1st Edition

Health and Social Care Research Methods in Context Applying Research to Practice

Edited By Liz Tilly Copyright 2022
194 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This is the first textbook to show how research using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods relates to improving health and social care practice. The book shows how different research approaches are undertaken in practice and the challenges and strengths of different methodologies, thus facilitating students to make informed decisions when choosing which to use in their own... Read more
  1. Introduction
    Liz Tilly
  2. Using mixed methods in health and social care research
    Rachel Harrison
  3. Inclusive research – as a strategy for improving inclusive communities
    Liz Tilly
  4. Using online surveys to capture health and social care data
    Angela Morgan and Nahid Ahmad
  5. Using interviews and focus groups to investigate the effectiveness of mentoring in a UK healthcare trust
    Jenni Jones
  6. Making sense of complexity: using thematic analysis to understand the role of the foster carer
    Colin Watt
  7. Participatory approaches to building knowledge
    Katy Goldstraw and Andrew Beeput
  8. Dialogical narrative analysis of practice-based educators’ stories of student placements.
    Ani Murr
  9. An ethnographic approach to researching the communication of people with severe learning disabilities
    Stephanie Brewster
  10. Exploring perceptions of professional expertise within a health and social care context
    Theresa Kinnersley
  11. Health and social care inequalities in relation to ethnicity; British South Asian men and nursing careers
    Irtiza Qureshi

Biography

Liz Tilly is Founder and Director of Building Bridges Training, West Midlands, UK, and Senior Lecturer in Social Care, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK. Liz is strongly committed to the full inclusion of people with learning disabilities in all aspects of life and has had regular professional and social contact with people with learning disabilities for many decades.