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V P Fahie

Publications and source records attributed to V P Fahie.

4 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1998

Utilization of folk/family remedies by community-residing African American elders.

The purpose of this study was to identify the range of folk/ family remedies used by African American elders to promote health. This was accomplished by obtaining self report information from a convenience sample of 200 African American elders. Participants resided in senior apartment complexes in metropolitan Baltimore. Fifteen categories of folk/family remedies were used routinely by African American elders to promote health or prevent illness. There were sixteen purposes identified for the categories of folk/family remedies.

Black or African American↗
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Triangulation: measurement issues and solution exploration.

Nurses deal with complex phenomena that require multiple perspectives to reflect the richness of these complexities. Triangulation is proposed as a methodological strategy for nursing research that allows one to take into account the complexity of the human experience. The purpose of this article is to describe the four basic types of triangulation and to explore issues and problems arising from the use of triangulation that threaten reliability and validity of a study. Solutions posed in the literature for dealing with reliability and validity threats associated with the use of triangulation are examined.

Data Interpretation, Statistical↗
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The Bridge Program evaluation process.

The Bridge Program was designed to enrich the undergraduate nursing experience of students from underrepresented groups at three schools of nursing in the Baltimore area. An evaluation of the Program was conducted in the Spring of 1996 using data from a variety of sources. Data were collected using student, faculty and mentor surveys, and student interviews. The evaluation demonstrated that students were enthusiastic about the Bridge Program despite the heavy work load. Students identified the connection with the faculty mentor as the Program's greatest benefit. Faculty and mentors generally viewed the Program as satisfactory. The strengths of the Program as seen by faculty and mentors were in the areas of students' personal and professional growth, faculty-student relationships, learning resources, and preparation for graduate study.

Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate↗