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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"interpretive synthesis"”.
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Occupation and Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Critical Interpretive Synthesis
… research presents an interdisciplinary critical interpretive synthesis examining the constructs of occupation and resilience and how they are related. The construct of resilience, which is concerned with how people respond to adversity, has the potential to guide the development of more socially …
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Developing a Clinical Nurse Leader Practice Model: An Interpretive Synthesis
… to improved quality care standards. Methods: An interpretive synthesis was conducted to integrate the extant CNL literature into a coherent understanding of CNL practice. A literature search was conducted in CINAHL, Pubmed, Dissertations and Theses, and Google. Results were reviewed and included …
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Rituals surrounding the care of the dying previable baby in labour ward: a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature
… of rituals surrounding their care. Critical Interpretive Synthesis was selected as a research design for the study because it offered the opportunity to take an interpretive approach to a range of data and allowed the creation of new arguments. Documentary data including professional …
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Projective Identification and the Pressure for Self-object Symmetry: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Work of Matte Blanco and Friston
… by attempting to redescribe PI via a critical interpretive synthesis of (1) Friston’s free energy principle (FEP), and (2) Matte Blanco’s bi-logic. Through outlining a brief history of PI, self-object relating and affectivity are established as two of its core features. Conceptual cognates of …
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Influence of organisational culture on the implementation of health sector reforms in low and middle income countries : a qualitative interpretive review
The qualitative interpretive synthesis carried out for this MPH mini-dissertation reviews existing empirical literature for evidence on organisational culture and its influence on the implementation of health sector reforms in Low and Middle Income Countries. This mini-dissertation is organised …
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Dentists’ Perceptions of their Professional Roles in the context of Referral Decisions in Primary Dental Care in England
… about referrals within PDC in the UK. Data were synthesised using Critical Interpretive Synthesis. I interviewed ten GDPs and twelve community dentists working in England, covering topics informed by the systematic review. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings Synthesising …
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Evolving paradigms of surgical education in Africa : historical contexts and outcomes
… needs. Textual narrative analysis and critical interpretive synthesis reveal central themes across these works, showcasing the colonial legacies influencing African surgical training structures.
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Assessment in the Hands-On Science Classroom: A Qualitative Study.
… science instruction and assessment.</p><p>An interpretive synthesis of the overall findings from the study determined that the role of assessment in science education continues to be an evaluative instrument for the teachers rather than a tool for learning. The participant teachers reported …
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A Meta-Synthesis of Emergency Network Management Strategies and Analysis of Hurricane Katrina
Meta-synthesis is an approach to synthesize qualitative research results. Originally proposed in the medical field and in education, this approach helps to advance current knowledge by generating a new interpretive synthesis. Since current research practices and knowledge development in emergency …
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Culturally Responsive Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Service Needs Among African Immigrant Women: Examining the Impact of Cultural Norms and Psychosocial Barriers on Safety Perceptions and Help-Seeking Behaviors
… women’s IPV experiences. The findings offer an interpretive synthesis that can serve as a foundation for dialogue, co-creation, and partnership development of practical community-informed pathways and culturally relevant consideration for service provision. It also contributes to the growing …
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Health systems and social values: the case of the South African health system
… social values. Firstly, I use evidence mapping, interpretive synthesis and scoping review approaches to identify gaps in the existing evidence-base, develop an initial explanatory theory for the social value of health systems, and integrate insights from social sciences to establish a working …
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Learning lessons from five student paramedics within their exposure to suicide: a critical narrative study
… lens. Findings Having engaged in a critical interpretive synthesis of the background literature, this thesis has exposed how professional/occupational suicide exposure research is constructed as a problem. Expanding this body of knowledge, the student paramedics’ experiences and sense-making …
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Depression among older adults living in China: a multilevel, multimethod investigation
… and respond to depression in older patients. An interpretive synthesis was then used to integrate evidence across the three studies. Results Phase 1 indicated that depressive symptoms among older adults in China were common and were associated with multiple biopsychosocial factors. Phase 2 showed …
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Changing behaviour, ‘more or less’: Investigating whether there is a basis for designing different interventions for implementation and deimplementation.
… interventions. Methods: Study 1 used Critical Interpretive Synthesis to investigate whether a theoretical rationale exists for identifying different mechanisms of change by which interventions may work for implementation and de-implementation. Study 2 investigated whether the theoretical …
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Nurses in Health Service Leadership: The Power to Influence
… Textual narrative analysis and critical interpretive synthesis are used to highlight the central themes across the submitted works illustrating the utility and relevance of these works in influencing policy pertaining to health and nursing workforce use and development. Critical analysis …
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Bridging the research–policy gap: How to improve and institutionalize knowledge translation practices in health policies
… Region. Finally, the fourth study – a critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) – was conducted. This combined a systematic approach with an iterative analysis of the literature to develop an explanatory framework for institutionalizing EIP. #### Results Based on a list of methods and evidence-based …
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Changes to marketing in response to sugary beverage taxation: the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in the United Kingdom
… review of reviews using principles of critical interpretive synthesis was used to find conceptual confusion in the study of food and drink marketing in the public health literature to date. From these results, I concluded that future studies of marketing, including those specific to SBTs, should …