Table of Contents

Contents:

Introduction to the Handbook of Theory and Methods in Applied Health Research
Sarah G Brearley, Catherine Walshe

Part I Research Skills
Chapter 1. Critical Appraisal – how to examine and evaluate the research evidence
Alyson L Dodd, Siobhan Reilly, Faraz Ahmed, Carol Thomas.

Chapter 2. Literature Reviews
Nancy Preston, Helen Aveyard

Chapter 3. Developing Research Questions
Sarah G Brearley

Chapter 4. Between the institution and the field: Research ethics in health and social care
Amanda Bingley, Anne Grinyer

Part II Variety and Variation in Qualitative Research Methods
Chapter 5. Ethnography in applied health research
Michaela Edwards.

Chapter 6. An introduction to narrative research methods in health and social care
Amanda Bingley

Chapter 7. Grounded Theory Methods and Analysis: methodological revisions and practical application
Susannah Baines

Chapter 8. Phenomenology and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Craig D. Murray and David J. Wilde

Chapter 9. Using action research to implement, investigate and evaluate interventions in applied health research
John Hamilton and Sandra Varey

Chapter 10. The crossover artist: consensus methods in health research.
Saskia Jünger and Sheila Payne

Part III Variety and Variation in Quantitative Research Methods
Chapter 11. Designing and using quantitative health care questionnaires and surveys
Jane Simpson and Ian Fletcher

Chapter 12. Understanding effect and effectiveness of interventions: trials and other evaluative study designs in applied health research
Naomi Fisher, Heather Robinson

Chapter 13. Analysing Quantitative Data: Correlation and beyond
Guillermo Perez Algorta

Chapter 14. Using and Analysing Secondary Data
Anthony C. Gatrell

Part IV Contemporary Issues
Chapter 15. Using information and communication technologies for Health Research
Gerasimos Chatzidamianos and Rob J. Parker

Chapter 16. The Case for Mixed Methods in applied health research
Catherine Walshe

Chapter 17. Public Engagement in Health Research
Michelle Collins, Emma Halliday

Conclusions and Final Thoughts: Dissemination and Impact
Catherine Walshe, Sarah G Brearley

Index

About the Author

Edited by Catherine Walshe and Sarah Brearley, Division of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, UK