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2012
Richmond, C., Forbes, D., Finkelstein, S.
This article explores how dementia care is provided to First Nations communities in southwestern Ontario. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with health care providers and analysed using a constructivist grounded-theory methodology. Two interrelated frameworks for understanding...
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Strategies for Engaging Undergraduate Nursing Students in Reading and Using Qualitative Research
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Spiers, J.A., Paul, P., Weaver, K., Jennings, D.
Teaching undergraduate nursing research courses can be challenging. There is substantial research explicating why this is so, but little has been written about strategies to enhance students’ ability to engage in and learn about research, especially in the context of large classes offered over...
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Knowledge exchange throughout the dementia care journey by Canadian rural community-based health care practitioners, persons with dementia, and their care partners: An interpretive descriptive study.
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Forbes, D. A., Thiessen, E., Blake, C. M., Morgan, D. G., Markle-Reid, M., Gibson, M., Finkelstein, S.
INTRODUCTION: Accessing, assessing, exchanging, and applying dementia care information can be challenging in rural communities for healthcare practitioners (HCPs), persons with dementia (PWD), and their care partners. The overall purpose of this research was to enable HCPs, care partners, and PWD...
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2002
Spiers, J., Olson, K., Mayan, M., Morse, J., Barrett, M.
The rejection of reliability and validity in qualitative inquiry in the 1980s has resulted in an interesting shift for “ensuring rigor” from the investigator’s actions during the course of the research, to the reader or consumer of qualitative inquiry. The emphasis on strategies that are...
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Protocol for a qualitative study on promoting dietary change and positive food choices for poor people with low income who experience cardiovascular disease in Pakistan.
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Higginbottom, G., Barolia, R., Clark, A.
Introduction There is a misconception that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the burden of wealthy nations, but, in fact, it is the leading cause of death and disability-adjusted life worldwide. Healthy diets are an essential factor in the prevention of CVD. However, promoting healthy diet is...
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2012
Duggleby, W., Williams, A., McIntosh, M.J., Eby, J., Leipert, B.
Most informal caregivers in Canada are women (Cranwick, 1997; Fast, Eales & Keating, 2001; Kaden & MacDonald, 1990; MacLean, Cairn, & Sellick, 1998). Women caring for dying persons at the end-of-life have been identified in the literature as those most likely to experience negative physical and...
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Managing chronic kidney disease in a nurse-run, physician-monitored clinic: The CanPREVENT experience.
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Hibbert, M. P., Gaudet, D., Barrett, B., Morgan, J., Starzomski, R., Molzahn, A. E.
The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of the care provided to people with chronic kidney disease within a larger study of nurse-run, physicianmonitored clinics, as well as how patients, nurses, and nephrologists described their experience with the clinics. Interviews were conducted...
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2013
Olson, K., Hale, L., Smith, C., Schneiders, A., Baxter, G.
This study describes the experiences of four groups of healthcare providers who facilitate exercise interventions for people with multiple sclerosis (MS)-related fatigue. Fatigue is a complex symptom frequently experienced by people with MS, yet it is poorly understood by clinicians and clinical...