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Designing and conducting health surveys : a comprehensive guide
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Designing and conducting health surveys : a comprehensive guide

Author: Lu Ann Aday
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989.
Series: Jossey-Bass health series.; Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lu Ann Aday
ISBN: 1555421733 9781555421731
OCLC Number: 19921222
Description: xxi, 398 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents: Thinking about topics for health surveys: a framework for decision making -- Matching the survey design to survey objectives -- Defining and clarifying the survey variables -- Planning the analysis of the survey data -- Choosing the methods of data collection -- Deciding who will be in the sample -- Deciding how many will be in the sample -- General principles for formulating questions -- Formulating questions about health -- Formulating questions about demographics and behavior -- Formulating questions about knowledge and attitudes -- Guidelines for formatting the questionnaire -- Monitoring and carrying out the survey -- Preparing the data for analysis -- Implementing the analysis of the survey data -- Writing the research report -- Resource A: Personal interview survey: National Center for health statistics health interview survey--health promotion and disease prevention surveys, 1985 -- Resource B: Telephone interview survey: Chicago area general population survey on AIDS -- Resource C: Mail questionnaire survey: Washington state study of dentists' preferences in prescribing dental therapy -- Resource D: Selected sources on health surveys -- Resource E: Selected examples of health surveys.
Series Title: Jossey-Bass health series.; Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
Responsibility: Lu Ann Aday.
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