scholarly journals Are We Done Yet? Reflections on the Sustainability of Knowledge Products

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 160940692110609
Author(s):  
Karen Gallant ◽  
Susan Hutchinson ◽  
Catherine White ◽  
Fenton Litwiller ◽  
Barbara Hamilton-Hinch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Knowledge To Action

While collaborative research approaches help ensure that knowledge products resulting from research will be relevant to stakeholders and increase the likelihood that they will be integrated into practice, there has been limited attention given to the supports essential to maintaining knowledge products. Focussing on one research project whose knowledge products are heavily used, in this paper, we discuss the challenges associated with maintaining the integrity of these knowledge products, particularly tensions associated with: (1) lack of alignment of our needs, timelines and resources as researchers with those of community partners; (2) the ongoing need to support the evolution of knowledge products despite the conclusion of funding and project infrastructure and (3) lack of clarity about decision-making responsibility related to the ongoing evolution of these knowledge products. Out of these challenges, we offer recommendations for negotiating the evolution of knowledge products and sustaining the Knowledge to Action (KTA) cycle. These recommendations focus on documenting responsibilities for knowledge product maintenance and communication, assigning expiry dates to knowledge products, identifying secure, long-term repositories for knowledge products and planning for engagement of research partners with lived experience in the maintenance of research products.

Ethical problems related to intravenous fluids in nursing homes

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 890-901 ◽  
Author(s):  
May-Elin T Horntvedt ◽  
Maria Romøren ◽  
Betty-Ann Solvoll
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Ethical Problem ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Intravenous Fluids ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ethical Problems

Background: Intravenous fluids and/or antibiotics are applied to only a limited extent in Norwegian nursing homes, and the patients are often sent to hospital in these situations. A transfer and a stay in hospital may be unnecessary strains for frail older patients. Given this background, a collaborative research project was initiated in a Norwegian county in 2009. A teaching programme was developed, which aimed to strengthen the awareness of ethics, assessments and practical procedures related to intravenous fluid and/or antibiotics among healthcare professionals. Objectives: This qualitative study aimed to increase our knowledge of the ethical problems experienced by nursing home nurses in situations related to the administration of intravenous fluids and/or antibiotics. Research design: An exploratory design was used, and five focus group interviews were conducted with 26 registered nurses. A hermeneutic analytic approach was applied. Ethical considerations: This study was reported to the Norwegian Social Science Data Services in May 2010. The Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics approved the collaborative research project. Findings: The analysis showed that the nurses experienced difficult decision-making situations, which were interpreted as external pressure and internal pressure. External pressure emerged in interactions with patients and relatives. Organizational factors were also interpreted as external pressure. Internal pressure was interpreted as the nurses’ experience of feeling inadequate in situations where it was difficult to protect the dignity of patients. Discussion: These findings correspond with international studies, which show that ethical problems often arise during decision-making situations. Conclusion: In agreement with the definition of an ethical problem, we found that the nurses experienced uncertainty and disagreements about how situations should be managed. External and internal pressures related to intravenous fluids and/or antibiotics in nursing homes have not been reported in previous studies. Thus, these findings merit further exploration.

Lived experience influencing law reform: insights from a collaborative research project

2020 ◽  
pp. 146879412092565
Author(s):  
Eilionóir Flynn ◽  
Clíona de Bhailís ◽  
María Laura Serra
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Legal Capacity ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Recruitment And Selection ◽  
Selection Of

This article will explore the methodologies employed in a collaborative research project on lived experience of exercise or denial of legal capacity, known as the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) project. In so doing, the project’s research team will reflect on key decisions about the project’s background, design, implementation (including the recruitment and selection of participants, workshops and editing contributions) and considerations for further research.

Integrierter Planungsansatz zur regionalen Standortplanung und -entwicklung/Integrated planning approach for regional site planning and development. Workshop-based validation

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (04) ◽  
pp. 184-188
Author(s):  
Marilena Krause ◽  
David Kik ◽  
S. Thomas Spengler ◽  
Peter Nyhuis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Site Management ◽  
Integrated Planning ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Site Evaluation ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Site Planning ◽  
Over Time

Die zunehmende Ansiedlung von Unternehmen in städtischen Ballungsräumen stellt die regionale Standortplanung vor neue Herausforderungen. Damit Unternehmen langfristig vorteilhafte Entscheidungen in der Standortplanung und -entwicklung treffen können, müssen sie verstärkt mit Kommunen kooperieren. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurde im DFG-Forschungsprojekt „MetroPlant“ ein integrierter Planungsansatz entwickelt, der Unternehmen bei der regionalen Standortbewertung und -entscheidung unterstützt. Berücksichtigt werden dabei unternehmensseitige und kommunale Maßnahmen zur Entwicklung von Standorten über die Zeit. Dieser Beitrag stellt wesentliche Erkenntnisse einer workshopbasierten Validierung des entwickelten Planungsansatzes vor.   Increasing numbers of companies settling in urban regions pose new challenges for regional site management. In order to make long-term beneficial decisions in site planning and development, enterprises must cooperate more closely with municipalities. In this context, an integrated planning approach was developed in the DFG research project „MetroPlant“ to support companies in their regional site evaluation and decision-making. Addressed are company and municipal measures for the development of sites over time. This paper presents essential findings of a workshop-based validation of the developed planning approach.

Moving toward the Deliberate Coproduction of Climate Science Knowledge

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M. Meadow ◽  
Daniel B. Ferguson ◽  
Zack Guido ◽  
Alexandra Horangic ◽  
Gigi Owen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Science Knowledge ◽  
Or Management ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Usable Science

Abstract Coproduction of knowledge is believed to be an effective way to produce usable climate science knowledge through a process of collaboration between scientists and decision makers. While the general principles of coproduction—establishing long-term relationships between scientists and stakeholders, ensuring two-way communication between both groups, and keeping the focus on the production of usable science—are well understood, the mechanisms for achieving those goals have been discussed less. It is proposed here that a more deliberate approach to building the relationships and communication channels between scientists and stakeholders will yield better outcomes. The authors present five approaches to collaborative research that can be used to structure a coproduction process that each suit different types of research or management questions, decision-making contexts, and resources and skills available to contribute to the process of engagement. By using established collaborative research approaches scientists can be more effective in learning from stakeholders, can be more confident when engaging with stakeholders because there are guideposts to follow, and can assess both the process and outcomes of collaborative projects, which will help the whole community of stakeholder-engaged climate-scientists learn about coproduction of knowledge.

scholarly journals Partnering with persons in long-term recovery from substance use disorder: experiences from a collaborative research project

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henning Pettersen ◽  
Morten Brodahl ◽  
Jeanette Rundgren ◽  
Larry Davidson ◽  
Ingrid Amalia Havnes
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Research Project

Issues of Capacity and Decision-Making in the Context of Delirium

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 140-145
Author(s):  
Kevin R. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Patient Autonomy ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Cognitive Change ◽  
Treatment Team ◽  
Precipitating Factors ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Decision Making Capacity ◽  
Fundamental Consideration

Decision-making capacity is a fundamental consideration in working with patients in a clinical setting. One of the most common conditions affecting decision-making capacity in patients in the inpatient or long-term care setting is a form of acute, transient cognitive change known as delirium. A thorough understanding of delirium — how it can present, its predisposing and precipitating factors, and how it can be managed — will improve a speech-language pathologist's (SLPs) ability to make treatment recommendations, and to advise the treatment team on issues related to communication and patient autonomy.

Exploring the Fourth Order

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barend KLITSIE ◽  
Rebecca PRICE ◽  
Christine DE LILLE
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Fourth Order ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
Current Business

Companies are organised to fulfil two distinctive functions: efficient and resilient exploitation of current business and parallel exploration of new possibilities. For the latter, companies require strong organisational infrastructure such as team compositions and functional structures to ensure exploration remains effective. This paper explores the potential for designing organisational infrastructure to be part of fourth order subject matter. In particular, it explores how organisational infrastructure could be designed in the context of an exploratory unit, operating in a large heritage airline. This paper leverages insights from a long-term action research project and finds that building trust and shared frames are crucial to designing infrastructure that affords the greater explorative agenda of an organisation.

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