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Rehman N, Garcia MC, Jones A, Ma J, Mertz D, Mbuagbaw L. Measures of retention in HIV care: A protocol for a mixed methods study. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0294824. [PMID: 38394108 PMCID: PMC10889855 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Retention in HIV care is necessary to achieve adherence to antiretroviral therapy, viral load suppression, and optimal health outcomes. There is no standard definition for retention in HIV care, which compromises consistent and reliable reporting and comparison of retention across facilities, jurisdictions, and studies. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to explore how stakeholders involved in HIV care define retention in HIV care and their preferences on measuring retention. METHODS We will use an exploratory sequential mixed methods design involving HIV stakeholder groups such as people living with HIV, people involved in providing care for PLHIV, and people involved in decision-making about PLHIV. In the qualitative phase of the study, we will conduct 20-25 in-depth interviews to collect the perspectives of HIV stakeholders on using their preferred retention measures. The findings from the qualitative phase will inform the development of survey items for the quantitative phase. Survey participants (n = 385) will be invited to rate the importance of each approach to measuring retention on a seven-point Likert scale. We will merge the qualitative and quantitative findings phase findings to inform a consensus-building framework for a standard definition of retention in care. ETHICAL ISSUES AND DISSEMINATION This study has received ethics approval from the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board. The findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and among stakeholder groups. LIMITATIONS This study has limitations; we won't be able to arrive at a standard definition; a Delphi technique amongst the stakeholders will be utilized using the framework to reach a consensus globally accepted definition.
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- Nadia Rehman
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Centre for Development of Best Practices in Health (CDBPH), Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O’Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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Reich D, Evans S, O'Shea M. Stakeholder views on mindfulness for youth at risk for psychosis. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2022; 31:1390-1404. [PMID: 35779266 PMCID: PMC9796432 DOI: 10.1111/inm.13038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Interventions incorporating mindfulness for youth identified to be at risk for psychosis show promise for symptom management yet to be addressed by other approaches. Important questions remain as to how to safely and effectively implement these interventions with this cohort. The aim of this research was to collaboratively identify with stakeholders of such interventions, namely youth at risk for psychosis, and practitioners with experience working with youth at risk for psychosis - attitudes towards mindfulness and potential intervention adaptations to ensure the safety, uptake, and effectiveness of mindfulness interventions used with youth at risk for psychosis. Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative studies were adopted. Eight practitioners and six at risk for psychosis individuals were interviewed. Both groups identified significant potential benefits of mindfulness, for stress and relaxation, managing difficult thoughts and emotions, increasing positive emotions, improving functioning, and patient empowerment within treatment participation. Stakeholders identified the helpfulness of including compassion-based practices, emphasizing experiential and concrete material, shorter and guided exercises, the targeting of anxiety and attenuated psychotic symptomology, and making the goals or intent of practice youth relevant. Significant barriers were identified - poor functioning and low motivation, high self-criticism, concurrent medication and substance use, and perceptions of mindfulness that may impact uptake (e.g. it requires relaxation to work). Formulation of and research into comprehensive clinical guidelines will help ensure the safe and effective use of future mindfulness and compassion-based practices with at risk for psychosis individuals.
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- Daniel Reich
- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Sandhu DK, Arif AMM, Bakar EA, Rahim HA. The Role of Regulator and NGOs in Developing Credit Community and Consumer Sovereignty in Malaysia. PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES 2022; 30:191-207. [DOI: 10.47836/pjssh.30.1.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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The purpose of regulating the Credit Community industry is to standardise moneylenders’ business compliance so that consumers may freely choose where to pursue their moneylending transactions. Media reported an increasing trend on breaching of consumers’ sovereignty by the moneylenders in Malaysia. Thus, the primary role of regulation effectiveness comes into the limelight. It raises the question of whether regulation enhancement supports or deter consumers’ sovereignty. The study was undertaken in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, where most of the consumers’ issues were handled by non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The phenomenology approach was used to extract the three NGO leaders’ experiences and four regulator officers’ when dealing with the consumers and the licensed moneylenders’ issues. Data from semi-structured interviews and moneylending literature were uploaded into Nvivo 12 for thematic analysis. Findings revealed three themes: the non-governmental organisations’ role as the “watchdog”, the regulator’s educational role, and the regulator’s role in uplifting consumers’ sovereignty. The findings reveal a tendency for consumers with moneylending issues to seek NGOs, which affect the effort of seeking redress. The implication is for the regulator to take the lead in strengthening a three-way working relationship involving the moneylenders’ associations and the NGOs to resolve consumers sovereignty issues.
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- Daljit Kaur Sandhu
- Department of Resource Management and Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Resource Management and Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Resource Management and Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Resource Management and Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Nyanchoka L, Damian A, Nygård M. Understanding facilitators and barriers to follow-up after abnormal cervical cancer screening examination among women living in remote areas of Romania: a qualitative study protocol. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e053954. [PMID: 35197342 PMCID: PMC8867342 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION In 2020 in Europe, Romania had the second highest incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer, after Montenegro. To address cervical cancer in the country, the Romanian government established a national cervical cancer screening programme in 2012. The programme provides free testing as well as free treatment in the event of cervical precancer diagnosis for women 25-64 years old with health insurance who are referred from a programme-registered general practitioner. Participation in screening, retesting and follow-up for detected precancerous lesions is suboptimal, thus reducing the overall effectiveness of the programme. AIM The overall aim of the study is to examine facilitators and barriers to cervical cancer screening follow-up after an abnormal cervical cancer screening examination among underserved women living in remote areas of Romania. We have the following specific research questions: (1) what are the knowledge, perspectives and experiences of women living in remote areas of Romania with cervical cancer screening and (2) what are the knowledge, perspectives and experiences of women living in remote areas of Romania with follow-up information and services after abnormal cervical cancer screening results. METHOD We will conduct an exploratory qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Data analysis will be based on the thematic analysis outlined by Braun and Clarke. We will use QSR International's NVivo V.12 as the qualitative data analysis software for both data management and analysis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Study findings will inform recommendations for the Romania national policy for the cervical cancer screening programme, with a particular focus on underserved women living in remote areas with limited access to healthcare services. They will also be disseminated to relevant conferences and meetings. Ethics approval was obtained from Romania (Ref. 199/1501.2021 application no. 661/15.01.2021) and Norway (Ref. 12929853).
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- Linda Nyanchoka
- Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Oncology "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuţă" Cluj-Napoca (IOCN), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
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Salma I, Waelli M. Assessing the Integrative Framework for the Implementation of Change in Nursing Practice: Comparative Case Studies in French Hospitals. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10030417. [PMID: 35326895 PMCID: PMC8953539 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10030417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The implementation of healthcare policies in healthcare organizations is a pivotal issue for managers. They generally require a change in professional practices. In previous work, we developed the Integrative Framework for Implementation of change in Nursing Practices (IFINP) to support implementation initiatives for such change in nursing practices. We aimed to assess the generalizability of IFINP in other organizational settings and explore links between strategic and socio-material factors during implementation. We used a comparative qualitative case study at three French hospitals to assess the implementation of certification procedures. Data were collected from 33 semi-structured interviews with managers and nurses. Narratives reflecting actions and interactions were extracted and deductively analyzed using IFINP components. The results showed that the framework was flexible and captured the different aspects of implementation actions and interactions at the three hospitals. Strong interferences were identified between mobilization mechanisms and strategic elements. Interferences were observed mostly between ‘reflexive monitoring and work articulation’, and ‘reflexive monitoring and sense-making’ mechanisms. Leadership was integrated into the different mechanisms, especially the ‘translation’ mechanism. The IFINP facilitated a greater understanding of strategic elements and associated relationships with social and material factors during implementation. It helps to provide a clear definition of the managers’ role when implementing new nurse practices.
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- Israa Salma
- Inserm U 1309-RSMS ARENES UMR 6051, Management Institute, EHESP, CS 74312, CEDEX, 35043 Rennes, France;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-(0)6-62-10-25-33
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- Inserm U 1309-RSMS ARENES UMR 6051, Management Institute, EHESP, CS 74312, CEDEX, 35043 Rennes, France;
- Global Health Institute, Geneva University, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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Salma I, Waelli M. A framework for the implementation of certification procedures in nurse level: a mixed approach study. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:932. [PMID: 34493270 PMCID: PMC8425162 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06940-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background The implementation of certification procedures across healthcare systems is an essential component of the management process. Several promising approaches were developed toward a successful implementation of such policies; however, a precise adaptation and implementation to each local context was essential. Local activities must be considered in order to generate more pragmatic recommendations for managers. In this study, we built a framework for the implementation of certification procedures at nurse activity level. This was developed using two objectives: the identification of key implementation process components, and the integration of these components into a framework which considered the local socio-material context of nurses’ work. Methods We used a two-step mixed approach. The first was inductive and consisted of a qualitative case study conducted between April and December 2019. Here, we analyzed the implementation of certification procedures in a French teaching hospital. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and observations. In the second approach, emerging data were deductively analyzed using the Quality Implementation Tool (QIT) and Translational Mobilization Theory (TMT). Analyses were combined to construct an implementation framework. Results Sixteen interviews were conducted with participants from different organizational levels, managers, mid-managers, and nurses. Additionally, 83 observational hours were carried out in two different wards. Our results showed that, (1) All retrieved elements during the process were successfully captured by the QIT components, only one component was not applicable. (2) We identified elements related to the local activity context, with the different interrelationships between actors, actions, and contexts using the TMT. (3) Our analyses were integrated and translated into a framework that presents the implementation of certification procedures in healthcare facilities, with a specific interest to the nurse/mid-manager level. By initially using QIT, the framework components took on a transversal aspect which were then adapted by TMT to the local work context. Conclusions We successfully generated a framework that supports the implementation of certification procedures at the activity level. Our approach identified a broader vision of the interactions between proximity managers, teams, and contexts during change mobilization, which were not encompassed by transversal framework only, such as QIT. In the future, more empirical studies are needed to test this framework. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-021-06940-0.
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- Israa Salma
- École des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, 7348 MOS, Rennes, EA, France.
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- École des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, 7348 MOS, Paris, EA, France.,Global Health Institute, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland
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Dys S, Winfree J, Carder P, Zimmerman S, Thomas KS. Coronavirus Disease 2019 Regulatory Response in United States-Assisted Living Communities: Lessons Learned. Front Public Health 2021; 9:661042. [PMID: 34095066 PMCID: PMC8170034 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.661042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disproportionately affected residents, their families, staff, and operators of congregate care settings. Assisted living (AL) is a type of long-term care setting for older adults who need supportive care but not ongoing nursing care and emphasizes a social model of care provision. Because AL is a type of long-term care, it has at times been referenced along with nursing homes in discussions related to COVID-19 but not recognized for its different care practices that pose unique challenges related to COVID-19; in that manner, it has largely been left out of the COVID-19 discourse, although ~812,000 older adults live in AL. To identify COVID-19 issues specific to AL, stakeholders with expertise in AL operations, policy, practice, and research (n = 42) were recruited to participate in remote interviews between July and September 2020. Using a thematic analysis, we derived the following overarching themes: (1) Policymakers are disconnected from and lack an understanding of the AL context; (2) AL administrators were left to coordinate, communicate, and implement constantly changing guidelines with little support; (3) AL organizations faced limited knowledge of and disparate access to funding and resources; (4) state-level regulatory requirements conflicted with COVID-19 guidelines resulting in uncertainty about which rules to follow; and (5) AL operators struggled to balance public health priorities with promoting their residents' quality of life and well-being. To develop evidence-informed policy and avoid unintended consequences, AL operators, direct care workers, residents, and clinicians practicing in these settings should have opportunities to provide feedback throughout the policy development process, both state and national.
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- Sarah Dys
- School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States.,Institute on Aging, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Institute on Aging, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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- School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States.,Institute on Aging, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.,Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, United States
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Nyanchoka L, Tudur-Smith C, Porcher R, Hren D. Key stakeholders' perspectives and experiences with defining, identifying and displaying gaps in health research: a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e039932. [PMID: 33172944 PMCID: PMC7656956 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Mapping the current body of evidence including what is missing helps provide a better understanding of what research is available, ongoing and needed and should be prioritised. Identifying research gaps can inform the design and conduct of health research by providing additional context information about the body of evidence in a given topic area. Despite the commonly used term 'research gap' in scientific literature, little is written on how to find a 'research gap' in the first place. Moreover, there is no clear methodological guidance to identify and display gaps. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore how key stakeholders define research gaps and characterise methods/practices used to identify and display gaps in health research to further advance efforts in this area. DESIGN This was an exploratory qualitative study using semistructured in-depth interviews. The study sample included the following stakeholder groups: researchers, funders, healthcare providers, patients/public and policy-makers. Interview transcripts were subjected to thematic analysis. RESULTS Among the 20 interviews conducted (20 participants), a variety of research gap definitions were expressed (ie, five main themes, including gaps in information, knowledge/evidence gaps, uncertainties, quality and patient perspective). We identified three main themes for methods used to identify gaps (primary, secondary and both primary and secondary) and finally six main themes for the methods to display gaps (forest plots, diagrams/illustrations, evidence maps, mega maps, 3IE gap maps and info graphics). CONCLUSION This study provides insights into issues related to defining research gaps and methods used to identify and display gaps in health research from the perspectives of key stakeholders involved in the process. Findings will be used to inform methodological guidance on identifying research gaps.
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- Linda Nyanchoka
- Universite de Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool Institute of Translational Medicine, Liverpool, UK
- Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Paris, France
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool Institute of Translational Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Universite de Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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- University of Split Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Split, Croatia
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