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Feminist methods in health promotion research.

PubMedPublished 4 December 1992
J N Clarke
Citations13

TL;DR

The traditional social scientific approach to health promotion research is described, some of its methods of data collection and analysis are details, and some of the principles of feminist methods of research are outlined particularly as these provide a critical analysis of traditional methods.

Abstract

This paper describes and discusses the traditional social scientific approach to health promotion research, details some of its methods of data collection and analysis, outlines some of the principles of feminist methods of research particularly as these provide a critical analysis of traditional methods and concludes with a feminist critique of a typical and influential health promotion document, the Active Health Report (1985).

Keywords

Health Professions