Integrated Research Methods In Public Health

Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv About the Companion Website xvii 1 MODULE 1: SETTING THE STAGE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH 1 Section 1: Fundamental Concepts in Research 2 Introduction 2 Section 2: Research Study Design Framework 20 Section 3: Conducting The Literature Review 34 References 52 2 MODULE 2: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH 55 Section 1: Basic Principles of Quantitative Research 56 Introduction 56 Step 2A: Designing and Implementing the Research Study 66 Step 2B: Designing and Implementing the Research Study 89 Step 2C: Designing and Implementing the Research Study 102 Step 2D: Designing and Implementing the Research Study 108 Step 3: Pulling It All Together: An Overview of Grant Writing 121 References 133 MODULE 2: RESOURCES 137 Introduction 137 3 MODULE 3: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 149 Section 1: Introduction to Qualitative Research 150 Introduction 150 PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS 151 Section 2: Conceptualizing A Qualitative Research Study 163 Section 3: Designing and Implementing a Qualitative Research Study 180 References 218 4 MODULE 4: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY—MIXED METHODS APPROACHES 223 Introduction 223 Section 1: Mixed Methods Design 224 Section 2: The Two Paradigms—Mixed Methods Research Methods Designing the Research Study 243 Section 3: Case Study—Embedded Mixed Methods Design 264 References 292 5 MODULE 5: WRITING AND DISSEMINATING THE RESEARCH FINDINGS 295 Section 1: Writing the Research Report 296 Introduction 296 Section 2: Disseminating the Report to Academic Audiences 309 Section 3: Disseminating The Report To Nonacademic Audiences 326 References 339 INDEX