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Assessing Interventions
Traditional and Innovative Methods
Edited by:
- Fred Tudiver - East Tennessee State University, USA, Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Ontario
- Martin Bass
- Earl Dunn
- Peter G. Norton - Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Ontario
Volume:
4
September 1992 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Both traditional and innovative methods of evaluating health care interventions are explored in this volume. The major issues examined include design of qualitative research, randomized trials, surveys and analysis of large data sets. Specific examples relevant to practice are also provided.
PART ONE: INTERVENTIONS IN PRIMARY CARE
Steven H Gehlbach
Traditional Interventions in Primary Care
Issues of Control
John Bain
Intervention Studies in Primary Medical Care
Trials and Tribulations
PART TWO: TWO MAJOR APPROACHES TO ASSESSING INTERVENTIONS IN PRIMARY CARE
Robert H Fletcher
Randomized Trials for Assessing Interventions in Primary Care
E Ann Mohide
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Multi-Faceted Community-Based Support Program
Michel Labrecque
Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Homeopathic Treatment for Plantar Warts
Allan Donner
Randomized Trials in Primary Care
A Discussion
Janis H Jenkins
Theoretical Considerations of Qualitative Method
Behavioral Science Research of Relevance to Primary Care Interventions
Dennis G Willms
Hearing a Word, Sensing What's Wrong, Finding a Way
Physicians' Responses to Patients' Concerns
Milton H Seifert
Qualitative Designs for Assessing Intervention in Primary Care
Examples from Medical Practice
Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good
Qualitative Designs for Assessing Interventions in Primary Care
A Discussion
PART THREE: SELECTED TOPICS IN ASSESSING INTERVENTIONS IN PRIMARY CARE
Rebecca Henry
Using Measures of Self-Report
Principles and Approaches
Fred Tudiver
Using Instruments of Self-Report to Assess Interventions
Examples
Harvey A Skinner
Lifestyle Assessment and Change
Theory, What Theory?
Douglas M C Wilson
Assessing a Smoking Cessation Intervention in Primary Care
J Ivan Williams
Assessing Primary Health Care Delivery
Anthony J Reid
An Example of Assessing Health Care Delivery
Charlyn Black et al
Analyzing Large Data Sets
Earl V Dunn
The Sioux Lookout Project as an Example of a Large Data Set
Andrew D Oxman and Sylvie J Stachenko
Meta-Analysis in Primary Care
Theory and Practice
Carol L McWilliam
Options for Nurses in the Primary Care Setting
PART FOUR: PRIMARY CARE INTERVENTIONS IN THE FUTURE
John Bain et al
Examining Primary Care Interventions in the Future