Bridging the gap between research and practice: The development of a digital library of research syntheses.
This article describes the development of a digital library as a resource for clinicians and researchers working with women with HIV infection. We wanted to find a new way of communicating the findings from the 114 studies that we used as the method case. The development of the SandBar Digital Library (http://sonweb.unc.edu/sandbar), a product of a 5-year project to develop the analytic techniques for qualitative metasynthesis, is described from its inception, including analyses of the potential users and how they might use such a resource. The Digital Library evolved over a 3-year period, with continuous feedback from a group of researchers and clinicians who are also experts in the care of HIV-positive people. 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.
Barroso
Julie
J
Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA. julie.barroso@duke.edu
Edlin
April
A
Sandelowski
Margarete
M
Lambe
Camille
C
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005544:Forecasting; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D046609:Libraries, Digital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007994:Libraries, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D009657:North Carolina; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000523:psychology; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013240:Stereotyping; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology