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Public health research methods / [edited by] Greg Guest and Emily E. Namey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2015.Description: xlii, 785 p. : Illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781452241333 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1 23 G936
Contents:
Introduction to public health research methods / Greg Guest -- Designing research / Heidi Reynolds and Greg Guest -- Research ethics and working with institutional review boards / Amy Corneli and David Borasky -- Community engagement in public health research / Dázon Dixon Diallo and Paula Frew -- In focus : Community-based participatory research / Karen Hacker and Greg Guest -- Public health surveillance : from data to action / Donna F. Stroup, Steven B. Thacker, and C. Kay Smith -- Outbreak investigation / Douglas H. Hamilton -- Cohort and case-control studies / Lee Warner and Deborah Dee -- Designing randomized controlled trials / Theresa Gamble, Danielle Haley, Raymond Buck and Nirupama Sista -- Using secondary data / Sarah Boslaugh -- Economics of population health / Emma McIntosh, Lyndal Bond, Cam Donaldson, Kenny Lawson and Helen Mason -- In focus : cost analysis for interventions / Rick Homan -- Health services research / Heidi Reynolds -- Survey design and implementation / Kathy Hageman, Andrea Kim, Travis Sanchez, and Jeanne Bertolli -- Scale development and validation / Glenn Gamst, Lawrence S. Meyers, Holly McClain Burke, A.J. Guarino -- Social network analysis : methods and applications in public health / Elizabeth Costenbader and Thomas Valente -- Qualitative research methods / Emily Namey and Robert Trotter II -- Randomized controlled trials for psychosocial interventions / Phyllis Solomon and Mary Cavanaugh -- Sampling : the foundation of good research / Johnnie Daniel -- Statistical methods in public health research / Mark Weaver -- Mixed methods research / Greg Guest and Paul Fleming -- In focus : using vignettes in public health research / Paul Fleming and Michael Stalker -- Geographic information systems (GIS) in public health / Candace Nykiforuk -- Public health 2.0 : fresh approaches to old problems / Hans Ossebaard and Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen -- In focus : mobile and digital data collection in the field / Mitesh Thakkar, Nikhil Wilmink, Rachna Nag Chowdhuri, and Sruthi Chandrasekaran -- Enhancing research utilization / Hans C. Ossebaard and Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen -- In focus : Mobile data collection techniques / Mitesh Thakkar, Nikhil Wilmink, Rachna Nag Chowdhuri, and Sruthi Chandrasekaran -- Enhancing research utilization / Jeffery C. Peterson and Angie M. Funaiole -- Implementation science : identifying the path from innovation to impact / Temina Madon -- Appendix -- Author index -- Subject index.
Summary: Providing a comprehensive foundation for planning, executing, and monitoring public health research of all types, this book goes beyond traditional epidemiologic research designs to cover technology-based approaches emerging in the new public health landscape.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction to public health research methods / Greg Guest --
Designing research / Heidi Reynolds and Greg Guest --
Research ethics and working with institutional review boards / Amy Corneli and David Borasky --
Community engagement in public health research / Dázon Dixon Diallo and Paula Frew --
In focus : Community-based participatory research / Karen Hacker and Greg Guest --
Public health surveillance : from data to action / Donna F. Stroup, Steven B. Thacker, and C. Kay Smith --
Outbreak investigation / Douglas H. Hamilton --
Cohort and case-control studies / Lee Warner and Deborah Dee --
Designing randomized controlled trials / Theresa Gamble, Danielle Haley, Raymond Buck and Nirupama Sista --
Using secondary data / Sarah Boslaugh --
Economics of population health / Emma McIntosh, Lyndal Bond, Cam Donaldson, Kenny Lawson and Helen Mason --
In focus : cost analysis for interventions / Rick Homan --
Health services research / Heidi Reynolds --
Survey design and implementation / Kathy Hageman, Andrea Kim, Travis Sanchez, and Jeanne Bertolli --
Scale development and validation / Glenn Gamst, Lawrence S. Meyers, Holly McClain Burke, A.J. Guarino --
Social network analysis : methods and applications in public health / Elizabeth Costenbader and Thomas Valente --
Qualitative research methods / Emily Namey and Robert Trotter II --
Randomized controlled trials for psychosocial interventions / Phyllis Solomon and Mary Cavanaugh --
Sampling : the foundation of good research / Johnnie Daniel --
Statistical methods in public health research / Mark Weaver --
Mixed methods research / Greg Guest and Paul Fleming --
In focus : using vignettes in public health research / Paul Fleming and Michael Stalker --
Geographic information systems (GIS) in public health / Candace Nykiforuk --
Public health 2.0 : fresh approaches to old problems / Hans Ossebaard and Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen --
In focus : mobile and digital data collection in the field / Mitesh Thakkar, Nikhil Wilmink, Rachna Nag Chowdhuri, and Sruthi Chandrasekaran --
Enhancing research utilization / Hans C. Ossebaard and Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen --
In focus : Mobile data collection techniques / Mitesh Thakkar, Nikhil Wilmink, Rachna Nag Chowdhuri, and Sruthi Chandrasekaran --
Enhancing research utilization / Jeffery C. Peterson and Angie M. Funaiole --
Implementation science : identifying the path from innovation to impact / Temina Madon --
Appendix --
Author index --
Subject index.

Providing a comprehensive foundation for planning, executing, and monitoring public health research of all types, this book goes beyond traditional epidemiologic research designs to cover technology-based approaches emerging in the new public health landscape.

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