Primary Health Care - JOHN J. HADDAD, Ph.D.

Contents
Acknowledgements, ix
Preface, xi
Foreword, xvii
1 Introduction, 1
1.1 What is primary (health) care?, 1
1.2 What is academic study?, 13
1.3 What are theories – and why do we need them?, 19
2 The ‘ologies’ (underpinning academic disciplines) of
primary health care, 23
2.1 Biomedical sciences, 24
2.2 Epidemiology, 26
2.3 Psychology, 32
2.4 Sociology, 34
2.5 Anthropology, 36
2.6 Literary theory, 41
2.7 Philosophy and ethics, 43
2.8 Pedagogy, 50
3 Research methods for primary health care, 57
3.1 What is good research in primary health care?, 58
3.2 Qualitative research, 63
3.3 Quantitative research, 66
3.4 Questionnaire research, 72
3.5 Participatory (‘action’) research, 74
3.6 Research data – and analysing it, 75
3.7 Critical appraisal of published research papers, 80
3.8 Systematic review, 83
3.9 Multi-level approaches to primary care problems, 85
4 The person who is ill, 90
4.1 The sick role, 91
4.2 The illness narrative, 94
4.3 Lifestyle choices and ‘changing behaviour’, 98
4.4 Self-management, 102
4.5 Health literacy, 108
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