UID:
edocfu_9961420887102883
Format:
1 online resource (785 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
1-4833-1142-2
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1-4833-5587-X
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1-4833-9883-8
Content:
A comprehensive collection of research methods used in the field of public health this text provides researchers, and future researchers, with an up-to-date and comprehensive set of tools to investigate public health issues and problems, to ultimately better inform public health policy and practice. The contents of this book go beyond traditional epidemiologic approaches and cover the various research methods and technologies that are emerging in the new public health landscape.
Note:
PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH METHODS-FRONT COVER -- PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH METHODS -- BRIEF CONTENTS -- DETAILED CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH METHODS -- PART I: PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 2: DESIGNING RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH ETHICS AND WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS -- CHAPTER 4: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH -- IN FOCUS: COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH -- PART II: TRADITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS AND DESIGNS -- CHAPTER 5: PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND RESEARCH: FROM DATA TO ACTION -- CHAPTER 6: OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION -- CHAPTER 7: COHORT AND CASE-CONTROL STUDIES -- CHAPTER 8: DESIGNING RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS -- PART III: STRUCTURAL AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 9: USING SECONDARY DATA -- CHAPTER 10: ECONOMICS OF POPULATION HEALTH -- IN FOCUS: COST ANALYSIS FOR INTERVENTIONS -- CHAPTER 11: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH -- PART IV: BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 12: SURVEY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION -- CHAPTER 13: SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION -- CHAPTER 14: SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH -- CHAPTER 15: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS -- CHAPTER 16: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS -- PART V: CROSS-CUTTING METHODS AND APPROACHES -- CHAPTER 17: SAMPLING: THE FOUNDATION OF GOOD RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 18: STATISTICAL METHODS IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 19: MIXED METHODS RESEARCH -- IN FOCUS: USING VIGNETTES IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 20: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC HEALTH -- CHAPTER 21: PUBLIC HEALTH 2.0: FRESH APPROACHES TO OLD PROBLEMS -- IN FOCUS: MOBILE DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES -- PART VI: APPLYING RESEARCH FINDINGS -- CHAPTER 22: ENHANCING RESEARCH UTILIZATION.
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CHAPTER 23: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE: IDENTIFYING THE PATH FROM INNOVATION TO IMPACT -- APPENDIX: THEORIES AND MODELS IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4522-4133-3
Language:
English
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