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Kun, Karen E.; Kassim, Anisa; Howze, Elizabeth; MacDonald, Goldie – Qualitative Report, 2013
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Sustainable Management Development Program (SMDP) partners with low- and middle-resource countries to develop management capacity so that effective global public health programs can be implemented and better health outcomes can be achieved. The program's impact however, was variable. Hence, there…
Descriptors: Public Health, Health Programs, International Programs, Developing Nations
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Crane, Betsy – Qualitative Report, 2010
Human service practitioners face challenges in communicating how their programs lead to desired outcomes. One framework for representation that is now widely used in the field of program evaluation is the program logic model. This article presents an example of how qualitative data were used to refine a logic model for the Cornell Family…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Data, Logical Thinking, Models
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Craver, Gerald A.; Burkett, Amy K. – Qualitative Report, 2012
Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) perform an important role in the long-term care system because they provide the majority of paid care to nursing facility residents. Unfortunately, annual CNA turnover often exceeds 100 percent nationally. Many factors account for this, including stressful working conditions, low pay, and limited benefits. The…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Medical Services, Improvement Programs, Focus Groups
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Brooks, Charles T.; Patterson, David A.; McKiernan, Patrick M. – Qualitative Report, 2012
The focus of this study was to qualitatively evaluate worker's attitudes about clinical supervision. It is believed that poor attitudes toward clinical supervision can create barriers during supervision sessions. Fifty-one participants within a social services organization completed an open-ended questionnaire regarding their clinical supervision…
Descriptors: Evidence, Negative Attitudes, Supervision, Social Services
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Rowan, Noell; Wulff, Dan – Qualitative Report, 2007
This article describes the process by which one study utilized qualitative methods to create items for a multi dimensional scale to measure twelve step program affiliation. The process included interviewing fourteen addicted persons while in twelve step focused treatment about specific pros (things they like or would miss out on by not being…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Measures (Individuals), Test Items, Test Construction