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Qualitative research & evaluation methods
01 Jan 2002-Iss: 1
TL;DR: In this paper, conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.
Abstract: This book explains clearly conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, Complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.
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TL;DR: It is concluded that, in contrast to intensified routine control activities, a community-based intervention approach promises to be sustainable.
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...The data were collected through a review of documents, observations, key informant interviews and in-depth group interviews (Patton 2001) with the CWG members and health programme managers....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors bring together six papers written over a period of about ten years, which are devoted to the concept of safety culture and safety climate, and which reflect the overall aspiration to come to terms with both concepts, conceptually as well practically.
Abstract: The match between safety and culture was made around 1986, when the INSAG delivered its initial report on the Chernobyl accident. Whether the marriage is a happy one is still a matter of debate, but it is most definitely a fruitful one. In the past twenty years, many researchers have devoted much effort to both the theoretical development of the concept as well as its assessment. Moreover, various attempts have been made to relate the concept of safety culture to several other concepts as well as various safety performance indicators. It is, of course, the latter relationship that should provide safety culture with its raison d’etre, because what would be the purpose of the concept of safety culture if it has nothing to do with safety (outcomes)? This book brings together six papers written over a period of about ten years, which are devoted to the concept of safety culture and safety climate, and which reflect the overall aspiration to come to terms with both concepts, conceptually as well practically. This quest has been guided by the following research questions: What is safety culture actually and how can it be properly explored? The first chapter provides a critical review of the safety culture literature. In the second chapter, the use of questionnaires, safety climate’s preferred research technique, is explored in depth. In Chapter 3 the safety culture toolbox is opened and equipped; the tool-box is thereupon taken to Chapter 4, in which a full case study is described. In Chapter 5 the three broad approaches to the assessment of safety culture are outlined and discussed, and its relation with the process of safety management is deliberated. The book ends with a synthesis, a description of six images depicting the most prevalent viewpoints on safety culture.
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TL;DR: The reluctance of older chronic benzodiazepine users to taper or discontinue use highlights the importance of prevention and early intervention strategies to avoid the development of chronic use.
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The objective of the study is to understand patient factors contributing to the chronicity of benzodiazepine use by older adults as a first step in the development of acceptable intervention strategies for taper/discontinuation or prevention of chronic use.
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...” As a qualitative investigation, the goal here was an in-depth characterization of the patients sampled, and thus, there is less basis for broad statistical generalization.(23) However, several limitations of this research warrant mention....
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TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of 42 interviews conducted with experienced internal auditors working in public administration in Quebec indicates that Internal auditors perform two key roles: a protector role, further subdivided into two roles, protective shield and keeper of secrets, and a helper role, also subdivided to support of organizational performance and guide.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors outline the findings of a project which aimed at developing a best-practice model of maternity care for women from refugee backgrounds at a major maternity hospital in Brisbane, Australia, and point towards the need for a model of refugee maternity care that comprises continuity of carer, quality interpreter services, educational strategies for both women and healthcare professionals, and the provision of psychosocial support.
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