Negotiating Care in Uncertain Settings and Looking Beneath the Surface of Health Governance Projects

Raffaetà, Roberta; Nichter, Mark

doi:10.3167/aia.2015.220101

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“…This research method helps IT professionals better understand user needs and behavior by having an insight into how users interact with technology in their daily activities. By observing users in their natural contexts, the researcher can easily uncover any unmet technological needs, learn user preferences, pin out problematic areas that cannot be captured using the other research methods (Raffaetà et al, 2023). Since ethnographic research involves researchers observing users while they interact with technology in their natural environment, it can be used to gain contextualized inquiries, gaining knowledge on the context in which technology is applied, the different dynamics, work ethics and practices and the environment that influences user behavior.…”

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Research Methods in Information Technology: Future Research Perspectives

2024

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Information Technology (IT) is a multi-disciplinary field with diverse research options. This has left many researchers confused, not knowing the exact research methods that can be applied. IT emanated from a much rigid computing field which has rigid research methods that follows specific predefined processes and it intertwin with the sociology field with much flexible and relaxed research methodology. With the diverse nature of this field with other science fields both in the social and natural science, it is therefore important to review the current research methodologies that are applicable to it and how they can be used to extend knowledge in the same field.The essence of this research is to highlight current research dimensions and deep dive into different research methodologies that are applicable in the field of IT. The paper further analyses both qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods as applicable in this field. The paper also discusses the most common research methods in IT and how they have been applied in researching in this field. Ethnography, case studies, surveys, experimental and literature reviews are some of the research methods that have been reviewed by this paper. Broad cases where each of these methods are applicable are also discussed. Findings from this research shows that both qualitative and quantitative research methods are applicable in this field with each specific research method being considered on caseto-case basis. Mixed research methods are also applicable in this field.

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“…Recent ethnographic work shows that drug users cannot be simply categorized as “isolated addicts,” but are instead embedded in families and communities (Garcia ). In the face of economic austerity measures limiting access to health care and social services, kin, especially female family members, may represent the only form of care available to individuals (Anglin ; Garcia ; Raffaetà and Nichter ). Thus, female drug users often take responsibility for caregiving in their family and must rely on other kin for support.…”

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“I'm Stuck”: Women's Navigations of Social Networks and Prescription Drug Misuse in Central Appalachia

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Havens

2016

J Anthropology North Am

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This study utilizes anthropological analyses of kinship, care, gendered inequalities, and the state to examine how social networks affect women’s substance use in a rural Appalachian county where the primary drug of choice is prescription opioids. Of 503 participants from a larger study of social networks among rural drug users, 16 women who reported using drugs with four or more other study participants (drug network members) were interviewed from November 2011 to February 2012. The purpose of interviews is to analyze the substance use patterns among participants who are highly connected in their networks. Female participants say they feel “stuck” in cycles of prescription drug misuse because of entrenchment in moral economies, intensive caretaking responsibilities, and violence from those in their networks. Although women demonstrate agency in their navigations of drug use, relationships, and economic and health inequalities, the factors that constrain women’s actions culminate to create barriers for women accessing substance abuse treatment or decreasing substance use outside of treatment. This study adds to understandings of the relational and situational aspects of women’s drug use and efforts to decrease use. Recognizing these aspects of women’s lives will aid policies and programs in becoming more relevant to substance abusing women. (substance use; kinship; care; gendered inequalities; Appalachia)

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“…Frequently, we think we empower patients by giving them information and Bchoice^(e.g., Medicare's Nursing Home Compare); however, this neglects how patients and families are often circumscribed in their ability to make sense of and meaningfully act on information provided, particularly in uncertain and changing circumstances, and limited resources. 5 One limitation is that although patients and caregivers were interviewed at different time points (in hospital or in a PAC facility), the differing time points were not discussed or considered in the analysis. The work is strengthened by the authors' use of the ODSF as a conceptual framework for evaluating post-acute care decision-making and consideration of the perspectives of patients and caregivers.…”

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Capsule Commentary on Burke et al., Evaluating the Quality of Patient Decision-making Regarding Post-acute Care

Penney

2018

J GEN INTERN MED

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T his qualitative study by Burke et al. 1 describes the degree to which people are enabled to make high-quality, postacute care (PAC) decisions. They conducted interviews with hospitalized older adult patients (n = 32) and their caregivers (n = 22), while the individual was in the hospital waiting for placement or after they were placed in a skilled nursing facility. Transcripts were analyzed inductively for themes, which were then deductively grouped under broad concepts from the Ottawa Decision-Support Framework (ODSF).Their work joins research and policy discussions about how, when, and where to transition patients out of the hospital, while avoiding unnecessary costs and ensuring appropriate level of care and accountability. 2, 3 While some studies have focused on how clinicians make decisions about PAC, 4 this paper fills a gap by focusing on the factors which influenced the decision-making processes of patients and their families. In discussing how to mediate the challenges participants shared, the authors state that providing patients with information is insufficient. Frequently, we think we empower patients by giving them information and Bchoice^(e.g., Medicare's Nursing Home Compare); however, this neglects how patients and families are often circumscribed in their ability to make sense of and meaningfully act on information provided, particularly in uncertain and changing circumstances, and limited resources. 5 One limitation is that although patients and caregivers were interviewed at different time points (in hospital or in a PAC facility), the differing time points were not discussed or considered in the analysis. The work is strengthened by the authors' use of the ODSF as a conceptual framework for evaluating post-acute care decision-making and consideration of the perspectives of patients and caregivers.As the authors note, their findings have direct clinical implications. They usefully suggest conversations about PAC be modeled off Bgoals of care^discussions, wherein patient and family values, goals, and preferred roles in decision-making are highlighted in order to tailor transition of care discussions.

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Negotiating Care in Uncertain Settings and Looking Beneath the Surface of Health Governance Projects

Cited by 4 publications

References 20 publications

Research Methods in Information Technology: Future Research Perspectives

Research Methods in Information Technology: Future Research Perspectives

“I'm Stuck”: Women's Navigations of Social Networks and Prescription Drug Misuse in Central Appalachia

Capsule Commentary on Burke et al., Evaluating the Quality of Patient Decision-making Regarding Post-acute Care

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