Eyler Amy A. Research Methods for Public Health

Springer Publishing Company, 2021. — 275 p. — ISBN 978-0-8261-8205-0.Research Methods for Public Health provides foundational knowledge and practical guidance for all steps in the research process using public health examples and real-world applications to reinforce all concepts. It covers everything students need to have a firm basis on how to design public health research, how to collect and manage data using a variety of study designs and methods, and how to share research results. Foundational topics such as searching the literature, finding gaps, formulating research questions, operationalization and measurement, sampling, budgeting for research studies, summarizing and visualizing data, disseminating results and more are explained in clear and accessible prose. The textbook emphasizes skills including question development, survey design and implementation, qualitative methodology, mixed methods research, how to record and analyze quantitative and qualitative data, and how to use secondary data. Regardless of whether you are starting your scientific research career path, or are on track to become a public health practitioner, or plan on becoming a health policymaker, this textbook provides an authoritative introduction to research and its importance on improving public health practice for everyone entering the field. Richly illustrated and with an abundance of helpful tables, boxes, and practical public health case studies and examples, this textbook contains the core principles, concepts, and knowledge of how to design, plan, evaluate, and disseminate public health research. Research Methods for Public Health comes with a full Instructor package including PowerPoints, test banks, and an Instructor’s Manual with detailed classroom activities, CEPH competency mapping, and more.Public Health Research Basics
The Importance of Research in Public Health
Literature Search and Research-Question Development
Ethics in Public Health Research
Research Details and Design
Operationalization and Measurement
Sampling
Quantitative Study Designs: Experimental Free
Quantitative Study Designs: Nonexperimental
Developing Budgets and Timelines for Research Studies
Quantitative Research
Quantitative Data Collection
Quantitative Data Analysis
Qualitative Research
Qualitative Study Designs
Qualitative Data Collection
Qualitative Data Analysis
Visualizing, Messaging, and Disseminating Results
Summarizing and Visualizing Data
Disseminating Research Results