Research methods in health : foundations for evidence-based practice / edited by Pranee Liamputtong.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Methods and principles : -- 1. The Science of Words and the Science of Numbers -- 2. Getting started: Designing and planning a research project -- 3. What is Ethical Research? -- Part II. Qualitative approaches and practices : -- 4. The In-depth Interviewing Method in Health -- 5. Focus Groups in Health Research -- 6. Narrative Enquiry and Health Research -- 7. Ethnography as Health Research -- 8. Grounded Theory in Health Research -- 9. Phenomenology and Rehabilitation Research -- 10. Clinical Data-mining as Practice-based Evidence -- Part III. Quantitative approaches and practices : -- 11. Measure Twice, Cut Once: Reliability and Validity of Clinical Measurement Tools -- 12. Single-subject Experimental Designs in Health Research -- 13. Surveys and Questionnaires in Health Research -- 14. How Do We Know What We Know? Epidemiology in Health Research -- 15. Clinical Trials: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- Part IV. Evidence-based practice and systematic reviews : -- 16. Evidence-based Health Care -- 17. Evidence-based Practice in Therapeutic Health Care -- 18. Metasynthesis in Health Care Research -- 19. Everything You Wanted to Know about Systematic Reviews -- Part V. Mixed methods research : -- 20. Integrated Methods in Health Research -- 21. The Use of Mixed Methods in Health Research -- 22. Collaborative Participatory Research with Disadvantaged Communities -- Part VI. Making sense of and presenting data : -- 23. Making Sense of Qualitative Data -- 24. Computer- Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) -- 25. Data Analysis in Quantitative Research -- 26. How to Read and Make Sense of Statistical Data -- 27. Writing and Appraising Research Reports.