Intervention Research (eBook)

Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Funding

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Dianne Morrison-Beedy (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012 | 1., First Edition
496 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-0958-3 (ISBN)

Infos

2012 First Place AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Nursing Research!"e;This is a resource for success and should be a part of any researcher's library."e;--Doody's Medical ReviewsThis book is a practical, user-friendly guide for health care researchers across multiple disciplines who are involved in intervention research. It provides all of the essential elements needed for understanding how to design, conduct, analyze, and fund intervention studies that are replicable and can withstand the scrutiny of the Institutional Review Board and peer review. Developed from an annual continuing education workshop on intervention studies conducted by Dr. Melnyk, this text is the most comprehensive body of information available on this topic.Contributors address the design of interventions that are ethically considerate and sensitive to culture, race/ethnicity, and gender, minimizing threats to external and internal validity, measurement, and budgeting. The guide explores such implementation issues as subject recruitment and retention, data management, and specialized settings, cost analysis, and explaining intervention effects. The text also guides readers in writing grant applications that fund , and addresses how to move intervention study findings into the real world. A unique addition to the book is the availability of digital examples of progress reports, final reports, and research grant applications that have received funding from the National Institutes of Health and other relevant organizations. This text is a valuable resource for all health care professionals conducting research and for doctoral students in health care studies. Key Features: Presents the essential tools for designing, conducting, analyzing, and funding intervention studies Designed for use by health care professionals conducting intervention research Provides comprehensive, accessible guidelines for doctoral students across all health care disciplines Instructs readers on writing grant applications that fundIncludes digital examples of funded research grants, progress reports, and final reports

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.4.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: acute care settings • community settings • cost-effectiveness analyses • Data Management • dissemination venues • ethical approval • evidence-based practice • external validity • grant writing • individual's gender • individual's race • institutional review board • internal validity • Intervention Design • Intervention research • IRB • long-term care settings • palliative care settings • participant recruitment • post-award budget management • pre-award budget issues • Progress Report • public health settings • Randomized Controlled Trial • RCT • school settings
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-0958-6 / 0826109586
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-0958-3 / 9780826109583