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Joanne Noone
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Listening to women: culturally tailoring the violence prevention guidelines from the put prevention into practice program.
PURPOSE: To develop five reliable and valid (culturally tailored) guidelines focused on the prevention of violence as presented in the violence prevention guideline of the Put Prevention into Practice Clinician's Handbook on Preventative Services (PPIP). DATA SOURCES: The data collection for this qualitative, descriptive design of naturalistic inquiry was focus group interviews with five different ethnic groups of women (Caucasian, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese and Hispanic) using a semi-structured interview guide. CONCLUSIONS: The women interviewed provided a variety of suggestions for adaptations to the guideline. Cultural similarities and differences are presented. Development of a nonjudgmental and trusting relationship is key to disclosure. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Violence against women is recognized as a major public health problem. Little is known about the effectiveness of standardized interventions such as those contained in the PPIP Handbook. Even less is known about the efficacy of such protocols within culturally diverse populations. Providers should consider adaptation of the guideline based on the individual relationship with the client. The next phase of this research is to implement the culturally tailored adaptations of these guidelines and test their effectiveness.
Reducing health disparities by improving quality of care: lessons learned from culturally diverse women.
Disparities in health care for culturally diverse populations in the United States lead to poorer health outcomes. This article focuses on decreasing health disparities by improving the quality of care for culturally diverse women. Findings from 3 pilot studies are organized using Fongwa's Quality of Care Model, which demonstrate specific modifications suggested by culturally diverse women that can potentially improve health care services for these women.
Concept analysis of decision making.
TOPIC: Client decision making in relation to health care. PURPOSE: To develop a conceptual analysis of client decision making regarding health care that represents the current state of the science in order to better understand how clients make decisions. SOURCES: Published literature. CONCLUSIONS: A model of client decision making is presented with implications for nursing. Defining attributes, antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents of decision making are developed and illustrated by case presentations.
Finding the best fit: a grounded theory of contraceptive decision making in women.
PROBLEM: Half of the pregnancies in the United States that occur annually are unintended, and of these, half occur among women using contraceptives. METHODS: Interviews with 16 women,field notes, and memos were analyzed using constant comparative analysis and the methods of open, axial, and selective coding were used until saturation occurred. FINDINGS: The core category that describes the process of contraceptive decision making in women is "finding the best fit." Women choose a method or methods to prevent pregnancy based on their knowledge, experience, and evaluation of what would be the best fit within the context of their current life situation. CONCLUSIONS: It is important that nurses obtain a thorough contraceptive history, and realize that women may have different perceptions and knowledge level of methods.