scholarly journals Asset Mapping as a Tool for Identifying Resources in Community Health: A Methodological Overview

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Tanvir C Turin ◽  
Maaz Shahid ◽  
Marcua Vaska
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Asset Mapping ◽  
Surface Level ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Creation

Background: By focusing on a community’s strengths instead of its’ weaknesses, the process of asset mapping provides researchers a new way to assess community health. This process is also a useful tool for assessing health-related needs, disparities, and inequities within the communities. This paper aims to serve as a basic and surface level guide to understanding and planning for creating an asset map. Methods: A step-by-step guideline is provided in this paper as an introduction to those interested in creating an asset map using organizational outlines and previous application in research projects. Results: To help readers better grasp asset maps, a few examples are first provided that show the application of asset maps in health research, community engagement, and community partnerships. This is followed by elaboration of the six steps involved in the creation of an asset map. Conclusion: This paper introduces researchers to the steps required to create an asset map, with examples from published literature. The intended audience includes students and researchers new to the creation of asset maps.

scholarly journals Conducting Comprehensive Environmental Scans in Health Research: A Process for Assessing the Subject Matter Landscape

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maaz Shahid ◽  
Tanvir C Turin
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Surface Level ◽  
Environmental Scan ◽  
The Subject

Environmental scans provide researchers with an assessment of the landscape around an issue of interest. In this process relevant information is systematically amassed to identify current status, scopes or opportunities, and risks. This paper aims to serve as a basic and surface level guide to understanding and planning for conducting an environmental scan. The intended audience includes students and researchers new to the use of environmental scans. Before discussion of all the steps, some examples of the use of environmental scans in health research is provided. The process of conducting an environmental scan is outlined in five steps that revolve around purpose, people, questions, information gathering and presenting. The paper concludes with a discussion on advantages and challenges of conducting environmental scans.

scholarly journals A Three-Decade Evolution to Transdisciplinary Research: Community Health Research in California-Mexico Border Communities

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Elder ◽  
Guadalupe X. Ayala ◽  
Thomas L. McKenzie ◽  
Alan J. Litrownik ◽  
Linda C. Gallo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Border Communities ◽  
Mexico Border

scholarly journals Connected Health Living Lab

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Martin ◽  
Ian Cleland ◽  
Chris Nugent ◽  
Claire Orr ◽  
Tanya McCance ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Connected Health ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Clinical Engagement

The school of computing, in collaboration with the institute of nursing and health research and the school of engineering, recently established the connected health living lab (CH:LL) at Ulster University. CH:LL offers a dedicated environment to support user and clinical engagement, access to state-of-the-art technology to assess usability and interaction with innovative technologies, in addition to being a dedicated environment to record user behaviours with new connected health solutions. The creation of such a dedicated environment offers a range of benefits to support multi-disciplinary research in the area of connected health. This paper illustrates the design, development, and implementation of CH:LL, including a description of the various technologies associated with the living lab at Ulster University. To conclude, the paper highlights how these resources have been used to date within various research projects.

scholarly journals Linking Podcasts With Social Media to Promote Community Health and Medical Research: Feasibility Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Balls-Berry ◽  
Pamela Sinicrope ◽  
Miguel Valdez Soto ◽  
Tabetha Brockman ◽  
Martha Bock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Community Health Needs Assessment ◽  
Patient Engagement In Research

BACKGROUND Linking podcasts with social media is a strategy to promote and disseminate health and health research information to the community without constraints of time, weather, and geography. OBJECTIVE To describe the process of creating a podcast library and promoting it on social media as a strategy for disseminating health and biomedical research topics to the community. METHODS We used a community and patient engagement in research approach for developing a process to use podcasts for dissemination of health and health research information. We have reported the aspects of audience reach, impressions, and engagement on social media through the number of downloads, shares, and reactions posted on SoundCloud, Twitter, and Facebook, among others. RESULTS In collaboration with our local community partner, we produced 45 podcasts focused on topics selected from a community health needs assessment with input from health researchers. Episodes lasted about 22 minutes and presented health-related projects, community events, and community resources, with most featured guests from Olmsted County (24/45, 53%). Health research was the most frequently discussed topic. Between February 2016 and June 2017, episodes were played 1843 times on SoundCloud and reached 1702 users on our Facebook page. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated the process and feasibility of creating a content library of podcasts for disseminating health- and research-related information. Further examination is needed to determine the best methods to develop a sustainable social media plan that will further enhance dissemination (audience reach), knowledge acquisition, and communication of health topics.

scholarly journals Challenges of Introducing Participant Observation to Community Health Research

ISRN Nursing ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Zhao ◽  
Yingchun Ji
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Observation Strategies

Participant observation elicits unique observation data from both an insider’s and an outsider’s perspectives. Despite the growing tendency to adopt participant observation strategies in health care research regarding health-related beliefs and types of behavior, the use of participant observation in current research is mostly limited to structured clinical settings rather than community settings. In this paper, we describe how we use participant observation in a community health research study with Chinese-born immigrant women. We document discrepancies between these women’s beliefs and types of behavior regarding health and health promotion. We further discuss the ethnical, time, and setting challenges in community health research using participant observation. Possible solutions are also discussed.

scholarly journals Reflective insights from developing a palliative care children and young people’s advisory group

2021 ◽  
pp. 026921632097603
Author(s):  
Anna Roach ◽  
Debbie Braybrook ◽  
Steve Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Research ◽  
School Health ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
After School ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Care Research

Background: The importance of actively involving patient and public members throughout the different stages of palliative care and health research projects is widely acknowledged, however patient and public involvement work rarely considers insight from children and young people. Although this is becoming increasingly recognised in other areas of research, there is currently no structured guidance on how to best involve children and young people in palliative care research. Aim: To plan and deliver a Young People’s Advisory Group in palliative care and health research at a secondary school. Findings: Attending an after-school ‘Health and Social Research Methods Club’ for 11 weeks benefitted children and researchers. Children were taught about data collection methods, data analysis and ethics in health research and used these skills to provide valuable feedback which has been implemented in current palliative care research projects. Children took part in considered discussions around palliative care topics and enjoyed attending the group. Conclusion: This project has equipped researchers with skills and provided a structured template for future Young People’s Advisory Groups, ensuring the unique voices of children and young people are considered and valued in future palliative care research.

Health research capacity in Nepal: Analysis of the trend and the role of local researchers

2021 ◽  
pp. 004947552098277
Author(s):  
Madhu Kharel ◽  
Alpha Pokharel ◽  
Krishna P Sapkota ◽  
Prasant V Shahi ◽  
Pratisha Shakya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making

Evidence-based decision-making is less common in low- and middle-income countries where the research capacity remains low. Nepal, a lower-middle-income country in Asia, is not an exception. We conducted a rapid review to identify the trend of health research in Nepal and found more than seven-fold increase in the number of published health-related articles between 2000 and 2018. The proportion of articles with Nepalese researchers as the first authors has also risen over the years, though they are still only in two-thirds of the articles in 2018.

Developing a Lesbian Health Research Program: Fenway Community Health Center’s Experience and Evolution

1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Carroll ◽  
Rhonda Linde ◽  
Kenneth Mayer ◽  
Ana M. Lara ◽  
Judith Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Lesbian Health

scholarly journals The Community Child Health Network Life Stress Interview: a brief chronic stress measure for community health research

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynlee R. Tanner Stapleton ◽  
Christine Dunkel Schetter ◽  
Larissa N. Dooley ◽  
Christine M. Guardino ◽  
Jan Huynh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Chronic Stress ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Health Network ◽  
Stress Measure ◽  
Stress Interview

Something old, something new: Enabled theory building in qualitative marketing research

2021 ◽  
pp. 147059312110322
Author(s):  
Pierre-Yann Dolbec ◽  
Eileen Fischer ◽  
Robin Canniford
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Research ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Marketing Theory ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Novel Theory ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Analytical Tools

“Enabled theorizing” is a common practice in marketing scholarship. Nevertheless, this practice has recently been criticized for constraining the creation of novel theory. To advance this conversation, we conduct a grounded analysis of papers that feature enabled theorizing with the aim of describing and analyzing how enabled theorizing is practiced. Our analysis suggests that enabled theorizing marries data with analytical tools and ontological perspectives in ways that advance ongoing conversations in marketing theory and practice, as well as informing policy and methods. Based on interviews with marketing and consumer research scholars who practice enabled theorizing, we explain how researchers use enabling theories to shape research projects, how researchers select enabling lenses, and how they negotiate the review process. We discuss the implications of our analyses for theory-building in our field, and we question the notion of originality in relation to theory more generally.

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