This clearly written, easy-to-understand book demystifies the research process and provides a rational foundation from which to critique and understand research designs and applications in health care and human service settings. Divided into five parts - Introduction, Thinking Processes, Design Approaches, Action Processes, and Improving Practice Through Inquiry - it explores multiple research strategies, proposing that naturalistic and experimental-type research strategies have equal value and contribute in complementary and distinct ways to the science of practice. Content in this edition has been significantly expanded and updated to reflect changes in the field, specifically in areas of ethics, informed consent, practice efficacy, and proposal-writing.
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<li>Key terms, chapter outlines, and exercise ideas in each chapter strengthen understanding of important concepts.</li>
<li>Detailed discussions of qualitative and quantitative methodologies offer a unique, balanced focus and comprehensive coverage of research.</li>
<li>Specific design strategies for experimental, naturalistic, and mixed method enable readers to compare, contrast, and integrate different designs.</li>
<li>Understandable, down-to-earth writing style makes the information more accessible and relevant.</li>
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<li>3 new chapters comprehensively address patient boundaries, sharing research knowledge, and practice efficacy.</li>
<li>A new appendix provides informed consent documents for use in the practice setting.</li>
<li>New and expanded content added to chapters reflects emerging practices and hot-button issues such as ethical considerations, practical considerations, new naturalistic inquiry designs, and more.</li>
<li>More case examples interspersed throughout the text are identified with new magnifying-glass icons to alert readers to research dilemmas or potential problems they might encounter.</li>
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Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies

Medical Books

Gitlin PhD, Laura N.

Elizabeth DePoy

Allied Health Professions

Mosby

“ I applaud [this] book for providing a much needed overview of the entire “behavioral intervention pipeline.” It fills a unique niche in its coverage of key theoretical and methodological aspects as well as its case examples and professional development considerations, which makes the content accessible and practical for a broad audience.” 
 -Marcia Ory, PhD,From the Foreword
This unique text provides comprehensive coverage of one of the most neglected―yet vitally important--areas of public health research: developing, evaluating, and implementing novel behavioral interventions in service and practice settings. Written for Masters- and Doctoral-level courses as well as novice and expert researchers in this area, the book examines the most critical issues surrounding this form of research in order to maximize the ability of intervention researchers to successfully implement current and future evidence-based protocols in practice settings. Expert contributors embrace key challenges―the complexities of health care delivery, disease management and prevention, rising costs, and changing population demographics―in shaping the push toward advancing more efficient and effective behavioral interventions and methodologies.
Tackling numerous topics that have been neglected in traditional randomized trial handbooks, methodology texts, and books on dissemination and implementation science, the book addresses: ways to develop and advance an intervention, emerging hybrid trial designs - theories and new models for integrating behavioral interventions with implementation science - - recruitment and retention strategies for inclusion of diverse samples - research designs for different stages of intervention development - treatment fidelity models and measures - novel measurement and analytic strategies - cost analyses - selection of control groups - use of mixed methodology - ethics and informed consent - technology-based intervention approaches – professional considerations. Abundant case examples from successful behavioral intervention trials―both national and international--illustrate key concepts.
Key Features:<ul>
<li>Includes examples of a wide range of interventions including individuals across the life span and of diverse communities and health systems</li>
<li>Replete with case examples from successful behavioral intervention trials</li>
<li>Presents the challenges of and strategies for advancing behavioral interventions for immediate use in practice</li> <li>Written by world-recognized expert authors and contributors</li>
<li>Provides novel coverage of a great variety of important―but previously neglected--topics</li>
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Behavioral Intervention Research: Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Czaja PhD, Sara

Psychology & Counseling

Springer Publishing Company

This fully updated and revised edition of a classic guide to grant writing for health and human service professionals reflects the two major changes in the field: new NIH application processes and an increased emphasis on interprofessional and team approaches to science. New case examples reflect grant writing strategies for a great variety of health and human service professions, and the text includes an enhanced focus on online methods for organizing grant submissions. A new section on special considerations for submitting grants addresses specific types of research including community-based participatory research, mixed methods, behavioral intervention research, and dissertation and , mentorship proposals. The new chapter on common writing challenges and solutions provides examples of strong and weak statements and highlights the importance of writing with precision. Additionally, this new edition provides an expanded section on post-award requirements and links to NIH videos about grant writing. Written for individuals in both academic and practice settings, the guide addresses, step-by-step, the fundamental principles for effectively securing funding. It is the only book to provide grant-writing information that encompasses many disciplines and to focus on building a research career with grant writing as a step-by-step process. It provides detailed, time-tested strategies for building an investigative team, highlights the challenges of collaboration, and describes how to determine the expertise needed for a team and the roles of co-investigators. The book addresses the needs of both novice and more experienced researchers. New to the Fourth Edition: <ul>
<li>Reflects recent changes to the field including an emphasis on interprofessional approaches to science and new NIH application processes </li>
<li>Offers additional case examples relevant to social work, nursing, psychology, rehabilitation, and occupational, physical, and speech therapies </li>
<li>Provides links to NIH websites containing videos on grant writing </li>
<li>Includes chapter opener objectives </li>
<li>Expands section on post-award requirements </li>
<li>Focuses on electronic mechanisms for organizing grant submissions </li>
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Successful Grant Writing, 3rd Edition: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals

Business & Money

Lyons PhD, Kevin J.

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Following in the tradition of its previous editions, the updated and fully revised fifth edition of this classic guide to grant writing is especially written for health and human service professionals. It provides a comprehensive, systematic, and easy-to-follow, step-wise guide to writing competitive grant proposals for research, education, innovative practices and demonstration projects. Never has the need to advance evidence to improve the health of the public been greater. Generating evidence requires funding and grant writing has become an essential activity for every health and human service professional who must seek funds to advance innovative research, education and practice initiatives.
Uniquely focused on developing grant-writing skills as part of a professional’s career, this one-of-a-kind guide addresses the full range of essential competencies needed to assure success. The new edition expands coverage on how to compose an effective aims page, how to write a compelling literature review to support significance of a proposal, and describes considerations for specific types of study designs. Additionally, the guide provides a more extensive discussion of mentorship, plus tips for pre-doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows.
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New to the Fifth Edition:<li>Spotlights important new trends that can make or break grant success</li>
<li>Features Professional Spotlights reflecting the experiences and advice from successful grant writers – from novice to expert</li>
<li>Highlights special considerations for pre-doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows</li>
<li>Examines how to write an effective grant application for specific types of study designs</li>
<li>Explains how to craft compelling statements about significance and innovation</li>
<li>Provides guidelines on mentorship</li>
<li>Covers ways to manage post-award activities and offers strategies and templates for documenting grant progress</li>
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Key Features:<li>Key summary points in every chapter</li>
<li>Case examples throughout</li>
<li>Strategies for managing a grant writing team and post-award activities</li>
<li>Considerations in building a grant writing career and matching your level of experience to funding mechanisms</li>
<li>Testimonies from novices and experts describing their unique grant writing experiences</li>
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Successful Grant Writing for Health and Human Service Professionals, Fifth Edition – A Classic Guide to Grant Writing for Professionals in Health and Human Services

Kolanowski PhD RN FAAN, Ann

Designed for health and human service professionals in academic and practice settings, this book will assist inexperienced grant writers as well as those who have been successful but would like to expand their knowledge of grantsmanship skills. The authors provide a framework for understanding the funding world and offer a range of effective strategies and work models for success in obtaining external support. The appendices include a selection of common questions with their answers, a list of key acronyms, and a list of web pages. Second Edition topics include: 
<li>A Research Career Trajectory</li> <li>Pilot Research Programs</li> <li>Which Ideas are Hot and Which are Not</li> <li>The NIH Modular Format</li> <li>Elements of a Concept Paper</li> <li>Managing the Grant Award</li>

Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals, Second Edition

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Internationally renowned and now available to the public! The DICE Approach™ is the leading evidence-informed method for assessing and managing the behavioral symptoms of dementia. The creators of The DICE Approach™ have written an easy-to-understand and use manual to help guide family or facility caregivers through the use of the method. There are an estimated 16 million informal (family or friend) caregivers of people living with dementia in the US and those numbers will increase rapidly as baby boomers age. While dementia is often thought of by the general public as a “memory” disorder”, memory problems are almost universally accompanied by behavioral symptoms including depression, anxiety, apathy, hallucinations, agitation, aggression and many more. One or more of these behaviors will affect nearly every person with dementia over the course of the illness, causing one of the most difficult, stressful and costly aspects of care, and often, stress, burden and depression in caregivers. These symptoms are most often treated with psychiatric medications, but in many cases, we are merely sedating the person with dementia, rather than dealing with the problems and triggers underlying the behavioral symptom. Recognizing this critical gap in care, Drs. Kales, Gitlin and Lyketsos created and published The DICE Approach™ in 2014 in the form of a research paper. The approach was designed to be an easy to use, step by step method for assessing and managing behaviors in dementia. DICE stands for Describe, Investigate, Create, and Evaluate. It is an adaptation of the reasoning process used by dementia behavior specialists as well as in numerous research trials involving training family caregivers to spot behavioral triggers and to use behavioral management skills. Since then, The DICE Approach™ has gained national and international attention and is now used in many dementia clinics, hospitals and long-term care facilities. Using feedback from caregivers trained in the method, Dr. Kales, along with Drs. Gitlin and Lyketsos, have created the official manual for The DICE Approach™. Its 124 color pages provide expert training in each step of the approach. In addition, the manual contains easy to understand information about brain changes and behaviors in dementia, commonly used medications, how to build and interact with your support team, and how caregivers can care for themselves during the chaos and stress of caring for others. This is the essential guidebook for anyone who cares for a person living with dementia whether at home or within a facility.

The DICE Approach: Guiding the Caregiver in Managing the Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia

Kales MD, Helen C.

Lyketsos MD MHS, Constantine G.

Mental Health

Michigan Publishing Services

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