scholarly journals PROLIFERATE: An Adaptable Framework to Evaluate Participatory Research Products

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Alejandra Pinero De Plaza ◽  
Mandy Archibald ◽  
Michael Lawless ◽  
Rachel Ambagtsheer ◽  
Alexandra Mudd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Summative Evaluation ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
Motivation To Change ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Barriers And Enablers ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Sectional Measurement ◽  
User Perspectives ◽  
The Impact

Abstract BackgroundParticipatory research (PR) – the practice of involving stakeholders in research processes – is growing in prominence in health research because it can enhance the impact of research and the translation of research-based knowledge. Yet, the literature indicates that the products of PR studies are rarely evaluated empirically to track, demonstrate, and expand their claimed effectiveness and impact. This lack of measurement tools and frameworks can limit the effectiveness of knowledge translation (KT). MethodsWe introduce a framework for evaluating the products of PR called PROLIFERATE. We use an inductive combination of formative and summative evaluation methods to pilot test the framework on a Frailty PR communication product (a video) to determine the methods’ functionality.ResultsPROLIFERATE demonstrates adeptness for evaluating barriers and enablers of PR product uptake, effectiveness, and impact. It can identify ways to address barriers by assessing knowledge user perspectives on the comprehensibility of the product, emotional resonance, motivation to change, and future accessibility. ConclusionsPROLIFERATE can enable longitudinal and cross-sectional measurement of PR products in implementation and integrated KT efforts. It can evaluate and track the effectiveness and impact of different types of PR products in a situational responsive manner which compares users, platforms, and other factors in a replicable way.

scholarly journals PROLIFERATE: An adaptable framework to evaluate participatory research products

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza ◽  
Mandy Archibald ◽  
Michael Lawless ◽  
Rachel Ambagtsheer ◽  
Alexandra Mudd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Summative Evaluation ◽  
Motivation To Change ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Barriers And Enablers ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Sectional Measurement ◽  
User Perspectives ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Participatory research (PR) – the practice of involving stakeholders in research processes – is growing in prominence in health research because it can enhance the impact of research and the translation of research-based knowledge. Yet, the literature indicates that the products of PR studies are rarely evaluated empirically to track, demonstrate, and expand their claimed effectiveness and impact. This lack of measurement tools and frameworks can limit the effectiveness of knowledge translation (KT). Methods: We introduce a framework for evaluating the products of PR called PROLIFERATE. We use an inductive combination of formative and summative evaluation methods to pilot test the framework on a Frailty PR communication product (a video) to determine the methods’ functionality.Results: PROLIFERATE demonstrates adeptness for evaluating barriers and enablers of PR product uptake, effectiveness, and impact. It can identify ways to address barriers by assessing knowledge user perspectives on the comprehensibility of the product, emotional resonance, motivation to change, and future accessibility. Conclusions: PROLIFERATE can enable longitudinal and cross-sectional measurement of PR products in implementation and integrated KT efforts. It can evaluate and track the effectiveness and impact of different types of PR products in a situational responsive manner which compares users, platforms, and other factors in a replicable way.

scholarly journals PROLIFERATE: An adaptable framework to evaluate participatory research products

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza ◽  
Mandy Archibald ◽  
Michael Lawless ◽  
Rachel Ambagtsheer ◽  
Alexandra Mudd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Summative Evaluation ◽  
Motivation To Change ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Barriers And Enablers ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Sectional Measurement ◽  
User Perspectives ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Participatory research (PR) – the practice of involving stakeholders in research processes – is growing in prominence in health research because it can enhance the impact of research and the translation of research-based knowledge. Yet, the literature indicates that the products of PR studies are rarely evaluated empirically to track, demonstrate, and expand their claimed effectiveness and impact. This lack of measurement tools and frameworks can limit the effectiveness of knowledge translation (KT). Methods: We introduce a framework for evaluating the products of PR called PROLIFERATE. We use an inductive combination of formative and summative evaluation methods to pilot test the framework on a Frailty PR communication product (a video) to determine the methods’ functionality.Results: PROLIFERATE demonstrates adeptness for evaluating barriers and enablers of PR product uptake, effectiveness, and impact. It can identify ways to address barriers by assessing knowledge user perspectives on the comprehensibility of the product, emotional resonance, motivation to change, and future accessibility. Conclusions: PROLIFERATE can enable longitudinal and cross-sectional measurement of PR products in implementation and integrated KT efforts. It can evaluate and track the effectiveness and impact of different types of PR products in a situational responsive manner which compares users, platforms, and other factors in a replicable way.

scholarly journals A cross-sectional study of pain severity in patients suffering from different types of primary headache in the hospital setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1740
Author(s):  
Sanjay Prasad ◽  
Abhay Paliwal ◽  
Ram Ghulam Razdan
Keyword(s):  
Primary Headache ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Pain Severity ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Headache Disorders ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Type Headache ◽  
The Impact

Background: Primary headache disorders including migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) are of great importance to global public health due to its high prevalence, but very few studies have been conducted to know its prevalence and pain severity of different types of primary headache. Aim of this study was to investigate the subtypes and pain severity of different types of primary headache in hospital setting.Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study with 200 sample size. Includes patients with Primary headache in department of Psychiatry, MGMMC, Indore. Patient aged between 18-65 years, both gender. Diagnosis of headache was done clinically in accordance with International Classification of Headache disorders (ICHD- 3). Semi-structured headache questionnaire, Comparative pain scale were used for assessment of samples.Results: Among 200 patients, Tension type headache was 73.5%, Migraine was 22%, Mixed headache was in 4.5% patients. Majority of migraine and mixed headache cases had severe pain at 93.2% & 55.6% respectively. Majority of TTH cases had moderate pain in 42.2% patients.Conclusions: Study has shown assessments of severity of pain, can be used to assess the impact of Primary headache on patient’s quality of life.

scholarly journals Professional impotence: Impact of alcoholism on secondary school teachers in Uganda

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
Aloysius Rukundo ◽  
Justine Magambo
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Alcoholic Drinks ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

Rukundo A. & Magambo J. (2013). Professional impotence: Impact of alcohol abuse on secondary schoolteachers in Uganda. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 2(2), 69-74. doi: 10.7895/ijadr.v2i2.104 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v2i2.104)Aims: We conducted this study to explore the impact of alcohol consumption on teachers’ jobs in Uganda. Specifically, we investigated the types of alcohol consumed by schoolteachers, reasons for alcohol abuse among teachers, justifications for mixing different types of drinks while drinking, and the effects of alcohol abuse on secondary schoolteachers. Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive.Participants: We involved 54 teachers (79.6% males and 20.4% females) in focus group discussions (FGDs) and four teachers (all male) in in-depth interviews.Measurement: Interviews were conducted to validate the data from FGDs as done by vanTartwijk, den Brok, Veldman and Wubbels (2008). Thematic analysis was employed to describe themes and emerging trends.Results: Data gathered from both in-depth interviews and FGDs show that teachers in Uganda drink a variety of “local” and “exotic” types of alcohol, for a variety of reasons. Results also indicate that during drinking sessions, teachers mix drinks for different reasons, but mainly to increase or decrease the potency of alcoholic drinks, depending on their types. All participants mentioned that over-consumption of alcohol negatively affects the teacher’s job and career in ways that include poor performance, neglect and loss of job.Conclusion: While teachers in Uganda drink many types of alcohol for apparently “good” reasons, those teachers who over-drink eventually fall into job inefficiency.

scholarly journals Does Inclusive Education Change Teachers’ Educational Goals? A Comparative Analysis of Two Cross-sectional Surveys in Austria

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Schwab ◽  
Markus Gebhardt ◽  
Marco G.P. Hessels ◽  
Barbara Ellmeier ◽  
Sonia Gmeiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Inclusive Settings ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Inclusion Rate ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pedagogical Goals

<p>This study analyses whether an increasing inclusion rate in Austria was accompanied by a change in teachers’ educational goals and whether these goals were different for teachers in inclusive or non-inclusive settings. Educational goals were rated by 359 teachers in 1998 and 219 teachers in 2009. General pedagogical goals, as well as orientation on authority and discipline are considered less important by primary school teachers in inclusive classes than by those in schools without inclusion. The attitudes of teachers towards inclusion and teachers’ estimates of the impact of inclusion of students with different types of disabilities were not correlated in 1998, but positively correlated in 2009 with the emphasis on the individuality of the students in the class, and not correlated in 1998, but negatively correlated in 2009 with the orientation on authority and discipline. It is concluded that a positive change can be observed.</p>

The impact of longitudinal studies on understanding development from young adulthood to old age

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Warner Schaie
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cohort Differences ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Structural Invariance ◽  
The Impact

This essay considers progress in understanding adult development in the study of behaviour during the 20th century. It describes the influence of methodological advances including paradigmatic shifts from cross-sectional to longitudinal studies, advances in measurement, the impact of confirmatory factor analysis, and consideration of age as the dependent variable. A theoretical framework for understanding adult cognitive development is presented. Different types of longitudinal studies, the issue of structural invariance across age, sources of individual differences and the impact of cohort differences are discussed. Finally projections are made for future research.

scholarly journals Formative evaluation impacting the results of summative evaluation-a feedback based cross sectional study carried out among instructors of an international medical school

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 2865
Author(s):  
Kusai M. Alsalhanie ◽  
Sanjib Das ◽  
Sulaimaan Abdus-Samad
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Summative Evaluation ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Instructional Unit ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact

Background: In all forms of teaching worldwide, evaluation is fundamental in measurement of the students’ acquisition and understanding of the material covered.  Evaluation is divided into two separate forms.  The goal of formative evaluation is to monitor students learning and provide ongoing students feedback. This in turn improves teaching and help finding strengths and weaknesses of students.  Summative evaluation on the other hand is to evaluate students learning at the end of the instructional unit to compare students’ performance with some other standards. Currently several types of formative evaluation activities are in practice at our institution. This study was performed to explore the views of faculties as to the impact of formative evaluation on summative evaluation within the MD program.Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted using a questionnaire to record the opinions and then the data was collected, analysed and interpreted.Results: All respondents opined that formative evaluation aids the students in isolating specific weak areas. All faculties indicated that, formative evaluation is important for them as it aids in targeting problem areas within their classes. A sizable percentage of respondents also supported that formative evaluation helped instilling the need for regular study and intensive learning within their students.  Furthermore, many respondents (75%) didn’t accept the statement that frequent formative evaluation impeded their students’ focussed learning leading to deficient performance in summative evaluation.Conclusions: Formative evaluation positively impacts summative ones in many ways.

scholarly journals Racism and Older Black Americans’ Health: a Systematic Review

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. LaFave ◽  
J. J. Suen ◽  
Q. Seau ◽  
A. Bergman ◽  
M. C. Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
Social Determinant ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Impact

AbstractWe reviewed research that examines racism as an independent variable and one or more health outcomes as dependent variables in Black American adults aged 50 years and older in the USA. Of the 43 studies we reviewed, most measured perceived interpersonal racism, perceived institutional racism, or residential segregation. The only two measures of structural racism were birth and residence in a “Jim Crow state.” Fourteen studies found associations between racism and mental health outcomes, five with cardiovascular outcomes, seven with cognition, two with physical function, two with telomere length, and five with general health/other health outcomes. Ten studies found no significant associations in older Black adults. All but six of the studies were cross-sectional. Research to understand the extent of structural and multilevel racism as a social determinant of health and the impact on older adults specifically is needed. Improved measurement tools could help address this gap in science.

scholarly journals Functional Ability of Children and Adolescents With Cancer

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Lopes ◽  
Jaqueline Frônio ◽  
Anke Bergmann ◽  
Rayla Lemos ◽  
Érica Defilipo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Functional Ability ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Computer Adaptive Test ◽  
Informed Consent Form ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Abstract Background: It is still poorly understood how the mobility of children and adolescents is affected by cancer. In addition, there is a lack of studies to guide the physiotherapeutic procedures essential for the maintenance, development, preservation and improvement of functional capacity of cancer patients. Therefore, the objective this study to evaluate the functional ability of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer. Methods: A cross-sectional, observational study was carried out, with children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer, from 2 to 18 years of age, of both genders, from the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. All participants signed the informed consent form. The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory - Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT) questionnaire was applied to the caregivers for assessing the functional ability of the participants, in the domains of daily activities, mobility, social/cognitive and responsibility. Results: 33 children or adolescents, 14 male and 19 female, with a mean age of 9.23 years, accepted to participate in the study. After adjustment, it was observed that in the mobility domain, participants older than 8 years presented worse functional ability (OR = 22.000, 95%CI = 3.415 - 141.733, p=0.0001). Conclusions: Children older than 8 years of age and adolescents with different types of cancer showed higher chance to present worse mobility than expected by age, compared to children under 8 years old. Understanding the impact of childhood cancer is important for the physiotherapist to determine treatment strategies for this population that lives with dysfunctions left by cancer treatment.

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