Designing and conducting health surveys

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Designing and Conducting Health Surveys is written for students, teachers, researchers, and anyone who conducts health surveys. This third edition of the standard reference in the field draws heavily on the most recent methodological research on survey design and the rich storehouse of insights and implications provided by cognitive research on question and questionnaire design in particular. This important resource presents a total survey error framework that is a useful compass for charting the dangerous waters between systematic and random errors that inevitably accompany the survey design enterprise. In addition, three new studies based on national, international, and state and local surveys--the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, California Health Interview Survey, and National Dental Malpractice Survey--are detailed that illustrate the range of design alternatives available at each stage of developing a survey and provide a sound basis for choosing among them.

Description

In this revised and updated edition of her classic work, Lu Ann Aday draws on the most current research in survey design, marketing research, health services research, and cognitive psychology to provide comprehensive guidance on designing and conducting health surveys. The book is filled with the most effective principles and approaches for creating quality surveys. In addition, primary examples from three studies (National Center for Health Statistics National Health Interview Survey, Chicago AIDS survey, and Washington State dentists clinical decisionmaking study) demonstrate the range of design alternatives available at all stages of the survey development process. And, for each step of the process, Aday highlights guidelines for minimizing errors. Designing and Conducting Health Surveys is written for health care marketing personnel, strategic planners, program designers, administrators, and other professionals who conduct or contract for health studies. Researchers and academics will also find this book to be an invaluable resource.

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Other Editions

• Designing and conducting health surveys: a comprehensive guideJossey-Bass Publishers1996-01-01
• Designing and conducting health surveysJossey-Bass Publishers1989-01-01
• Designing and conducting health surveysJossey-Bass Publishers1989-01-01
• Designing and Conducting Health SurveyseBookJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.2006-01-01
• Designing and Conducting Health SurveysWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2007-01-01
• Designing and Conducting Health SurveysWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2011-01-01