“Why Are We Bringing The Fish?” Matching Methods and Culture

Martha Ann Carey, PhD, RN

Kells ConsultingMedia, PA, USA

72nd ICP Conference, Paris, FranceJuly 2014

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Hawaiian Research Project

• Odell’s dissertation – concept of wellness

• Her entree to population

• Adaptation of focus group methods

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HI px

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Merriam-Webster Definition of Culture

• The beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time

• A particular society that has its own beliefs, ways of life, art, etc.

• A way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or organization (such as a business)

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Complexity of Culture

• Broad, individual, both

• Context, environment, dynamic

• Limited guidance – can seem alone

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Mary px

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Bridging & Merging

• Boundary spanner

• Common ‘language’– EBP, CBPR, validity & reliability, cost-benefit

analysis

• Shared goals– Fidelity vs salience, rigor vs revelance

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Historic Bridge, Venice

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Simple Bridge

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Feasibility & Potential

• 2 way model for joint planning

• Researchers get community input on acceptability & feasibility

• Community gets information on the goals & limits of the project

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Two Components of Research

• Doing research to develop knowledge– Quantitative– Qualitative– Mixed methods

• Using research results– Efficacy and effectiveness– Adopting vs adapting• Fidelity balanced with salience; rigor AND relevance

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Translational Research

• Application of sharing knowledge to inform policy & practice

• Links ‘scientific findings’ with policies & programs

• Contributes to interventions (effectiveness)– Education– Health services delivery

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Challenge

• How to best ‘translate’?

• What are the roles of the players?

• How are these developed?

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Professional Collaboration

• Inter-/multi-/cross-disciplinary

• Need a common language, as well as mutual understanding & respect

• “System” needs to reward collaboration

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National Center for Advancing Translational Science, NIH, USA

• Accelerate the use of scientific discovery – Basic science patient studies clinical practice– Using an integrated approach – Common goals

• Sharing information at each stage ensures – Researchers are meeting community health needs – Problems in the clinic inform work in the

laboratory

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“Convergence Model” US National Academy of Science

• Expanded form of interdisciplinary research

• Paradigm capable of generating new ideas, discoveries, methodologies

• Conceptual approaches and tools that stimulate advances in basic research and application

• Leads to new inventions, innovations, treatment protocols, and strategies for education & training

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Very General Suggestions

• Applicable to most settings

• Involve as many stakeholders as practical

• Jointly develop goals & tasks to be done

• Maintain clear & regular communications

• Use as “rigorous” approach as possible© Carey 2014

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More Tailored Suggestions

• Plan for extra time

• Consider logic models, theoretical framework

• Attend to management concerns– Agreement on use of data & publications– Regular communication procedures

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MerciMerci

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