Conducting Research with Community Groups

Nurse scientists are increasingly recognizing the necessity of conducting research with community groups to effectively address complex health problems and successfully translate scientific advancements into the community. While several barriers to conducting research with community groups exist, community based participatory research (CBPR) has the potential to mitigate these barriers. CBPR has been employed in programs of research that respond in culturally sensitive ways to identify community needs and thereby address current health disparities. This manuscript presents case studies that demonstrate how CBPR principles guided the development of: (a) a healthy body weight program for urban, underserved African-American women, (b) a reproductive health educational intervention for urban, low-income, underserved, ethnically diverse women, and (c) a pilot anxiety/depression intervention for urban, low-income, underserved, ethnically diverse women. These case studies illustrate the potential of CBPR as an orientation to research that can be employed effectively in non-research intensive academic environments

Modelling Coastal Externalities Effects on Residential Housing Values

Design/methodology/approach A survey approach was adopted for the data collection process. For both models, property values were measured in proximity to coastline using 0–250m, 251-500m and 0-500m. Purpose This paper examines the impact of coastline on the rental value of residential property in proximity to the coastline, using the hedonic pricing model from two perspectives. First, model 1A-C accounted for estimating the influence of coastal amenities while controlling for other housing attributes influencing rent. Second, model 2A-C accounted for the interaction between coastal amenities/disamenities and other housing attributes influencing rent. Findings Findings revealed that property rental value increases as we move away from the coastline when disamenities are not controlled. The results suggested that for a mean-priced home (N2,941,029 or $8,170) at the mean distance from the coastline (301.83m), a 1$0.03) increase in rental value. Practical implications The implication to real estate valuers is that varying premiums should be considered when valuing a property depending on the distance to the coastline while considering other housing attributes. Originality/value This research introduces a novel approach to the hedonic model for determining property values in proximity to coastal environment by estimating the influence of coastal amenities while controlling for other housing attributes influencing rent, on one hand, and accounting for the interaction between coastal amenities/disamenities and other housing attributes influencing rent on the other

Husband\u27s Knowledge and Attendance at Wives\u27 Postpartum Care among Rural Farmers

We examined husbands’ knowledge and attendance at their wives’ postpartum visit in a sample of rural husband-and-wife farmer dyads in central Malawi. A cross-sectional matched-pairs survey of 70 husband-and-wife farmer dyads, who lived in rural communities in Ntcheu district, and had a live birth in the past year was conducted. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered, structured postpartum questionnaire adapted from WHO Safe Motherhood Needs Assessment Questionnaires. Many husbands did not know about postpartum assessments and education their wives received from health facilities. Percent agreement between dyads’ responses was lower on questions referring to assessments than to education. The odds of reporting that the woman received postpartum assessments were greater among husbands than among wives. Fifty-nine percent of husbands did not go with their wives for 1-week postpartum visits. Top three reasons for not attending visits were: at work, out of town, and did not see the need