From research to program design

"This paper summarizes findings from a formative research study conducted in Haiti to develop a behavior change communication (BCC) strategy to improve infant and child feeding practices and to reduce childhood malnutrition. It describes the methodology used and the tools developed to facilitate decisionmaking and effective use of formative research for program planning... The study used formative research methods that included individual and group interviews, food-rating exercises, and participatory recipe trials. The aims of the study were to (1) study current infant and young child feeding practices in the Central Plateau of Haiti, (2) identify individual, household, and community factors that may facilitate or constrain adoption of recommended behaviors, and (3) use the information from the formative research to prioritize behaviors and design an effective BCC strategy." from Authors' Abstract

From research to program design

"This paper summarizes findings from a formative research study conducted in Haiti to develop a behavior change communication (BCC) strategy to improve infant and child feeding practices and to reduce childhood malnutrition. It describes the methodology used and the tools developed to facilitate decisionmaking and effective use of formative research for program planning... The study used formative research methods that included individual and group interviews, food-rating exercises, and participatory recipe trials. The aims of the study were to (1) study current infant and young child feeding practices in the Central Plateau of Haiti, (2) identify individual, household, and community factors that may facilitate or constrain adoption of recommended behaviors, and (3) use the information from the formative research to prioritize behaviors and design an effective BCC strategy." from Authors' Abstract

Development of theory-based health messages: three-phase programme of formative research

Online health behaviour interventions have great potential but their effectiveness may be hindered by a lack of formative and theoretical work. This paper describes the process of formative research to develop theoretically and empirically based health messages that are culturally relevant and can be used in an online intervention to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours among new university students. Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, a three-phase programme of formative research was conducted with prospective and current undergraduate students to identify (i) modal salient beliefs (the most commonly held beliefs) about fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, binge drinking and smoking, (ii) which beliefs predicted intentions/behaviour and (iii) reasons underlying each of the beliefs that could be targeted in health messages. Phase 1, conducted with 96 pre-university college students, elicited 56 beliefs about the behaviours. Phase 2, conducted with 3026 incoming university students, identified 32 of these beliefs that predicted intentions/behaviour. Phase 3, conducted with 627 current university students, elicited 102 reasons underlying the 32 beliefs to be used to construct health messages to bolster or challenge these beliefs. The three-phase programme of formative research provides researchers with an example of how to develop health messages with a strong theoretical- and empirical base for use in health behaviour change interventions

Formative research: challenges and tendencies

21st century teachers are not only required to develop top teaching skills, but also strong research ones that allow them to expand their understanding of teaching-learning phenomena and improve their school practices. This relatively recent trend has also impacted the Language Teaching field, making language programs in universities to develop different approaches to Formative Research for their student-teachers. This paper aims to contrast how two different universities (a private and a state one) understand and carry out formative research processes. The analysis attempts to specifically describe how two Bachelors of Arts in Education of teachers in Foreign Languages programs have dealt with formative research revealing goals and difficulties when initiating student-teachers in research

Mobile Technology for Improved Family Planning (MOTIF): the development of a mobile phone-based (mHealth) intervention to support post-abortion family planning (PAFP) in Cambodia.

BACKGROUND: The objective of this paper is to outline the formative research process used to develop the MOTIF mobile phone-based (mHealth) intervention to support post-abortion family planning in Cambodia. METHODS: The formative research process involved literature reviews, interviews and focus group discussions with clients, and consultation with clinicians and organisations implementing mHealth activities in Cambodia. This process led to the development of a conceptual framework and the intervention. RESULTS: Key findings from the formative research included identification of the main reasons for non-use of contraception and patterns of mobile phone use in Cambodia. We drew on components of existing interventions and behaviour change theory to develop a conceptual framework. A multi-faceted voice-based intervention was designed to address health concerns and other key determinants of contraception use. CONCLUSIONS: Formative research was essential in order to develop an appropriate mHealth intervention to support post-abortion contraception in Cambodia. Each component of the formative research contributed to the final intervention design

Formative research contributions to the development of Risaralda

Es importante establecer y visibilizar a los estudiantes los beneficios relacionados con la formación en investigación, dentro de los cuales encontramos el fortalecimiento de las capacidades de liderazgo así como el compromiso activo y las experiencias en independencia y colaboración. Así mismo, la formación integral hacia una mayor apreciación del valor de la literatura disciplinaria, generando de esta manera habilidades de pensamiento crítico, indagación y análisis. Además, esto permite forjar la confianza en sí mismo para presentar las propias ideas a la comunidad, permitiendo al estudiante la preparación de futuras actividades académicas, incluidos estudios de posgrado. La investigación formativa tiene como propósito la difusión de la información existente y permitir que el estudiante la integre como conocimientos, considerándolo como un aprendizaje permanente y necesario. Uno de los principales problemas que debe enfrentar la investigación formativa es el número de docentes con las capacidades necesarias para generar en el estudiante capacidades investigativas, exigiendo al profesor universitario adoptar una actitud contraria al objeto de enseñanza, generando un carácter complejo y dinámico del conocimiento.CONTENTS RETOS DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN PREGRADO..................................................5 CHALLENGES OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH.............................................9 German Oved Acevedo Osorio CHAPTER 1 HEALTH AND SPORTS SCIENCES FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EXACERBATIONS OR CRISIS EVENTS OF CHRONIC NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.........................13 Giovanni García Castro, Sandra Milena Bedoya Gaviria, Isabela Patiño Pulgarín y Valentina Valencia Flórez ORAL ANTICOAGULATION IN PATIENTS WITH NON-VALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN COLOMBIA.....................................................................................................29 María Leonor Galindo Márquez, Adrian Giraldo Diaconeasa, Juan Darío Franco Ramírez y Eduardo Ramírez Vallejo PERFORMANCE IN INITIAL TRAUMAASSESSMENT OF EMERGENCY TEAMS FROM PREHOSPITAL CARE TEAMS..................43 Giovanni García Castro, Yamileth Estrada Berrio, Manuela Aguirre Torres e Isabella Díaz Leal ACADEMIC TRAINING AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF NURSING PROFESSIONALS IN PEREIRA - RISARALDA 2020.....................55 Miguel Ángel Gómez Puerta, Laura Isabel Orozco Santamaría, Alexandra Villa Patiño y Gladys Judith Basto Hernández EFFECTS OF DYNAMIC TAPE WITH ANTI-VALGUS APPLICATION ON VERTICAL JUMP PERFORMANCE IN PHYSICALLY ACTIVE WOMEN: A CASE STUDY ..........................................73 María Camila Arias Castro, Alejandro Gómez Rodas y Ángela María Cifuentes Ríos PROPOSAL OF CARE FOR DIAGNOSTIC PREVALENT NURSES IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT................................................................89 Tatiana Restrepo Pérez, Jessica Viviana Ríos Uribe, Anyi Daniela Lemos Córdoba, Anyi Katherine Mapura Benjumea and Mónica Margarita Barón Castro FACTORS AND CONCEPTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INITIATION OF CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF PEREIRA, COLOMBIA ............................................................................... 113 Giovanni García Castro, Claudia Milena Bernal Parra, Natalia Cardona Arroyave, Brahiam Stiven Moreno Bustamante y Daniela Ospina Sierra CHAPTER 2 ECONOMIC, ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACCOUNTING SCIENCES TECHNICAL-FINANCIAL EVALUATION OF BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS) VARIETY CARGAMANTO IN THE VILLAGE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIBUNDOY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUTUMAYO ................................................................................................ 131 Adriana María Cuervo Rubio, Alejandra Arango Baranza IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NIF IN MICRO-ENTERPRISES OF PEREIRA CITY ............................................................................................ 151 Laura Cortes Correa y Nataly Andrea Gutiérrez STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION IN COLOMBIA................................................................................................... 163 Paulina Murillo Gómez, Manuela Ramírez Osorio, Laura Juliana Rodríguez Henao, Lindy Neth Perea Mosquera, Isabel Redondo Ramírez SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY........... 179 Mariana Buitrago Zuleta, Laura Juliana Rodríguez Henao, Lindy Neth Perea Mosquera y Marlen Isabel Redondo Ramírez CHAPTER 3 ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES PERSONAL AND FAMILY CHANGES OF UNDERGRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS. IS A PROGRAM IN PSYCHOLOGY A PATHWAY TO PERSONALAND FAMILY CHANGE?...................................197 Linda Michelle De La Torre Álvarez, Mireya Ospina Botero PREGNANT MOTHERS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN COLOMBIA AND MEXICO. A LOOK FROM COMPARATIVE LAW .................................225 Mary Luz Vélez Cárdenas, Katherine Almanza Astrid Milena Calderón Cárdenas CHAPTER 4 NATURAL SCIENCES DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS LYMPHOMA VS MASTOCYTOMA IN A 9 YEARS OLD CANINE: CASE REPORT...................................................................................................241 Diana Patricia Diaz García, Stephany Loaiza Pulgarín, Rafael R. Santisteban Arenas y Juan C. Ramírez Ante CHAPTER 5 TECHNOLOGÍES AND ENGINEERING STUDY OF INVENTORY-ROUTING PROBLEM IRP.....................................257 Frank Alejandro Hincapié Londoño, Jhonatan Stiven García Guevara y Eliana Mirldey Toro Ocamp

Young people's participation in the development of a self-care intervention--a multi-site formative research study.

The poor outcomes of young people with chronic health conditions indicate that current services and self-care programmes are not meeting the needs of young people. How young people self-manage their condition impacts on long-term health outcomes, but there is little published evidence that details the development of self-care programmes and their most effective components. This article reports on an innovative formative research study, the purpose of which was to develop a self-care intervention prototype. Participants were 87 young people, aged 12-17, and seven young adult facilitators, aged 18-25, with type 1 diabetes or asthma. Each contributed to talking groups exploring themes that young people wanted to be addressed within a self-care programme. Instead of being focused on 'illness', young people's main concerns were directed toward 'life as an adolescent', while at the same time building sustainable daily routines of self-care. Overall, this article illustrates the process of initiating and implementing a developmental approach focused on young people, while also demonstrating the tailored self-care intervention that the process developed. This approach can be used to involve young people in the design and development of other conditions that rely on self-care interventions

Formative Research and Community Resilience: A Case of Under Addressed Youth Problem Gambling

The overarching research topic for this study is the issue of effectively engaging and informing community and government decision makers about health issues that can negatively impact a community\u27s resilience. The question guiding this study is how can formative research engage and inform community and government decision makers about the under addressed issue of youth problem gambling (YPG) in Windham County, Vermont? The study has two aims: 1) to develop a formative research conceptual framework and evaluate its effectiveness in addressing the public health issue of youth problem gambling, and 2) to use the formative research methodology to develop a better understanding of Windham County community dynamics relative to the public health issue of youth problem gambling. As defined in this study, formative research is the first stage of a health intervention initiative through which the dimensions, dynamics, stakeholders and general community awareness and understanding about a health challenge are established (Gittelsohn, J. Steckler, A. and Johnson, C. 2006; Valente, 2002). Research methods included interviews based upon snowball sampling, focus groups, journaling, relevant document review and informal conversations. Interview analysis was based upon Computer Aided Thematic Analysis (CATA) and developed within the framework provided by Greenhalgh et al\u27s (2005) five-step qualitative research protocol. The study\u27s conclusions, as well as informing next steps for approaching the under addressed issue of youth problem gambling in Windham County, Vermont, establish the broad applicability of formative research as a methodological approach for addressing all public health concerns whether the health risk is socio-economic, political, environmental and/or spiritual in origin

Formative Research on HPV Vaccine Acceptability with Latina Farmworkers

The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers and benefits to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in a low-income, Latina farmworker population in central Florida. This study reports on formative qualitative research conducted on perceptions of benefits, barriers, costs, place, and promotion related to the HPV vaccine from surveys and interviews with a sample of 46 low-income, Latina farm workers and 19 health care workers serving this population. It was found that Latina farmworkers hold many misperceptions about the HPV vaccine and the potential links between HPV infection and cervical cancer. In addition, it was observed that HPV vaccination intention was inversely related to concerns about adolescent sexual behavior and low perceived risk of infection but might be positively influenced by belief in illness prevention and physician recommendation. These findings add to the growing research on HPV vaccine acceptability among Latina subgroups to inform intervention development, marketing materials, education, and policy

Research hotbeds: A practice for scientific development in universities

The study carried out seeks to explain how the seedbeds; they are part of the formative research program of the universities to fine-tune research methods, strengthen critical thinking; problem solving and promoting innovation. In this sense, the study was developed under the quantitative approach of cross-sectional scope; descriptive-correlational level; with the non-probabilistic-intentional sampling type. With the participation of 1116 university students of the formative research program. Obtaining as a result that the relevant point that the training sessions in the framework of the formative research showed to the research hotbeds is that they were related to the particular interest of the participants for an effective management of the bibliographic reference managers. There is an interest in accessing scientific databases; and optimally handle software such as Zotero, EndNote and Mendeley; in order to manage scientific information through storage, organization, managing citations and bibliographic references. Coming to the conclusion that the seedbeds represent in the formative research of the universities; a program to stimulate the development of research skills in students of various cycles through the development of courses related to research methodology, scientific writing, use of computer tools for managing references.Campus Ic