{"product_id":"research-methods-in-community-medicine-isbn-9780470986615","title":"Research Methods in Community Medicine","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA simple and systematic guide to the planning and performance of investigations concerned with health and disease and with health care\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers researchers help in choosing a topic and to think about shaping objectives and ideas and to link these with the appropriate choice of method\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFully updated with new sections on the use of the Web and computer programmes freely available in the planning, performance or analysis of studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. First steps 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Types of investigation 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Stages of an investigation 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Formulating the objectives 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The objectives of evaluative studies 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The study population 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Control groups 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Sampling 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Selecting cases and controls for case-control studies 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The variables 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Defining the variables 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Definitions of diseases 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Scales of measurement 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Composite scales 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Methods of collecting data 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Reliability 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Validity 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Interviews and self-administered questionnaires 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Constructing a questionnaire 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Surveying the opinions of a panel: consensus methods 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The use of documentary sources 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Planning the records 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Planning the handling of data 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Pretests and other preparations 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Collecting the data 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Statistical analysis 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Interpreting the findings 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Making sense of associations 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Application of the study findings 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Writing a report 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Rapid epidemiological methods 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Clinical trials 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Programme trials 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. Community-oriented primary care 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. Using the Web for health research 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A Community appraisal: a checklist 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B Random numbers 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C Free computer programs 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 407 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ.H. Abramson\u003c\/b\u003e, Emeritus Professor of Social Medicine, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of five previous editions of the formerly titled \u003ci\u003eSurvey Methods in Community Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaking Sense of Data\u003c\/i\u003e with OUP. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZ.H. Abramson\u003c\/b\u003e, Beit Hakerem Community Clinic (Clalit Health Services) and Department of Family Medicine, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e This is the sixth edition of Survey Methods in Community Medicine, which has established itself as a standard guide to the design, conduct, and analysis of studies concerned with health, disease, and health care. \u003cp\u003eIt is written for students and practitioners of community medicine and public health (epidemiologists, family physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and others) who are interested in planning investigations of groups and populations, such as health surveys, cohort studies, comparisons of cases and controls, prophylactic and therapeutic trials, and other epidemiological and evaluative research.  The book may also be helpful to non-researchers who wish to enhance their capacity for the judicious appraisal of medical literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is a step by step guide to the design, conduct and analysis of these studies, and assumes little prior knowledge, but has copious notes and references for the benefit of readers who wish to learn more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition has been revised and updated throughout, with the addition of -\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new chapter on the use of the Web in health research.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA guide to free computer programs for use in the planning, performance, and analysis of studies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989947367653,"sku":"NP9780470986615","price":102.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470986615.jpg?v=1761785997","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/research-methods-in-community-medicine-isbn-9780470986615","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}