Purpose Patients with primary immunodeficiency (PID) often receive immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT). Physicians and patients have the choice between various methods of administration. For subcutaneous immunoglobulin infusions, patients may use an automated pump (P) or push the plunger of a syringe (rapid push [RP]). P infusions are performed once a week and last around 1 hour. RP decre...

This In Brief, written by Heather D. Boonstra, summarizes key findings of a multiyear, multi-country study on the scope of young people's sexual and reproductive health needs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Guttmacher staff worked with 10 organizations (nine based in Africa) to gather evidence in four Sub-Saharan African countries--Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda--where national surveys of 12-19-...

background and purpose: special attention has been paid to instructor and preceptor in nursing and midwifery education. this study aims to explore the experiences and perceptions of midwifery students about implementing preceptorship program in delivery setting. methods: the current study is a qualitative research. the focus groups and in-depth interviews were used as data collection tools. tar...

Zusammenfassung In diesem Kapitel wird die Planung, Durchführung und Auswertung der qualitativen Forschung beschrieben. Hierbei geht es nicht nur darum, Informationen zur Weiterentwicklung hier beschriebenen Interventionsmaßnahme zu sammeln, sondern vor allem grundsätzliche Erkenntnisse Problemlöseprozessen von Studienanfängern gewinnen.

We investigated consultations at the Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital (GHH), by the use of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 14 patients. Interviews (lasting 1-2 h) were taped and transcribed verbatim. Analysis was based on a grounded theory approach. Two main categories of themes emerged: (1) those "outside" the consultation, related to expectations, initially formed...

In this paper, we examine factors associated with poor pregnancy outcomes among teenagers in South Nyanza region of Kenya. The analysis is based on a recent WHO funded study on Adolescent safe motherhood in the region, which involved a survey of 1247 adolescents aged 12-19 and in-depth interviews with 39 of the adolescents who had experienced very early pregnancies or a pregnancy wastage. The i...

This research, commissioned by the Malaysian AIDS Council in 2007, is qualitative and descriptive in nature. In depth face-to-face interviews were carried out with 15 mak nyah respondents from five major towns. The interviews were guided by an interview schedule that had seven main topics: brief background; hormone-taking behaviour; safe sex; health care; substance abuse; harassment from author...