Qualitative research in an international research program: maintaining momentum while building capacity in nurses

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dc.contributor.authorMill, Judy E.
dc.contributor.authorDavison, Colleen
dc.contributor.authorRichter, Solina
dc.contributor.authorEtowa, Josephine
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorKahwa, Eulualia
dc.contributor.authorWalusimbi, Mariam
dc.contributor.authorHarrowing, Jean N.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-10T22:34:48Z
dc.date.available2019-06-10T22:34:48Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo green journal. Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) appliesen_US
dc.description.abstractNurses are knowledgeable about issues that affect quality and equity of care and are well qualified to inform policy, yet their expertise is seldom acknowledged and their input infrequently invited. In 2007, a large multidisciplinary team of researchers and decisionmakers from Canada and five low- and middle-income countries (Barbados, Jamaica, Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa) received funding to implement a participatory action research (PAR) program entitled “Strengthening Nurses’ Capacity for HIV Policy Development in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.” The goal of the research program was to explore and promote nurses’ involvement in HIV policy development and to improve nursing practice in countries with a high HIV disease burden. A core element of the PAR program was the enhancement of the research capacity, and particularly qualitative capacity, of nurses through the use of mentorship, role-modeling, and the enhancement of institutional support. In this article we: (a) describe the PAR program and research team; (b) situate the research program by discussing attitudes to qualitative research in the study countries; (c) highlight the incremental formal and informal qualitative research capacity building initiatives undertaken as part of this PAR program; (d) describe the approaches used to maintain rigor while implementing a complex research program; and (e) identify strategies to ensure that capacity building was locally-owned. We conclude with a discussion of challenges and opportunities and provide an informal analysis of the research capacity that was developed within our international team using a PAR approach.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationMill, J., Davison, C., Richter, S., Etowa, J., Edwards, N., Kahwa, E.,...Harrowing, J. (2014). Qualitative research in an international research program: Maintaining momentum while building capacity in nurses. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 13, 151-169.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5391
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Albertaen_US
dc.publisher.institutionQueen's Universityen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Ottawaen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of the West Indiesen_US
dc.publisher.institutionMinistry of Health (Kampala, Uganda)en_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1177/160940691401300105
dc.subjectCapacity buildingen_US
dc.subjectNursesen_US
dc.subjectQualitative researchen_US
dc.subjectParticipatory action researchen_US
dc.subjectInternationalen_US
dc.subjectsub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectCaribbeanen_US
dc.titleQualitative research in an international research program: maintaining momentum while building capacity in nursesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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