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“I’ve never been in a program after school”: a participatory action research approach to sports-based ‘critical hours’ programs
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Accessible extracurricular programs have the potential to increase levels of physical activity after school (Weschsler et al., 2000). Using Participatory Action Research (PAR) the purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate a ‘critical hours’ sports-based program for students...
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Fall 2014
The era of HIV in Uganda has impacted every sector of society, especially the health system. Nurses are commonly the only health professionals available at rural health facilities, working with heavy workloads in difficult circumstances. This study examined how rural nurses cared for people...
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Through the Lens of the Youth: Exploring Culturally Relevant Physical Activity with a Northern Aboriginal Community Through Participatory Action Research
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Guided by an overarching participatory action research framework, this research explored physical activity within the sociocultural context of northern Aboriginal communities. I worked in partnership with the Yellowknives Dene First Nation Community Wellness Program in the Northwest Territories,...
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Participatory action research, learning in small peasant resistance and the politics of rural dispossession in Indonesia
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The agro-extractive regime pursued by the corporatized state and the pervasive expansion of capital accumulation has turned the rural frontier of Indonesia into an agrarian war zone. This is marked by the proliferation of serious challenges by small peasants and indigenous peoples who are ‘in the...
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Spring 2010
Recruiting well-qualified nurses into managerial positions is problematic because of the challenges associated with the role, the nursing shortage and the attraction of other opportunities within nursing. Leadership behavior is known to influence staff nurse retention and ultimately patient care...
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Exploring the relationships among spirit at work, structural and psychological empowerment, resonant leadership, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in the health care workplace
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Health care workers are experiencing increasingly stressful work environments related to attempts to control escalating health care costs. Researchers (Kinjerski & Skrypnek, 2004) have developed a tool to identify the unique experience of individuals who are passionate about and energized by...
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Fall 2017
In nursing education, preceptorship practica typically occur at the end of the undergraduate nursing program and are intended to consolidate learning as the student prepares to enter practice. Nursing students are evaluated throughout the preceptorship in part related to their ability to manage...
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At-promise Students: a study of urban student learning in Alberta within the context of science education
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As teachers and educators, we have power, be it destructive or supportive. As such, we have a duty to our students to understand their complexities. The purpose of my research which utilizes a Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology by means of a case study approach in the context of science...