Contextualising knowledge translation in nursing homes: A transdisciplinary online workshop

Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Contextualising knowledge translation in nursing homes: A transdisciplinary online workshop
 
Creator Boersema, Geertien C. van Rensburg, Gisela H. Botha, Benjamin S.
 
Subject Aged care; Implementation Science; Wound Care data collection method; knowledge translation; nursing homes; participatory design; South Africa; transdisciplinary; workshop; wound care.
Description Few studies describe workshops as a method for obtaining and integrating diverse participant perspectives for contextualisation. This article describes an online workshop as a transdisciplinary data collection method for contextualising theoretical elements of a framework for knowledge translation to improve wound care in South African nursing homes. Knowledge translation can be more effective when the theoretical components are contextualised and aligned with the specific needs in the context. The online workshop was conducted with 10 participants involved with wound care and change processes in nursing homes across South Africa. The participants consisted of healthcare professionals, family members of those in care and nursing home management staff. Participatory design principles were applied during the online workshop, which was hosted on BlackBoard CollaborateTM Ultra. In this qualitative study, live polls, facilitated discussion, virtual whiteboard posts, and breakaway activities were used to collect the data. The data were analysed and integrated using both deductive and inductive processes for a comprehensive understanding. The workshop enabled the researchers to ascertain integrated perspectives to contextualise the knowledge translation framework’s elements. Barriers to evidence-based wound care in nursing homes and nine values for dignified care for older persons were identified.Transdisciplinary contribution: This article shows how an online workshop was conducted with a group of participants from various healthcare disciplines, family members and institutional management to achieve a contextualised and pragmatic description of theoretical elements. Contextualisation aims to enhance the effectiveness of a knowledge translation framework for use in nursing homes.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Postgraduate School Doctoral Bursaries, Univeristy of the Free State Academic Qualification Improvement Programme, University of South Africa
Date 2024-10-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Data collection method; Participatory design; Transdisciplinary; Workshop
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/td.v20i1.1477
 
Source The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa; Vol 20, No 1 (2024); 10 pages 2415-2005 1817-4434
 
Language eng
 
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https://td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/1477/2535 https://td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/1477/2537 https://td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/1477/2538 https://td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/1477/2539
 
Coverage South Africa — Older People
Rights Copyright (c) 2024 Geertien C. Boersema, Gisela H. van Rensburg, Benjamin S. Botha https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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