Handbook of Health Survey Methods

A comprehensive guidebook to the current methodologies
and practices used in health surveys

A unique and self-contained resource, Handbook of Health
Survey Methods presents techniques necessary for confronting
challenges that are specific to health survey research. The
handbook guides readers through the development of sample designs,
data collection procedures, and analytic methods for studies aimed
at gathering health information on general and targeted
populations.

The book is organized into five well-defined sections: Design and
Sampling Issues, Measurement Issues, Field Issues, Health Surveys
of Special Populations, and Data Management and Analysis.
Maintaining an easy-to-follow format, each chapter begins with an
introduction, followed by an overview of the main concepts,
theories, and applications associated with each topic. Finally,
each chapter provides connections to relevant online resources for
additional study and reference. The Handbook of Health Survey
Methods features:

• 29 methodological chapters written by highly qualified experts
  in academia, research, and industry

• A treatment of the best statistical practices and specific
  methodologies for collecting data from special populations such as
  sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, patients, and
  practitioners

• Discussions on issues specific to health research including
  developing physical health and mental health measures, collecting
  information on sensitive topics, sampling for clinical trials,
  collecting biospecimens, working with proxy respondents, and
  linking health data to administrative and other external data
  sources

• Numerous real-world examples from the latest research in the
  fields of public health, biomedicine, and health psychology

Handbook of Health Survey Methods is an ideal reference for
academics, researchers, and practitioners who apply survey methods
and analyze data in the fields of biomedicine, public health,
epidemiology, and biostatistics. The handbook is also a useful
supplement for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses on
survey methodology.

Autorentext

Timothy P. Johnson, PhD, is Director of the Survey Research Laboratory and Professor of Public Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The author of numerous journal articles, Dr. Johnson is Coeditor of Survey Methods in Multicultural, Multinational, and Multiregional Contexts, also published by Wiley.

Zusammenfassung
A comprehensive guidebook to the current methodologies and practices used in health surveys

A unique and self-contained resource, Handbook of Health Survey Methods presents techniques necessary for confronting challenges that are specific to health survey research. The handbook guides readers through the development of sample designs, data collection procedures, and analytic methods for studies aimed at gathering health information on general and targeted populations.

The book is organized into five well-defined sections: Design and Sampling Issues, Measurement Issues, Field Issues, Health Surveys of Special Populations, and Data Management and Analysis. Maintaining an easy-to-follow format, each chapter begins with an introduction, followed by an overview of the main concepts, theories, and applications associated with each topic. Finally, each chapter provides connections to relevant online resources for additional study and reference. The Handbook of Health Survey Methods features:

• 29 methodological chapters written by highly qualified experts in academia, research, and industry
• A treatment of the best statistical practices and specific methodologies for collecting data from special populations such as sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, patients, and practitioners
• Discussions on issues specific to health research including developing physical health and mental health measures, collecting information on sensitive topics, sampling for clinical trials, collecting biospecimens, working with proxy respondents, and linking health data to administrative and other external data sources
• Numerous real-world examples from the latest research in the fields of public health, biomedicine, and health psychology *
  Handbook of Health Survey Methods* is an ideal reference for academics, researchers, and practitioners who apply survey methods and analyze data in the fields of biomedicine, public health, epidemiology, and biostatistics. The handbook is also a useful supplement for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses on survey methodology.

Inhalt

List of Contributors xvii

Preface xxi

Acknowledgments xxiii

**1 Origins and Development of Health Survey Methods 1
**Timothy P. Johnson

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Precursors of Modern Health Surveys 1

1.3 The First Modern Health Surveys 4

1.4 The Emergence of National Health Surveys 5

1.5 Post-WWII Advances 6

1.6 Current Developments 7

References 9

Online Resources 17

**Part I Design and Sampling Issues

2 Sampling For Community Health Surveys 21
**Michael P. Battaglia

2.1 Introduction 21

2.2 Background 22

2.3 Theory and Applications 24

2.4 Subpopulation Surveys 30

2.5 Sample Size Considerations 32

2.6 Summary 32

References 33

Online Resources 34

**3 Developing a Survey Sample Design for Population-Based CaseControl Studies 37
**Ralph DiGaetano

3.1 Introduction 37

3.2 A Classic Sample Design for a Population-Based CaseControl Study 39

3.3 Sample Design Concepts and Issues Related to CaseControl Studies 40

3.4 Basic Sample Design Considerations 49

3.5 Sample Selection of Cases 56

3.6 Sample Selection of Controls 57

3.7 Sample Weighting for Population-Based CaseControl Studies 62

3.8 The Need to Account for Analytic Plans When Developing a Sample Design: An Example 65

3.9 Sample Designs for Population-Based CaseControl Studies: When Unweighted Analyses Are Planned 66

3.10 Mimicking the Classic Design Using RDD-Based Sampling of Population-Based Controls 66

3.11 Examples of the Development of Complex Sample Designs for Population-Based CaseControl Studies Using Weighted Analyses Where Cases Serve as the Reference Population and Variance Estimates Reflect the Sample Design 69

3.12 Summary 71

References 71

Online Resources 75

**4 Sampling Rare Populations 77
**James Wagner and Sunghee Lee

4.1 Introduction 77

4.2 Traditional Probability Sampling Approaches 80

4.3 Nontraditional and Nonprobability Sampling Approaches 84

4.4 Conclusion 95

References 97

Online Resources 103

Part II Design and Measurement Issues

**5 Assessing Physical Health 107
**Todd Rockwood

5.1 Introduction 107

5.2 Assessing Health: Response Formation and Accuracy 110

5.3 Conceptual Framework for Developing and Assessing Health 118

5.4 Measurement Theory 124

5.5 Error and Methodology 129

5.6 Conclusion 132

References 134

Online Resources 141

**6 Developing and Selecting Mental Health Measures 143
**Ronald C. Kessler and Beth-Ellen Pennell

6.1 Introduction 143

6.2 Historical Background 144

6.3 Fully Structured Diagnostic Interviews 147

6.4 Dimensional Measures of Symptom Severity 148

6.5 Emerging Issues in Survey Assessments of Mental Disorders 156

6.6 Conclusion 159

References 159

Online Resources 169

**7 Developing Measures of Health Behavior and Health Service Utilization 171
**Paul Beatty

7.1 Introduction 171

7.2 The Conceptual Phase of Questionnaire Development 172

7.3 Development of Particular Questions 173

7.4 Overall Questionnaire Construction 184

7.5 Questionnaire Testing and Evaluation 186

7.6 Using Questions from Previously Administered Questionnaires 187

7.7 Conclusion …