Mixed-methods research in wellbeing and health / edited by Rachel Locke, Amanda Lees.

<P>Introduction</P><P> </P><P>1. Methodological Issues in Researching Everyday Music Therapy Practice </P><I><P>Dr Claire Flower</P></I><P> </P><P>2. Using a Mix of Qualitative Methods to Investigate Vulnerability in the Medical Profession</P><I><P>Dr Rachel Locke, Dr Jane Bell and Dr Samantha Scallan</P></I><P> </P><P>3. Qualitative Methods to Optimise Design and Conduct of Randomised Controlled Trials with Clinical Populations</P><I><P>Dr Andrew Mitchelmore</P></I><P> </P><P>4. Mixed Methods and Wellbeing: Issues Emerging from Multiple Studies into Mentoring for Doctors</P><I><P>Professor Alison Steven and Dr Gemma Wilson</P></I><SUP><P> </P></SUP><P>5. Mixing Methods and Data: Exploring Health and Wellbeing on a Social Scale</P><I><P>Dr David Harrison, Asta Medisauskaite and Dr Eliot L. Rees</P></I><P> </P><P>6. Community-participatory Investigation of the Health-environment-wellbeing nexus of WaSH in Eural Eswatini </P><I><P>Dr Michelle R. Brear</P></I><P> </P><P>7. Using Mixed and Multi-modal Methods in Psychological Research with Young People</P><I><P>Dr Debra Gray, Dr Rachel Manning and Shokraneh Oftadeh-Moghadam </P></I><P> </P><P>8. A Multimethods Approach to Defining a Strategy for Engaging Vulnerable Families in Research</P><I><P>Dr Amanda Lees and Dr Kit Tapson</P><P></I> </P><P>9. Mixed Methods in Community-based Health and Wellbeing Practices</P><I><P>Professor Geoffrey Meads</P></I><P> </P><P>Conclusion: Developing Mixed Methods Research Practice in Wellbeing and Health</P>

Mixed-Methods Research in Wellbeing and Health brings together nine examples of high-quality research into wellbeing and health using a range of mixed methods. Research that employs mixed methods can yield robust data that is both more reliable and valid than that arising from a single-method approach. Mixed-methods research is a vital component in responding to recent changes to the more complex needs of an increasingly diverse society and its health sector. This book covers how mixed-methods research can be designed creatively and applied sensitively in the context of wellbeing and health research. The editors have included a set of bespoke questions for reflection at the end of each chapter. The expert editorial commentary highlights the benefits and methodological challenges of mixed-methods research as well as thinking points' for researchers as they plan and carry out mixed-methods research on wellbeing and health topics. Within a holistic view of wellbeing and health, the mixed-methods research designs are applied appropriately in both practice and community settings. The research can be shaped by pragmatism and the actual needs of a study rather than purely theoretical considerations. This practical book makes high-quality, mixed-methods research design and execution guidance readily accessible to health-care practitioners and researchers working in the fields of health, social care and wellbeing services and to undergraduate and postgraduate students in courses in research and health-care studies, as well as health management.