Understanding Qualitative Research: A School Nurse Perspective

Broussard, Lisa

doi:10.1177/10598405050220040501

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“…Qualitative methods address how people perceive or experience situations. They are often employed in health related research (Boyd, 2001;Britten, 2011;Broussard, 2006) because they provide rich and dense data about complex issues (Boyd, 2001;Britten, 2011;Broussard, 2006).…”

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Taking control of diabetes: child and adolescent perspectives on the evolution of self-care

Khan¹

2021

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This qualitative study employed an ethnographic approach to explore perspectives of children and adolescents on diabetes self-care. Their knowledge of diabetes and feelings about having the disease was also addressed. Rooted in the new sociological approach that acknowledges children’s right to participate in issues that concern them, forty eight paediatric patients between the ages of five and eighteen years participated in individual interviews. Participants were recruited from a diabetes outpatient clinic within the largest paediatric hospital in Canada. Data were coded using McCracken’s (1988) method of analysis. This paper presents a focused analysis of three major themes: self-care, knowledge and feelings. In-depth analyses of these integrated themes provided a rich understanding of how children and adolescents with diabetes come to accept their disease and how the process of self-care evolves over time. Despite the emotional challenges and complexity of managing diabetes, children and adolescents spoke of a resolve and readiness to obtain more knowledge about their disease. This paper describes the process of diabetes self-care from the perspectives of children and adolescents and offers suggestions for clinical practice and future research.

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Taking control of diabetes: child and adolescent perspectives on the evolution of self-care

Khan¹

2021

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“…Ethnography is a distinct type of qualitative research in which the goal is to gain an understanding of a particular culture directly from individuals in the culture, rather than learning about them from others (Christensen, 2004). Researchers who use ethnographic methods immerse themselves in the lives of the participants while the participants remain in close proximity to their own environment (Britten, 2011; Broussard, 2006). In this study, we considered children and adolescents with diabetes a distinct cultural group that share commonalities, often not shared by their typical counterparts.…”

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“…We modified typical ethnographic methods somewhat by accessing children’s and adolescents’ views about their experiences with diabetes within a familiar and mutually shared environment. Because visits to the diabetes outpatient clinic begin at diagnosis and regularly occur through childhood and into adolescence, we selected this setting as an appropriate environment for participants to tell their stories (Britten, 2011; Broussard, 2006). Families normally visited the clinic at 3-month intervals, and the location of the outpatient clinic in the hospital had not moved in 30 years.…”

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Pediatric Perspectives on Diabetes Self-Care

2014

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We conducted this qualitative study to explore children's and adolescents' perspectives about diabetes self-care, their knowledge of diabetes, and their emotions associated with having the disease. Drawing on the new sociological approach that acknowledges children's competence in discussing complex issues that concern them, we conducted individual interviews with a cross-sectional sample of 48 patients between the ages of 5 and 18 years. We recruited participants from a diabetes outpatient clinic within a large pediatric hospital in one of Canada's major urban centers. In this article, we present data from the following major themes: self-care, knowledge, and emotions. Through an in-depth analysis of these integrated themes, we offer validation that emotional support, along with disease education, provides supportive conditions for engaging in self-care and a process of acceptance.

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“…Therefore, it was possible to obtain sufficient data with fewer participants. Once the codes started to represent a pattern that demonstrated theory, saturation was achieved (Broussard, 2006). The researchers worked closely with trained recruiters from the four organizations to identify potential participants who were given an information letter and invited to participate on a voluntary basis.…”

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Disaster-related resiliency theory among older adults who survived Typhoon Haiyan

Almazan

Albougami

Alamri

et al. 2019

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Understanding resilience involved in the capability of older adult disaster survivors to deal with one natural disaster to another has been the focal point of several studies. Various nursing theories explain resiliency after a disaster strikes. However, there is no theory that centers on the resiliency process among older adults post disaster. A qualitative study was conducted utilising a grounded theory approach. A total of 14 older adults Typhoon Haiyan survivors participated in the study. They were chosen by purposeful sampling followed by theoretical sampling in order to attain conceptual and theoretical saturation. The data were gathered through in-depth interviews which took place in temporary shelter homes. A grounded theory of disaster related resiliency theory was generated according to the subcategories and categories thus developed. The path of life recovery post-disaster were derived from three categories: (1) Participants' perception of strength, (2) Resilience started within oneself, and (3) Maintaining a Positive Attitude. This set of categories provides coping mechanisms which are important in adopting disaster resiliency.Understanding this process provides a more expedient and effective medical response to older adult survivors and allows an understanding of the factors which influence disaster resilience.

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Understanding Qualitative Research: A School Nurse Perspective

Cited by 23 publications

References 24 publications

Taking control of diabetes: child and adolescent perspectives on the evolution of self-care

Taking control of diabetes: child and adolescent perspectives on the evolution of self-care

Pediatric Perspectives on Diabetes Self-Care

Disaster-related resiliency theory among older adults who survived Typhoon Haiyan

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