Theoretical conceptions of intervention research addressing cancer control issues.

Population health intervention research (PHIR) involves the use of scientific methods to produce knowledge about policy and program interventions that operate within or outside of the health sector and have the potential to impact health at the population level. PHIR is a relatively new research field that has gained momentum internationally. When developing PHIR, it is important to have a program theory with the potential to increase intervention success by identifying underlying mechanisms, areas of failure and unintended outcomes.

Public health nursing education viewed through the lens of superdiversity: a resource for global health.

Background: Nurses are increasingly confronted with the challenge of globalization and the acceleration of migratory flows. This reality affects the notion of culture and its influence on health-related behaviors. The state of health of the population in the Canton of Geneva, where there is a wide diversity of origins, is characterized by significant differences.

Nursing interventions to promote blood donor commitment: A rapid realist literature review.

Background: Blood transfusions save lives. Although giving blood is of key importance to health care systems, there is still a long-term shortage of blood. Health services need the help of voluntary donors to provide an adequate supply.

[Realist evaluation for implementation research].

The realist approach to evaluation can be useful faced with the complexity of health interventions in populations. Implementation is the process by which these interventions are put into practice. Scientific realism can provide an important contribution to the development of programme theories through implementation research, and help to reveal the distal and proximal mechanisms of programmes aimed at combatting social inequalities in healthcare.

[Health promotion and logic models].

The first phase of interventional research in the health of populations is the development of its conceptual basis. Programme logic models are used to describe the way in which the results should be generated. The programme theory is used to develop intermediary objectives and to increase the chances of success of public health actions.

[Reflections on the evaluation and funding of complex public health interventions].

In France, in a context of growing health inequalities, the need for action on life settings and, more broadly, on the social determinants of health (SDH), requires a contribution from health promotion research. Today's challenge is not only to design interventions tailored to contexts and actively targeting SDH, but also to develop innovative evaluation strategies of these complex interventions. A group of researchers and representatives from funding agencies met in Paris on june 2nd, 2014 to discuss current experiences conducted in France.

[Mixed approaches in nursing science].

Mixed methods research uses methodologies from quantitative and qualitative approaches in a single project. Thanks to the integration of the results of the studies, complex phenomena can be explored. The designs are based on specific criteria of rigour.

[Phenomenography: a useful method in nursing research].

Phenomenography is a qualitative research methodology the aim of which is to describe the variations in understanding of a phenomenon. This approach can be used to answer certain types of research questions, relating to different patient experiences, or as part of health professionals' learning processes.

Conceptions of learning research: variations amongst French and Swedish nurses. A phenomenographic study.

Background: The development of nursing research capacity and interactions with cultural and structural issues is at various stages throughout Europe. This process appears to be remarkably similar irrespective of the country. Sweden has developed this capacity since the 1990s, whereas France is experiencing a transition.

Mixed-Method Nursing Research: "A Public and Its Problems?" A Commentary on French Nursing Research.

Nursing in France is undergoing a transition. In 2009, the preregistration nursing education program was reformed in line with the European Bologna Process, bringing nursing education to the universities. In 2010, the French Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Infirmière, the first national French nursing research funding program, was launched by the French Health Ministry.

An ethnographic study of nurses' experience with nursing research and its integration in practice.

Aim: To report from a study aimed at illuminating how French Registered Nurses experience and engage in nursing research in clinical practice.

Background: Nursing research in France is mainly conducted by nurses working at clinical research units rather than by dedicated nurse researchers. Education, i.

[The representation of scientific research through a poster].

The poster is a medium of scientific communication. When presented in public, it optimises the value of an original research approach. The poster sessions are devoted to one-to-one exchanges with peers on the subject of the research.