Who Will Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Why?: Understanding PrEP Awareness and Acceptability amongst Men Who Have Sex with Men in the UK--A Mixed Methods Study. by Jamie Frankis, Ingrid Young, Paul Flowers, Lisa McDaid

“…In addition, n = 10 in-depth qualitative interviews with MSM were analysed thematically.<h4>Results</h4>Under one third (29.7%) of MSM had heard of PrEP, with awareness related to living in large cities, degree level education, commercial gay scene use and reporting an HIV test in the last year. …”
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"We have to amplify what we saw at EBOVAC" - Assessing participant perceptions, attitudes, and acceptability of an ancillary care policy in an Ebola vaccine trial in the Democratic... by Gwen Lemey, Ynke Larivière, Solange Milolo, Trésor Zola Matuvanga, Maha Salloum, Patrick Mitashi, Pierre Van Damme, Raffaella Ravinetto, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Hypolite Muhindo-Mavoko, Vivi Maketa, Sibyl Anthierens

“…Third, semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants who experienced a (serious) AE and either benefited from or did not benefit from the policy. …”
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Clinical outcomes among HIV positive babies below 18 months of age, diagnosed under the Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) programme, India: a mixed-methods studyResearch in context by Suchit Kamble, Nilesh Gawde, Shilpa Bembalkar, Noopur Goel, Mohan Thorwat, Kalyani Nikhare, Sushmita Kamble, Radhika Brahme, Swapna Pawar, Harsh Kubavat, Bhawanisingh Kushwaha, Vinita Verma, Chinmoyee Das, Raman Gangakhedkar

“…Methods: This was a mixed-methods study. Quantitative clinical data of 310 children on ART with HIV diagnosis before 18 months of age was collected from the treatment cards across 30 ART centres from 11 states of India using a retrospective cohort design. …”
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Preliminary evaluation of a gamified smartphone intervention (O2O-PEP) for enhancing HIV post-exposure prophylaxis uptake in men who have sex with men: pilot feasibility study by Tianyu Cui, Tianying Li, Luyao Gong, Kexiang Wang, Qianqian Luo

“…Methods A single-arm, pre-post feasibility study combing quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection was performed in Qingdao, China. …”
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Oncology Provider and Patient Perspectives on a Cardiovascular Health Assessment Tool Used During Posttreatment Survivorship Care in Community Oncology (Results from WF-1804CD): Mi... by Chandylen L Nightingale, Emily V Dressler, Maura Kepper, Heidi D Klepin, Simon Craddock Lee, Sydney Smith, Aylin Aguilar, Kimberly D Wiseman, Stephanie J Sohl, Brian J Wells, Joseph A DeMari, Alyssa Throckmorton, Lindsey W Kulbacki, Jenny Hanna, Randi E Foraker, Kathryn E Weaver

“…Semistructured interviews at the end of the study captured additional provider perceptions of the AH-HA tool. …”
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Understanding and responding to the cost and health impact of short-term health staffing in remote and rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled health servi... by Yuejen Zhao, Steven Guthridge, Mark Ramjan, Michael P Jones, John Wakerman, John Humphreys, Annie Tangey, Terry Dunbar, John Boffa, Rosalie Schultz, Michelle S Fitts, Lisa Bourke, Edward Mulholland, Lorna Murakami-Gold, Clarissa Comerford, Narelle Campbell, Supriya Mathew, Zania Liddle, Deborah Russell

“…Qualitative assessment will include interviews and focus groups with clinical staff, clinic users, regionally-based retrieval staff and representatives of jurisdictional peak bodies for the ACCHS sector, to understand the impact of short-term staff on quality and continuity of patient care, as well as satisfaction and acceptability of services.Ethics and dissemination The study has ethics approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Northern Territory Department of Health and Menzies School of Health Research (project number DR03171), Central Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (CA-19-3493), Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee (WAAHEC-938) and Far North Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/2019/QCH/56393). …”
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Continuous heart rate variability monitoring—understanding patterns of stress and recovery and their relationship with self-reported burnout, resilience and well-being in doctors:... by Kathryn R Martin, Daniel Powell, Leia Kane, Derek Ball

“…Following initial analysis of the quantitative data, participants of interest will be invited to take part in semistructured interviews, which will be thematically analysed and presented alongside the quantitative data.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the University of Aberdeen, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition ethics review board (ref. 3389193) and the NHS Grampian research and development team. …”
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The Impact of High Labour Turnover on Students Performance in Private Higher Institutions of Learning in Kabale District: A Case Study of African College of Commerce and Technology... by Kemigisha, Maryshivan

“…The study employed a cross-sectional research design with both qualitative and quantitative approaches. …”
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Optimising implementation strategies of the first scaleup of a primary care psychological intervention for common mental disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods study prot... by Andy Healey, Dixon Chibanda, Ricardo Araya, Ruth Verhey, Charmaine Chitiyo, Sandra Ngonidzashe Mboweni, Ephraim Chiriseri, Bradley Wagenaar

“…It was scaled up across 36 implementation sites in Zimbabwe in 2016.Methods and analysis This study will employ a mixed-method framework. It aims to: (1) use quantitative survey methodologies organised around the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption and Implementation and Maintenance evaluation framework to assess the current scaleup of the FB intervention and classify 36 clinics according to levels of performance; (2) use qualitative focus group discussions and semistructured interviews organised around the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to analyse determinants of implementation success, as well as elucidate heterogeneity in implementation strategies through comparing high-performing and low-performing clinics; and (3) use the results from aims 1 and 2 to develop strategies to optimise the Friendship Bench intervention and apply this model in a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate potential improvements among low-performing clinics. …”
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The Practice of Home Visiting by Community Health Nurses as a Primary Healthcare Intervention in a Low-Income Rural Setting: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study in the Adaklu Distr... by Kennedy Diema Konlan, Nathaniel Kossi Vivor, Isaac Gegefe, Imoro A. Abdul-Rasheed, Bertha Esinam Kornyo, Isaac Peter Kwao

“…A pretested self-designed questionnaire and an interview guide for household members and community health nurses, respectively, were used for data collection. …”
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A Web-Based Training Intervention for Primary Care Providers on Preparing Patients for Cancer Treatment Decisions and Conversations About Clinical Trials: Evaluation of a Pilot Stu... by Naomi D Parker, Margo Michaels, Carla L Fisher, Alyssa Crowe, Elisa S Weiss, Maria Sae-Hau, Jason Arnold, Andrea Cassells, Domenic Durante, Ji-Hyun Lee, Raymond Mailhot Vega, Ana Natale-Pereira, Taylor S Vasquez, Zhongyue Zhang, Carma L Bylund

“…Of these 28 PCPs, 8 (29%) participated in a qualitative interview after the 3-month follow-up assessment. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with the course. …”
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"I don't know if it makes a difference to safety?" perception vs actuality: A mixed-methods study on older adults' experiences of home stair falls revealed during COVID-19 lockdown... by Emily Wharton, Thomas O'Brien, Richard J Foster, Clarissa Giebel, Justine Shenton, Asan Akpan, Avril Mills, Mike Roys, Constantinos Maganaris

“…A mixed-methods approach was employed, conducting semi-structured interviews alongside quantitative home stair assessments with 22 participants aged ≥ 60 years. …”
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Evaluating patient participation in value‐based healthcare: Current state and lessons learned by Henrike J. Westerink, Mirjam M. Garvelink, Cornelia F. vanUden‐Kraan, Ouisam Zouitni, Hans A. J. Bart, Philip J. van derWees, Paul B. van derNat, the Santeon Patient Participation Study Group

“…Data were collected between February 2022 and January 2023 and were triangulated by mapping the quantitative results to the interview themes. Results Thirty‐eight of the 76 included VI teams reported using a form of patient participation. …”
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‘Long journey to shelter’: a study protocol: a prospective longitudinal analysis of mental health and its determinants, exposure to violence and subjective experiences of the migra... by Amal R Khanolkar, Erica Mattelin, Frida Fröberg, Linda Jonsson, Laura Korhonen

“…There is also an urgent societal need to facilitate interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaborative efforts to develop effective methods to prevent, detect and respond to the needs of the migrants. This project will study adolescent and young adult migrants in Sweden using multiple methods such as quantitative analysis of data from a prospective cohort study and qualitative analysis of data gathered from teller-focused interviews. …”
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What factors influence nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: a cr... by Zeleke Abebaw Mekonnen, Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed, Habtamu Alganeh Guadie, Mulusew Andualem Asemahagn, Getu Kassa Bitacha, Tewabe Malede Chekol, Nega Abebe Meshesha, Geleta Nenko Dube

“…Pre-tested structured interviewer-administered and semistructured open-ended questionnaires were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. …”
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Maternal Satisfaction with Intrapartum Nursing Care and Its Associated Factors among Mothers Who Gave Birth in Public Hospitals of North Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia: Institution... by Asmamaw Demis, Ribka Nigatu, Derebe Assefa, Getnet Gedefaw

“…Data was collected using a standardized questionnaire by direct interviewing of study participants, and data was analyzed using SPSS 24 versions to determine the frequency of variables. …”
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Digital and nurse-led support intervention in primary care during the first year after curative intent treatment for breast or prostate cancer: study protocol of two cluster random... by Kay Sundberg, Åsa G Craftman, Ann Langius-Eklöf, Linda Gellerstedt, Nazmije Kelmendi, Kristina Rooth, Tina Gustavell

“…To assess acceptability and feasibility, the participants in the intervention groups and the study nurses will be interviewed. Furthermore, digitally logged data and field notes by study-specific nurses will be analysed. …”
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Implementation of an intervention to scale up coverage of pneumonia management in children younger than 5 years in a north Indian district: protocol for a quasi-experimental, mixed... by Shamim Qazi, Sarmila Mazumder, Naveen Garg, Yasir Bin Nisar, Barsha Gadapani Pathak, Tarun Madhur

“…Approximately 4167 households will be surveyed to capture ~2400 under-five children, among whom about 120 pneumonia cases (based on an estimated 5% prevalence) will be included in the analysis of treatment coverage and outcomes. Quantitative data will be analysed using descriptive statistics and generalised linear models, while qualitative data from focus group discussions and in-depth interviews will be thematically analysed using NVivo software.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was granted by the ethical committees of the Society for Applied Studies (ERC/IR Pneumonia/2021), the Regional Ethics Committee of Western Norway (2022/531608) and the WHO(ERC.0003652). …”
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Evaluating a co-designed care bundle to improve patient safety at discharge from adult and adolescent mental health services (SAFER-MH and SAFER-YMH): protocol for a non-randomised... by Maria Panagioti, Navneet Kapur, Sally J Giles, Natasha Tyler, Stephen M Campbell, Andrew Grundy, Chris Armitage, Tom Blakeman, Claire Planner, Catherine Robinson, Richard Neil Keers, Alexander Hodkinson, Ioannis Angelakis, Jessica Leather

“…SAFER-MH will be implemented in three wards and SAFER-YMH in one or two wards, ideally across different trusts within England. We will use quantitative (eg, questionnaires, completion forms) and qualitative (eg, interviews, process evaluation) methods to assess the acceptability and feasibility of the two versions of the intervention. …”
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Consumer and community involvement in paediatric intensive care research across Australia and New Zealand: a protocol for a mixed-methods environmental scan by Alyssa Serratore, Jenny O’Neill, Bec Jenkinson, Aisha Khan, Ashleigh E. Butler, Kate Masterson, Jacinta Winderlich, Jemma Woodgate, Sainath Raman, Kristen S. Gibbons, the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group

“…Phase 1, a scoping review, will include published, unpublished, and ongoing PICU research, reporting information about study methodology and conduct, and CCI. Quantitative data will be primarily reported using descriptive statistics, and inductive content analysis will be used for qualitative data. …”
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