What matters for sustainable psychosocial interventions and who decides? Critical ethnography of a lay counselling program in Nepal by Parbati Shrestha, Aruna Limbu, Kusumlata Tiwari, Liana E. Chase

“…We conducted participant observation in the everyday lives of five counsellors as well as four focus group discussions and 51 semi-structured interviews with counsellors and other key stakeholders. …”
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Effectiveness of a competency-based coordinator of advance care planning competency enhancement program: a mixed method by Minjeong Seo, Jaehan Ryu, Jinryung Park

“…The participants’ experiences were explored through semi-structured interviews in the qualitative phase. …”
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Hospital-to-home care transition program for deep partial-thickness burns: improved scar outcomes and quality of life by Maryam Aliakbari, Sima Zohari Anboohi, Malihe Nasiri, Parvaneh Vasli

“…This semi-experimental study involved 80 patients with deep partial-thickness burns, selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned—by coin flipping—to the intervention group (n = 40) or the control group (n = 40). …”
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Analisis Implementasi Program Pelayanan Antenatal Terpadu di Klinik Pratama Dokter Abdul Radjak DKI Jakarta by Abdul Chairy, Siti Jumhati, Ni Deni Dharmayanti

“…Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara semi terstruktur, FGD, serta pengumpulan data primer dan sekunder. …”
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Promoting Self-Regulation in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Mixed Analysis of the Impact of a Training Program for Psychologists by André Oliveira, Inês Castro, Ana Guimarães, Sofia Vidal, Maria Carneiro, Beatriz Magalhães, Pedro Rosário, Armanda Pereira

“…Semi-structured interviews explored participants’ experiences qualitatively. …”
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Demands and resources of a long-standing bring-your-dog-to-work program: a constant comparative analysis by Braxton Schieler, Niwako Ogata, Leanne O. Nieforth

“…The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate how a long-standing bring-your-dog-to-work program at a large midwestern university veterinary college, the Dogs at Work Program, impacted the workplace well-being of program participants.MethodsA total of n = 11 staff and faculty members who participated in the program completed semi-structured interviews about their experiences. …”
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Translation and Impact of the National Diabetes Prevention Program in Two Rural Settings: Participant Outcomes, Individual Experiences, and Recommendations by Jenifer J. Thomas, Bhibha M. Das, Lesley D. Lutes, Lacey Dickson, Parres Holliday, Brianna Adams, Hannah McNamee

“…Variables of interest included the Lifestyle-Health-Related Self-Concept questionnaire (HRSC), weight, and physical activity. The second program (Hybrid-Format DPP) occurred in 2022 with the goal of understanding individual participant experiences within the program by conducting a reflexive thematic analysis on data obtained during a semi-structured group interview with 3 participants. …”
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Effect of positive thinking intervention based on multimedia program on psychological security and life expectancy in patients with COVID-19 by Shahla Teymoori Korrani, Shahram Etemadifar, Shahnaz Nemati, Hadi Raeisi, Bita Sadeghi

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study employed a semi-experimental, two-group pretest-posttest design. …”
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The Effectiveness of a Positive Intervention Program Based on the Components of Resilience and Forgiveness in Autonomy and Emotional Processing in Victims Students by Shahrooz Nemati, rahim badri gargari, Yousef Adib, Sepideh Kazemi

“…The research design was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test type with a control group and a three-month follow-up period. …”
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Structured care after a DSD diagnosis in childhood: a mixed methods evaluation of the Empower-DSD program by Katja Wechsung, Louise Marshall, Martina Jürgensen, Sabine Wiegmann, Ute Kalender, Manuela Brösamle, Gloria Herrmann, Olaf Hiort, Gerda Janssen-Schmidchen, Annette Richter-Unruh, Martin Wabitsch, Charlotte Wunn, Thomas Keil, Thomas Keil, Thomas Keil, Uta Neumann, Barbara Stöckigt

“…The program was evaluated with a quantitative and a qualitative approach. …”
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Contextual barriers to infection prevention and control program implementation in hospitals in Latin America: a mixed methods evaluation by Valeria Fabre, Clara Secaira, Carolyn Herzig, Elizabeth Bancroft, Maria Paula Bernachea, Lucy Anchiraico Galarza, Bowen Aquiles, Ana Belén Arauz, Maria Del Carmen Bangher, Marisa Liliana Bernan, Sol Burokas, Alfredo Canton, Iris L. Cazali, Angel Colque, Marisabel Comas, Rosa Verónica Contreras, Wanda Cornistein, Maria Gabriela Cordoba, Silvia Mabel Correa, Gustavo Costilla Campero, Marta Isabel Chamorro Ayala, Nuria Chavez, Gabriela De Ascencao, Carlos Cruz García, Clara Esquivel, Cecilia Ezcurra, Leonardo Fabbro, Leandro Falleroni, Johana Fernandez, Sandra Ferrari, Veronica Freire, Maria Isabel Garzón, José Anel Gonzales, Lucrecia Guaymas, Fausto Guerrero-Toapanta, Diego Laplume, Sandra Lambert, César Guillermo Lemir, Paola Romina Lazarte, Itzel L. Lopez, Herberth Maldonado, Guadalupe Martínez, Diego M. Maurizi, Florencia Mesplet, Cristina Moreno Izquierdo, Gabriela Luciana Moya, Mariela Nájera, Yanina Nuccetelli, Argelis Olmedo, Belén Palacio, Florencia Pellice, Carla Lorena Raffo, Carolina Ramos, Fanny Reino, Viviana Rodriguez, Federico Romero, Juan José Romero, Graciela Sadino, Nancy Sandoval, Mariana Suarez, Maria Victoria Suayter, Maria Alejandra Ureña, Marisol Valle, Ligia Vence Reyes, Silvia Vera Amate Perez, Hugo Videla, Silvina Villamandos, Olmedo Villarreal, Maria Alejandra Viteri, Eduardo Warley, Rodolfo E. Quiros

“…Additionally, we conducted semi-structured interviews among IPC personnel and microbiologists using the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety model to evaluate barriers and facilitators for IPC program implementation. …”
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Competencias digitales docentes y formación continua: una popuesta desde el paradigma cualitativo / Digital competencies for teachers and continuing education: A proposal from the... by Rosendo Centeno-Caamal, Luis Alan Acuña-Gamboa

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‘It May Fit Some; It May Not Fit Others’: People with Intellectual Disability and Their Experiences of Daily Activity by Renee Luthra, Magnus Tideman, Carin Staland-Nyman

“…In Sweden, day programs called Daily Activity are provided for people with intellectual disability with the objective of increasing meaningful activities and opportunities for employment. …”
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Empowering climate action through policy analysis and education in Gilgit-Baltistan: a comprehensive mixed method analysis by Fozia Fatima, Sabir Ali, Hamad Raza, Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi, Salar Ali

“…It calls for urgent policy adaptation, stakeholder engagement, and structured climate education programs to ensure sustainable environmental stewardship in the region.…”
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Interplay of resource endowments, agriculture and nutritional outcomes in the Central Indian Landscape by Niranjan Padhan, K. H. Anantha, Kaushal K. Garg, Venkataradha Akuraju, Ramesh Singh, M. L. Jat

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Genome-wide assessment of genetic diversity and fiber quality traits characterization in Gossypium hirsutum races by Kiflom Weldu Okubazghi, Xiao-na LI, Xiao-yan CAI, Xing-xing WANG, Hao-dong CHEN, Zhong-li ZHOU, Chun-ying WANG, Yu-hong WANG, Fang LIU, Kun-bo WANG

“…Our study revealed the existence of vast molecular and morphological diversities within the accessions and provided valuable information on each semi-wild accession for quick and better informed germplasm utilization in cotton breeding programs.…”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of virtual reality-based rehabilitation programs for post-injury recovery in adolescent athletes: a mixed-methods study by V Kiran MPT, R. Amarnath, G Nusarath jaha, Praveen Katiyar, Rashmi Rangaswamy, Avanika Sinha

“…VR-based rehabilitation creates interactive recovery programs which might advance physical healing together with mental drive. …”
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Bee-coming beekeepers: A qualitative study on changes in human-bee relationships through the adoption of beekeeping by honey hunters in Ceará, Northeast Brazil by Cydney Kate Seigerman

“…Different meleiro-bee and beekeeper-bee relations are also discussed and a more nuanced understanding of the semi-domestication of bees is presented. The transition pathways and the diverse human-bee relations emergent in the study suggest that pro-environmental attitudes and actions are developed through a honey-harvesting ecosystem that extends beyond beekeeping programs to also include technical courses, beekeeper-to-beekeeper networks, and personal experience and observations. …”
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Active bodies - active minds? A deep dive into the voluntary sports programs for individuals with psychiatric disorders in Switzerland: participants view by Carina Baumberger, Frank Wieber, Carole Pauli, Daniela Loosli, Birgit Kleim, Nikolai Kiselev

“…Still, the perspective of individuals with psychiatric disorders as well as perceived barriers and facilitators for participating in these groups have neither been assessed nor included in the design of sports programs. Methods This study consists of 15 semi-structured interviews (N = 15) lasting up to one hour each with individuals with psychiatric disorders who participated in voluntary sports groups for this specific population in Switzerland. …”
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“I made friends a lot more easily”: children and families’ experiences of social group programs for children on the autism spectrum by Maya Hayden-Evans, Bahareh Afsharnejad, Elinda Ai Lim Lee, Ben Milbourn, Tanya Picen, Mathew Johnson, Sven Bölte, Sonya Girdler

“…Abstract Background Social Skills Group Programs (SSGP) target the social communication and interaction skills of children on the autism spectrum. …”
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