Research Methods in Health

Part I Methods and Principles1. The Science of Words and the Science of Numbers: Research Methods as Foundations for Evidence-based Practice in Health2. What is Ethical Research?Part II Qualitative Approaches and Practices3. The In-depth Interviewing Method in Health4. Focus Groups in Health Research5. Narrative Enquiry and Health Research6. Ethnography as Health Research7. Using Grounded Theory in Health Research8. Phenomenology and Rehabilitation Research9. Using Clinical Data-mining as Practice-based Evidence10. 'Clear at a Distance, Jumbled up Close': Observation, Immersion and Reflection in the Process that is Creative ResearchPart III Quantitative Approaches and Practices11. Measure Twice, Cut Once: Understanding the Reliability and Validity of the Clinical Measurement Tools Used in Health Research12. Single-subject Experimental Designs in Health Research13. Surveys and Questionnaires in Health Research14. How Do We Know What We Know? Epidemiology in Health Research15. Clinical Trials: The Good, the Bad and the UglyPart IV Evidence-based Practice and Systematic Review16. Evidence-based Health Care17. Evidence-based Practice in Therapeutic Health Care18. Everything You Wanted to Know about Systematic Reviews but Were Afraid to AskPart V Mixed Methodology and Collaborative Practices19. Integrated Methods in Health Research20. The Use of Mixed Methods in Health Research 33121. Collaborative Participatory Research with Disadvantaged CommunitiesPart VI Making Sense of Data and Presentation22. Making Sense of Qualitative Data23. Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS)24. Data Analysis in Quantitative Research25. How to Read and Make Sense of Statistical Data26. Presentation of Research Findings: Writing a Qualitative and Quantitative Research Report