Feminist theory and nursing: an empowerment model for research.
This article describes the use of the feminist process to empower nurses in conducting research. The criteria for feminist research, defined by Duffy, are applied to a research study that identifies the effects of physical abuse during pregnancy on maternal-infant outcomes. The authors describe the process of empowerment of the investigators through the use of a consortium model of research, the staff nurses who are conducting the interviews, and the research participants (pregnant women). The integration of feminist principles and nursing research is a process that merges similar beliefs and ideologies.
Parker
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University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore.
McFarlane
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D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014933:Women's Rights