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"Meta-Jeopardy": the crisis of representation in qualitative metasynthesisMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Nurs Outlook 54:10-6. 2006- Devices and desires: gender, technology, and American nursing. [Review of: Sandelowski, M. Devices and desires: gender, technology, and American nursing. Chapel Hill: U. of North Carolina Pr.; New York: Hill and Wang, 2000]Julie Fairman
Am Hist Rev 107:896-7. 2002 - From synthesis to script: transforming qualitative research findings for use in practiceMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA
Qual Health Res 16:1350-70. 2006..The process of transformation entailed bringing together the norms and imperatives of scientific research, clinical practice, and artistic presentation... 
"Distorted into clarity": a methodological case study illustrating the paradox of systematic reviewMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Res Nurs Health 31:454-65. 2008..Our encounter with findings resistant to synthesis heightened our awareness of the extent to which all systematic reviews are accomplished by practices that paradoxically "distort [research findings] into clarity."..
Writing usable qualitative health research findingsMargarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Qual Health Res 22:1404-13. 2012..Writers of qualitative health research reports might consider these strategies better to showcase the significance and actionability of findings to a wider audience...- A systematic review comparing antiretroviral adherence descriptive and intervention studies conducted in the USAMargarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
AIDS Care 21:953-66. 2009..Our review raises issues about niche standardization and intervention tailoring, targeting, and fidelity... - Reading, writing and systematic reviewMargarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Adv Nurs 64:104-10. 2008..This paper offers a discussion of the reading and writing practices that define systematic review... - Stigma in HIV-positive womenMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, 7460 Carrington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 36:122-8. 2004..To present a metasynthesis of qualitative findings on stigma in HIV-positive women... - In response to: de Witt L. & Ploeg J. (2006) Critical appraisal of rigor in interpretive phenomenological nursing research. Journal of Advanced Nursing 55(2), 215-229Margarete Sandelowski
Cary C. Boshamer Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 7460 Carrington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Adv Nurs 55:643-5. 2006 - The travesty of choosing after positive prenatal diagnosisMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, NC 27599, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 34:307-18. 2005..To integrate the findings of qualitative studies of expectant parents receiving positive prenatal diagnosis... - Comparability work and the management of difference in research synthesis studiesMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:236-47. 2007..These issues are explored by reference to the synthesis of empirical studies of antiretroviral adherence in HIV-positive women in the US... - Creating metasummaries of qualitative findingsMargarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Nurs Res 52:226-33. 2003.... - Gender, race/ethnicity, and social class in research reports on stigma in HIV-positive womenMargarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Health Care Women Int 30:273-88. 2009.... - Finding the findings in qualitative studiesMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, NC, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 34:213-9. 2002..To describe the challenges of finding the findings in qualitative studies... - Bridging the gap between research and practice: The development of a digital library of research synthesesJulie Barroso
Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Comput Inform Nurs 24:85-94. 2006..It provides a concise and comprehensive compilation of findings in two major areas of concern for the seropositive women who were the participants in the studies: motherhood and stigma... - Using qualitative metasummary to synthesize qualitative and quantitative descriptive findingsMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Res Nurs Health 30:99-111. 2007.... - A qualitative descriptive study of the work of adherence to a chronic heart failure regimen: patient and physician perspectivesBradi B Granger
Duke University Health Systems, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 24:308-15. 2009..This study therefore examined how communication about the HF regimen between patients and their physicians is experienced and understood by both partners... - Writing the proposal for a qualitative research methodology projectMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Qual Health Res 13:781-820. 2003..Appealing qualitative research proposals adhere to principles that engage writers and readers in an informative and mutually respectful interaction... - Combining adjusted and unadjusted findings in mixed research synthesisCorrine I Voils
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 17:429-34. 2011..Yet conducting such mixed research synthesis studies is challenging. Researchers have to determine whether and how to use adjusted and unadjusted quantitative findings in combination with each other and with qualitative findings... - Implementation of antiretroviral therapy adherence interventions: a realist synthesis of evidenceJennifer Leeman
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
J Adv Nurs 66:1915-30. 2010..This paper is a report of a synthesis of evidence on implementation of interventions to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy... - A mixed-methods approach to synthesizing evidence on mediators of intervention effectsJennifer Leeman
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
West J Nurs Res 33:870-900. 2011..Qualitative findings (n = 6) contributed to more in-depth explanations for findings. The methods used have potential to contribute to understanding of core mechanisms of behavioral-change interventions... - In or out? Methodological considerations for including and excluding findings from a meta-analysis of predictors of antiretroviral adherence in HIV-positive womenCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Adv Nurs 59:163-77. 2007..This paper is a discussion detailing the decisions concerning whether to include or exclude findings from a meta-analysis of report of quantitative studies of antiretroviral adherence in HIV-positive women... - The challenges of searching for and retrieving qualitative studiesJulie Barroso
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
West J Nurs Res 25:153-78. 2003..Recommendations are given for searchers and writers of qualitative research... - Examining the impact of genetic testing for type 2 diabetes on health behaviors: study protocol for a randomized controlled trialCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Trials 13:121. 2012.... - Toward a metasynthesis of qualitative findings on motherhood in HIV-positive womenMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, 7460 Carrington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Res Nurs Health 26:153-70. 2003..Clarifying the analytic devices used to create such metasyntheses is essential to demonstrating that despite being far away from participants' lives, these interpretations remain close to them... - Transforming verbal counts in reports of qualitative descriptive studies into numbersYunkyung Chang
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, NC, USA
West J Nurs Res 31:837-52. 2009..Yet they offer a temporary workaround for preserving and maximizing the value of information from basic qualitative descriptive studies for systematic reviews. They show also why quantitizing is never simply quantitative... - Using qualitative researchMargarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Qual Health Res 14:1366-86. 2004.... - Classifying the findings in qualitative studiesMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Qual Health Res 13:905-23. 2003.... - Substance abuse in HIV-positive womenJulie Barroso
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 15:48-59. 2004..The data on 1,548 women, who were primarily mothers from minority groups, allowed us to construct a trajectory that describes the events of their lives with regard to substance abuse and its intersection with HIV infection... - Certified nursing assistants' explanatory models of nursing home resident depressionMary Lynn Piven
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing, NC, USA
West J Nurs Res 30:653-72. 2008..CNAs hold potential to improve the detection of depression and contribute to the emotional care of residents. Attention to staff knowledge deficits and facility barriers may enhance this potential... - Meeting the "Now" Need: PMH-APRN-- Interpreter Teams Provide In-Home Mental Health Intervention for Depressed Latina Mothers With Limited English ProficiencyLinda S Beeber
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7460, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7460
J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 15:249-59. 2009..Future refinements in progress and uses of the model are discussed... - An evaluation of how well research reports facilitate the use of findings in practiceJennifer Leeman
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7460, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 38:171-7. 2006..To analyze how research is reported in journal publications as a potential barrier to use of research findings in practice... - Practice-based evidence and qualitative inquiryJennifer Leeman
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 44:171-9. 2012.... - Motherhood in the context of maternal HIV infectionMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Res Nurs Health 26:470-82. 2003..HIV-positive mothers engaged in a distinctive kind of maternal practice-virtual motherhood-to resist forces that disrupted their relationships with and ability to care for their children, as well as their identities as mothers... - Life stories of older adults with sickle cell diseaseCoretta M Jenerette
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
ABNF J 22:58-63. 2011..Their stories provide healthcare providers with insight into the supports SCD patients need to improve their health outcomes as they move through the life course... - A practical use of theory to study adherenceBradi B Granger
Duke University Health Systems, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 22:152-8. 2007..Using trajectory theory may allow providers to better understand and facilitate patient adherence to the CHF regimen... - Text-in-context: a method for extracting findings in mixed-methods mixed research synthesis studiesMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Adv Nurs 69:1428-37. 2013..Our purpose in this paper is to propose a new method for extracting findings from research reports included in mixed-methods mixed research synthesis studies... - What's in a name? Qualitative description revisitedMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, 7460 Carrington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Res Nurs Health 33:77-84. 2010..Its value lies not only in the knowledge its use can produce, but also as a vehicle for presenting and treating research methods as living entities that resist simple classification... - "Casing" the research case studyMargarete Sandelowski
Cary C Boshamer Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, 7460 Carrington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Res Nurs Health 34:153-9. 2011..Case studies may be useful in enhancing programs of research in instrument and intervention development. .. - Evaluating nurses' implementation of an infant-feeding counseling protocol for HIV-infected mothers: The Ban Study in Lilongwe, MalawiYvonne Owens Ferguson
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 21:141-55. 2009..Results indicate that nurses implemented the protocol as designed. Results will help to interpret the BAN Study's outcomes... - Development of a tool to assess fidelity to a psycho-educational interventionMi Kyung Song
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA
J Adv Nurs 66:673-82. 2010.... - When a cigar is not just a cigar: alternative takes on data and data analysisMargarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Res Nurs Health 34:342-52. 2011..The more varied the interpretive repertoire of researchers, the greater will be their capacity to be tuned in to and credibly account for the varied ways in which data can be seen and treated... - Personal growth after severe fetal diagnosisBeth Black
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
West J Nurs Res 32:1011-30. 2010..Six of the 10 couples had congruent profiles of change. Negative change was evident in 2 women and 2 men. Recognizing the potential for growth allows nurses opportunities to promote it in the aftermath of severe fetal diagnosis... - Selective adherence to antihypertensive medications as a patient-driven means to preserving sexual potencyCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Patient Prefer Adherence 2:201-6. 2008..To describe hypertensive patients' experiences with sexual side effects and their consequences for antihypertensive medication adherence... - Developing a theory-based taxonomy of methods for implementing change in practiceJennifer Leeman
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Adv Nurs 58:191-200. 2007..In this paper we present a theory-based taxonomy of the methods used to implement change in practice... - Variations in meanings of the personal core value "health"Marlyn Allicock
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Patient Educ Couns 73:347-53. 2008..Preventive health behavior patterns and practices are influenced by many factors. Knowledge about a person's core values may improve the ability to predict decisions related to behaviors such as healthy eating... - Visible humans, vanishing bodies, and virtual nursing: complications of life, presence, place, and identityMargarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
ANS Adv Nurs Sci 24:58-70. 2002..The posthuman conflation of bodies and information poses the greatest challenge yet to the secure place, presence, and identity of nursing in health care... - Response to Dave Holmes and Cary Federman: Killing for the state: the darkest side of American nursingMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Nurs Inq 10:139; author reply 140-1. 2003 - Qualitative metasynthesis: reflections on methodological orientation and ideological agendaSally Thorne
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Qual Health Res 14:1342-65. 2004..Through understanding the bases of their unique angles of vision, the reader is invited to engage in their commitment to scholarly integrity and intellectual credibility in this emerging methodological challenge... - Words that should be seen but not writtenMargarete Sandelowski
Res Nurs Health 30:129-30. 2007 - Research results have expiration dates: ensuring timely systematic reviewsJulie Barroso
Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 12:454-62. 2006.... - Counting cats in ZanzibarMargarete Sandelowski
Res Nurs Health 27:215-6. 2004 - Living the golden rule: reciprocal exchanges among African Americans with cancerJill B Hamilton
Oregon Health and Science University's School of Nursing, Portland, USA
Qual Health Res 13:656-74. 2003..This study also points to the need to redesign intervention studies to be more inclusive of components that allow the elderly in illness-related situations to maintain their status as givers in their social networks... - Divide and conquer: avoiding duplication in the reporting of qualitative researchMargarete Sandelowski
Res Nurs Health 29:371-3. 2006 - Tenerlos en la Casa: the material world and craft of family caregiving for relatives with dementiaCarmen de la Cuesta
Universidad de Antioquia at Medellin, Colombia
J Transcult Nurs 16:218-25. 2005..Caring for a relative with dementia is a craft that transforms the material world in which patient and caregiver live. The findings show the value of place-sensitive approaches to the study and practice of caregiving... - Devices and desires: gender, technology, and American nursing. [Review of: Sandelowski, M. Devices and desires: gender, technology, and American nursing. Chapel Hill: U. of North Carolina Pr.; New York: Hill and Wang, 2000]Regina Morantz-Sanchez
Historian 65:186-7. 2002 - Devices and desires: gender, technology, and American nursing. [Review of: Sandelowski, M. Devices and desires: gender, technology, and American nursing. Chapel Hill: U. of North Carolina Pr.; New York: Hill and Wang, 2000]Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
J Am Hist 89:600-1. 2002 - In response to "Brimful of STARLITE"Margarete Sandelowski
J Med Libr Assoc 95:233; author reply 233. 2007
Research Grants
- ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES FOR QUALITATIVE METASYNTHESISMargarete Sandelowski; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- Integrating Qualitative & Quantitative Research FindingsMargarete Sandelowski; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Integrating Qualitative & Quantitative Research FindingsMargarete Sandelowski; Fiscal Year: 2009....