Research literacy for health and community practice

Jakubec, Sonya L (author.). Astle, Barbara J., 1957- (author.).

Summary: "This textbook focuses on developing basic research skills for first- and second-year undergraduate students in nursing and other health and community service professional programs. The aim of this text is to help students understand the process for reading and engaging with research literature at a beginning level. It is written in a style that makes understanding basic concepts of research less intimidating and more user-friendly. This practical guide introduces students to the ways research differs from other forms of knowledge and information, qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, how to search and evaluate the evidence, and how to use research in practice. This is not a methods text on how to do research--rather it gives the user a basic understanding of what it means to be research literate and how to use this information in a practice setting."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781551309910 (Paper)
ISBN: 1551309912 (Paper)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto ; Canadian Scholars, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	What are knowledge and evidence? -- How is research framed and organized, and how are ethics applied? -- How do I search the evidence of practice? -- How do I understand and interpret qualitative research papers? -- How do I understand and interpret quantitative research papers? -- How do I know what is best evidence for practice? -- How do I use research in practice?