Mixed-methods research in wellbeing and health

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.

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Methodological issues in researching everyday music therapy practice -- Chapter 2: Using a mix of qualitative methods to investigate vulnerability in the medical profession -- Chapter 3: Qualitative methods to optimise design and conduct of randomised controlled trials with clinical populations -- Chapter 4: Mixed methods and wellbeing: Issues emerging from multiple studies into mentoring for doctors -- Chapter 5: Mixing methods and data: Exploring health and wellbeing on a social scale -- Chapter 6: Community-participatory investigation of the health-environment-wellbeing nexus of WaSH in rural Eswatini -- Chapter 7: Using mixed and multi-modal methods in psychological research with young people -- Chapter 8: A multimethods approach for defining a strategy to engage vulnerable families in research -- Chapter 9: Mixed methods in community-based health and wellbeing practices -- Conclusion: Developing mixed-methods research practice in wellbeing and health -- How can we define mixed-methods research in the context of wellbeing and health research? -- What happens to 'philosophical position' when we mix approaches from two different paradigms? -- Why emplo…