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Writing Research Proposals in the Health Sciences
A Step-by-step Guide



February 2018 | 184 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This is your step-by-step guide on how to write successful research proposals in the health sciences, whether it is for a thesis or dissertation review committee, an ethical review committee or a grant funding committee. Using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research approaches, follow the journey of Liang and Natasha, two fictional researchers who will help you complete your proposal alongside reading the chapters. This practical guide includes top tips from the authors, read-reflect-respond activities and examples of project plans to equip you with all the tools you need to succeed with your research proposal.
 
Chapter 1: Proposal Preparation
 
Chapter 2: Background and Justification for the Study
 
Chapter 3: Research and Approach Design
 
Chapter 4: Capturing Attention – Abstract, Title and Significance
 
Chapter 5: Feasibility, Track Records and Teams
 
Chapter 6: Writing and Ethics Proposal
 
Chapter 7: Writing a Funding Proposal

Well written, comprehensive and easy to use - definitely one I will recommend.

Mrs Vanessa Grace Wilson
Nursing (Chesterfield), Derby University
February 29, 2024

excellent book for healthcare students

Mrs Sarah Johnson
School of Health, University of Central Lancashire
July 23, 2022

Goes through the stages of a research proposal guiding students on the expected content for each section

Mrs Carol Ellis
Allied Health & Medicine (Chelmsford), Anglia Ruskin University
September 28, 2020

lovely clear text, concepts clearly set out, an excellent introductory book for health science students

Ms vicky McQuillan
Division of Occupational Therapy, Liverpool University
January 18, 2021

A useful resource to help level 3 students to develop their academic writing. This step by step guide provides clear guidance. Students have found this very useful

Mrs Michele Ponting
Access to Higher Education, Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
September 8, 2018

Zevia Schneider

 Zevia Schneider was Associate Professor: Research and Co-ordinator of Higher Degrees by Research in the Faculty of Nursing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, and then Director of Post Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Education. She has co-authored 5 editions of Nursing & Midwifery Research: methods and appraisal for evidence-based practice, with the 5th edition published in 2016. She has been involved in a range of funded research projects including pregnancy, ante-natal services, early discharge from hospital, distance education, and program evaluation.She has been an invited guest speaker, including an... More About Author

Jeffrey Fuller

Jeffrey Fuller is the Emeritus Professor of Nursing (Primary Health Care) at Flinders University with a background in primary health care service quality and safety, integrated care, leadership, primary health care service evaluation and research capacity building in primary health care covering qualitative and quantitative methods. He was the Associate Dean (Research) in the Flinders School of Nursing & Midwifery from 2012-2015. He has completed 30 research-to-practice projects since 2000 in collaborative models of chronic illness care in Australia and China and he is the author of a large number research papers all conducted in... More About Author

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