Research Methods in Health Promotion - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787976792 ISBN 13: 9780787976798

Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2006

Synopsis

Research Methods in Health Promotion provides students (advanced undergraduate and graduate students) and practitioners with basic knowledge and skills regarding the design, implementation, analysis, and interpretation of research in the field of health promotion. Taking the perspective that research involves a predetermined series of well-defined steps, the book presents these steps in a sequential format.

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From the Back Cover

A THOROUGHLY UPDATED EDITION OF THE BESTSELLING GUIDE TO HEALTH PROMOTION AND RESEARCH

Research Methods in Health Promotion provides students and practitioners with essential knowledge and skills regarding the design, implementation, analysis, and interpretation of research in the field of health promotion. This book presents an easy-to-follow, complete approach to research.

In this Second Edition, the authors have updated their popular text with new content and features that make Research Methods in Health Promotion more engaging, more relevant, and more comprehensive. Updates include:

• New chapters on community-based participatory research, large-scale surveys, and qualitative data analysis
• Recent examples and cases encompassing all levels of health promotion, from individual to structural
• New pictures, graphics, chapter previews, and definitions of key concepts to enhance the learning experience
• Renewed emphasis on global health promotion and the integration of public health with environmental health
• Expanded content related to new sampling methods, various types of triangulation, and cost-benefit analysis

Research Methods in Health Promotion presents information in a clear, readable way, keeping jargon to a minimum and encouraging readers to reinforce what they have learned by considering discussion and practice questions. The result is a demystification of research methods that anyone in the field of health promotion will find indispensable.

About the Author

Richard A. Crosby is an associate professor in the Department of Health Behavior in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky. Crosby received his B.A. degree (1981) in school health education from the University of Kentucky and his M.A. degree (1984) in health education from Central Michigan University. His Ph.D. degree (1998) is in health behavior and is from Indiana University.
Crosby was formerly an assistant professor at the Rollins School of Public Health, and previous to that appointment he was a Fellow of the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine. He currently teaches graduate courses in public health and research methods. Crosby’s research interests include development and application of behavioral theory to health promotion, particularly in adolescent and young adult populations. He is primarily involved in health promotion practice and research that contributes to reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, especially infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. Also affiliated with the Rural Center for AIDS and STD Prevention, Crosby has published numerous journal articles that report empirical findings relevant to the sexual risk behaviors of adolescents and adults.

Ralph J. DiClemente is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health and associate director, Emory Center for AIDS Research. He holds concurrent appointments as professor in the School of Medicine, the Department of Pediatrics, in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Immunology; the Department of Medicine, in the Division of Infectious Diseases; and the Department of Psychiatry. He was recently chair, the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. DiClemente was trained as a health psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco, where he received his Ph.D. degree (1984) after completing an S.M. degree (1978) in behavioral sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health and his B.A. degree (1973) at the City University of New York.
DiClemente’s research interests include developing decision-making models of adolescents’ risk and protective behaviors. He has a particular interest in the development and evaluation of theory-driven HIV/STD-prevention programs for adolescents and young adult women. He has published numerous books and journal articles in the fields of adolescent health and HIV/STD prevention. He currently teaches a course on adolescent health and serves on numerous editorial boards and national prevention organizations.

Laura F. Salazar is currently an assistant research professor in behavioral sciences and health education at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Salazar completed her B.S. degree (1982) in business management from the State University of New York at Buffalo. After a brief career in business, and raising a family, she pursued an M.A. degree (1996) and a Ph.D. degree (2001) in community psychology at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Salazar’s research interests focus on examining the societal, community, and institutional influences of certain health risk behaviors, such as sexual risk behavior and violence against women. She also holds a keen interest in examining the intersection of these two health risks and how they should be addressed simultaneously through the development of innovative programs. She currently teaches graduate courses in theory and applied research methods. She has published many scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals related to these health issues, and is also the author of numerous book chapters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0787976792
• ISBN 13: 9780787976798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Crosby Richard A., Diclemente Ralph J., Salazar Laura Francisca