Cancer care coordination: building a platform for the development of care coordinator roles and ongoing evaluation

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Freijser ◽  
Lucio Naccarella ◽  
Rosemary McKenzie ◽  
Meinir Krishnasamy
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Care Coordinator ◽  
Program Logic ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Patient Advocates ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Ongoing Evaluation

Continuity of care is integral to the quality and safety of care provided to people with cancer and their carers. Further evidence is required to examine the contribution Nurse Cancer Care Coordinator (NCCC) roles make in improving the continuity. The aim of the present study was to clarify the assumptions underpinning the NCCC roles and provide a basis for ongoing evaluation. The project comprised a literature review and a qualitative study to develop program logic. The participants who were purposively sampled included policy makers, practitioners, patient advocates, and researchers. Both the literature and participant reports found that NCCC roles are diverse and responsive to contextual influences to coordinate care at the individual (patient), organisational, and systems levels. The application of the program logic for the development of NCCC roles was explored. The conceptualisation of NCCC roles was also examined in relation to Boundary Spanning and Relational Coordination theory. Further research is required to examine how NCCCs contribute to improving equity, safety, quality and coordination of care. The project has implications for research, policy and practice, and makes explicit existing assumptions to provide a platform for further development and evaluation of these roles.

scholarly journals Corruption in Construction Projects: Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4400
Author(s):  
Zhao Zhai ◽  
Ming Shan ◽  
Amos Darko ◽  
Albert P. C. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Global Research

Corruption has been identified as a major problem in construction projects. It can jeopardize the success of these projects. Consequently, corruption has garnered significant attention in the construction industry over the past two decades, and several studies on corruption in construction projects (CICP) have been conducted. Previous efforts to analyze and review this body of knowledge have been manual, qualitative and subjective, thus prone to bias and limited in the number of reviewed studies. There remains a lack of inclusive, quantitative, objective and computational analysis of global CICP research to inform future research, policy and practice. This study aims to address this lack by providing the first inclusive bibliometric study exploring the state-of-the-art of global CICP research. To this end, a quantitative and objective technique aided by CiteSpace was used to systematically and computationally analyze a large corpus of 542 studies retrieved from the Web of Science and published from 2000 to 2020. The findings revealed major and influential CICP research journals, persons, institutions, countries, references and areas of focus, as well as revealing how these interact with each other in research networks. This study contributes to the in-depth understanding of global research on CICP. By highlighting the principal research areas, gaps, emerging trends and directions, as well as patterns in CICP research, the findings could help researchers, practitioners and policy makers position their future CICP research and/or mitigation strategies.

Building Success in Development and Peacebuilding by Caring for Carers: A Guide to Research, Policy and Practice to Ensure Effective, Inclusive and Responsive Interventions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Gordon ◽  
Briony Jones
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Knowledge Communities ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Individual

The experiences and marginalisation of international organisation employees with caring responsibilities has a direct negative impact on the type of security and justice being built in conflict-affected environments. This is in large part because international organisations fail to respond to the needs of those with caring responsibilities, which leads to their early departure from the field, and negatively affects their work while in post. In this toolkit we describe this problem, the exacerbating factors, and challenges to overcoming it. We offer a theory of change demonstrating how caring for carers can both improve the working conditions of employees of international organisations as well as the effectiveness, inclusivity and responsiveness of peace and justice interventions. This is important because it raises awareness among employers in the sector of the severity of the problem and its consequences. We also offer a guide for employers for how to take the caring responsibilities of their employees into account when developing human resource policies and practices, designing working conditions and planning interventions. Finally, we underscore the importance of conducting research on the gendered impacts of the marginalisation of employees with caring responsibilities, not least because of the breadth and depth of resultant individual, organisational and sectoral harms. In this regard, we also draw attention to the way in which gender stereotypes and gender biases not only inform and undermine peacebuilding efforts, but also permeate research in this field. Our toolkit is aimed at international organisation employees, employers and human resources personnel, as well as students and scholars of peacebuilding and international development. We see these communities of knowledge and action as overlapping, with insights to be brought to bear as well as challenges to be overcome in this area. The content of the toolkit is equally relevant across these knowledge communities as well as between different specialisms and disciplines. Peacebuilding and development draw in experts from economics, politics, anthropology, sociology and law, to name but a few. The authors of this toolkit have come together from gender studies, political science, and development studies to develop a theory of change informed by interdisciplinary insights. We hope, therefore, that this toolkit will be useful to an inclusive and interdisciplinary set of knowledge communities. Our core argument - that caring for carers benefits the individual, the sectors, and the intended beneficiaries of interventions - is relevant for students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners alike.

scholarly journals Rediscovering Recovery: Reconceptualizing Underlying Assumptions of Citizenship and Interrelated Notions of Care and Support

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Vandekinderen ◽  
Griet Roets ◽  
Rudi Roose ◽  
Geert Van Hove
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Conceptual Distinction ◽  
The Individual

Over the last few decades, research, policy, and practice in the field of mental health care and a complementary variety of social work and social service delivery have internationally concentrated onrecoveryas a promising concept. In this paper, a conceptual distinction is made between anindividualapproach and asocialapproach to recovery, and underlying assumptions of citizenship and interrelated notions and features of care and support are identified. It is argued that the conditionality of the individual approach to recovery refers to a conceptualization of citizenship asnormative, based on the existence of a norm that operates in every domain of our society. We argue that these assumptions place a burden ofself-governanceon citizens with mental health problems and risk producing people with mental health problems as nonrecyclable citizens. The social approach to recovery embraces a different conceptualization of citizenship asrelational and inclusiveand embodies the myriad ways in which the belonging of people with mental health problems can be constructed in practice. As such, we hope to enable social services and professionals in the field to balance their role in the provision of care and support to service users with mental health problems.

Evaluating Social Work: Progress and Prospects

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Cheetham
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Evaluative Research ◽  
Evidence Of Impact

Within the past decade, evaluative research has achieved an established and well-regarded place within the repertoire of social work inquiry. Although increasingly wide-ranging and methodologically sophisticated, social work evaluation still has to contend with important challenges. These include taking greater account of the several audiences of research, namely, service users, practitioners, and policy makers; developing, through a variety of research methods, the range and quality of evidence of impact; and drawing research, policy, and practice into closer union. To reach its full potential, social work research must focus both on individuals and their social worlds and must therefore be firmly rooted in the social sciences.

scholarly journals How embedded is public involvement in mainstream health research in England a decade after policy implementation? A realist evaluation

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Wilson ◽  
Elspeth Mathie ◽  
Fiona Poland ◽  
Julia Keenan ◽  
Amanda Howe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Patient And Public Involvement ◽  
Realist Evaluation ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Programme Theory ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Ongoing Evaluation ◽  
Normalization Process

Objectives To explore how embedded patient and public involvement is within mainstream health research following two decades of policy-driven work to underpin health research with patient and public involvement in England. Methods Realist evaluation using Normalization Process Theory as a programme theory to understand what enabled patient and public involvement to be embedded as normal practice. Data were collected through a national scoping and survey, and qualitative methods to track patient and public involvement processes and impact over time within 22 nationally funded research projects. Results In research studies that were able to create reciprocal working relationships and to embed patient and public involvement this was contingent on: the purpose of patient and public involvement being clear; public contributors reflecting research end-beneficiaries; researchers understanding the value of patient and public involvement; patient and public involvement opportunities being provided throughout the research and ongoing evaluation of patient and public involvement. Key contested areas included: whether to measure patient and public involvement impact; seeking public contributors to maintain a balance between being research-aware and an outsider standpoint seen as ‘authentically’ lay; scaling-up patient and public involvement embedded within a research infrastructure rather than risk token presence and whether patient and public involvement can have a place within basic science. Conclusions While patient and public involvement can be well-integrated within all types of research, policy makers should take account of tensions that must be navigated in balancing moral and methodological imperatives.

What is resilience? A review and concept analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Windle
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Concept Analysis ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face ◽  
Clear Identification ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Life Course

SummaryThe complexities of defining what appears to be the relatively simple concept of resilience are widely recognized. This paper analyses the concept of resilience from a range of disciplinary perspectives and clarifies a definition in order to inform research, policy and practice. The work takes a life course approach to resilience, examining evidence derived from research across the lifespan. It incorporates the methods of systematic review, concept analysis and consultation through face-to-face meetings. The synthesis of methodological approaches enables a clear identification of the antecedents, defining attributes and consequences of resilience, validated with stakeholder partners. Through this process, resilience is defined as the process of effectively negotiating, adapting to, or managing significant sources of stress or trauma. Assets and resources within the individual, their life and environment facilitate this capacity for adaptation and ‘bouncing back’ in the face of adversity. Across the life course, the experience of resilience will vary. A large proportion of resilience research is routed within the discipline of developmental psychology, and has mainly been developed with children and adolescents. A major contribution to resilience research could be made through more multi-disciplinary studies that examine the dynamics of resilience across the lifespan, its role in healthy ageing and in managing loss, such as changes in cognitive functioning.

scholarly journals Evidence and Education: The Braided Roles of Research, Policy and Practice in New Zealand

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noeline Alcorn
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Calls for educational policy and practice to be evidence-based have become insistent, yet there is ongoing contestation of the purpose and value of educational research. This paper addresses criticism of research from practitioners, politicians and policy makers and from within the research community itself. It examines the impact of the PBRF in New Zealand and the call for evidence-based practice here, in the UK and the US. It draws attention to research studies that are possible models for a principled and methodologically inclusive way forward and develops a set of principles for guiding future development in teacher education and educational research.

scholarly journals Contextualising public entrepreneurship in Greek local government austerity

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1563-1579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Melissanidou ◽  
Lorraine Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Entrepreneurship ◽  
Fiscal Austerity ◽  
Austerity Policy

Purpose Public entrepreneurs are an under-researched group in local government. The purpose of this paper is to explore the contextual complexities of public entrepreneurs who pursue more creative ways of “doing more with less” to cope with dynamic financial and societal anxieties of Greek local government fiscal austerity policy reforms. Precisely, this study aims to the understanding of how specific contextual influences impact, first, on the nature of public entrepreneurship and, second, on manifested outcomes. A systematic approach marks the authors attempt to assess the broader impact pointing out the implications for research, policy and practice. Design/methodology/approach A case study of Greek local government draws on 26 in-depth semi-structured interviews with public entrepreneurs across top, middle and front-line levels of management, field notes, documentary and archival evidence. Findings The findings demonstrate unique Greek contextual complexities such as contradictory tensions between triggered decentralisation of control and responsibilities of the local government and attempts of external reinvention rather than internal renewal. These complexities influence public entrepreneurs’ systemic entrepreneurship behaviours in Greek local government since the implementation of fiscal austerity policy reforms in 2010. Their representation is manifest in policy, administrative and technological outcomes with public value consequences. Originality/value This research contributes to a deeper understanding of public entrepreneurship in context. Greek local government public entrepreneurs bring original insights on the contextual influences of their systemic enactment and manifested outcomes, with implications for research, policy and practice.

Subjective experiences of younger people with dementia and their families: implications for UK research, policy and practice

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Roach ◽  
John Keady ◽  
Penny Bee ◽  
Kevin Hope
Keyword(s):  
Research Policy ◽  
Societal Implications ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Entire Family ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Personality Changes ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Uk

Young-onset dementia (dementia in people under 65 years of age) remains an under-researched area of dementia care. As populations age in industrialized countries, dementia is set to increase: this includes dementias in younger people. Current estimates suggest there are over 15 000 younger people living with dementia in the UK, whilst dedicated services and research in this area remain limited. Younger people may be affected by rarer forms of dementia that can create various kinds of impairment in the individual. For example, as Boxer and Miller report, although memory can be affected, people with conditions such as frontotemporal dementia can present initially with personality changes as the primary symptom. Younger people may also have more difficulties with visuospatial and semantic tasks when compared with an person, and there are likely to be personal and societal implications for the entire family.

scholarly journals Health service provision for women 50+: the “Frauen 5.0” project in the north-east region in Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Dini ◽  
F Pruetz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Care Services ◽  
North East ◽  
Improve Health

Abstract Background A higher life expectancy for women in Germany coincides with shortages in health professionals. Besides gynecologists (Gyn), the main providers of ambulatory healthcare services for women 50+ are general practitioners (GPs), which are not providing any gynecological services. The project “Frauen 5.0” aims to identify strategies for improving health care provision for women 50+ in three north-east states of Germany by analyzing health system indicators and exploring the perspective of service providers, users, practitioners and policy makers. Methods Mixed-methods combined with participatory research including 1) secondary data analysis (Robert Koch-Institute and Zentralinstitut); 2) postal quantitative survey of all Gyn (n = 1.031) and of a randomized sample of 66% of GPs (n = 3.514); 3) qualitative interviews of women 50 + (n = 25); and 4) round tables with practitioners and policy makers. Results In Germany 25% of the population are women 50+, from which 41% do not use Gyn services. Users expressed the need that GPs/Gyn actively address women’s health issues during consultation. The survey (response rate 51% Gyn; 25% GPs) revealed a high willingness to collaborate among GPs and Gyn. Barriers and synergies in organizational, professional and user aspects were identified. Task-sharing between GP and Gyn, delegation to non-medical personnel and the introduction of financial incentives showed to be a key element to improve health care services for women 50+. Dissusion In the SDG era of “leaving no one behind” acknowledging and addressing the unmet needs of women 50+ is from a public health perspective an issue of utmost urgency as is closing the gap between research, policy and practice. Conclusions New strategies to improve health care services for women 50+ were developed by integrating the evidence from actual data in meaningfull dialogues between research, policy and practice. Key messages New models of health care provision are required to adress and improve the health of women 50+. Closer collaboration between research policy and practice can be achieved by participatory methods.

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