Intervention research : designing, conducting, analyzing, and funding / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Dianne Morrison-Beedy, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek.

Morrison-Beedy, Dianne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Research.

Public health.

Medicine, Preventive--Research.

Medicine, Preventive.

Medical care--Finance.

Medical care.

Medical care--Cost effectiveness.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a practical, user-friendly guide for health care researchers across multiple disciplines who are involved in intervention research. It provides all of the essential elements needed for understanding how to design, conduct, analyze, and fund intervention studies that are replicable and can withstand the scrutiny of the Institutional Review Board and peer review. Developed from an annual continuing education workshop on intervention studies conducted by Dr. Melnyk, this text is the most comprehensive body of information available on this topic. Contributors address the design of int

Contents:

Setting the stage for intervention research : the "so what" factor / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Dianne Morrison-Beedy

Using theory to guide intervention research / Julie Fleury and Souraya Sidani

Nuts and bolts of designing intervention studies / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Dianne Morrison-Beedy, and Shirley M. Moore

Designing interventions that are sensitive to culture, race/ethnicity, and gender / Usha Menon

Ethical considerations in designing intervention studies / Donal P. O'Mathuna

Minimizing threats to internal validity / Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob

Minimizing threats to external validity / Wanda K. Nicholson

Measurement in intervention research / Dianne Morrison-Beedy and Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

Biological measurement in intervention research / Donna McCarthy

Developing the budget for intervention studies / Barbara Smith and Steven Pease

Navigating the IRB for investigators / Amanda A. Hastings, Cheryl L. Byers, and Barry B. Bercu

Participant recruitment and retention / Constance Visovsky and Dianne Morrison-Beedy

Maintaining fidelity of the intervention / Ashleigh Collins, Nicole Colwell, and Sandee McClowry

Study implementation : an example using the Madres Para la Salud (Mothers for Health) study / Colleen Keller and Barbara Ainsworth

Considerations in conducting interventions in specialized settings

Data management / Kevin E. Kip and Sharon M. Lawlor

Analyzing intervention studies / Laura A. Szalacha

Cost-effectiveness analyses for intervention studies / Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo and Kevin Frick

Explaining intervention effects / Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo and Darya Bonds McClain

Writing grants that fund! / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Dianne Morrison-Beedy

Submitting a research grant application to the National Institutes of Health : navigating the application and peer review system / Mindy B. Tinkle

Writing progress and final reports / Shirley M. Moore and Margaret Roudebush

Disseminating findings of intervention studies / Marion E. Broome

Translating evidence-based interventions into real-world practice settings / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49791-2

9786613593146

0-8261-0958-6

OCLC:

793511083