Action research: politics, ethics and participation

Williamson, Graham R.; Prosser, Sue

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02416.x

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“…It was recognized, for example, that action, iterative, participatory and reflexive approaches would be needed to enable KNET research to engage more directly with, and assist the development of, practical forms of knowledge [23,24]. Examples of how this kind of research can assist the acceleration of learning about practice include those used to develop deliberate practices in relation to futures, change and wider tools for facilitating more sustainable trajectories [20,21,[25][26][27][28]. Figure 1: The research focus, framework and strategies emerging from the co-design process.…”

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confidence: 99%

Co-designing transformation research: lessons learned from research on deliberate practices for transformation

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Lindenfeld

et al. 2016

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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Section: The Focus Of the Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Co-designing transformation research: lessons learned from research on deliberate practices for transformation

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Lindenfeld

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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“…Lewin argued that the work of social scientists should be able to improve conditions for individuals (Williamson & Prosser, 2002). Action research aims to generate knowledge about social systems as well as attempting change (Hart & Bond, 1995).…”

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Hospital mealtimes: action research for change?

Dickinson¹,

Welch²,

Ager³

et al. 2005

Proc. Nutr. Soc.

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Poor nutritional care within the hospital setting continues despite decades of work chronicling and measuring the problems. To address the problem changes in practice have been attempted to improve the patients' experience of mealtimes. In order to implement patient-centred mealtimes for older patients by changing the focus from institutional convenience to one that focuses on the requirements of the patients, an action research approach has been used that focuses on action and change, and thus appears to have much to offer those who seek to change practice. The present paper focuses on the first two phases in a three-phase approach. In phase one the nature of everyday mealtime care and the wider context are explored using focus groups, interviews and observations. The data fall into three main themes that all impact on patients' experiences of mealtimes: institutional and organisational constraints; mealtime care and nursing priorities; eating environment. Following feedback of phase 1 findings to staff and identification of areas of concern a model of practice development was selected to guide the change process of the second phase. Changes to mealtime nursing practice and the ward environment have been made, indicating that action research has the potential to improve the mealtime care of patients.

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“…In an AR approach, it is important that the participants are willing to play an active role in the research process and in the planning of future changes (Stringer & Genat, 2004). In this study, the research process plan was continuously negotiated with the participants in agreement with the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects (Saif, 2000;Williamson & Prosser). The researcher (PZ) focused on gaining the participants trust and assuring them that she regarded them as equals, which demonstrates an important feature of the AR approach, namely democratic Vol.…”

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Facilitating Change, the Decision-maker’s Views of Municipality Organized Food Distribution to Elderly People Living at Home and Suggestions for Development – A Participatory Action Research Study

Pajalić

Persson²,

Skovdahl³

et al. 2012

PAR

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This study is the final part of a larger project with an action research approach focusing on food distribution (FD) within municipal service and care for elderly persons, living at home (≥ 65 years), from various perspectives. The aim was to describe the decision-makers' the politicians and top level administrative manager's views on the FD service, and to give feedback from the results of earlier studies based on information given by FD receivers, the perspectives of involved professionals, and the results of an intervention study and further to report the decision-makers suggestions for which areas should be taken into consideration as starting points to improve the FD process and practice. Data was gathered in two steps: step 1, through individual interviews (n=12) with the decision-makers during the spring of 2009, step 2a through feedback from previous studies, received during the autumn of 2011 and step 2b from discussions based on the feedback. The interview data was analysed using qualitative content analysis. The findings indicated a discrepancy between the reality and the political visions. It was shown that decision-maker's needed to make decisions despite their uncertain knowledge of the complexity of the FD programme. They considered what has been, what is, and will be, when setting goals. Their goal was that elderly person's rights and needs should be fulfilled. This included freedom of choice and individual consideration. In addition, it meant, meeting elderly people's medical and social needs. Three areas were found to require facilitation for change related to FD: 1) the monitoring of the elderly's health and wellbeing while providing FD, 2) the increasing of professional competence, and 3) the creation of a forum for inter-professional communication. The findings in this study have implications for nursing, gerontology and public administration.

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Action research: politics, ethics and participation

Abstract: We outline three areas where AR is implicitly political, and three areas where it is ethically problematic. We recommend that researchers and participants recognize, discuss and negotiate these problematic areas before starting their work.

Cited by 122 publications

References 20 publications

Co-designing transformation research: lessons learned from research on deliberate practices for transformation

Co-designing transformation research: lessons learned from research on deliberate practices for transformation

Hospital mealtimes: action research for change?

Facilitating Change, the Decision-maker’s Views of Municipality Organized Food Distribution to Elderly People Living at Home and Suggestions for Development – A Participatory Action Research Study

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