Saks and Allsop's Researching Health offers a comprehensive introduction to research methods for health care students and practitioners. The new third edition includes important theoretical updates, and further international content, with contributors from the UK, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Canada, and Spain, covering a number of specialisms and providing perspectives on core topics.
There are 6 NEW chapters on:
Principles of Health Research
Methods of Sampling in Qualitative Health Research
Qualitative Data Analysis and Health Research
Researching Health Care Management Using Secondary Data
Online Research in Health
Disseminating and Evaluating Health Research
The book is supported by case studies, end-of-chapter exercises, annotated further reading, and access to online resources for both students and lecturers, consisting of SAGE journal articles, web links, PowerPoint slides, and teaching notes for each chapter.
Part I: Conducting Health Research
Chapter 1: Introduction to Researching Health - Mike Saks and Judith Allsop
Chapter 2: Principles of Health Research - Judith Allsop and Mike Saks
Chapter 3: Strategies for Health Research - Judith Allsop
Chapter 4: Doing a Literature Review in Health - Kathryn Jones
Part II: Qualitative Methods and Health
Chapter 5: Methods of Sampling in Qualitative Health Research - Lara Maestripieri, Arianna Radin and Elena Spina
Chapter 6: Using Documents in Health Research - Andy Alaszewski
Chapter 7: Unstructured and Semi-structured Interviews in Health Research - Jacqueline Low
Chapter 8: Participant Observation in Health Research - David Hughes
Chapter 9: The Use of Focus Groups in Health Research - Judith Green
Chapter 10: Action Research and Health - Heather Waterman
Chapter 11: Qualitative Data Analysis in Health Research - Miwako Hosoda
Part III: Quantitative Methods and Health
Chapter 12: Methods of Sampling in Quantitative Health Research - Nichola Shackleton, Martin Von Randow and Lara Greaves
Chapter 13: Quantitative Survey Methods in Health Research - Michael Calnan
Chapter 14: Randomized Controlled Trials - George Lewith and Paul Little
Chapter 15: Experimental Methods in Health Research - A. Niroshan Siriwardena
Chapter 16: The Use of Economics in Health Research - Steve Parrott and Alan Maynard
Chapter 17: Quantitative Data Analysis - George Argyrous
Chapter 18: Researching Health Care Management Using Secondary Data - Ian Kirkpatrick and Gianluca Veronesi
Part IV: Issues in Health Research
Chapter 19: Ethics in Health Research - Priscilla Alderson
Chapter 20: Identity and Health Research - Teresa Carvalho and Tiago Correia
Chapter 21: Public Involvement in Health Research - Anneliese Synnot
Chapter 22: Comparative Health Research - Viola Burau
Chapter 23: Interdisciplinary Research in Health Care - Paul Williams and Janet Lum
Chapter 24: Mixed Methods in Health Research - Jonathan Tritter
Chapter 25: Online Research in Health - Denis Anthony
Part V: Applying Health Research
Chapter 26: Health Research: Proposals, Planning and Writing Up - Judith Allsop and Mike Saks
Chapter 27: Disseminating and Evaluating Health Research - Mike Saks and Judith Allsop
