Although patient and public involvement in research is a requirement for research funding in many countries, the knowledge base for how to effectively involve people-and evidence of the effectiveness of involvement-is weak. This article describes how methods used in participatory health research were used to involve patients, clients, providers and community health workers across all stages of ...

Developed to address the challenges of the social web, this study aims to determine how consumers’ involvement in user-generated content (UGC) affects brand equity. The formation and testing of a conceptual model addresses a gap in the literature by exploring links between UGC, involvement and consumer-based brand equity. Based on previous research complemented by depth interviews with experts,...

The aims of this study were: to analyze differences in learning outcomes, satisfaction, a sense class community, and student involvement between the experimental control classes, effect styles on involvement. This type research is quasi-experimental, with population accounting education students. sampling technique uses purposive. Data collection techniques form tests questionnaires. analysis p...

This study aims at exploring the effects of customer’s personal factors and characteristics brand community on customers’ behaviors in virtual community. The data were collected from customers communities Vietnamese context via a survey. show that among factors, customer ability has largest impact active while motivation opportunity have smaller significant influences behaviors. Regarding commu...

We sought to determine whether competition for community-based training sites exists among health professions schools, and to examine faculty and senior administrators' perspectives on institutional collaboration for community-based education. Eight academic health centers (AHCs) in the USA were selected by objective criteria for their significant community involvement. Chief executive officers...

BACKGROUND The need to promote maternal health in Ghana has committed the government to extend maternal healthcare services to the door steps of rural families through the community-based Health Planning and Services. Based on the concerns raised in previous studies that male spouses were indifferent towards maternal healthcare, this study sought the views of men on their involvement in materna...

BACKGROUND Defining male involvement during pregnancy is essential for the development of future research and appropriate interventions to optimize services aiming to improve birth outcomes. STUDY AIM To define male involvement during pregnancy and obtain community-based recommendations for interventions to improve male involvement during pregnancy. METHODS We conducted focus groups with mo...