The Burke & Albert text is a "must-have" for all community
researchers in public health. It contains innovative,
community-engaged research methods that are described in an easily
understandable manner. Challenging the notion of the
quantitative-qualitative dichotomy, the contributors include
integrated research methods including spatial analysis, concept
mapping, network approaches, system dynamics, visual voice, and
news media analysis.
This is the first text to advance beyond traditional research
methods for promoting community health by presenting a new paradigm
that integrates qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Written for graduate students of public health and practicing
researchers, the book highlights new technologies and methodologies
that are particularly suited to addressing complex health issues,
translating research into action, and engaging the community and
relevant stakeholders. Eschewing the rigid distinction between
qualitative and quantitative methods, this new paradigm facilitates
a more fluid use of integrated methods and interdisciplinary
expertise. With a focus on inferring meaning, the book stresses the
conjoint effects of place, time, voice, organization, and scale on
health outcomes. Use of these new research methods will provide
greater insight into how and why contextual and community factors
impact health and aid in developing more effective intervention
programs.
The text focuses on new methods for inferring meaning from both
the quantitative information that characterizes communities and the
words community members use to describe their lives. It pays
particular attention to data collection and analysis and clearly
demonstrates the intricacies of using spatial, systems, and
modeling analysis for community health. The first section on
inferring meaning from numbers includes spatial analysis,
agent-based models, community network analysis, and realist
reviews. The second section, about inferring meaning from words,
addresses system dynamics, concept mapping, visual voices, and
media analysis. Chapters describe, step by step, how to apply new
methodologies to pressing health issues and provide Web links to
interactive mapping and videos of agent-based models. Additionally,
the authors provide examples from their research to support
methodological points.
Key features: Introduces a new paradigm for community public
health research that integrates qualitative and quantitative
methods Provides in-depth guidance about applying these new
methodologies to pressing community health issues Details
applications of new methods such as agent-based simulations, visual
voice methods, geospatial analysis, and concept mapping Bridges the
disciplines of community health and epidemiology Written for and by
multidisciplinary public health scholars
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