HLTB15H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1
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Health research is divided broadly between : qualitative research method, quantitative research method. Health research itself can take many different forms depending on the purpose of the research and its subject matter. Contextual/descriptive: providing current information or intelligence on a problem for example, the prevalence of alzheimer"s disease. Diagnostic/analytical: attempting an explanation of phenomena based on a notion of cause and effect such as accounting for changes in birth rate. Strategic: discovering implications, assessing alternatives and finding solutions for example, in the analysis of those at risk from a universal vaccination program. Evaluative: assessing the benefits and costs of a specific programme or course of action to those directly concerned or the wider community. As illustrated by the testing of a new drug. Developmental: studying the implementation of programmes to feedback information to enable change for example, on an anti- smoking campaign.
