Gathering Customer Input Prior to Home Page Redesign: An Ontological Study [Poster]

Poster presented at the 2002 AMIA Annual Symposium. This poster discusses an ontological study on gathering input prior to home page redesign

Gathering Customer Input Prior to Home Page Redesign: An Ontological Study

Before redesigning the UT Southwestern Library's home page, we studied how clients organize and describe information. We wanted to identify which library resources and services were considered to be most important by our clients, how clients would organize those resources and services, and the terminology clients would use to describe their groupings. This poster presents the process we developed and identifies the resources necessary to complete this type of study successfully. We describe our card sort methodology, participant-selection process, detailed working procedures, and analysis methods

The impact of information architecture on academic web site usability

Recent studies of web-site use indicate that people do not come to the web for an 'experience', they come for information. Yet, to date, web-site design has been synonymous with the 'look and feel' of a site overlooking the significance of a site's information architecture. In this study, we assessed the effect of the information architecture of an academic web site: how information is categorised, labelled and presented, and how navigation and access are facilitated. Twenty-four participants from six faculties attempted to answer typical questions often asked within an academic milieu. They were able to find the answers to just over half the questions successfully and, in subjective assessments, gave the site a failing grade. We address how the information architecture affected their ability to negotiate the site and, additionally, make recommendations for the key ingredients: information design, access tools, and navigational aids

Mother-Child Programs for Incarcerated Mothers and Children and Associated Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review

Background: Increasing incarceration of women disrupts fertility, family formation, parenting and mother–child relationships. It is common in many jurisdictions, including Canada, to mitigate the harm of separation from the primary parent through programs allowing children to co-reside with their mothers in prison. In this scoping review, we asked the following questions: (1) What are the characteristics of residential mother–child programs in carceral facilities? (2) Who is eligible to participate? (3) How do these programs make a difference to maternal and child health outcomes? Method: We use the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for systematic scoping reviews. This approach includes a three-step search strategy developed with a clinical research librarian. Databases searched include MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Gender Studies Abstracts, Google Scholar and ProQuest Dissertations. The search yielded 1,499 titles and abstracts, of which 27 met the criteria for inclusion. Results: Conducted from 1989 to 2019, across 12 countries, the studies included qualitative and quantitative methods. None was based in Canada. The most common outcomes among the studies included attachment, development, infection, neonatal outcomes, mental health, pregnancy and general experiences. Discussion: Although supporting attachment, mother–child program participation is complex and challenging. High morbidity in the incarcerated population and lack of data collection before and after program participation prevent conclusions, and wide variations in contexts prevent comparisons. Benefits from Reading: This scoping review illustrates the complexity of maternal and child health outcomes associated with mother–child programs. Initiation or continuation of or changes to such programs must be made with careful consideration

Experiences of nurses and midwives in policy development in low- and middle-income countries: Qualitative systematic review

Background: Nurses provide 90% of health care worldwide, yet little is known of the experiences of nurses and midwives in policy development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Objective: To identify, appraise and synthesize the qualitative evidence on the experiences of nurses’ and midwives’ involvement in policy development LMICs. Design: A qualitative systematic review using modified Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. Setting: Low and middle-income countries. Participants: Nurses’ and midwives’ involved in policy development, implementation, and/or evaluation. Methods: A systematic search was undertaken across nine databases to retrieve published studies in English between inception and April of 2021. Screening, critical appraisal, and data extraction was undertaken by two independent reviewers. Results: Ten articles met inclusion criteria. All studies were published between 2000 to 2021 from a variety of LMICs. The studies were medium to high quality (70–100% critical appraisal scores). Four major themes were identified related to policy development: 1) Marginal representation of nurses; 2) Determinants of nurses’ involvement (including at the individual, organization, and systematic level); 3) Leadership as a pathway to involvement; 4) Promoting nurses’ involvement. Conclusion: All studies demonstrated that nurses and nurse midwives continue to be minimally involved in policy development. Findings reveal reasons for nurses’ limited involvement and strategies to foster sustained engagement of nurses in policy development in LMICs. To enhance their involvement in policy development in LMICs, change is needed at multiple levels. Systemic power relations need to be reconstructed to facilitate more collaborative interdisciplinary practices with nurses co-leading and co-developing health care policies