Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) surveys are popular in health care because they
provide useful information and appear easy to design and execute. There are subtleties …

Survey-based studies are ubiquitous in medical, social, economic, psychological and
behavioural research, where questionnaires are often used as the main research tool to …

Background Unmet needs for mental health treatment in low income countries are
pervasive. If mental health is to be effectively integrated into primary health care in low …

Introduction People with mental disorders experience discrimination as a consequence of
stigmatising attitudes that are largely socio-culturally constructed. Thus, there is a need to …

Given the absence of brief “how to do it” articles on self-administered survey research, the
author presents suggestions for conducting and publishing questionnaire research …

The use of structured psychiatric interviews performed by non-clinicians is frequent for
research purposes and is becoming increasingly common in clini-cal practice. The validity of …

Work was not started on this indicator until February 2001, owing to staffing changes at the
institution that had intended to act as principal investigator for the indicator. The …

When people's knowledge and awareness are the subject of public health research, the
meanings applied to the words knowledge and awareness are often unclear. Although …

Aims to provide accessible, detailed, good practice guidelines that also address the political
and ethical problems of conducting surveys within the health professions. This book …

Checklists can mitigate a multitude of high-cost mistakes in fields ranging from surgery to
aviation. As part of a standard protocol, checklists may provide many benefits, including …