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Mixed Methods in Global Health Research

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Public health originated from the need to understand upstream factors that were causing or spreading diseases, to understand and address structural factors including social, commercial, and corporate determinants of health. To explore and explain the complex interplay of these determinants of health, research approaches in global health shifted accordingly with an increasing use of mixed methods. This chapter introduces the philosophical and theoretical explanations of mixed method research, with research traditions briefly explained to provide principles underpinning mixed method research, the challenges, and potential contradictions of using mixed methods. Furthermore, this chapter explains how to use mixed methods, including design and sampling strategies, data collection, analyses, and writing up of mixed method research findings by using relevant examples.

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  1. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Manmeet Kaur

  2. State Health Systems Resource Center, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh, India

    Rajesh Kumar

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  1. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Robin Haring

  2. Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and, Geneva, Switzerland

    Ilona Kickbusch

  3. Charite-Univ.-Med. Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Detlev Ganten

  4. Africa, Brazzaville, Rep of the Congo, World Health Organization Regional Offic, Brazzaville, Congo, Demographic Republic (Zaire)

    Matshidiso Moeti

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Kaur, M., Kumar, R. (2020). Mixed Methods in Global Health Research. In: Haring, R., Kickbusch, I., Ganten, D., Moeti, M. (eds) Handbook of Global Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05325-3_11-1

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