As Britain ages amid austerity, more and more people will suffer from long-term health conditions. Obesity and diabetes are on the rise. Mental health problems are widespread. This title investigates a range of ways to cut the cost of health interventions and to improve patient outcomes as well as ways of preventing people becoming patients.

"A thoughtful, thorough and readable account of the history and current practice of qualitative research in health." - Louise Keogh, Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

Focusing on the use of technology in survey research, this book integrates both theory and application and covers important elements of survey research including survey design, implementation and continuing data management.

provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the school district superintendent position and a blend of theory and practical knowledge pertaining to contemporary practice in this pivotal position

This popular text has a "how to" and "here's what you need to do" approach to ethnographic research, taking the mystery out of the research process and making ethnography accessible to the reader.

This ground-breaking book offers an innovative approach to grounded theory - situational analysis - useful in a wide range of qualitative research settings. It also features chapters on mapping and analyzing discourse materials - narrative, visual and historical.

Offering an interdisciplinary approach to child advocacy, this book nurtures key skills through a proven six-step process that has been used to train child advocates and create social change around the world.

Guides students in applying the contributions of recent communication theory to improving everyday communication among races. Orbe and Harris offer a comprehensive, practical foundation for dialogue on interracial communication, as well as a resource that stimulates thinking and encourages students to become active participants in dialogue across racial barriers.

This text introduces students to the most important social-scientific theory and research on persuasion. The Third Edition adds two new chapters on social judgment theory and stage models, revision of the treatment of the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior, and new attention to subjects such as reactance and the use of narratives as vehicles for persuasion.

Comprising theories from the various schools of thought classified as person centered, this book covers the historical development, theory, process, evaluation and application of the various methods falling under this approach. ?