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Health Promotion research highlighted in Texas conference
Dr Ruth Cross, Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion at Leeds Beckett University and Course Director for the MSc Public Health Promotion, will present the work, ‘Creativity and Innovation in Focus Groups: A Storyboard Approach’, which has been co-authored with colleague Dr Louise Warwick-Booth.
In her presentation, Dr Cross will discuss the benefits of using creative and innovative approaches in nursing research, which aim to mine experience, understanding and perspectives on a range of nursing issues.
She explained: “Our research shows that a creative, participatory approach to generating conversation in focus group discussions can be achieved by using storyboards. I will present real-life visual information drawing on our own experiences of novel methods in qualitative research, which we conducted with vulnerable young women needing specialised support.
“Creative qualitative approaches can generate richer, more in-depth information and promote a more empowering, participatory form of research giving voice to those who are relatively excluded or marginalised. We use a feminist perspective and I will explore this in detail, highlighting the importance of the co-production of knowledge, and the treatment of the participant as an equal partner in the research process. I will also consider the advantages and disadvantages of using storyboards in qualitative research.”
The 18th International Nursing and Healthcare Conference takes place from Monday 5 to Wednesday 7 December at the Hilton Dallas Park Central Area in Dallas, Texas.
Dr Ruth Cross has researched and published widely in the field of health promotion. She is a member of the Centre for Health Promotion Research and is co-editor of the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education.