Judith Green, John Browne
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

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About the book

Public health problems are increasingly those of human behaviour: encouraging healthier lifestyles, understanding social determinants of health, and barriers to effective public policies, including health care policies. This book introduces some of the principles of social research as applied to public health. It is aimed at those with some understanding of health and health care but little exposure to social research. It introduces some of the social science disciplines that have turned their attention to health and health care such as medical sociology, psychology and anthropology. The book examines: Social science concepts Research design Interviewing and focus groups Analysing qualitative data Questionnaire and survey design

About the authors

Judith Green is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and John Browne is Lecturer in Outcome Assessment at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Table of contents

Overview Section 1: Introduction Introduction to social research Science and social science Framing a research question Research design Section 2: Qualitative methods Introduction to qualitative methods Qualitative interviewing Focus groups and other group methods Analysing qualitative data Practical: using qualitative methods Section 3: Quantitative methods Measurement in the social sciences Questionnaire design Survey design Practical: designing a questionnaire Section 4: Social science disciplines in public health Introduction to applied medical anthropology Introduction to history in health Multi-method and multi-disciplinary approaches Glossary Index