ABSTRACT
The purpose of this review was to discuss some methodological issues inherent within cross-sectional mixed methods designs in health sciences, and to provide an initial conceptualization of cross-sectional mixed method designs in health sciences by conducting a methodological review of empirical studies through the end of 2014. The results identified three basic commonly-used cross-sectional mixed methods designs that have been used by the researchers in health sciences, and several methodological issues corresponding to the crosssectional mixed methods designs, and suggest recommendations and implications for both applied researchers and methodologists interested in using cross-sectional mixed methods approaches in health sciences.
