Research and Evaluation in Community, Health and Social Care Settings: Experiences from Practice

ISBN-13: 9781138308275 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 188 str.

Suzanne Guerin; Naoirain Hayes; Sinaead McNally

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive knowledge base and a set of tools for conducting research and evaluation in a range of community settings. Designed for researchers and practitioners, it uses in-depth case studies and draws on international literature to support the practical guidance for conducting real-world research.

Spis treści

Foreword (Patrick Dolan); Chapter 1. Introduction (Suzanne Guerin and Claire Hickey); Part I: Getting Started; Chapter 2. Framing Research in Community Settings (Elizabeth Nixon & Eylin Palamaro-Munsell); Chapter 3. Commissioning, Procuring and Contracting Evaluations and Research (Marian Quinn, Catherine Comiskey & Gail Birkbeck); Chapter 4. The Governance and Ethics in Community Research and Evaluation (Sinéad McNally, Tara Murphy, Mark Morgan and  Siobhán Keengan); Chapter 5. The Role of the Stakeholder in Applied Research: Managing Expectations and Relationships (Nóirín Hayes, Siobhán Keegan, Grainne Hickey & Gráinne Smith); Part II: Carrying out Research and Evaluation; Chapter 6. Developing a Detailed Design for Research with Communities (Suzanne Guerin & Catherine Comiskey); Chapter 7. What Lies Beneath? Preparing for and Conducting Effective Fieldwork in Community Settings (Tara Murphy, Jennie Milnes & Siobhan Keegan); Chapter 8. Evaluation of Complex Community Change Initiatives: Credible Evidence is What Counts (Morgan O’Brien & Sinéad McGilloway); Part III: Dealing with the Data; Chapter 9. Community-Based Dissemination of Research Findings (Marian Quinn & Gemma Kiernan); Chapter 10. Knowledge Exchange: Informing Policy and Influencing Change (Nóirín Hayes & Maresa Duignan); Chapter 11. Overcoming the Ethnical and Practical Challenges Associated with Archiving Qualitative and Quantitative Data (Tara Murphy, Aileen O’Carroll, Suzanne Guerin & Jane Gray); Chapter 12. Conclusion (Nóirín Hayes & Catherine Comiskey); Index