Research Methods in Health is an introductory text that shows students different research techniques and how they are of value to the health professions. The text assumes no prior knowledge and is written in an appealing student-friendly style using examples and practitioner vignettes to demonstrate the relevance of research to health care practice.

Table of Contents

Part I Methods and Principles 1. The Science of Words and the Science of Numbers: Research Methods as Foundations for Evidence-based Practice in Health 2. What is Ethical Research? Part II Qualitative Approaches and Practices 3. The In-depth Interviewing Method in Health 4. Focus Groups in Health Research 5. Narrative Enquiry and Health Research 6. Ethnography as Health Research 7. Using Grounded Theory in Health Research 8. Phenomenology and Rehabilitation Research 9. Using Clinical Data-mining as Practice-based Evidence 10. 'Clear at a Distance, Jumbled up Close': Observation, Immersion and Reflection in the Process that is Creative Research Part III Quantitative Approaches and Practices 11. Measure Twice, Cut Once: Understanding the Reliability and Validity of the Clinical Measurement Tools Used in Health Research 12. Single-subject Experimental Designs in Health Research 13. Surveys and Questionnaires in Health Research 14. How Do We Know What We Know? Epidemiology in Health Research 15. Clinical Trials: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Part IV Evidence-based Practice and Systematic Review 16. Evidence-based Health Care 17. Evidence-based Practice in Therapeutic Health Care 18. Everything You Wanted to Know about Systematic Reviews but Were Afraid to Ask Part V Mixed Methodology and Collaborative Practices 19. Integrated Methods in Health Research 20. The Use of Mixed Methods in Health Research 331 21. Collaborative Participatory Research with Disadvantaged Communities Part VI Making Sense of Data and Presentation 22. Making Sense of Qualitative Data 23. Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) 24. Data Analysis in Quantitative Research 25. How to Read and Make Sense of Statistical Data 26. Presentation of Research Findings: Writing a Qualitative and Quantitative Research Report