Part 1 Setting the Stage -- Using Qualitative Health Research to Transform the Nature of Evidence -- Social Context of Health and Diversity Issues -- Examining Qualitative Alternatives to Categorical Representation:The Case of Culture and Health -- Contextual Action Theory: An Integrative Framework for Qualitative Health Research -- The World Health Organization Model of Health: What Evidence is Needed? -- Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence in Health - The Critics View -- Part  2:  Reviews of Qualitative Health Research -- Evaluating Qualitative Health Research from Inside and Outside -- The Contributions of Qualitative Research to Cardiac Conditions -- Qualitative Evidence in Pain -- Qualitative Evidence on Psychological Trauma -- Qualitative Evidence and the Development of Sexuality Education Materials: The Case of Family Planning New Zealand -- Qualitative Evidence in Addictions -- Qualitative Research in Mental Health and Mental Illness -- Qualitative Evidence in Occupational Health -- Qualitative Evidence in Health Promotion -- Qualitative Evidence in Pediatrics -- Qualitative Evidence in Working with Cognitively Impaired Older Adults -- Qualitative Evidence in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Qualitative Evidence in the Study of HIV/AIDS and Sensitive Topics: The contribution of online qualitative research -- Qualitative Evidence in Suicide Ideation, Attempts, and Suicide Prevention -- Qualitative Evidence in Suicide: Findings from Qualitative Psychological Autopsy Studies -- Qualitative Evidence in Treatment Adherence -- Disability as a Dimension of Diversity -- Qualitative Evidence in Chronic, Disabling Conditions (Childhood or Early Onset Physical Impairment) -- Part 3:  Using Qualitative Health Research to Improve Health -- What use is it anyway?  Considering Modes of Application and Contributions of Qualitative InquiryBeyond Dissemination: Generating and Applying Qualitative Evidence Through Community-Based Participatory Research -- Using Qualitative Evidence to Develop an Intervention for Enabling People with Chronic Disabling Conditions to be More Physically Active.-The Contribution of Qualitative Research to Medication Adherence -- At Diagnosis and at Death: Using Qualitative Evidence to Inform Psychosocial Interventions in OncologyChange Process Research -- Qualitative Evidence in Health Policy Analysis -- Generating New Health Knowledge.