African primary care research : performing surveys using questionnaires
Date
2014-05
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AOSIS Publishing
Abstract
The aim of this article is to provide practical guidance on conducting surveys and the use
of questionnaires for postgraduate students at a Masters level who are undertaking primary
care research. The article is intended to assist with writing the methods section of the research
proposal and thinking through the relevant issues that apply to sample size calculation,
sampling strategy, design of a questionnaire and administration of a questionnaire. The article
is part of a larger series on primary care research, with other articles in the series focusing on
the structure of the research proposal and the literature review, as well as quantitative data
analysis.
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CITATION: Govender, I., et al. 2014. African primary care research: Performing surveys using questionnaires. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 6(1): 1-7, doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.589.
The original publication is available at http://www.phcfm.org
The original publication is available at http://www.phcfm.org
Keywords
Primary care (Medicine) -- Research -- Africa, Primary care (Medicine) -- Research -- Methodology, Proposal writing in medicine -- Africa, Questionnaires -- Design, Health surveys -- Methodology
Citation
Govender, I., et al. 2014. African primary care research: Performing surveys using questionnaires. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 6(1): 1-7, doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.589