Psychiatric diagnostic interviews to be used in epidemiologic studies by lay interviewers have, since the 1970s, attempted to operationalize existing psychiatric nomenclatures. How to maximize the chances that they do so successfully has not previously been spelled out. In this article, the authors discuss strategies for each of the seven steps involved in writing, updating, or modifying a diag...

this study was performed to identify factors affecting the entrepreneurial university. in order to achieve this goal, a sample of 173 faculty members (academic rank of associate professor or higher) in academic year of 2015-2016 was selected using the using relative stratified sampling and cochran’s formula. in this study, given the purpose and nature of research, for analysis of the data, expl...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate food experts' views on important nutrition and food systems knowledge issues for education purposes at schools in Iran. METHODS In 2012, semi-structured, face-to-face or telephone interviews were conducted with twenty-eight acknowledged Iranian experts in food and nutrition fields. Participants were selected from four major provinces in Iran (Tehran,...

In political scientists’ drive to examine causal mechanisms, qualitative expert interviews have an important role play. This is particularly true for the analysis of complex decision-making processes, where there a dearth data, and linking macro micro levels analysis. The paper offers suggestions making most effective reflective use interviews. It advocates encompassing, knowledge-based underst...

objective: to clarify the principles of a safe delivery based on clinical governance criteria, as recommended by the pertinent experts. materials and methods: the current study was part of a qualitative research conducted by content analysis method in 2013 and purposive sampling, performing 24 in-depth interviews based on semi-structured questions and analyzed using thematic content analysis. t...