Designing and conducting health surveys : a comprehensive guide

This revised and updated edition is an indespensable resource for health researchers. It draws on the most current findings in survey design, marketing research, health services research, and cognitive psychology to provide comprehensive guidance on designing and conducting health surveys. Special emphasis is placed on the complexities of the ever-changing health care environment.

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LU ANN ADAY is professor of behavioral sciences and management and policy sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health. She is the principal author of eight books, including Designing and Conducting Health Surveys and Health Services Research.

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Aday's outstanding volume provides a comprehensive and valuable guide for designing and conducting health surveys. The author organizes the presentation around the steps necessary to design and conduct the survey, analyze the results, and write the survey report. Specific guidelines are presented for each step. Issues relevant to sample selection and question formulation are thoroughly addressed, and statistical analysis procedures are clearly presented. Numerous examples are included. Five resource appendixes provide specific examples of national surveys, selected sources on surveys, and additional survey examples. Other features included in the book are tables, figures, exhibits, and a current reference list. This well-organized and logically developed volume is without peer in clarity and readability. Highly recommended for health professionals and graduate students. -S. Van Ort, University of Arizona

List of Figure, Tables and Exhibits

ForewordRonald M. Andersen

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Author

1 Thinking About Topics for Health Surveys

2 Matching the Survey Design to Survey Objectives

3 Defining and Clarifying the Survey Variables

4 Thinking Through the Relationships Between Variables

5 Choosing the Methods of Data Collection

6 Deciding Who Will Be In The Sample

7 Deciding How Many Will Be In The Sample

8 General Principles for Formulating Questions

9 Formulating Questions About Health

10 Formulating Questions About Demographics and Behavior

11 Formulating Questions About Knowledge and Attitudes

12 Guidelines for Formatting the Questionnaire

13 Monitoring and Carrying Out The Survey

14 Preparing the Data for Analysis

15 Planning and Implementing the Analysis of the Data

16 Writing the Research Report

Resource A Personal Interview Survey: National center for Health Statistics Health Interview Survey, 1995

Resource B Telephone Interview Survey: Chicago Area General Population Survey on AIDS

Resource C Mail Questionnaire Survey: Washington State Study of Dentists

2 Preferences in Prescribing Dental Therapy

Recource Selected Sources on Health Surveys

Resource Selected Examples of Health Surveys

References

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