Understanding good communication in ambulance pre-alerts to the emergency department: findings from a qualitative study of UK emergency services by Rachel O’Hara, Joanne Coster, Fiona C Sampson, Jaqui Long

“…We undertook semi-structured interviews with 34 ambulance and 40 ED staff and 156 hours non-participation observation of pre-alert practice (143 pre-alerts). …”
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Psychological empowerment after presbyopia correction: A narrative from Zanzibari women and men by Christine Graham, Omar Juma Othman, Adam Ali, Eden Mashayo, Ronnie Graham, Fatma Omar, Ving Fai Chan

“…Using a qualitative phenomenological approach, semi-structured interviews revealed enhanced productivity, independence, confidence, and psychological empowerment among the women. Male participants observed increased self-reliance and community contributions. …”
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A qualitative study of how clinicians reach agreement in perioperative pathway development: the Consensus Model for Standardising Healthcare by Lisa Pagano, Janet C. Long, Emilie Francis-Auton, Andrew Hirschhorn, Gaston Arnolda, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Mitchell N. Sarkies

“…Data were collected from nine semi-structured interviews and 16 h of participant observations during consensus development or implementation meetings. …”
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Implementing a Care Model for Bedridden Stroke Survivors: A Qualitative Study in Northeastern Thailand by Panpanit L, Jongudomkarn D, Doungmungkorn A, Boontoch K, Neelasmith S, Manorat M, Maneerat T

“…Data collection involved focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and participant observations, with content analysis used for data interpretation.Results: Key themes emerged: SSs experienced “Feeling Isolation & Powerlessness” and “Hopelessness & Being Burden to Family”, FCGs expressed “Sorrow & Gratitude”, and CVCGs identified “Inadequate Capacity & Need for Training”. …”
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Le flirt à Rabat au Maroc : Engagements des corps et arrangements socio-spatiaux by Chadia Arab, Christophe Guibert

“…It is drawn from exploratory surveys (non-participant observations in selected locations during several consecutive days and 15 semi-structured interviews with Moroccan couples) conducted in April 2016 in Rabat, the country’s administrative capital. …”
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Cultural revitalization for tourism development from an Indigenous perspective: the case of Ta Oi people, A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam by Thu-Suong Thi Nguyen, Diem-Huong Thi Phan, Diem-Huong Thi Phan, Diem-Hang Le Doan, Diem-Hang Le Doan, Minh-Ngoc Thi Chau, Thanh-Thuy Thi (Jessica) Doan, Thanh-Thuy Thi (Jessica) Doan

“…Fieldwork and participation observations allow to capture information about the research area as well as the experiences and behaviors of the local community. …”
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Knowledge and occupational practices of beauticians and barbers in the transmission of viral hepatitis: A mixed-methods study in Volta Region of Ghana. by Silas Adjei-Gyamfi, Abigail Asirifi, Clotilda Asobuno, Felix Kwame Korang

“…While almost one-third of the participants observed safe occupational practices (31.5%), about 29.0%, 49.4%, and 55.3% of them also followed hand hygiene protocols, wore protective clothes/gloves, and sterilized or disinfected tools after use respectively. …”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…Here, the developmentalist discourse, strongly neoliberalized, imposes itself as the shared grammar allowing the most professionalized, internationalized, and least protesting actors to invest in the field of public security policies.This article is based on fieldwork carried out in Morocco between 2019 and 2022, for a discontinuous period of nine months, in the cities of Rabat and Casablanca, conducted both at the headquarters of the associations studied (CEDHD, FVJ, Institut Prometheus), through semi-structured interviews with their founding members (four of whom are used in this article) and consultation of their archives and publications (reports, studies, surveys), and, through non-participant observations, at activities (press conferences, seminars) organized by them, in partnership with institutions and the DCAF. …”
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Outcome Mapping as a Monitoring and Evaluation Tool for Livestock Value Chain Interventions: The Case of imGoats by Hailemichael Taye Beyene, Kees Swaans, Birgit Boogaard, Ramkumar Bendapudi, Saskia Hendrickx

“…Data collection and analysis:  Data were gathered through a multi-method process including review of documents, key informant interviews, focus group discussions and participant observations. Three workshops were conducted at the beginning, midterm and end of the project to evaluate the progress and challenges of OM application. …”
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