Handbook of Health Survey Methods (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Johnson, Timothy P.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive guidebook to the current methodologies and practices used in health surveys A unique and self-contained resource, Handbook of Health Survey Methods presents techniques necessary for confronting challenges that are specific to health survey research. The handbook guides readers through the development of sample designs, data collection procedures, and analytic methods for studies aimed at gathering health information on general and targeted populations. The book is organized into five well-defined sections: Design and Sampling Issues, Measurement Issues, Field Issues, Health Surveys of Special Populations, and Data Management and Analysis. Maintaining an easy-to-follow format, each chapter begins with an introduction, followed by an overview of the main concepts, theories, and applications associated with each topic. Finally, each chapter provides connections to relevant online resources for additional study and reference. The Handbook of Health Survey Methods features: * 29 methodological chapters written by highly qualified experts in academia, research, and industry * A treatment of the best statistical practices and specific methodologies for collecting data from special populations such as sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, patients, and practitioners * Discussions on issues specific to health research including developing physical health and mental health measures, collecting information on sensitive topics, sampling for clinical trials, collecting biospecimens, working with proxy respondents, and linking health data to administrative and other external data sources * Numerous real-world examples from the latest research in the fields of public health, biomedicine, and health psychology Handbook of Health Survey Methods is an ideal reference for academics, researchers, and practitioners who apply survey methods and analyze data in the fields of biomedicine, public health, epidemiology, and biostatistics. The handbook is also a useful supplement for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses on survey methodology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 840
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118594605
• Artikelnr.: 41821760

Autorenporträt

Timothy P. Johnson, PhD, is Director of the Survey Research Laboratory and Professor of Public Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The author of numerous journal articles, Dr. Johnson is Coeditor of Survey Methods in Multicultural, Multinational, and Multiregional Contexts, also published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors xvii Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii 1 Origins and
Development of Health Survey Methods 1 Timothy P. Johnson References 9
Online Resources 17 2 Sampling For Community Health Surveys 21 Michael P.
Battaglia References 33 Online Resources 34 3 Developing a Survey Sample
Design for Population-Based Case-Control Studies 37 Ralph DiGaetano
References 71 Online Resources 75 4 Sampling Rare Populations 77 James
Wagner and Sunghee Lee References 97 Online Resources 103 5 Assessing
Physical Health 107 Todd Rockwood References 134 Online Resources 141 6
Developing and Selecting Mental Health Measures 143 Ronald C. Kessler and
Beth-Ellen Pennell References 159 Online Resources 169 7 Developing
Measures of Health Behavior and Health Service Utilization 171 Paul Beatty
References 188 Online Resources 190 8 Self-Rated Health in Health Surveys
193 Sunghee Lee References 207 Online Resources 216 9 Pretesting of Health
Survey Questionnaires: Cognitive Interviewing Usability Testing and
Behavior Coding 217 Gordon Willis References 238 Online Resources 241 10
Cross-Cultural Considerations in Health Surveys 243 Brad Edwards References
266 Online Resources 274 11 Survey Methods for Social Network Research 275
Benjamin Cornwell and Emily Hoagland References 304 Online Resources 312 12
New Technologies for Health Survey Research 315 Joe Murphy Elizabeth Dean
Craig A. Hill and Ashley Richards References 331 Online Resources 337 13
Using Survey Data to Improve Health: Community Outreach and Collaboration
341 Steven Whitman Ami M. Shah Maureen R. Benjamins and Joseph West
References 363 Online Resources 365 14 Proxy Reporting in Health Surveys
367 Joseph W. Sakshaug References 376 Online Resources 381 15 The
Collection of Biospecimens in Health Surveys 383 Joseph W. Sakshaug Mary
Beth Ofstedal Heidi Guyer and Timothy J. Beebe References 413 Online
Resources 419 16 Collecting Contextual Health Survey Data Using Systematic
Observation 421 Shannon N. Zenk Sandy Slater and Safa Rashid References 441
Online Resources 445 17 Collecting Survey Data on Sensitive Topics:
Substance Use 447 Joe Gfroerer and Joel Kennet References 467 Online
Resources 472 18 Collecting Survey Data on Sensitive Topics: Sexual
Behavior 473 Tom W. Smith References 479 Online Resources 485 19 Ethical
Considerations in Collecting Health Survey Data 487 Emily E. Anderson
References 506 Online Resources 510 20 Surveys of Physicians 515 Jonathan
B. VanGeest Timothy J. Beebe and Timothy P. Johnson References 534 Online
Resources 543 21 Surveys of Health Care Organizations 545 John D. Loft Joe
Murphy and Craig A. Hill References 558 Online Resources 560 22 Surveys of
Patient Populations 561 Francis Fullam and Jonathan B. VanGeest References
574 Online Resources 583 23 Surveying Sexual and Gender Minorities 585
Melissa A. Clark Samantha Rosenthal and Ulrike Boehmer References 609
Online Resources 617 24 Surveying People with Disabilities: Moving Toward
Better Practices and Policies 619 Rooshey Hasnain Carmit-Noa Shpigelman
Mike Scott Jon R. Gunderson Hadi B. Rangin Ashmeet Oberoi and Liam McKeever
References 638 Online Resources 641 25 Assessing the Quality of Health
Survey Data Through Modern Test Theory 645 Adam C. Carle References 665
Online Resources 667 26 Sample Weighting for Health Surveys 669 Kennon R.
Copeland and Nadarajasundaram Ganesh References 692 Online Resources 694 27
Merging Survey Data with Administrative Data for Health Research Purposes
695 Michael Davern Marc Roemer and Wendy Thomas References 713 Online
Resources 716 28 Merging Survey Data with Aggregate Data from Other
Sources: Opportunities and Challenges 717 Jarvis T. Chen References 748
Online Resources 754 29 Analysis of Complex Health Survey Data 755
Stanislav Kolenikov and Jeff Pitblado References 798 Online Resources 804
Index 805