Currently, the U.S. system of higher education is almost exclusively evaluated by quantitative data based on traditional student trajectories and university structured programs. This could be problematic for community colleges post-traditional students, who are a growing population at all institutions. Therefore, we conducted pilot, qualitative description analysis three national datasets to as...

This paper takes as its starting point the assumption that the 'Epidemiological Imagination' has a central role to play in the future development of policies and practice to improve population health and reduce health inequalities within and between states but suggests that by neglecting the contribution that qualitative research can make epidemiology is failing to deliver this potential. The p...

The number of pregnant women of advanced maternal age has increased worldwide. Women in this group have an increased chance of fetal abnormality. To explore Japanese women's experiences regarding maternal age-specific risks and prenatal testing, we conducted a descriptive qualitative study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 women aged 35 years or over who had given birth within ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the use of the multi-rater Kappa measure of agreement (Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences, McGraw Hill, New York, 1988) in team based, mixed method, qualitative nursing research. DESIGN The article presents an illustrative description of the application of the qualitative coding procedure and associated multi-rater Kappa measurement at four time points...

This study is an attempt to carry out a comparative analysis using Natural Semantic Metalanguage (henceforth NSM). The offering routine patterns of native Persian speakers was compared with that of Native American English speakers to see if it can provide evidence for applicability of NSM model which is claimed to be universal. The descriptive technique was the cultural scripts approach, using ...

Resumen Manifestations of mental suffering have already been considered divine, mysterious and sacred. Sufferers look for the sacred, agencies of faith and religion, in search of relief for the suffering their mental disorder causes. This study aims to understand the position and perception of members of the social suppor t network that is established in the context of religious agencies for pe...

Diversity management has been hyped as the latest fad to occupy management discourse today. This shift to diversity management has been necessitated by the move away from the traditional labour intensive organisations to the modern globalised industries which rely on a diverse array of workers to meet organizational objectives. It is against this background that this study was conducted to iden...