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Qualitative Methods in Public Health: A Field Guide for Applied Research (Jossey-Bass Public Health)
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Product Description Qualitative Methods in Public Health: A Field Guide for Applied Research, 2nd Edition provides a practical orientation to conducting effective qualitative research in the public health sphere. With thorough examination and simple explanations, this book guides you through the logic and workflow of qualitative approaches, with step-by-step guidance on every phase of the research. Students learn how to identify and make use of theoretical frameworks to guide your study, design the study to answer specific questions, and achieve their research goals.Data collection, analysis, and interpretation are given close attention as the backbone of a successful study, and expert insight on reporting and dissemination helps you get your work noticed. This second edition features new examples from global health, including case studies specifically illustrating study design, web and mobile technologies, mixed methods, and new innovations in information dissemination. Pedagogical tools have been added to help enhance your understanding of research design and implementation, and extensive appendices show you how these concepts work in practice.Qualitative research is a powerful tool for public health, but it's very easy to get it wrong. Careful study design and data management are critical, and it's important to resist drawing conclusions that the data cannot support. This book shows you how to conduct high-quality qualitative research that stands up to review. From the Inside Flap THE NEW EDITION OF THE REAL-WORLD GUIDE TO CONDUCTING RIGOROUS QUALITATIVE RESEARCHThe revised and updated second edition of Qualitative Methods in Public Health: A Field Guide for Applied Research offers faculty, practitioners, and students a comprehensive handbook to conducting effective qualitative research in the public health arena. The text contains thorough reviews and accessible explanations of the rationale and workflow of the qualitative approaches presented. Step-by-step, the authors give clear-cut instructions on every phase of the research process including: focusing on a theory, study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, writing, and dissemination. New to the second edition is a wealth of examples and applications from global health experts, cases specifically illustrating study design, web and mobile technologies, ideas for the mixing of methods, and recent innovations in dissemination. In addition, each chapter offers pedagogical tools to enrich teaching and learning. Qualitative Methods in Public Health, Second Edition presents: Guidelines for creating powerful qualitative studies and collecting the appropriate dataExamples that show how to accurately transform data into wordsLessons for merging qualitative and quantitative data that tell the whole storyIdeas for mastering the logistics of consent, interviews, focus groups, and moreFilled with practical strategies and approaches for employing qualitative research, the second edition of Qualitative Methods in Public Health is a must-have resource. From the Back Cover THE NEW EDITION OF THE REAL-WORLD GUIDE TO CONDUCTING RIGOROUS QUALITATIVE RESEARCHThe revised and updated second edition of Qualitative Methods in Public Health: A Field Guide for Applied Research offers faculty, practitioners, and students a comprehensive handbook to conducting effective qualitative research in the public health arena. The text contains thorough reviews and accessible explanations of the rationale and workflow of the qualitative approaches presented. Step-by-step, the authors give clear-cut instructions on every phase of the research process including: focusing on a theory, study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, writing, and dissemination. New to the second edition is a wealth of examples and applications from global health experts, cases specifically illustrating study design, web and mobile technologies, ideas for the mixing of methods, and r
