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Knowledge about attitudes can help change behaviour (2000)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. (2000). Knowledge about attitudes can help change behaviour. British Journal of Midwifery, 8(11), 690-694

This paper addresses the issue of social attitudes. The purpose is to facilitate understanding of attitude structures and the application of this knowledge to
midwifery practice. Attitudes have been defined and their development within individuals d... Read More about Knowledge about attitudes can help change behaviour.

Empowering learners through open (distance) programmes : an evaluation of a practice teaching programme (2000)
Journal Article
Horwath, J., & Shardlow, S. (2000). Empowering learners through open (distance) programmes : an evaluation of a practice teaching programme. Social Work Education, 19(2), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615470050003502

Changes to social work practice in many parts of the world and the introduction of social work in other parts of the world have raised many issues for educators. One particular area of difficulty is setting up flexible systems for social work educati... Read More about Empowering learners through open (distance) programmes : an evaluation of a practice teaching programme.

"Good lesbian, bad lesbian...": Regulating heterosexuality in fostering and adoption assessments (2000)
Journal Article
Hicks, S. (2000). "Good lesbian, bad lesbian...": Regulating heterosexuality in fostering and adoption assessments. Child and Family Social Work, 5(2), 157-168

The paper examines the assessment of lesbians who apply to foster or adopt, using data generated from 30 interviews with local authority social workers. Using feminist and queer theories, the author suggests that lesbian applicants pose a challenge t... Read More about "Good lesbian, bad lesbian...": Regulating heterosexuality in fostering and adoption assessments.

Midwives, obstetricians and prenatal screening (2000)
Journal Article
Wray, J., & Maresh, M. (2000). Midwives, obstetricians and prenatal screening. British Journal of Midwifery, 8(131), 31-35

Prenatal screening is a routine procedure within contemporary maternity
care and most women opt for prenatal testing and become involved in
various aspects of such tests. Evidence to date suggests that the level of
the practitioner’s knowledge can... Read More about Midwives, obstetricians and prenatal screening.

To interpret or translate? That is the question (2000)
Journal Article
Horwath, J., & Shardlow, S. (2000). To interpret or translate? That is the question. Social work in Europe, 7(2), 36-40

There has been a rapid growth of trans-national education and training in social work but little attention has
been given to the importance of developing effective communication through the process of interpretation.
Drawing on experiences in worki... Read More about To interpret or translate? That is the question.

Acquiring qualitative skills for primary care research. Review and reflections on a three-stage workshop. Part 1: using interviews to generate data (2000)
Journal Article
Barbour, R., & Featherstone, V. (2000). Acquiring qualitative skills for primary care research. Review and reflections on a three-stage workshop. Part 1: using interviews to generate data. Family Practice, 17(1), 76-82

This paper reflects on one Primary Care Research Network's (WoReN's) experience of running a workshop on generating interview data, provided as the first of a three-part workshop concerned with acquiring qualitative interviewing skills. It discusses... Read More about Acquiring qualitative skills for primary care research. Review and reflections on a three-stage workshop. Part 1: using interviews to generate data.

Stress and psychiatric disorder in healthcare professionals and hospital staff (2000)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A., & Creed, F. (2000). Stress and psychiatric disorder in healthcare professionals and hospital staff. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2899%2907366-3

Background
Previous studies of stress in healthcare staff have indicated a probable high prevalence of distress. Whether this distress can be attributed to the stressful nature of the work situation is not clear. No previous study has used a detaile... Read More about Stress and psychiatric disorder in healthcare professionals and hospital staff.

An evaluation of the impact of voluntary sector family support workers on the quality of life of carers of schizophrenia sufferers (2000)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A., & Huxley, P. (2000). An evaluation of the impact of voluntary sector family support workers on the quality of life of carers of schizophrenia sufferers. Journal of Mental Health, 9(5), 495-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638230020005228

An evaluation was conducted of 15 voluntary sector family support workers (FSWs) working with families of schizophrenia sufferers. FSWs completed a diary schedule and interviews were conducted with 15 co-professionals from the FSWs' multi-disciplinar... Read More about An evaluation of the impact of voluntary sector family support workers on the quality of life of carers of schizophrenia sufferers.

Rigour, reliability, and validity in qualitative research (2000)
Journal Article
Long, T., & Johnson, M. (2000). Rigour, reliability, and validity in qualitative research. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 4(1), 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1054/cein.2000.0106

This article addresses issues relating to rigour within qualitative research, beginning with the need for rigour at all in such studies.The concept of reliability is then
analysed, establishing the traditional understanding of the term, and evaluati... Read More about Rigour, reliability, and validity in qualitative research.