Overview
- Profiles traditional and emergent research methods in health social sciences
- Highlights best practice in health social science research
- Provides invaluable tools for understanding diverse cultural groups
- Compiles contributions from renowned scholars from around the world
- Includes ample supportive illustrations
- Offers a continuously updateable live edition
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Research is defined by the Australian Research Council as “the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understandings”. Research is thus the foundation for knowledge. It produces evidence and informs actions that can provide wider benefit to a society. The knowledge that researchers cultivate from a piece of research can be adopted for social and health programs that can improve the health and well-being of the individuals, their communities and the societies in which they live. As we have witnessed in all corners of the globe, research has become an endeavor that most of us in the health and social sciences cannot avoid. This Handbook is conceived to provide the foundation to readers who wish to embark on a research project in order to form knowledge that they need. The Handbook comprises four main sections: Traditional research methods sciences; Innovative research methods; Doing cross-cultural research; and Sensitive research methodology and approach. This Handbook attests to the diversity and richness of research methods in the health and social sciences. It will benefit many readers, particularly students and researchers who undertake research in health and social science areas. It is also valuable for the training needs of postgraduate students who wish to undertake research in cross-cultural settings, with special groups of people, as it provides essential knowledge not only on the methods of data collection but also salient issues that they need to know if they wish to succeed in their research endeavors.
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Traditional Research Methods in Health and Social Sciences
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Pranee Liamputtong is Professor of Public Health at the School of Science and Health, and a core member of the Centre for Health Research at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University. Previously she was Professor and Personal Chair of Public Health at La Trobe University. Pranee has written extensively on public health research and women’s issues. She has authored or edited over forty books and serves on the editorial boards of several journals. In recognition of her work, Pranee has been nominated and included in the Who’s Who of Australian Women every year since 2008.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences
Editors: Pranee Liamputtong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5251-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5250-7Published: 25 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5251-4Published: 12 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LIX, 2248
Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations, 122 illustrations in colour
Topics: Methodology of the Social Sciences, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Sociological Theory, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Ethics