Using formative research methods in the development of the North Carolina Study of Home Healthcare and Hospice Nurses
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Lyden, Jennifer T.
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Public Health Leadership Program
- Abstract
- There are approximately 200,000 nurses providing home healthcare in the United States. Through the potential exposure to patients' blood, these nurses are at risk of transmission and subsequent infection from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Very little is known about the extent to which home healthcare nurses (HHN) are exposed to blood, factors contributing to their exposure, or current prevention practices in this population. As part of a larger study to reduce blood. exposure among home healthcare nurses, we conducted formative research to: 1) identify the factors in the HHN work environment that might be relevant to understanding blood . exposure and prevention practices for this population and. 2) determine the optimal method of recruitment and data collection including techniques to maximize response rates. The formative research methods included interviewing key informants, shadowing HHN in the field and conducting focus groups with practicing HHN. Both quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed. The research findings yielded valuable information on possible risk factors for exposure and current prevention practices specific to this population. Information about data collection methods that appeal to this population and ways to improve response rates were incorporated into the study design. Information about potential risk factors and prevention practices was used as a basis for constructing a population-based survey that quantifies the risk of blood exposure and ultimately will be used to develop a prevention program to reduce blood exposure in HHN.
- Date of publication
- May 2006
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- Paper type: Research or research design
- Advisor
- Sitzman, Kathleen
- Degree
- Master of Public Health
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 2006
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- 564d1737-ca9b-4211-9c3e-c1926665c3df
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