Improving health care through evaluation research: an interview with Katherine Nelson by Pamela J Wood and Lynne S Giddings.
Proposals for establishing or changing health care services are increasingly expected to include a framework for evaluating their delivery and effectiveness. Evaluation research in health care is therefore a rapidly developing area. It is crucial that nurses understand how to use this methodology effectively so they can make a case for the establishment, continuation or expansion of a health service and improve existing ones. This article describes aspects of evaluation research as interpreted by Katherine Nelson (RN, MA, PhD) in interview. It is the sixteenth article in a series based on interviews with nursing and midwifery researchers, and is primarily designed to offer the new researcher a first-hand account of the experience of using research methodologies. Kathy is a lecturer in the Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health at Victoria University of Wellington. She has undertaken several research projects evaluating different health care programmes.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration