scholarly journals Design of the maternal website “EMAeHealth” supporting decision-making during pregnancy and postpartum: Collaborative Action Research Study (Preprint)

10.2196/28855 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
ISABEL ARTIETA-PINEDO ◽  
CARMEN PAZ-PASCUAL ◽  
PAOLA BULLY ◽  
MAITE ESPINOSA ◽  
Ema-Q Group
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽  
Action Research Study

Collaborative Action Research In Academic Administration

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-252
Author(s):  
Bradley C. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Academic Administration ◽  
Leadership Culture ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Action Process

This research involved a study exploring the changes in an academic institution expressed through decision-making in a shifting leadership culture. Prior to the study, the school was heavily entrenched in authoritarian and centralized decision-making, but as upper-level administrators were exposed to the concept of collaborative action research, they began making decisions through a reflection and action process. Changing assumptions and attitudes were observed and recorded through interviews at the end of the research period. The research team engaged in sixteen weekly cycles of reflection and action based on an agenda they mutually agreed to and through an analysis of post-research interviews, weekly planning meetings, discussions, and reflection and action cycles. Findings revealed experiences centering around the issues of:  The nature of collaboration- it created discomfort, it created a sense of teamwork, it created difficulty.  The change of environment in the process- team members began to respect each other more, and the process became more enjoyable.  The freedom and change in the process- freedom to voice opinions and to actively listen, the use of experience to lead elsewhere in the school.  How issues of power are better understood by working together- the former process was less collaborative, politics will always be part of the process. As a result of this study, members have started using this decision-making methodology in other areas of administration.

Design of the Tool (web) EMAeHealth supporting decision-making during pregnancy and postpartum: Collaborative Action Research Study. (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Artieta-Pinedo ◽  
Carmen Paz-Pascual ◽  
Paola Bully ◽  
Maite Espinosa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Patient Decision ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum

BACKGROUND Background: Despite the benefit it can give women, Maternal Education needs new tools that increase its effectiveness and scope OBJECTIVE To develop a multifunctional, personalized eHealth platform aimed at the self-management of health in relation to maternity METHODS The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) were applied. A website prototype was developed for implementation in the public health system using a collaborative action research process in which experts and patients participate, with qualitative research techniques as well as prioritization and consensus techniques. RESULTS A website is proposed which includes (1) systematically updated information related to clinical practice guidelines, (2) interaction between peers and users/professionals, (3) instruments for self-assessment of health needs as a basis for working on counseling, agreement on actions, help in the search for resources, monitoring and evaluation of results and (4) access for women to their clinical data and the option of sharing them with other health agents. These components, with different access requirements, would be permanently reviewed through iterative cycles depending on the frequency and effectiveness resulting from their use and would be accessible from any digital device CONCLUSIONS This public healthcare website would facilitate use, maintenance and effectiveness to increase quality of care without increasing costs. The participation of professionals and users in the creation of new tools will result in greater satisfaction with their use, with the decisions made, and with the decision process itself.

scholarly journals Improving Nursing Care Documentation in Emergency Department: A Participatory Action Research Study in Iran

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 1527-1532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Majid Vafaei ◽  
Zahra Sadat Manzari ◽  
Abbas Heydari ◽  
Razieh Froutan ◽  
Leila Amiri Farahani
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Action Research Study

BACKGROUND: Standardization of documentation has enabled the use of medical records as a primary tool for evaluating health care functions and obtaining appropriate credit points for medical centres. However, previous studies have shown that the quality of medical records in emergency departments is unsatisfactory.AIM: The aim of this study was improving the nursing care documentation in an emergency department, in Iran.MATERIAL AND METHODS: This collaborative action research study was carried out in two phases to improve nursing care documentation in cooperation with individuals involved in the process, from February 2015 to December 2017 in an affiliated academic hospital in Iran. The first phase featured virtual training, an educational workshop, and improvements to the hospital information system. The second phase involved the recruitment of human resources, the implementation of continuous codified training, the establishment of an appropriate reward and penalty system, and the review of patient education forms.RESULTS: The interventions improved nursing documentation quality score of 73.20%, which was the highest accreditation ranking provided by Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education in 2017. In other words, this study caused a 32% improvement in the quality of nursing care documentation in the hospital.CONCLUSION: The appropriate practices for improving nursing care documentation are employee participation, managerial accountability, nurses’ adherence to documentation standards, improved leadership style, and continuous monitoring and control.

scholarly journals Design of the Tool (web) EMAeHealth supporting decision-making during pregnancy and postpartum: Collaborative Action Research Study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
ISABEL ARTIETA-PINEDO ◽  
CARMEN PAZ-PASCUAL ◽  
PAOLA BULLY ◽  
MAITE ESPINOSA ◽  
Ema-Q Group
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽  
Education Tool

BACKGROUND Despite the benefit it can give women, Maternal Education needs new tools that increase its effectiveness and scope, in tune with the needs of current users. OBJECTIVE To develop a multifunctional, personalized eHealth platform aimed at the self-management of health in relation to maternity, a flexible and adaptable maternal education tool METHODS The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) were applied. A website prototype was developed for implementation in the public health system using a collaborative action research process in which experts and patients participate, with qualitative research techniques as well as prioritization and consensus techniques. RESULTS A website is proposed which includes (1) systematically updated information related to clinical practice guidelines, (2) interaction between peers and users/professionals, (3) instruments for self-assessment of health needs as a basis for working on counseling, agreement on actions, help in the search for resources, monitoring and evaluation of results and (4) access for women to their clinical data and the option of sharing them with other health agents. These components, with different access requirements, would be permanently reviewed through iterative cycles depending on the frequency and effectiveness resulting from their use and would be accessible from any digital device. CONCLUSIONS This public healthcare website would facilitate use, maintenance and effectiveness to increase quality of care without increasing costs. The participation of professionals and users in the creation of new tools will result in greater satisfaction with their use, with the decisions made, and with the decision process itself.

scholarly journals Enhancing Pre-service Science Teachers’ Practice according to SocioScientific Issue (SSI)-Based Teaching through Collaborative Action Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (28) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Sasithep Pitiporntapin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Service Science ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Socioscientific Issue ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Journal Entries

<p class="Default">The objective of this research was to enhance two case studies of pre-service science teachers’ practice according to SSI-based teaching through collaborative action research. The case study participants had taken a field experience course in the universities in Bangkok in the academic year 2014. The researcher gathered data from classroom observation, students’ journal entries, and student artifacts. In addition, they were asked to write journal entries about their practices. Moreover, informal interviews were used for clarification. These collected data were analyzed using within-case and cross-case analyses. The findings showed that both case studies developed grade 10 students’ argumentation skills through SSI-based teaching in natural resource unit with 4 stages of teaching: issue stage; exploration stage; argument stage; and decision making stage for promoting students’ argumentation. Based on the collaborative action research, the participants changed their teaching to engage students with SSI; increasing facilitating of students’ group working in order to get more essential information; using role play to promote the effective students’ argumentation; and providing enough time for  reviewing data to better support decision making. <strong></strong></p> <p class="Default"> </p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Pre-service science teachers, Socioscientific issue-based teaching, Collaborative action research</p>

scholarly journals "Literate Playing”—An Oral Language Empowerment Strategy for Underprivileged Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Gisela Wajskop
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Quality Program

This article describes an ongoing collaborative action research study, and presents initial observations of the outcomes of teachers’ interventions in early childhood education centres in a major Brazilian city. Designed as a professional development initiative, the action research is based on a view of a quality program being one that offers both play-based learning and linguistically enriching experiences for children and opportunities for professional learning of its professionals to support those same programs in a personal, self-confident, and collective manner. It presents initial observations of the outcomes of teachers’ interventions in four non-governmental early childhood education centres, and some implications the results can suggest for the NOW Play Project. 

scholarly journals Opening Up to Student Voice: Supporting Teacher Learning Through Collaborative Action Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Teacher Learning ◽  
Student Voice ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Effective Pedagogy ◽  
Supporting Teachers ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Student voice is promoted increasingly as a vehicle to enhance student learning and improve schools. Whilst the need for amplifying neglected student perspectives in learning and improvement processes is well established, supporting teachers to learn from students has received less attention. The author argues that collaborative action research supports teachers to engage with their students as decision-making partners in the classroom and to learn from them about effective pedagogy at the same time. The approach provides reflective spaces for teachers to notice and challenge takenfor-granted roles and practices, and to address expectations on their work sometimes contradictory to their student voice goals.

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