TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility of describing community strengths relative to Omaha system concepts
AU - Kerr, Madeleine J.
AU - Gargantua-Aguila, Sebastiana del Rosario
AU - Glavin, Kari
AU - Honey, Michelle L.L.
AU - Nahcivan, Nursen O.
AU - Secginli, Selda
AU - Martin, Karen S.
AU - Monsen, Karen A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Objectives: The purpose was to determine the feasibility of using a standardized language, the Omaha System, to describe community-level strengths. The objectives were: (a) to evaluate the feasibility of using the Omaha System at the community level to reflect community strengths and (b) to describe preliminary results of community strengths observations across international settings. Design and Sample: A descriptive qualitative design was used. The sample was a data set of 284 windshield surveys by nursing students in 5 countries: Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Turkey, and the United States. Measures: An online survey included a checklist and open-ended questions on community strengths for 11 concepts of the Omaha System Problem Classification Scheme: Income, Sanitation, Residence, Neighborhood/workplace safety, Communication with community resources, Social contact, Interpersonal relationship, Spirituality, Nutrition, Substance use, and Health care supervision. Themes were derived through content analysis of responses to the open-ended questions. Results: Feasibility was demonstrated: Students were able to use the Omaha System terms and collect data on strengths. Common themes were described among the five countries. Conclusions: The Omaha System appears to be useful in documenting community-level strengths. Themes and exemplar quotes provide a first step in developing operational definitions of strengths at a more granular level.
AB - Objectives: The purpose was to determine the feasibility of using a standardized language, the Omaha System, to describe community-level strengths. The objectives were: (a) to evaluate the feasibility of using the Omaha System at the community level to reflect community strengths and (b) to describe preliminary results of community strengths observations across international settings. Design and Sample: A descriptive qualitative design was used. The sample was a data set of 284 windshield surveys by nursing students in 5 countries: Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Turkey, and the United States. Measures: An online survey included a checklist and open-ended questions on community strengths for 11 concepts of the Omaha System Problem Classification Scheme: Income, Sanitation, Residence, Neighborhood/workplace safety, Communication with community resources, Social contact, Interpersonal relationship, Spirituality, Nutrition, Substance use, and Health care supervision. Themes were derived through content analysis of responses to the open-ended questions. Results: Feasibility was demonstrated: Students were able to use the Omaha System terms and collect data on strengths. Common themes were described among the five countries. Conclusions: The Omaha System appears to be useful in documenting community-level strengths. Themes and exemplar quotes provide a first step in developing operational definitions of strengths at a more granular level.
KW - Omaha system
KW - community assessment
KW - community strengths
KW - international cooperation
KW - qualitative research
KW - standardized terminology
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U2 - 10.1111/phn.12558
DO - 10.1111/phn.12558
M3 - Article
C2 - 30488544
AN - SCOPUS:85057809318
SN - 0737-1209
VL - 36
SP - 245
EP - 253
JO - Public Health Nursing
JF - Public Health Nursing
IS - 2
ER -