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.
Read More...Developing learning diaries for action research on healthcare management in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda
Abstract on behalf of Comfort Mshelia, Gillian Lê, Tolib Mirzoev, Samuel Amon, Ambrose Kessy, Sebastian Olikira Baine, and Reinhard Huss Action research (AR) can be an effective form of ‘on the job’ training. However, it is critical that AR cycles can be appropriately recorded in order to contribute to reflection and learning. One form of recording is for co-researchers to keep […]
Read More...Connecting People’s Health to the Planet – Alan Wight
This weekend I read an article in the New York Times that talked about a food revolution for low-income people. Dennis Derryck is the owner of a 92 acre farm in Schoharie County, NY. He has created a unique community supported agricultural program (CSA) to help provide residents in the Bronx with healthy food. As some […]
Read More...Alphabet Soup, Community Health and Capacity Building – Deb Dole
AR, PAR, PR, CBPR, CBR – The letters and words we use to describe the process and practice of participation and action sometimes appear as a secret language code created by and for the select and privileged. The parrallel threads of action and participation cross at multiple points along the contimuum of engaged scholarship that […]
Read More...AR and CBPR in Clinical Trials – Bernard Young
There has been a growing interest in coupling AR, CBPR and Clinical Trials. This desire has been a respond to the need to improve diversity in clinical trial participation and to addressing the ethical issues of appropriately informing and educating the public when soliciting participants. Clinical trials that incorporate AR and CBPR models reduce power […]
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