Includes index.

The Health Research Process -- Selecting a Research Question -- Reviewing the Literature -- Defining Specific Aims -- Professional Development -- Coauthoring -- Overview of Study Designs -- Case Series -- Cross-Sectional Studies -- Case-Control Studies -- Cohort Studies -- Experimental Studies -- Qualitative Studies -- Correlational Studies -- Synthesis Research -- Research Protocols -- Ethical Considerations -- Ethical Review and Approval -- Population Sampling -- Sample Size and Power -- Sample Size and Power -- Questionnaire Development -- Collecting Quantitative Data -- Collecting Qualitative Data -- Additional Assessments -- Secondary Analyses -- Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses -- Writing Grant Proposals -- Data Management -- Descriptive Statistics -- Comparative Statistics -- Regression Analysis -- Qualitative Analysis -- Additional Analysis Tools -- Posters and Presentations -- Article Structure -- Citing -- Critically Revising -- Writing Success Strategies -- Reasons to Publish -- Selecting Target Journals -- Manuscript Submission -- Peer Review and Publication.

"Designed to empower new investigators to conduct their own original research projects, the Third Edition of Introduction to Health Research Methods provides a practical, step-by-step guide to conducting quantitative and qualitative research in medicine, public health, and other clinical and population health fields. Organized in five sections, the text covers the entire research process from formulating a study question and selecting a study approach to collecting and analyzing data and then disseminating the findings. Chapters about methods for primary studies (collecting new data), secondary analyses (analyzing existing data), and tertiary studies (conducting literature reviews and meta-analyses) provide comprehensive coverage of the scope of health research. By breaking the research process down into a series of achievable steps, Introduction to Health Research Methods shows students and early career scholars how they can contribute to improving the health of individuals and communities through research"--