Conducting translation research in the home care setting: Lessons from a just-in-time reminder study

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-59

  Feldman, Penny Hollander ^a   Mcdonald, Margaret V ^b  

^a Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^b VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Evidence based practice; Home health care; Interventions; Knowledge utilization; Outcomes; Provider behavior change; Randomized controlled trial; Reminders; Translation research

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33645666747     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2004.04007.x     Document Type: Article

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