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Lessons learned from a community engagement initiative within Irish higher education
2018
This paper focuses on a community–university partnership built around a programme of study co-created by residents of a disadvantaged community and situated, for the most part, within that community. The aim of this paper is to share lessons learned from this community engagement initiative, as identified through a research study which ran concurrent to the programme. The study involved 41 interviews (18 individual interviews and 23 focus groups) over a two-year period with 28 participants. Participants included students, lecturers and community and university stakeholders. The finding section focuses on the characteristics of the initiative which allowed it to positively impact those invol…
Empirically based analysis of methodological and ethical challenges in research with children as participants: the case of bullying in kindergarten
2015
ABSTRACTWhen conducting research with children it is essential to consider not only the data, which have been produced as a result of the research, but also the research process itself. This article represents an attempt to contribute the accumulation of knowledge regarding methodological and ethical issues concerning research with children. The data in this article are based on individual and focus-group interviews with children where ethical and methodical challenges related to dealing with children's experiences in the context of bullying in kindergarten are discussed. The topics that will be discussed related to methodical issues are (1) the nature of interaction between the researcher …
Making meaning of inclusive education: classroom practices in Finnish and South African classrooms
2017
AbstractThis paper reports on the findings of an international comparative research project where the roles of teachers in the implementation of inclusive education in mainstream-classroom settings in South Africa and Finland were investigated. Inclusive education within this project is broadly defined as welcoming all students to general-education schools and classrooms and not segregating students on the basis of ability or other individual or sociocultural characteristics. In this paper a qualitative analysis of Finnish and South African teachers’ day-to-day teaching and learning support practices in their classroom is discussed. Individual and focus-group interviews encouraged teachers …
Healthcare access of immigrants: An integrated ecological framework
2019
Access to healthcare impacts in health, and for its importance it has been conceptualized by different theoretical models. Theories tackling social barriers have been established too. Nevertheless, a lack of theorization about healthcare access of immigrants exists, and there is no theory able to integrate all the scientific literature on this and its impact on the health of immigrants. In order to study the factors relating to the access of immigrants and to guide the development and evaluation of public health interventions, an integrative approach is needed. In this regard, from an ecological perspective healthcare access of immigrants would be shaped by interrelated factors in different…
Providing timely quality care after-hours: Perceptions of a hospital model of care
2019
Abstract Background Nurses working night shift are key-players in the acute care team, however, their work environment has been characterised by suboptimal leadership, communication inadequacies, limited resources, and a lack of adequate support. Aim The aim of this study was to investigate nurses' perceptions of the Hospital at Night Team, a nursing model of care implemented to provide timely quality nursing care after-hours. Methods The study used a descriptive design. Five focus groups were conducted, with a total of 34 nurses from 14 wards across a 600+ bed tertiary referral teaching hospital in Melbourne, Australia, one year after the Hospital at Night Team implementation. Focus group …
Innovative public governance through cloud computing
2014
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze challenges and to discuss proposed solutions for innovative public governance through cloud computing. Innovative technologies, such as federation of services and cloud computing, can greatly contribute to the provision of e-government services, through scaleable and flexible systems. Furthermore, they can facilitate in reducing costs and overcoming public information segmentation. Nonetheless, when public agencies use these technologies, they encounter several associated organizational and technical changes, as well as significant challenges. Design/methodology/approach – We followed a multidisciplinary perspective (social, be…
La comunicazione a supporto delle aziende vitivinicole per la valorizzazione degli spumanti siciliani.
2010
Il trend positivo che si è registrato negli ultimi due anni in Italia, sia per la commercializzazione che per l’export degli spumanti rispetto agli champagne, può essere per i produttori siciliani di spumante un trampolino di lancio per far affermare le loro produzioni sul mercato. Il presente lavoro, che rientra all’interno di una più ampia ricerca sul mercato degli spumanti siciliani, si pone come obiettivo quello di conoscere quali potenzialità di sviluppo può avere questo prodotto che, se pur di nicchia, è presente sui mercati prevalentemente regionali, ma poco valorizzato dai produttori stessi. In questa indagine si vuole, pertanto, conoscere il ruolo che la comunicazione può avere com…
Study of growth opportunities for Sicilian sparkling wine market by a Simple Correspondence Analysis and a Focus Group
2010
Sicilian territory vocation to the production of wines is a prerequisite needed to ensure a large variety of high quality products, very appreciated by national and international markets. Indeed, Sicily produces sparkling wines since the past century and now there are 21 Sicilian wineries that produce high quality sparkling wines. Currently, Sicilian sparkling wines are sold in the local market, however, customer penetration is still low due to a lack of communication and advertising. This paper is divided in two parts and aims to investigate through an experimental survey, possible growth opportunities for Sicilian sparkling wines market. In the rst part we applied the Simple Correspondenc…
Assessing preferences of some predefined consumer profiles for attributes of small fruit
2015
Small fruit (commonly referred to as berries), represents a potential high-value niche-market crop in Italy. This fruit grows naturally in many localities of northern Italy, but favorable environmental conditions for this crop can be found also in southern regions where this production may support local farmers' incomes. According to literature and to official statistics, small fruit's health benefiting properties are well known in the international market, but little is known about the reason of a low commercialization rate of fresh small fruit in Italy. The objective of this study was to assess, in the domestic market, consumer preferences for small fruit according to consumer rankings ap…
Mass Media And Religious Practices In The Immigrant Situation: A Challenging Developmental Psychology Encountered By The Sri Lankan Tamil Adolescents…
2015
Mass Media and Religious Practices in the immigrant situation is a challenging Developmental Psychology, encountered by the Sri Lankan Tamil Adolescents living in Palermo, South Italy. Adolescents in the modern world face a lot of challenges in the process of their growth. One of such challenges is that of the social impact of Mass Media, which manipulates and determines the individual’s decisive moments of growth. They are left with no choice but confront Mass media and personal choice of religious attitudes, and religious practices, (Cohen 2010; Kukreja 2010). The attitudes and belief-systems are built and sustained by the social structure. (Cooper and Denner 1998). In this article we adm…