Health and Social Care Research Methods in Context
Applying Research to Practice
1st Edition
Published on 29. December 2021
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-367-74422-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first textbook to show how research using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods relates to improving health and social care practice.
The book shows how different research approaches are undertaken in practice and the challenges and strengths of different methodologies, thus facilitating students to make informed decisions when choosing which to use in their own research projects. The eleven chapters are each structured around different research methods and include:
A brief overview of the research and research question
Identification and overview of the research approach and associated methods selected to answer this question
The sample and recruitment, including issues and challenges
Ethical concerns
Practical issues in undertaking the research approach
Links between the research process and findings to health and social care values
Links to the full research study
Further reading
The book will be a required reading for all students of social work; social care; nursing; public health and health studies and particularly suitable for those on widening participation courses.
The book shows how different research approaches are undertaken in practice and the challenges and strengths of different methodologies, thus facilitating students to make informed decisions when choosing which to use in their own research projects. The eleven chapters are each structured around different research methods and include:
A brief overview of the research and research question
Identification and overview of the research approach and associated methods selected to answer this question
The sample and recruitment, including issues and challenges
Ethical concerns
Practical issues in undertaking the research approach
Links between the research process and findings to health and social care values
Links to the full research study
Further reading
The book will be a required reading for all students of social work; social care; nursing; public health and health studies and particularly suitable for those on widening participation courses.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
23 s/w Tabellen, 3 s/w Abbildungen, 3 s/w Zeichnungen
23 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-74422-9 (9780367744229)
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Liz Tilly is Founder and Director of Building Bridges Training, West Midlands, UK, and Senior Lecturer in Social Care, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK. Liz is strongly committed to the full inclusion of people with learning disabilities in all aspects of life and has had regular professional and social contact with people with learning disabilities for many decades.
Content
1. Introduction. 2. Using mixed methods in health and social care research. 3. Inclusive research - as a strategy for improving inclusive communities. 4. Using online surveys to capture health and social care data. 5. Using interviews and focus groups to investigate the effectiveness of mentoring in a UK healthcare trust. 6. Making sense of complexity: using thematic analysis to understand the role of the foster carer. 7. Participatory approaches to building knowledge. 8. Dialogical narrative analysis of practice-based educators' stories of student placements. 9. An ethnographic approach to researching the communication of people with severe learning disabilities 10. Exploring perceptions of professional expertise within a health and social care context. 11. Health and social care inequalities in relation to ethnicity; British South Asian men and nursing careers.