Longer Labor for Women with a Fear of Childbirth‚ Research Reveals New research suggests women who are afraid of childbirth spend longer in labor than women who have no such fear. The result is published (27 June) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Between 5 and 20% of pregnant women have a fear of childbirth. Various factors have been associated with increased prevalence of fear of childbirth‚ including young maternal age‚ being a first-time mother‚ pre-existing
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PART ONE Introduction to Qualitative Research CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Qualitative Research: Development and Perspectives This chapter is an attempt to trace the background of qualitative research‚ its development and its main features. It also focuses on some epistemological and methodological issues. The aim is to put the more pragmatic and practical sections in the book into a theoretical and methodological context. Qualitative research is a form of social inquiry that focuses
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Background and definition Research ethics provides guidelines for the responsible conduct of biomedical research. In addition‚ research ethics educates and monitors scientists conducting research to ensure a high ethical standard. WHY STUDY RESEARCH ETHICS? Knowing what constitutes ethical research is important for all people who conduct research projects or use and apply the results from research findings. All researchers should be familiar with the basic ethical principles and have
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Preventing race-based discrimination and supporting cultural diversity in the workplace An evidence review: full report Ms Brigid Trenerry‚ Ms Hayley Franklin & Dr Yin Paradies © Copyright Victorian Health Promotion Foundation 2012 ISBN: 978-1-921822-07-0 March 2012 Publication Number: P-033-GEN_B Suggested citation Trenerry B‚ Franklin H & Paradies Y 2012. Preventing race-based discrimination and supporting cultural diversity in the workplace (An evidence review: full report). Victorian
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Overview of the Research Process in Quantitative and Qualitative Research Karolyn D. Bacalso Masterand Mauro Allan P. Amparado‚ MBA‚ MAN‚ Ph.D. Professor Current Trends in Research in Climate Change Related to Biodiversity Pooja Singh‚ R. Nagendran The changing climate has forced its way into everyone’s mind as an unpleasant thought. Global warming‚ no more a hoax now‚ has started to show its presence everywhere. It has affected the atmosphere‚ economy‚ politics‚ lifestyle‚ biodiversity
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Introduction Qualitative research and quantitative research are two approaches that are usually used by researchers to conduct research. The concept of a ‘mixed method’ approach is to combine the two approaches together. But the concept applies to using more than one qualitative method to conduct a research since each brings a particular kind of insight to a study (Ritchie and Lewis‚ 2003‚ p38). This paper aims to examine whether the three approaches---observation‚ interview and questionnaire‚ are
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PREVALENCE OF AND ATTITUDES TOWARD DEPRESSION AMONG FILIPINO AMERICAN WOMEN By Valerie Mae Kading _______________________ A Master’s Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the COLLEGE OF NURSING In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2004 2 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at The University of Arizona and is deposited
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Current Events in Business Research Earlene Espy RES/351 Business Research January 14‚ 2014 Renee Snyder Current Events in Business Research In today’s society‚ the research process is critical to the success of a business or corporation. Companies are able to utilize the research process to help improve their business performance and the series of actions used to accomplish tasks or resolve problems. Business managers implement the research process when there is a gap
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Value-based Curriculum and Teaching Methodology : An Integrated Approach to Communal Harmony and National Integration Mohit Puri* For a country to be truly great‚ there must be an understanding and the appreciation of each other’s differences and strengths. The quality of the educational system need to be improved for ensuring peace and stability in the country which in turn would promote national integration. Etymologically harmony
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Business Research EthicsBusiness Research EthicsWhen most people think of Ethics or Morals they think of rules that distinguish between right or wrong. Most people learn ethical norms at home‚ at school‚ in church‚ or in other social settings. Although most people acquire their sense of right and wrong during childhood‚ moral development occurs throughout life and human beings pass through different stages of growth as they mature. Ethical norms are so abundant that one might be tempted to regard
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