Small-Scale Evaluation in Health
A Practical Guide
- Sinead Brophy - University of Wales Swansea, UK
- Helen Snooks - University of Wales Swansea, UK
- Lesley Griffiths - University of Wales Swansea, UK
Small-Scale Evaluation in Health is an easy-to-use guide that sets out the basics of designing, conducting, and analyzing an evaluation study in healthcare settings from start to finish.
The authors take a straight-forward, practical approach, assuming no previous knowledge or experience of evaluation. All the basics are covered, including:
- How to plan an evaluation
- Research Governance and ethics
- Understanding data
- Interpreting findings
- Writing a report
Cases included throughout demonstrate evaluation in action, and self learning courses are available to give the reader an opportunity to develop their skills further in the methods and analysis involved in evaluation. This is a supportive, accessible guide that is ideal for healthcare professionals and students designing and conducting their own evaluation studies for the first time.
This is a useful book that provides some very practical information and further resources for the students.
It is well set out and user friendly.
Excellent well constructed text
Ideal book for health and social care practioners who need to understand, commission, or undertake evaluation of services or interventions. Very clearly laid out with lots of good examples
This is a really good text for BA level students and possibly MSc students.
Essential practical guidance for undergraduate and Masters level students
This is a simple easy to read text for novice practitioners with little research experience. The chapter summaries, frequently asked questions and links to further reading and resources provides added value as does the use of case studies, tables and charts and examples.
