Action Research in Healthcare
Action Research in Healthcare

Author: Elizabeth Koshy

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2010-11-17

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1473903416

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Action Research in Healthcare is a practical guide to using research for improving practice in healthcare contexts. As an increasingly popular method of inquiry, action research is widely used in healthcare to investigate professional practice and patients' experience while simultaneously: - introducing innovations - planning, actioning and evaluating new ideas - seeking to improve patient care - working collaboratively. Taking you through the process step-by-step, Action Research in Healthcare explains how to tackle each stage of your project - from planning the study and undertaking a literature review, through to gathering and interpreting data and implementing findings. Examples of action research projects are included throughout to illustrate how the method works in practice. Action Research in Healthcare assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and is the ideal resource for anyone about to start or already involved in a project.

Action Research in Nursing and Healthcare
Action Research in Nursing and Healthcare

Author: G.R. Williamson

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2011-11-10

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1446254291

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Action Research is becoming more popular in nursing and healthcare. It is used by practitioners who want to better understand and improve the quality of their work, and by students who need to do a research project for their course. An Action Research approach enables evidence-based care and links research directly to practice, making it the ideal method for a researcher in these fields. This book introduces readers to Action Research by presenting its key concepts and backing these up with practical examples throughout, often drawn from the authors′ own extensive experience. Topics include: - Action research to advance patient care - Collaborative working - Ethics - Participatory Action Research - Writing up and disseminating projects Williamson, Bellman, and Webster - leading figures in the field - provide practical advice for using Action Research in healthcare settings, with patients and alongside other practitioners. Their book presents a flexible approach that can be adapted to researchers′ real needs.

Participatory Action Research in Health Care
Participatory Action Research in Health Care

Author: Tina Koch

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-02-18

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1405172959

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Participatory Action Research in Healthcare provides a guide toparticipatory action research in the community health setting. Itdraws upon the authors' experiences working, researching andengaging with people utilising collaborative, participatoryapproaches. The authors position participatory action research as avital, dynamic and relevant approach that can be engaged bypractitioners and health service providers. It is argued thatparticipating with people is the way to move forward towardsustainable services that evoke human flourishing. Participatory Action Research in Healthcare explores the key issuessurrounding participatory action research, and examines thebenefits of this approach for community development and healthpromotion. It includes detailed guidelines on data generation andanalysis.

Managing Change in Healthcare
Managing Change in Healthcare

Author: Paul Parkin

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2009-05-07

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1412922593

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The management of change in the context of new policy directives and agendas is a critical issue for healthcare practitioners. All professionals – not just managers - need to develop and implement new services designed to bring patients into the centre of healthcare delivery. This book looks at the leadership, interpersonal, and management skills needed to manage such change effectively within multi-professional healthcare settings.

A Handbook for Action Research in Health and Social Care
A Handbook for Action Research in Health and Social Care

Author: Carol Munn-Giddings

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1134590709

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Presents a clear, theoretical rationale for the importance and viability of action research in a variety of professional settings The book exposes the limitations of existing models of the relationships between professional theory and professional practice Contains credible case-studies of work undertaken by practioners and service-users Offers practical guidance and strategies for carrying out such work

The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research

Author: Ivy Bourgeault

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2010-08-19

Total Pages: 788

ISBN-13: 1446248461

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The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is a comprehensive and authoritative source on qualitative research methods. The Handbook compiles accessible yet vigorous academic contributions by respected academics from the fast-growing field of qualitative methods in health research and consists of: - A series of case studies in the ways in which qualitative methods have contributed to the development of thinking in fields relevant to policy and practice in health care. - A section examining the main theoretical sources drawn on by qualitative researchers. - A section on specific techniques for the collection of data. - A section exploring issues relevant to the strategic place of qualitative research in health care environments. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is an invaluable source of reference for all students, researchers and practitioners with a background in the health professions or health sciences.

Action Research and Reflective Practice
Action Research and Reflective Practice

Author: Paul McIntosh

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-01-21

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1135281637

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Exploring the tension between the use of evidence-based practice, based upon the ‘solidity’ of research, and reflection with its subjectivity and personal perception, this book argues that reflection is research.

Action Research
Action Research

Author: Jean McNiff

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-22

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1134600844

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Since the first edition of this established text was published in 1988, action research has gained ground as a popular method amongst educational researchers, and in particular for practising teachers doing higher-level courses. In this new edition Jean McNiff provides updates on methodological discussions and includes new sections of case study material and information on supporting action research. The book raises issues about how action research is theorised, whether it is seen as a spectator discipline or as a real life practice, and how practitioners position themselves within the debate. It discusses the importance for educators of understanding their own work and showing how their educative influence can lead to the development of good orders in formal and informal learning settings and in the wider community. This second edition comes at a time when, after years of debate over what counts as action research, it is now considered an acceptable and useful part of mainstream research practice.

Understanding and Using Health Experiences
Understanding and Using Health Experiences

Author: Sue Ziebland

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-04-04

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 0199665370

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Improving patient experience is a global priority for health policy-makers and care providers. This book critically examines the various ways in which people's experience of health and healthcare can be recorded, analysed and therefore improved.

Qualitative Research in Health Care
Qualitative Research in Health Care

Author: Catherine Pope

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-02-03

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1119410835

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Provides the essential information that health care researchers and health professionals need to understand the basics of qualitative research Now in its fourth edition, this concise, accessible, and authoritative introduction to conducting and interpreting qualitative research in the health care field has been fully revised and updated. Continuing to introduce the core qualitative methods for data collection and analysis, this new edition also features chapters covering newer methods which are becoming more widely used in the health research field; examining the role of theory, the analysis of virtual and digital data, and advances in participatory approaches to research. Qualitative Research in Health Care, 4th Edition looks at the interface between qualitative and quantitative research in primary mixed method studies, case study research, and secondary analysis and evidence synthesis. The book further offers chapters covering: different research designs, ethical issues in qualitative research; interview, focus group and observational methods; and documentary and conversation analysis. A succinct, and practical guide quickly conveying the essentials of qualitative research Updated with chapters on new and increasingly used methods of data collection including digital and web research Features new examples and up-to-date references and further reading The fourth edition of Qualitative Research in Health Care is relevant to health care professionals, researchers and students in health and related disciplines.