Foreword / Hazel Hall -- Preface / Maria J. Grant -- Part 1: Getting started -- 1. What are research, evaluation and audit? / Barbara Sen, Maria J. Grant and Hannah Spring -- 2. Building confidence / Hannah Spring and Clare McCluskey -- 3. Asking the right question / Sarah Coulbeck and Emma Hadfield -- 4. Writing your project plan / Miggie Pickton -- 5. Ethics and best practice / Elizabeth Buchanan and Stuart Ferguson -- Part 2: Doing research, evaulation and audit -- 6. Reviewing the literature / Michelle Maden -- 7. Qualitative approaches / Alison J. Pickard -- 8. Quantitative approaches / Christine Urquhart -- 9. Data analysis / Jenny Craven and Jillian R. Griffiths -- 10. Tools to facilitate your project / Maria J. Grant -- Part 3: Impact of research, evaluation and audit -- 11. Writing up your project findings / Graham Walton and Maria J. Grant -- 12. Disseminating your project findings / Jane Shelling -- 13. What next? Applying your findings to practice / Robert Gent and Andrew Cox -- Closing remarks / Maria J. Grant, Barbara Sen and Hannah Spring