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Showing 1 to 20 of 570 for “"key informants"”.
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Key informants for peadiatric eye disease case finding in Madagascar
… interventions. Surveys, mostly utilizing key informants (KI), have suggested that the prevalence of blindness in children in Sub Saharan Africa ranges between 2 -8 per 10,000 children. Childhood eye disease is rare and conditions are difficult to detect; thus, surveys to estimate the …
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Academics as parents--parents as academics : a study of the integration of intellectual and child-care labours /
… well as academics. With the participation of 4 key informants, this qualitative research study gave voice to men and women who participate in the academic labour of a Canadian university as professors, and as graduate students, along with the parenting labour of at least 1 child under the age …
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Barriers to provision of psychiatric nursing care : a case study of a teaching hospital, Nigeria
… was recruited for the study, comprising four key informants and eight study participants. The data collection methods included grand tour interviews with the key informants, in-depth interviews with key informants and other study participants and participant observation of all 12 participants. …
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Culture care values, beliefs, and practices of Mexican American migrant farm workers related to health promoting behaviors
… guide developed by the researcher.Sixteen key informants and three general informants participated in the study. Informants were purposefully selected for knowledge of migrant farm life and willingness to share this knowledge with the researcher. Key informants were Mexican American migrant …
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The efficacy of public participation in integrated development planning processes of UMkhanyakude District Municipality, Northern Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
… form of interviews with community members and key informants (officials) from uMkhanyakude District Municipality. The findings of the study indicated that community members were excluded from taking part in processes which should improve their communities. However, findings from key informants …
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Talking over the waterfront: A qualitative study of Waterfront Toronto’s public engagement practice
… gathered by interviewing a purposive sample of key informants all of whom participants in, or close observers of WT’s public engagement practice. This is an appreciative though not uncritical ‘insider’ study, one that accepts its adjacency to the research topic. The key informants offered their …
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Kete of continuance : managing values of the pastoral landscapes on the East Coast between Tatapouri and Tokomaru Bay
… are drawn from the literature and professional key informants and an integrated landscape management strategy is scoped for further development by local communities.
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Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region
… Fieldwork involving interviews with available key informants was conducted in the region. It was found, firstly, that a conceptual tension underpins game ranching; secondly, not all ranching can be deemed sustainable conservation and finally, that the sustainability of ranching itself is …
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Exploring the challenges facing micro enterprise immigrant traders in the Western Cape metropole : Greenmarket Square and the Hout Bay Harbour markets
… was drawn of twelve immigrant traders and five key informants (seventeen participants). An exploratory, qualitative approach was adopted using semi-structured interview schedules to guide face to face interviewing. The data was analysed using Tesch's (1990) approach.
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Exploring the key socio-economic challenges facing youth refugees in the Western Cape
This study explored the key socio-economic challenges facing youth refugees in the Western Cape. The study was carried out on a purposive sample of twelve youth refugees. In addition, six key informants from various institutions working with refugees in the Western Cape were also interviewed. The …
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Beyond the prototypical: Developing a behavioral screening tool of same-gender male intimate partner violence.
… in same-gender IPV relationships. Two groups of key informants participated in the study – men who have been in same-gender relationships involving partner violence (MSRV) and community mental health providers (MHP) with varying degrees of experience treating this population. Qualitative data …
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Une recherche-action participative au soutien à domicile : vers des pratiques ergothérapiques axées sur la participation sociale des aînés
… meetings and seven individual interviews with 28 key informants were transcribed and analyzed. Key informants identified a continuum of emerging interventions, including personalised interventions, group-based interventions and community development interventions. The integration of these …
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Situating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a historical context : a case study of orphans in Nguludi Mission Community, Malawi
… thesis is based on a series of interviews with key informants and a census of orphan households in Nguludi Mission Community, Southern Malawi, in 2000. The thesis argues that although HIV/AIDS is a relatively recent phenomenon, any contemporary understanding of the epidemic must be informed by …
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Situating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a historical context : a case study of orphans in Nguludi Mission Community, Malawi
… thesis is based on a series of interviews with key informants and a census of orphan households in Nguludi Mission Community, Southern Malawi, in 2000. The thesis argues that although HIV/AIDS is a relatively recent phenomenon, any contemporary understanding of the epidemic must be informed by …
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A study of changes and continuities in the organization and regulation of work with an empirical examination of the South African and Lesotho clothing/retail value chain.
… cut, make and trim (CMT) operations, as well as key informants. The interviews focused on understanding the relationships that link different stages of clothing production with the retail sector.
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Human agency and everyday childhood injury risk : exploring household protective measures for children in ward 7, Epworth (Harare) and Samora Machel (Cape Town)
… in each study site were facilitated and key informants interviews were conducted. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse quantitative data, which was complemented by qualitative data.
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A Reflective Practitioner Approach to Food System Planning in Calgary, Alberta
… members of the CE Action Plan partnership as key informants with expertise in the original Action Plan development process. The qualitative methods employed in the research process included document analysis, participant observation, semi-structured interviews with key informants and …
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HOW WOMEN IN THE ANDEAN HIGHLANDS OF PERU USE RELIGION TO MAKE HEALTHCARE DECISIONS
… in Andean highlands. Andean highland women and key informants were interviewed to study the influence Christianity has exerted on women's choice of medical care, i.e. modern medicine vs. traditional medicine. The data were collected during a summer study abroad program in the Callejon de Huaylas …
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Non-motorised transport (nmt) infrastructure along selected roads in the city of Lusaka: status, experience and policy
… direct observations and in-depth interviews with key informants and NMT users. Key informants were identified from institutions dealing with road transport in the City of Lusaka while convenience sampling was used to select NMT users. The resultant sample was 40 people comprising 9 key informants …
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Non-motorised transport (nmt) infrastructure along selected roads in the city of Lusaka: status, experience and policy
… direct observations and in-depth interviews with key informants and NMT users. Key informants were identified from institutions dealing with road transport in the City of Lusaka while convenience sampling was used to select NMT users. The resultant sample was 40 people comprising 9 key informants …
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