Pregnancy is a period influenced by the interaction of several factors, therefore this study aimed to identify changes in lifestyles due to pregnancy and childbirth in Portuguese and immigrant women in Portugal. This is a qualitative study, using the semi-structured interview, with eighty-two Portuguese and immigrant women. Content analysis was used, with verbatim classification supported by Nv...

This documental case study was performed using a qualitative approach, and analyzed the dialogues of Nursing students in a context mediated by an educational chat in a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The data consisted of eight discussions among students, professors and monitors of the Rio Grande do Sul Federal University College of Nursing on the TelEduc® VLE chat on the activity called Vi...

This study aims to present and discuss part of the findings of a research carried out at a teaching hospital. It is a qualitative descriptive-exploratory and interventionist study with nine lay caregiver women accompanying hospitalized children with cancer. Data were collected through the focal group technique, organized in the QSR Nvivo software and analyzed through thematic analysis. Results ...

The University of Texas Transformation in Medical Education Portal (UT TIME Portal) is a game-based learning platform for select premed students, with a particular emphasis on communication and professionalism. In addition to quantitative data on system usage and user performance, the UT TIME Portal generates rich sets of qualitative data collected through discussion board posts and preand post...

This study conducts a content analysis with the use of NVivo software of the local news outlet, Idaho Statesman, and its articles from 1999-2012. This research focuses on two specific sexual orientation policy debates: hate crime prevention and the Boise city ordinance. These issues highlight examples of framing. The findings from this analysis highlight how a media can play a supporting role f...

The aim of the present study was to explore Critical Success Factors (CSFs) in implementation, pre-implementation and post-implementation phases of ERP system. A single exploratory case study approach has been employed to analyze the case of an electric supply Government owned company of Pakistan. For the collection of data face-toface in-depth interviews were conducted. NVivo 10 software has b...

s–Healthcare is important to every country, including developing country like Malaysia in providing a good life. Therefore, the Malaysian Government had taken several iniatiatives to enhance healthcare sector. One of the initiatives is bringing the Information System into Malaysian Public Hospitals. This is similar to enhance the ICT tools within Malaysia in achieving 2020 Vision to make Malays...

OBJECTIVE To describe an exploratory project to develop and pilot a novel patient educational tool that explains the concept of pharmacogenomics and its impact on warfarin dosing that can be utilized by health professionals providing patient counseling. METHODS A pharmacogenomics educational tool prototype was developed by an interdisciplinary team. During the pilot of the tool, focus group m...

Postpartum depression is a serious and common psychiatric illness. Mothers living in poverty are more likely to be depressed and have greater barriers to accessing treatment than the general population. Mental health utilization is particularly limited for women with postpartum depression and low-income, minority women. As part of an academic-community partnership, focus groups were utilized to...