TY - JOUR
T1 - Bridging the gap between research and practice
T2 - The development of a Digital Library of research syntheses
AU - Barroso, Julie
AU - Edlin, April
AU - Sandelowski, Margarete
AU - Lambe, Camille
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Digital library
KW - HIV
KW - Qualitative metasynthesis
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U2 - 10.1097/00024665-200603000-00007
DO - 10.1097/00024665-200603000-00007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16554692
AN - SCOPUS:33645301283
VL - 24
SP - 85
EP - 94
JO - CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing
JF - CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing
SN - 1538-2931
IS - 2
ER -