Research Methods in Health Foundations of Evidence-based Practice

by Liamputtong, Pranee

• ISBN13: 9780195568172
• ISBN10: 0195568176
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Written especially for students across the health professions, Research Methods in Health is an accessible text that provides an introduction to qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research methods. The text shows novice researchers how and when to apply the most appropriate researchmethodology for their discipline. It provides a variety of examples and relevant case studies to prepare students for using evidence-based practice in their future work as health professionals. Structured to assist learning, students are introduced to qualitative methods first, then quantitative methods, evidence-based practice and systematic review, and mixed methodology and collaborative practices. In the final part, students are shown how to make sense of data and how to present theirresearch findings.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to research methods in health as foundations for evidence-based practice
2. What is ethical research?
PART ONE: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES AND PRACTICES
3. Doing in-depth interview in health
4. Focus groups in health research and nursing
5. Narrative inquiry and occupational therapy
6. Ethnography in health research
7. Grounded theory and speech pathology
8. Phenomenology and rehabilitation research
9. Clinical data-mining for social workers
10. Using observation as one polarity in the dynamo that is creative research
PART TWO: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES AND PRACTICES
11. Single subject experimental designs in the health sciences
12. Surveys and questionnaires in health research
13. Epidemiology in health research
14. Clinical trials: The good, the bad and the ugly
15. Understanding the reliability and validity of the clinical measurement tools used in allied health
PART THREE: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
16. Everything you wanted to know about systematic reviews but were afraid to ask
17. Evidence-based practice in physiotherapy
18 Evidenced-based health care.
PART FOUR: MIXED METHODOLOGY & COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES
19. Mixed methods and allied health professionals
20. The use of mixed methods in health research
21. Collaborative participatory research with disadvantaged communities
PART FIVE: MAKING SENSE OF DATA AND PRESENTATION
22. MAKING SENSE OF DATA AND PRESENTATION
23. Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS
24. Data analysis in quantitative research
25. How to read and make sense of statistical data
26. The end product: Presentation of qualitative and quantitative data