From Perceptions to Practice: Factors Affecting Recast

Factors Affecting Member Perceptions of Coalition Impact.

The purpose of this study was to identify attributes of community-based coalitions associated with member perceptions of greater impact. Based on Hackman's model of work group effectiveness, we hypothesized that member effort, knowledge and skill, and performance strategies would affect their perceptions of coalition impact. Findings from a lagged regression on a sample of forty-five youth-orie...

Investigating Factors Affecting the Gap of Nursing Education and Practice from students and instructors’ viewpoints

Background: The existence of a gap between theory and practice in nursing is a problem that is rooted in the history of nursing education, which means that there is a difference between what the student at the college and the behavior that appears in the clinic, and this discrepancy is of concern to community health educators. A coherent understanding of the learning and practice gap is a cruci...

A comparison of policy and direct practice stakeholder perceptions of factors affecting evidence-based practice implementation using concept mapping

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to assess potential differences between administrators/policymakers and those involved in direct practice regarding factors believed to be barriers or facilitating factors to evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation in a large public mental health service system in the United States. METHODS Participants included mental health system county officials,...

Clinical nurse managers' perceptions of factors affecting role performance.

AIM This study explored clinical nurse managers' perceptions of the factors affecting role performance. METHOD Interviews were carried out with 15 clinical nurse managers in four trusts. RESULTS Results highlight the main influences on the role, the barriers to successful role fulfillment, and the stressors that cause some of the postholders to consider leaving the NHS. CONCLUSION The fin...

Factors Affecting the Impact of RCTS on Medical Practice Factors Affecting the Impact of RCTS on Medical Practice