Action research for multi-level facilitation of improvement in health and social care: Development of a change facilitation approach for a local R&D unit
This paper reports an action research program designed to develop new approaches for a locally based Swedish R&D unit’s task to facilitate improvement in partner organizations, and to provide guidance on how to manage challenges in action research programs focusing on development in health and social care.
Read More...Empowering nurses through action research for developing a new nursing handover program in a pediatric ward in Iran
Developing a new nursing handover program in a pediatric ward in Iran focused on the handing over of patient information among nurses between shifts. The participants in the action research, (12 nurses, 2 assistants, a head nurse, with academic researchers as facilitators), reached a significant decrease in time and cost of nursing handover.
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Relational Action Inquiry as the Trump Talk: Crossing the Gender Rubicon in the USA election
We’ve arrived at the river. The riverbank of the of the Gender Rubicon. The Rubicon is the US election tomorrow and, more importantly, civilizations’s decision about the role of patriarchy in the 21st Century. We get to choose between a bully who brags about grabbing pussy and throwing out the foreigners — his self description
Read More...Action research in procurement management; evidence from selected lower local government authorities in Tanzania
Abstract on behalf of Geraldine A Rasheli The aim of the paper was to show how opportunities provided by Action Research models could solve problems related to procurement management in three selected lower local government authorities in Tanzania. It builds on Marja Liisa Swantz’s participant research. Three phases of Action Research were adapted from
Read More...Counsellors Stories of Action Research
Dear friends, Sending you a warm hello from Calgary. Wondering if any of you here are counsellors or know counsellors who have engaged in an action research project. I’d love to hear your voices and stories in a study I am carrying out for my master’s thesis. If you don’t want to participate but just […]
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