An essential and comprehensive guide for students and researchers in a range of health care
disciplines investigating health services health care and well-being. Professor Robert J.
Edelmann Emeritus Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology University of Roehampton UK
An invaluable resource for students researchers and practitioners from all health backgrounds
and disciplines who are involved in research to produce a robust evidence-base to inform the
development provision delivery and evaluation of healthcare services. Felicity Smith
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy Practice UCL School of Pharmacy UK The fifth edition of
'Research Methods in Health' continues to provide an excellent broad based introduction to the
subject. Virginia Berridge Professor of History and Health Policy Centre for History in
Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine UK This bestselling book
provides an accessible introduction to the concepts and practicalities of multi-disciplinary
research methods in health and health services. The new edition has updated and expanded
coverage of: .International examples terms and approaches .Epidemiology and methods of tracing
epidemics .Aging population demography and bio-demography .Evaluation and assessment of health
services .Health services research and audit including data generation .Methods of evaluating
patients' perspectives .Measuring quality of life outcomes .Health economics methods and
applications .Quantitative and qualitative research Core processes and methodologies such as
social research mixed methods literature reviewing and critical appraisal secondary data
analysis and evidence-based practice will be covered in detail. The book also looks at the
following key areas of health research: .Health needs .Morbidity and mortality trends and rates
.Costing health services .Sampling for survey research .Cross-sectional and longitudinal survey
design .Experimental methods and techniques of group assignment .Questionnaire design
.Interviewing techniques .Coding and analysis of quantitative data .Methods and analysis of
qualitative observational studies .Unstructured interviewing The book is grounded in the
author's career as a researcher on health and health service issues and the valuable
experience this has provided in meeting the challenges of research on people and organisations
in real life settings. Research Methods in Health Fifth Edition is an essential companion for
students and researchers of health and health services at all levels health clinicians and
policy-makers with responsibility for applying research findings and judging the soundness of
research. Ann Bowling is a sociologist specialising in research on ageing research methods
quality of life public and social health. She was Professor of Health Sciences at the
University of Southampton UK (2012-17) where she is now Visiting Professor. Ann was awarded
the Highly Commended book prize for the 4th edition of Research Methods in Health at the 2015
BMA Medical Book Awards.
