29 research outputs found
From research to practice: Lay adherence counsellors' fidelity to an evidence-based intervention for promoting adherence to antiretroviral treatment in the Western Cape, South Africa
In the Western Cape, lay counsellors are tasked
with supporting antiretroviral (ARV) adherence in public
healthcare clinics. Thirty-nine counsellors in 21 Cape
Town clinics were trained in Options for Health (Options),
an evidence-based intervention based on motivational
interviewing (MI). We evaluated counsellorsâ ability to
deliver Options for addressing poor adherence following
5 days training. Audio-recordings of counselling sessions
collected following training were transcribed and translated
into English. Thirty-five transcripts of sessions conducted
by 35 counsellors were analysed for fidelity to the Options
protocol, and using the Motivational Interviewing
Treatment and Integrity (MITI) code. Counsellors struggled
with some of the strategies associated with MI, such as
assessing readiness-to-change and facilitating change talk.
Overall, counsellors failed to achieve proficiency in the
approach of MI according to the MITI. Counsellors were
able to negotiate realistic plans for addressing patientsâ
barriers to adherence. Further efforts aimed at strengthening
the ARV adherence counselling programme are
needed.Department of HE and Training approved lis
Non una donna in politica, ma una donna politica: Womenâs Political Language in an Italian Context
This chapter focuses on the metaphorical content of Italian women politiciansâ speech to investigate if particularly âfeminineâ language traits (see Jesperson 1922: 237â54) can be identified, or whether, as the driving hypothesis of this study posits, it is ministerial remit that conditions the use of a politicianâs language more than any other single factor. This hypothesis is tested by examining a corpus of speeches, press interviews and press releases of five women ministers in the Prodi-led administration in Italy, covering the period June 2006 to May 2007
Diffuse left ventricular interstitial fibrosis is associated with sub-clinical myocardial dysfunction in Alström Syndrome: an observational study
The widespread occurrence of overwintered conidial inoculum of Venturia inaequalis on shoots and buds in organic and integrated apple orchards across the Netherlands
Researching the fluid and multisited appropriations of digital technologies in African newsrooms
This chapter seeks to shed some light on how researchers can examine the fluid and multisited appropriations of digital technologies in African newsrooms. Taking Zimbabwean and Mozambican newsrooms as research laboratories, the study argues that the deployment of new digital technologies by journalists should be seen as shaped and constrained by local socio-economic and political factors, which equally have a strong bearing on âfieldâ experiences by researchers. Drawing on empirical data from newsrooms that share similarities, differences and contradictions in terms of the diffusion, penetration and general appropriations of new digital technologies, the study attempts to map out the practicalities of researching African journalism practice in the digital era. The chapter demonstrates that traditional research approachesâparticipant observation, in situ interviews and qualitative analysis of online textsâare still very much relevant to the new media scenario. In deploying these traditional qualitative research methods, the study also shows that the researcher has to be persistently âself-reflexiveâ and alert to the intuitive and creative inclinations ever present in research contexts in order to capture practices from different angles and positions. While online methods like virtual ethnography and email interviews are increasingly complementing traditional research methods, it is important to note that a hybridised approach offers a more nuanced analysis of social phenomena in multisited contexts