A Hospital Nursing Based Osteoporosis Prevention Study: Action Research in Action

Health Promotion in the Practice Setting: Findings from a Review of Clinical Issues

“…Appropriate and wide‐reaching methods are needed for conducting and evaluating health promotion research. The use of action research in health promotion is advocated and encouraged by nurse researchers (Choudhry et al 2002; Meyer et al 2003; Whitehead et al 2003; Whitehead et al 2004a, 2004b; Whitehead 2005c). Action research, in particular, engages both researchers and participants in processes that help to create collective empowerment, organisational change, community capacity‐building, and meaningful action towards achieving equitable communities (Meyer et al 2003).…”