychology research. Featuring interdisciplinary collaborations from leading academics, this meticulously written volume is a guide to conducting cutting-edge research using tested and vetted best practices. It explains important research techniques, why they are selected and how they are conducted. The book critically examines both cutting-edge methods, such as those used in NextGen genetics, nudge theory, and the brain’s vulnerability to addiction, as well as the classic methods, including cortisol measurement, survey, and environmental study. The topics of the book span the gamut of health psychology field, from neuroimaging and statistical analysis to socioeconomic issues such as the policies used to address diseases in Africa, anti-vaxers, and the disproportionate impact of climate change on impoverished people. With each section featuring examples of best research practices, recommendations for study samples, accurate use of instrumentation, analytical techniques, and advanced-level data analysis, this book will be an essential text for both emerging student researchers and experts in the field and an indispensable resource in health psychology programs.
Download or read book Handbook Of Health Research Methods Investigation Measurement And Analysis written by Bowling, Ann and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book EBOOK Handbook of Health Research Methods Investigation Measurement and Analysis written by Ann Bowling and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2005-06-16 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "an ideal set text" Angela Scriven, Course Leader, Brunel University Which research method should I use to evaluate services? How do I design a questionnaire? How do I conduct a systematic review of research? 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. Contributors: Joy Adamson, Geraldine Barrett, Jane P. Biddulph, Ann Bowling, Sara Brookes, Jackie Brown, Simon Carter, Michel P. Coleman, Paul Cullinan, George Davey Smith, Paul Dieppe, Jenny Donovan, Craig Duncan, Shah Ebrahim, Vikki Entwistle, Clare Harries, Lesley Henderson, Kelvyn Jones, Olga Kostopoulou, Sarah J. Lewis, Richard Martin, Martin McKee, Graham Moon, Ellen Nolte, Alan O’Rourke, Ann Oakley, Tim Peters, Tina Ramkalawan, Caroline Sanders, Mary Shaw, Andrew Steptoe, Jonathan Sterne, Anne Stiggelbout, S.V. Subramanian, Kate Tilling, Liz Twigg, Suzanne Wait.
Download or read book Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Identity In and Around Organizations written by Ingo Winkler and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical yet cutting-edge Handbook includes both established and innovative methods for studying identity in management, organisations, and cognate fields. Incorporating a breadth of narrative, visual, ethnographic and embodied methods, as well as ways for analysing naturally occurring data, this Handbook offers exciting new interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of identity in and around organisations.
Download or read book Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences written by Pranee Liamputtong and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook is conceived to provide the foundation to readers who wish to embark on a research project in order to form knowledge that they need. This Handbook attests to the diversity and richness of research methods in the health and social sciences. It will benefit many readers, particularly students and researchers who undertake research in health and social science areas.
Download or read book Handbook of Physiological Research Methods in Health Psychology written by Linda J. Luecken and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to serve as a primary reference source for researchers and students interested in expanding their research to consider a biopsychosocial approach, this book provides a thorough, state-of-the-art, and user-friendly coverage of basic techniques for measurement of physiological variables in health psychology research.
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Spirituality and Contemplative Studies written by Bernadette Flanagan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Spirituality and Contemplative Studies provides the first authoritative overview of methodology in this growing field. Against the background of the pandemic and other global challenges, spirituality is expanding as an agreed term with which to discuss the efforts people make to be fully present to deeper, invisible dimensions of their personal identity and external reality, but until now there have been few resources exploring the different methodological approaches researchers take. This book explores the primary methodologies emerging: First Person, Second Person, and Third Person, and provides a systematisation of spirituality research in applied contexts for the first time. Comprising 33 chapters by a team of international contributors, the book is divided into seven parts: Foundations Approaches to Contemplative Research Contemplative Research in Education Contemplative Research in Work and Leadership Contemplative Research in Science, Health, and Healing Contemplative Research in Social Sciences Contemplative Research and the Way Forward The Handbook provides readers, practitioners, and policymakers with methods and approaches which can facilitate a spiritual and contemplative stance in research activities. It is an essential resource for researchers and students of Religion, Spirituality, and Research Methods.
Download or read book Handbook of Research Methods for Tourism and Hospitality Management written by Robin Nunkoo and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As research in tourism and hospitality reaches maturity, a growing number of methodological approaches are being utilized and, in addition, this knowledge is dispersed across a wide range of journals. Consequently there is a broad and multidisciplinary community of tourism and hospitality researchers whom, at present, need to look widely for support on methods. In this volume, researchers fulfil a pressing need by clearly presenting methodological issues within tourism and hospitality research alongside particular methods and share their experiences of what works, what does not work and where challenges and innovations lie.
Download or read book Public health written by Pranee Liamputtong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Health: Local and Global Perspectives is a comprehensive introduction to public health in the Australian and international context.
Download or read book Handbook of Qualitative Cross Cultural Research Methods written by Pranee Liamputtong and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-28 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides an in-depth discussion on doing cross-cultural research more ethically, sensibly and responsibly with diverse groups of people around the globe. It focuses on cross-cultural research in the social sciences where researchers who are often from Western, educated and rich backgrounds are conducting research with individuals from different socio-cultural settings that are often non-Western, illiterate and poor.
Download or read book Research Methods In Health Investigating Health And Health Services written by Bowling, Ann and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling book provides an accessible introduction to the concepts and practicalities of research methods in health and health services.
Download or read book Essentials of Research Methods in Health Physical Education Exercise Science and Recreation written by Kris E. Berg and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores a range of basic topics covered in research courses in exercise science, kinesiology, and physical education. This work provides the information and skills needed to write effective research proposals and theses; and understand how to conduct basic studies in health, physical education, exercise science, athletic training, and recreation.
Download or read book The Research Process in Nursing written by Kate Gerrish and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The perfect text for any health care professional who wishes to gain a sound understanding of research…This text succeeds where others fail in terms of the thoroughness of the research process and the accessible style in which the material is presented. In an age when nursing and health care research is going from strength to strength this book offers those in the world of academia and practice an excellent and essential 'bible' that is a must on any bookshelf’ Dr Aisha Holloway, Lecturer Adult Health, Division of Nursing, The University of Nottingham ‘a book that helps you each step of the way. A very understandable and enjoyable publication’ Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal ‘key reference resource that students of research can use at various levels of study. It is comprehensive, user friendly and very easy to read and make sense of’ Gillian E Lang, Amazon reviewer The sixth edition of this book reflects significant developments in nursing research in recent years, ensuring the reader is provided with the very latest information on research processes and methods. It continues to explore how to undertake research as well as evaluating and using research findings in clinical practice, in a way that is suitable for both novice researchers and those with more experience. Divided into six sections, the chapters are ordered in a logical fashion that also allows the reader to dip in and out. The first two sections of the book provide a comprehensive background to research in nursing. The third section presents a variety of qualitative and quantitative approaches, both new and well-established. The final three sections then look at collecting and making sense of the resulting data and putting the research findings into clinical practice. Summarises key points at the start of each chapter to guide you through Includes contributions from a wide range of experts in the field Accessible but doesn’t shrink away from complex debates and technical issues New to this edition: Accompanying website (www.wiley.com/go/gerrish) Ten completely new chapters including Narrative Research, Mixed Methods and Using Research in Clinical Practice ‘Research Example’ boxes from a wide variety of research types
Download or read book The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods written by Alissa Ruth and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors presents diverse pedagogical approaches to teaching 71 qualitative and mixed methods. These tried-and-true methods are widely applicable to those teaching and those being trained in qualitative and mixed-methods research. The methods for data collection cover ethics, sampling, interviewing, recording observations of behavior, Indigenous and decolonizing methods and methodologies as well as visual and participatory methods. Methods for analyzing data include coding and finding themes, exploratory and inductive analysis, linguistic analysis, mixed-methods analysis, and comparative analysis. Each method has its own 1,500-word lesson (i.e., chapter) written by expert methodologists from around the globe. In these lessons, contributors give the reader a brief history of the method and describe how they teach it by including their best practices—with succinct, step-by-step instructions—focusing on student-centered experiential and active learning exercises. This comprehensive, one-of a-kind text is an essential reference for instructors who teach qualitative and/or mixed methods across the Social and Behavioral Sciences and other related disciplines, including Anthropology, Sociology, Education, and Health/Nursing research.
Download or read book Research Methods in Health Communication written by Bryan B. Whaley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an essential roster of primary research methods as they apply to health communication inquiry. Editor Bryan B. Whaley brings together key health communication researchers to write about their primary methodological areas. Their chapters offer guidance and insights for a variety of approaches to answering research questions. The methods included here cover: Exploration and Description: interview/focus groups, case study, ethnography, and surveys; Examining Messages and Interpersonal Exchanges: narrative analysis, conversational analysis, analyzing physician-patient interactions, social network analysis, and content analysis; Causal Explication: experimental research, meta-analysis, and meta-synthesis; and Cultural, Population, and Critical Concerns: rhetorical methods and criticism, and methodological issues when investigating stigmatized populations, and groups with health disparities. Chapters cite or use examples from allied health areas -- nursing, public health, sociology, medicine -- to demonstrate the breadth of health communication studies. This work highlights the importance of methodology in health communication research in multiple contexts. Developed to provide a fundamental reference for investigating health communication, this volume will serve as an invaluable tool for researchers and students across the social science and health disciplines.
