Synthesizing Qualitative and Quantitative Health Research: A Guide to Methods

Neuausgabe 2007
ISBN: 978-0-335-21956-8
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 335 g

Reihe: Guide to Methods

Every year a vast number of research studies and a myriad of other forms of ‘evidence’ are produced that have potential to inform policy and practice. Synthesis provides a way of bringing together diverse kinds of evidence to bridge the so called ‘gap’ between evidence and policy. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the range of approaches and methods available for synthesising qualitative and quantitative evidence and a detailed explanation of why this is important. It does this by: - Looking at the different types of review and examining the place of synthesis in reviews for policy and management decision making - Describing the process of conducting and interpreting syntheses - Suggesting questions which can be used to assess the quality of a synthesis Synthesising Qualitative and Quantitative Health Evidence is essential reading for students and professional researchers who need to assemble and synthesise findings and insights from multiple sources. It is also relevant to policy makers and practitioners in the field of health, and those working in other areas of social and public policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pope, Catherine

Mays, Nick

Mays, Nicholas

Popay, Jennie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the authors

Preface

Acknowledgements PART 1 The evidence review process

Different types of evidence review

Stages in reviewing evidence systematically PART 2 Methods for evidence synthesis

Quantitative approaches to evidence synthesis
Interpretive approaches to evidence synthesis

Mixed approaches to evidence synthesis PART 3 The product of evidence synthesis
Organising and presenting evidence synthesis

Using evidence reviews for policy and decision-making
Approaches and assessment: choosing different methods andconsidering quality Useful reading

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mays, Nicholas
Nick Mays is Professor of Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Cathy Pope has been Senior Research Fellow in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton since August 2003. Prior to this she worked as Lecturer in Medical Sociology in the University of Bristol medical school (1999-2003) and University of Leicester medical school (1994-1999). She co-edited, with Nicholas Mays, a popular introductory text, Qualitative Research in Health Care (2nd edition 1999, BMJ Books).Nicholas Mays has been Professor of Health Policy in the Health Services Research Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine since May 2003. Before joining the School he worked in the Social Policy Branch of the NZ Treasury, at the King’s Fund where he was director of health services research, at the Queen’s University of Belfast, at the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals and in the NHS.Jennie Popay is Professor of Sociology and Public Health, Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster. Her research interests include social and gender inequalities in health, the sociology of knowledge (with particular emphasis on lay knowledge about health and illness) and the evaluation of complex social interventions and she has published widely on these subjects. She is currently a commissioner and vice chair of Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.