Helping practitioners understand the contribution of qualitative research to evidence-based practice

A First Qualitative Project: Qualitative Descriptive Design for Novice Researchers

“…“How do the results of this study help me care for patients and does this study help me understand my relationship with my patients and their families?” (Newman, Thompson, & Roberts, 2006, p. 4), are two important questions all practitioners should ask, regardless of the method used, when considering whether to apply new information to their practices. For example, consider the question: How do grandparents describe the experience of their first visit to the NICU to see their very ill grandchild?…”

A Grounded Theory Exploration of the Onset of Anorexia in Adolescence

“…The generalisation of findings from any research is not straightforward and depends on the similarity between the research context and the clinical context. Optimal clinical decision‐making is based by balancing research evidence, clinical judgement and patient preference (Newman, Thompson, & Roberts, ). It is within this understanding that recommendations from this study are put forward.…”

Striving for a “good” family visit: the facilitative role of a prison visitors’ centre

“…Many voluntary sector organisations are unable to commission large research and evaluation studies, but are often able to fund smaller pieces of work. Indeed, pooling qualitative evidence from smaller studies is a viable way to potentially strengthen commissioning decisions in this sector (Newman et al, 2006). In this paper, qualitative evidence was synthesised from four independent evaluations of a third sector provided prison visitors' centre.…”