Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research (Sage Sourcebooks for the Human Services): 0 - Softcover

Padgett, Deborah K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412951933 ISBN 13: 9781412951937

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc, 2008

Synopsis

The Second Edition of Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research provides accessible how-to instruction for social work and other practice-based researchers interested in carrying out rigorous and relevant qualitative research. This comprehensive, expanded version offers a sophisticated introduction to qualitative methods based upon six major approaches: ethnography, grounded theory, case study, narrative, phenomenological, and participatory action research. Similar to the earlier edition, this Second Edition is a highly readable introduction to qualitative research that combines attention to methodological rigor with pragmatic concerns for real-world relevance.

New to the Second Edition  

• Offers guidelines for writing a qualitative methods proposal
• Emphasizes community-based and cross-cultural research
• Presents case illustrations of exemplary qualitative studies, with several drawn from the author′s qualitative study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health
• Provides an expanded discussion of the paradigm debates in qualitative inquiry
• Gives detailed instructions on coding and thematic development

Intended Audience  
This textbook is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Introduction to Qualitative Methods, Advance Topics in Qualitative Methods, Field Research, and Qualitative Evaluation in the fields of social work, nursing, education, family and community medicine, public health, psychology, and public administration.

About this title

About the Author

Deborah K. Padgett is a professor at New York University's Silver School of Social Work and is currently Director of the Masters in Global Public Health program at N.Y.U. . She received her doctorate in anthropology and completed post-doctoral training programs in public health and psychiatric epidemiology at Columbia University and Duke University. Dr. Padgett has published extensively on the health/mental health needs and service use of underserved ethnic groups, women, and the homeless. She is author of Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research, Second Edition (2008), co-author of Program Evaluation, Fifth Edition (2009), and editor of Handbook of Ethnicity, Aging and Mental Health (1995). She has previously served as President of the Society for Social Work and Research (S.S.W.R.) and was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare in 2011.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412951933
• ISBN 13: 9781412951937
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304