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Handbook of health survey methods / [edited by] Timothy P. Johnson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Wiley handbooks in survey methodologyPublication details: New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2015.Description: xxii, 816 p. : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781118002322
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.42 23 J69
Contents:
1. Origins and development of health survey methods-- 2. Sampling for community health surveys-- 3. Developing a survey sample design for population-based case-control studies-- 4. Sampling rare populations-- 5. Assessing physical mealth-- 6. Developing and selecting mental health measures-- 7. Developing measures of health behavior and health service utilization-- 8. Self-rated health in health surveys-- 9. Pretesting of health survey questionnaires: cognitive interviewing, usability testing, and behavior coding-- 10. Cross-cultural considerations in health surveys-- 11. Survey methods for social network research-- 12. New technologies for health survey research-- 13. Using survey data to improve health: community outreach and collaboration-- 14. Proxy reporting in health surveys-- 15. The collection of biospecimens in health surveys-- 16. Collecting contextual health survey data using systematic observation-- 17. Collecting survey data on sensitive topics: substance use-- 18. Collecting survey data on sensitive topics: sexual behavior-- 19. Ethical considerations in collecting health survey data-- 20. Surveys of physicians-- 21. Surveys of health care organizations-- 22. Surveys of patient populations-- 23. Surveying sexual and gender minorities-- 24. Surveying people with disabilities: moving toward better practices and policies-- 25. Assessing the quality of health survey data through modern test theory-- 26. Sample weighting for health surveys-- 27. Merging survey data with administrative data for health research purposes-- 28. Merging survey data with aggregate data from other sources: opportunities and challenges-- 29. Analysis of complex health survey data-- Index.
Summary: This 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 psychologyHandbook 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Origins and development of health survey methods--
2. Sampling for community health surveys--
3. Developing a survey sample design for population-based case-control studies--
4. Sampling rare populations--
5. Assessing physical mealth--
6. Developing and selecting mental health measures--
7. Developing measures of health behavior and health service utilization--
8. Self-rated health in health surveys--
9. Pretesting of health survey questionnaires: cognitive interviewing, usability testing, and behavior coding--
10. Cross-cultural considerations in health surveys--
11. Survey methods for social network research--
12. New technologies for health survey research--
13. Using survey data to improve health: community outreach and collaboration--
14. Proxy reporting in health surveys--
15. The collection of biospecimens in health surveys--
16. Collecting contextual health survey data using systematic observation--
17. Collecting survey data on sensitive topics: substance use--
18. Collecting survey data on sensitive topics: sexual behavior--
19. Ethical considerations in collecting health survey data--
20. Surveys of physicians--
21. Surveys of health care organizations--
22. Surveys of patient populations--
23. Surveying sexual and gender minorities--
24. Surveying people with disabilities: moving toward better practices and policies--
25. Assessing the quality of health survey data through modern test theory--
26. Sample weighting for health surveys--
27. Merging survey data with administrative data for health research purposes--
28. Merging survey data with aggregate data from other sources: opportunities and challenges--
29. Analysis of complex health survey data--
Index.

This 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 psychologyHandbook 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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