Publications by authors named "Emma L Aveling"
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- The study explores the concept of 'voiceable concern' in healthcare organizations, highlighting how staff can be crucial sources of information about safety issues but often struggle to voice their concerns.
- Through 165 interviews across multiple hospitals, researchers found that identifying what qualifies as a 'voiceable concern' involves personal judgment influenced by specific organizational and cultural contexts.
- The findings suggest that understanding the dynamics behind recognizing voiceable concerns is essential for improving communication and safety practices in healthcare settings.
Qualitative methods are critical for implementation science as they generate opportunities to examine complexity and include a diversity of perspectives. However, it can be a challenge to identify the approach that will provide the best fit for achieving a given set of practice-driven research needs. After all, implementation scientists must find a balance between speed and rigor, reliance on existing frameworks and new discoveries, and inclusion of insider and outsider perspectives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Understanding how and why programs work-not simply whether they work-is crucial. Good theory is indispensable to advancing the science of improvement. We argue for the usefulness of ex post theorization of programs.
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