Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences
Year: 2018

Volume One Philosophical Foundations Methodological Frameworks Research methods in Health and social science: An introduction Part 1: Introduction to Research Approaches Chapter 1: The nature of qualitative research (nature, sampling, trustworthiness, reflexivity, its criticism) Chapter 2: The nature of quantitative research (nature, sampling, validity reliability, its criticism) Part 2: Philosophical Foundations Methodological Frameworks Chapter 3: Ontology and epistemology Chapter 4: Positivism and realism Chapter 5: Ethnography (including critical ethnography) Chapters 6: Phenomenology Chapter 7: Symbolic interactionism Chapter 8: Grounded theory Chapter 9: Hermeneutics Chapter 10: Feminism Chapter 11: Postmodernism Chapter 12: Participatory research Chapter 13: Case study research Chapter 14: Ethnomethodology Chapter 15: Indigenist and decolonising research methodology Chapter 16: Evaluation research Chapter 17: Translational research Part 3: Ethics, politics and Research Chapter 18: Ethics and research Chapter 19: Politics in research Chapter 20: Research proposals and successful grant applications Means for Data  Research Methods Part 1: Qualitative Approaches and Practices Chapter 1: In depth interviewing method Chapter 2: Focus group method Chapter 3: Narrative research Chapter 4: Oral/life history Chapter 5: Ethnographic method Chapter 6: Institutional and focused ethnography Chapter 7: Doing grounded theory research Chapter 8: Unobtrusive methods Chapter 9: Autoethnography Chapter 10: Participatory action research and Community based participation Chapter 11: Memory work Part 2: Quantitative Approaches and Practices Chapter 12: Surveys and questionnaires Chapter 13: Structured observation method Chapter 14: Epidemiology Chapter 15: Single subject experimental designs Chapter 16: Randomised controlled trials Chapter 17: Measurement issues Part 3: Multi, Mixed Methodology and Collaborative Research Chapter 18: Integrated methods in research Chapter 19: The use of multi methods in research Chapter 20: The use of mixed methods in research Chapter 21: Rapid appraisal method Chapter 22: The Delphi method Chapter 23: Q methodology Data Analysis, Systematic Review, and Representation of Research Data Part 1: Making Sense of Data Chapter 1: Transcribing and coding of qualitative data. Chapter 2: Content analysis Chapter 3: Thematic analysis Chapter 4: Critical discourse/discourse analysis Chapter 5: Narrative analysis Chapter 6: Conversational analysis/dialogical (analysing talk) Chapter 7: Computer assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS) Chapter 8: Using diagrams to support research process Chapter 9: Data analysis in quantitative research Chapter 10: Using SPSS/STATA programmes Chapter 11: Network analysis Part 2: Systematic Review Chapter 12: Metasynthesis of qualitative research Chapter 13: Systematic reviews Part 3: Representation of Research Findings  Traditional/academic presentation of research findings Chapter 15: Innovative ways of research dissemination (eg. dance, short story, poem) Chapter 16: Using cartoons to disseminate research findings Chapter 17: Theatre/drama and dissemination of research findings Chapter 18: Autoethnographic representation Chapter 19: Evaluation of published evidence (qualitative quantitative evaluation)