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| Title |
The time is now for action research
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/2045-4015-2-41 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sara J Singer |
| Abstract |
Despite highly systematic methods for identifying priority problems and assessing intervention effects, the recent study by Tourgeman-Bashkin and colleagues would not be considered rigorous by conventional standards of validity, nor would its sample size of three units impress policymakers eager to promote large-scale change through improvement programs. Yet, study findings suggest that no single intervention would have accomplished as much as the action research approach the authors' employed. This perspective argues that although action research may lend itself to neither clean comparisons of intervention and control units over time nor far-reaching improvement campaigns, its advantages, including responsiveness to context, emphasis on implementation and sustainability, and insight about underlying mechanisms of change, make rigorous action research a highly attractive alternative for engendering real world improvement. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 14 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 13 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 4 | 29% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 14% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 3 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 29% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 21% |
| Psychology | 2 | 14% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 7% |
| Linguistics | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 October 2013.
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#16,003,624
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Outputs from Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
#258
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#126,451
of 220,005 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
#6
of 11 outputs
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