Methods for Community Public Health Research: Integrated and Engaged Approaches
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826198775 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 278 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Jessica Griffin Burke, PhD, MHS, is Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Burke successfully uses a transdisciplinary approach to her work and has over a decade of experiencing nurturing long-term partnerships with local and national academic and community colleagues. Burke has co-authored more than fifty articles and book chapters in behavioural and community health sciences. His work focuses on determining how the social services network and related clinical services can function as public health interventions. He is the author of Public Health and Aging: Maximizing Function and Well-Being (with Vicki Freedman), 2nd edition, 2010, and Assessing Quality of
"Must-have” for all community researchers in public health Jessica Burke The Burke & Albert text is a “must-have” for all community researchers in public health. It contains innovative, community-engaged research methods that are described in an easily understandable manner. Challenging the notion of the quantitative-qualitative dichotomy, the contributors include integrated research methods including. Amazon"Five Stars" according to Amazon201Five Stars Amazon2014 Wonderful!!. . Wonderful!!. 01Five Stars Amazon2014 Wonderful!!. said Five Stars. Wonderful!!
Dr. . Burke has co-authored more than fifty articles and book chapters in behavioural and community health sciences. Jessica Griffin Burke, PhD, MHS, is Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Albert, PhD, MS, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences (BCHS), Graduate School of Public Health, Unive
Eschewing the rigid distinction between qualitative and quantitative methods, this new paradigm facilitates a more fluid use of integrated methods and interdisciplinary expertise. It contains innovative, community-engaged research methods that are described in an easily understandable manner. Additionally, the authors provide examples from their research to support methodological points. With a focus on inferring meaning, the book stresses the conjoint effects of place, time, voice, organization, and scale on health outcomes. The first section on inferring meaning from numbers includes spatial analysis, agent-based models, community network analysis, and realist reviews. It pays particular attention to data collection and analysis and clearly demonstrates the intricacies of using spatial, systems, and modeling analysis for community health. Key features: Introduces a new paradigm for community public health research that integrates qualitative and quantitative methods Provides in-depth guidance about applying these new methodologies to pressing community health issues Details applications of new methods such as agent-based simulations, visual voice methods, geospatial analysis, and concept mapping Bridges the disciplines of community health and epidemiology Written for and by multidisciplinary public health scholars . Use of these new research methods will provide greater insight into how and why contextual