scholarly journals Epistemic injustices and participatory research: A research agenda at the crossroads of university and community

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Baptiste Godrie ◽  
Maxime Boucher ◽  
Sylvia Bissonnette ◽  
Pierre Chaput ◽  
Javier Flores ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Operation Time ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Team Members

This article presents an innovative framework to evaluate participatory research. The framework, comprising both a methodology and a self-assessment tool, was developed through a participatory approach to knowledge production and mobilisation. This process took place over the last two years as we, a multidisciplinary team made up of researchers and community-based organisation members from the Groupe de recherche et de formation sur la pauvreté au Québec, were building a scientific program on social injustices and participatory research. We argue that participatory research can help provide a university-community co-constructed response to epistemic injustices embedded within the processes of knowledge production. From our perspective, the mobilisation of knowledge from the university and the community, initiated at the earliest stages of the creation of a research team, is part of a critical approach to the academic production of knowledge. It also constitutes a laboratory for observing, understanding and attempting to reduce epistemic injustices through building bridges between team members. The article focuses on two dimensions of the framework mentioned above: (1) The methodology we established to build co-learning spaces at the crossroads of university and community-based organisations (recruitment of a coordinator to organise and facilitate the workshops, informal and friendly meetings, regular clarification of the process and rules of operation, time for everyone to express themselves, informal preparatory meetings for those who wanted them, financial compensation where required, etc.); and (2) A self-assessment tool available in open access that we built during the process to help academics and their partners engage in a reflexive evaluation of participatory research processes from the point of view of epistemic injustices. Throughout we pay particular attention to challenges inherent in our research program and our responses, and finish with some concluding thoughts on key issues that emerged over the course of two years’ research.

scholarly journals Experiences of healthcare staff providing community-based mental healthcare as a multidisciplinary community mental health team in Central and Eastern Europe findings from the RECOVER-E project: an observational intervention study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catharina Roth ◽  
Michel Wensing ◽  
Martina Rojnic Kuzman ◽  
Sarah Bjedov ◽  
Sara Medved ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Link Type

Abstract Background Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) deliver healthcare that supports the recovery of people with mental illness. The aim of this paper was to explore to what extent team members of five CMHTs newly implemented in five countries perceived that they had introduced aspects of the recovery-oriented, strength-based approach into care after a training week on recovery-oriented practice. In addition, it evaluated what the team members’ perceptions on their care roles and their level of confidence with this role were. Method An observational intervention study using a quantitative survey that was administered among 52 health professionals (21 Nurses, 13 Psychiatrists, 9 Psychologists, 8 Social Workers) and 14 peer workers including the Recovery Self-Assessment Tool Provider Version (RSA-P), the Team Member Self-Assessment Tool (TMSA), and demographic questions was conducted. The measures were self-reported. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the means and standard deviations for continuous variables and frequencies and percentages for categorical variables (TMSA tool and demographic data). The standard technique to calculate scale scores for each subscale of the RSA-P was used. Bivariate linear regression analyses were applied to explore the impact of predictors on the subscales of the RSA-P. Predictors with significant effects were included in multiple regression models. Result The RSA-P showed that all teams had the perception that they provide recovery–oriented practice to a moderately high degree after a training week on recovery-oriented care (mean scores between 3.85–4.46). Health professionals with fewer years of professional experience perceived more frequently that they operated in a recovery-oriented way (p = 0.036, B = − 0.268). Nurses and peer workers did not feel confident or responsible to fulfil specific roles. Conclusion The findings suggest that a one-week training session on community-based practices and collaborative teamwork may enhance recovery-oriented practice, but the role of nurses and peer workers needs further attention. Trial registration Each trial was registered before participant enrolment in the clinicaltrials.gov database: Croatia, Zagreb (Trial Reg. No. NCT03862209); Montenegro, Kotor (Trial Reg. No. NCT03837340); Romania, Suceava (Trial Reg. No. NCT03884933); Macedonia, Skopje (Trial Reg. No. NCT03892473); Bulgaria, Sofia (Trial Reg. No. NCT03922425).

Recovery-oriented practices and role perceptions of healthcare staff providing community-based mental healthcare as team in Central and Eastern Europe: an observational study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catharina Roth ◽  
Michel Wensing ◽  
Martina Rojnic Kuzman ◽  
Sarah Bjedov ◽  
Sara Medved ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Staff ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Team Members ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Individual Professional

Abstract Background: CMHTs deliver healthcare that supports the recovery of people with mental illness. They should achieve a sufficient level of good quality teamwork, composed of individual professional skills as well their adaptation within the clearly defined roles in teams in order to work efficiently. This paper analyses to what extent team members of five CMHTs newly implemented in five countries had introduced aspects of the recovery-oriented approach and evaluates what the team members’ perceptions on their collaborative care roles and their level of confidence with this role are.Method: A quantitative survey was administered among 66 professionals and peer worker including the Recovery Self-Assessment Tool Provider Version (RSA-P), the Team Member Self-Assessment Tool (TMSA), and demographic questions. Result: The RSA-P showed that all teams had the perception that they provide recovery–oriented practice to a moderately high degree after a training week on recovery-oriented care. Healthcare providers with fewer years of professional experience perceived more frequently that they operated in a recovery-oriented way (p=0.036, B -0.268). Nurses and peer workers did not feel confident or responsible to fulfil specific roles.Conclusion: Trainings on community-based practices and collaborative teamwork may facilitates recovery-oriented care and helps to improve team cohesion. Trial registration: Each trial was registered before participant enrolment in the clinicaltrials.gov database: Croatia, Zagreb (Trial Reg. No. NCT03862209); Montenegro, Kotor (Trial Reg. No. NCT03837340); Romania, Suceava (Trial Reg. No. NCT03884933); Macedonia, Skopje (Trial Reg. No. NCT03892473); Bulgaria, Sofia (Trial Reg. No. NCT03922425)

scholarly journals A tool to improve the performance of multidisciplinary teams in cancer care

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. e000435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynleigh Evans ◽  
Brendan Donovan ◽  
Yiren Liu ◽  
Tim Shaw ◽  
Paul Harnett
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Innovative Methodology ◽  
Improvement Strategies ◽  
The Matrix

IntroductionWhile multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are well established in many healthcare institutions, both how they function and their role in decision-making vary widely. This study adopted an innovative methodology to assess multidisciplinary team performance and engage teams in performance improvement strategies.MethodsThe study comprised a survey to evaluate MDT members’ perceptions of their team’s performance before the implementation of the programme and annually thereafter, and a maturity matrix designed as a self-assessment tool. Each MDT used the matrix to collectively assess its performance and identify areas for improvement.ResultsIn the first cycle, 180 member surveys from 19 MDTs were completed. This provided insights into team members’ perceptions of performance. 12 of these teams continued with the study and all 12 completed the matrix. Most teams rated themselves at level one or two (low) on a scale of five for most items.ConclusionsThe MDT survey and maturity matrix have the potential to be useful for cancer care teams to identify their strengths and weaknesses and monitor performance over time and also for management to review its performance against standard criteria and to identify priority areas for improvement and further support.

scholarly journals Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity is Associated With the Risk of Osteoporosis: A Cross-Sectional Evidence From A Chinese Community-Based Cohort

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Tang ◽  
Qiao Zhang ◽  
Nianchun Peng ◽  
Ying Hu ◽  
Shujing Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Arterial Stiffness ◽  
Pulse Wave Velocity ◽  
Wave Velocity ◽  
Pulse Wave ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background: Association of arterial stiffness and osteoporosis has been investigated in Chinese population. However, the relationship between arterial stiffness and osteoporosis by measuring brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and the Osteoporosis Self‐assessment Tool for Asia (OSTA) index is not established. The object of this study was to evaluate possible associations between baPWV and the risk of osteoporosis and bone fracture among a population of Chinese. Whether baPWV can be used as a predictor of osteoporosis on OSTA was further assessed. Methods: This study was cross-sectional in design. Of 3,984 adults aged 40 years and older in the Yunyan district of Guiyang (Guizhou, China) who underwent both OSTA and baPWV measurements within one month , 1,407 were deemed eligible for inclusion (women: 1,088, men: 319) . Results: The mean baPWV was 1,475 ± 302 cm/s (range,766-3,459cm/s). baPWV in 110 individuals with high risk of osteoporosis (OSTA index < -4) was higher than that of individuals with non-high risk (1,733 ± 461 cm/s versus 1,447 ± 304 cm/s, P<0.001). OSTA index was negatively correlated with baPWV（ρ = -0.296，P < 0.001）after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure and creatinine clearance rate. baPWV was an independent predictor for the presence of high risk of osteoporosis (β = -0.001, P < 0.001) and the optimal baPWV cut-off value for predicting the presence of high risk of osteoporosis and fracture was 1,693 cm/s. The AUC was 0.722 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.667‐0.777; P < 0.001). Conclusions: We conclude that arterial stiffness measured by baPWV is well correlated with the severity of osteoporosis evaluated by OSTA. baPWV index may be a valuable tool for identifying individuals with risk of developing osteoporosis.

scholarly journals How Are We Doing with Open Education Practice Initiatives? Applying an Institutional Self-Assessment Tool in Five Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-140
Author(s):  
Tannis Morgan ◽  
Elizabeth Childs ◽  
Christina Hendricks ◽  
Michelle Harrison ◽  
Irwin DeVries ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Institutional Transformation ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Promising Practices ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Self Study

This collaborative self-study examines how five higher education institutions in British Columbia (BC), Canada, have achieved momentum with openness and are implementing and sustaining their efforts. A goal of this research was to see whether an institutional self-assessment tool—adapted from blended learning and institutional transformation research—can help to assess how an institution has progressed with its open education initiatives. By adopting both an appreciative and a critical approach, the researchers at these five BC institutions compared the similarities and differences between their institutional approaches and the evolution of their initiatives. The paper includes discussion of how a self-assessment tool for institutional open education practices (OEP) can be applied to OEP initiatives at an institutional level and shares promising practices and insights that emerge from this research.

scholarly journals Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity is associated with the risk of osteoporosis: a cross-sectional evidence from a Chinese community-based cohort

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Tang ◽  
Qiao Zhang ◽  
Nianchun Peng ◽  
Ying Hu ◽  
Shujing Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Arterial Stiffness ◽  
Pulse Wave Velocity ◽  
Wave Velocity ◽  
Pulse Wave ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Healthy Population ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Background Association of arterial stiffness and osteoporosis has been well documented in elderly population. However, it is not clear whether they co-progress from the early stages through common mechanisms. The object of this study was to evaluate possible associations between arterial stiffness and osteoporosis by measuring brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool for Asia (OSTA) index among a healthy population of Chinese aged 40 years and older. Whether baPWV can be used as a predictor of osteoporosis on OSTA was further assessed. Methods This study was cross-sectional in design. Of 3984 adults aged 40 years and older in the Yunyan district of Guiyang (Guizhou, China) who underwent both OSTA and baPWV measurements within 1 month, 1407 were deemed eligible for inclusion (women, 1088; men, 319). Results The mean baPWV was 1475 ± 302 cm/s (range,766–3459 cm/s). baPWV in 110 individuals with high risk of osteoporosis (OSTA index < − 4) was higher than that of individuals with non-high risk (1733 ± 461 cm/s vs. 1447 ± 304 cm/s, P < 0.001). OSTA index was negatively correlated with baPWV(ρ = − 0.296, P < 0.001) after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure, and creatinine clearance rate. baPWV was an independent predictor for the presence of high risk of osteoporosis (β = − 0.001, P < 0.001) and was consistent across age and sex subgroups, and the optimal baPWV cutoff value for predicting the presence of high risk of osteoporosis and fracture was 1693 cm/s. The AUC was 0.722 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.667–0.777; P < 0.001, sensitivity of 52.8% and specificity of 83.6%). Conclusions We conclude that arterial stiffness measured by baPWV is well correlated with the severity of osteoporosis evaluated by OSTA. baPWV index may be a valuable tool for identifying individuals with risk of developing osteoporosis.

scholarly journals Inclusive Leadership of School Management from the View of Families: Construction and Validation of LEI-Q

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 511
Author(s):  
María del Carmen López-López ◽  
María José León Guerrero ◽  
Emilio Crisol Moya
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
School Management ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Reliable Scale

The purpose of this study was to validate a questionnaire aimed at assessing, from the point of view of families, the degree to which school administrations foster inclusion in compulsory education. In order to determine the psychometric properties of the “Cuestionario liderando la educación inclusiva en centros de educación obligatoria-Familias” [Leading inclusive education in compulsory-education schools Questionnaire] (LEI-Q-Families), we carried out descriptive, exploratory, and confirmatory factor analysis. For the sample used in this study, 150 families participated. The results confirmed that it is a valid and reliable scale with a two-factor structure. One of these factors included the initiatives carried out by the school management teams to enhance the openness of each school to the community and the surrounding area. The second factor encompassed actions aimed at promoting participation in the school and turning it into an inclusive space. LEI-Q-Families proved to be an instrument of great theoretical and practical worth that has made it possible to expand our currently slender knowledge on the perceptions families have of the work done by school managers to encourage inclusion in their institutions. It facilitates family participation in processes of improvement and provides a useful self-assessment tool for school administrations that wish to improve their schools and turn them into inclusive environments.

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