Applied Health Research Manual

This Handbook expertly instructs the reader on how to conduct applied health research across a number of disciplines. Particularly aimed at postgraduate health researchers and students of applied health research, it presents and explains a wide range of research designs and other contemporary issues in applied health research.

This volume focuses on a number of important problem areas and issues, such as vaccination, reproductive health and AIDS, equity and community health financing, self-care and the use and distribution of pharmaceuticals, that confront health professionals and health planners. Public health staff at different levels are involved in providing health education and primary health care and are confronted with difficulties related to the socio-cultural context in which they work as they implement health programs. Anita Hardon is professor of anthropology of care and health, University of Amsterdam and dean of the Amsterdam School of Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam. Pimpawun Boonmongkon is assistant professor of Medical Anthropology at Mahidol University in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Pieter Streefland is senior research fellow at the Royal Tropical Institute, full professor of applied development sociology, and professor of master medical anthropology and sociology, University of Amsterdam. Michael Lim Tan is medical anthropologist and lecturer, University of the Philippines, and director of Health Action Information Network. Thavitong Hongvivatana is professor of medical social science and director of the Center for Health Policy Studies, Mahidol University in Nakhon Pathom. Sjaak van der Geest is professor of medical anthropology, University of Amsterdam. Anneloes van Staa is medical doctor and medical anthropologist, and lecturer, Institute of Health Policy and Management at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Corlien Varkevisser is a medical sociologist-anthropologist professor emeritus in Health System Research, University of Amsterdam. Cecilia Acuin, M.D., F.P.A.F.P, Department of Family Medicine of the De La Salle University in Manila. Mushtaque Chowdhury is visiting professor, Columbia University and deputy executive director of the research and evaluation division of BRAC in Bangladesh. Abbas Bhuiya is head of the Social and Behavioural Sciences Programme, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. Luechai Sringeryuang is associate professor of medical anthropology, Mahidol University in Nakhon Pathom. Els van Dongen is associate professor in medical anthropology, University of Amsterdam. Trudie Gerrits is a medical anthropologist and research fellow, Amsterdam School of Social Science Research.

Provides a very practical and step-by-step guide to collecting and managing qualitative data,

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.

This book ultimately aims to answer the questions students have about research in a no nonsense style and can be used as a guide to the main methodologies and tools used in the field.

The Research Handbook for Health Care Professionals is theessential guide to the entire research process for students andpractitioners alike. From conceiving an idea for a project towriting up the findings for publication, the book offers anoverview of each stage plus hints and tips, recommendations forfurther reading and examples spanning a wide range of healthprofessions. The book comprises three sections: Getting Started, Doing YourResearch and Writing Up and Dissemination, and includes chapters onkey topics such as formulating your research question, writing theinitial research protocol, application for ethical approval,research governance, collecting your data, research methods andpreparing a poster for a conference.

Handbook of Health Research Methods is an essential tool for researchers and postgraduate students taking masters courses, or undertaking doctoral programmes, in health services evaluation, health sciences, health management, public health, nursing, sociology, socio-biology, medicine and epidemiology. However, the book also appeals to health professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge of research methods in order to make effective policy and practice decisions.