Refugees resettling in the United States face many challenges; especially within the health care setting. The purpose of this research was to add to the increasing body of knowledge about improving health care for the refugee population through investigating providers’ lived experience caring for them. This study utilized qualitative research methods with a descriptive phenomenological approach...

BACKGROUND There is growing recognition of the value of conducting qualitative research with trials in health research. It is timely to reflect on how this qualitative research is presented in grant proposals to identify lessons for researchers and research commissioners. As part of a larger study focusing on how to maximise the value of undertaking qualitative research with trials, we undertoo...

BACKGROUND Resilience is a key factor in improving health and attenuating problems caused by chronic diseases in the elderly. Having a clear understanding of its meaning in a specific population can be of great help in taking efficient steps toward better health services. Given the lack of information in this regard, the aim of this study was to understand the meaning of resilience for hospital...

The aim of this review is to identify relevant elements that ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of empirically based interventions (EBI), contrasting virtual and face-to-face intervention on active aging variables based on these indicators. We selected and encoded the 38 intervention studies (24 face-to-face, 12 virtual and 2 both modalities). These studies focus on six dimensions of quali...

BACKGROUND Unsafe abortion is an issue of public health concern and contributes significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality globally. Abortion evokes religious, moral, ethical, socio-cultural and medical concerns which mean it is highly stigmatized and this poses a threat to both providers and researchers. This study sought to explore challenges to providing safe abortion services from th...

BACKGROUND Chronic insomnia is associated with consequential experience that may affect quality of life. Understanding such experience can be helpful in planning effective interventions for patients with chronic insomnia. OBJECTIVE The study aimed to describe and illuminate the experience of living with chronic insomnia. METHOD The study was conducted using a descriptive phenomenology appro...

BACKGROUND Clinical learning is one of the important issues that helps the perception of nursing students' practice in a clinical setting and its effect on their professional development. The aim of this study is to describe and state the manner of clinical learning in nursing students. MATERIALS AND METHODS This qualitative study was conducted as a grounded theory. The individual semi-struct...

BACKGROUND Uptake of some childhood immunisations in the UK is lower among those from some Black and Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. This systematic review of qualitative research sought to understand the factors that are associated with ethnicity that influence the immunisation decisions of parents from BAME backgrounds living in the UK. METHODS Databases were searched on 2 Decembe...