Discovering ‘what works’

What works, and what really works.

In recent development discourse, much has been debated and written about evidence-based actions, defined as: ‘the application of the best available systematically assembled evidence in setting policy and practice’. Nutrition is clearly not exempt from justifying itself, and it is important that Public Health Nutrition has addressed this in recent issues. Much of our knowledge of ‘what works’ de...

What Works Well Tells Us What Works Better

Discovering what works well: exploring quality dementia care in hospital wards using an appreciative inquiry approach.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore the quality dementia care in two geriatric hospital wards using appreciative inquiry with formal care workers and family members of inpatients with dementia. BACKGROUND Care models such as person-centred and relationship-centred care have been developed to explain what 'quality' dementia care should be. However, their usefulness and relevance to clinicians has b...

Alternative Medicine What Works

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Asking the right questions: the key to discovering what works in home care.

1 Discovering what works in home care begins with asking the right questions. Two principles from the evaluation research field are useful in understanding what results should be expected of home care: First, examination of program activities may be the key to discovering program objectives (Deutscher, 1977); second, evidence of immediate effects of programs is much more likely to be found than...