Research
The major aim of the research undertaken by academic staff at the Nethersole School of Nursing is to inform and develop nursing knowledge and nursing practice. The outcome of such research contributes to nurses in Hong Kong promoting people's health in both hospital and community settings. A particular focus is addressing cultural issues specific to Chinese populations, which can then be shared by the international nursing community.
The School is based within the Faculty of Medicine, which has an international reputation in research and clinical practice. This setting, combined with other areas of excellence situated within and outside the University, provides an excellent opportunity for collaborative research projects of an interdisciplinary nature. In addition, the School is currently in the process of developing collaborative projects with international partners.
The School also hosts regular research seminars attended by academics and colleagues from other universities and clinical settings. An important feature of the research activities of the School is the weekly research seminar for doctoral and postgraduate research students where they have the opportunity of presenting and debating their research studies with academic staff.
The Hong Kong Centre for Evidence Based Nursing is part of the Joanna Briggs Institute at Adelaide University and is based within the School. The Centre gives staff, clinical colleagues and students access to recent systematic reviews and evaluation studies, as well as providing best practice information sheets to guide clinical practice.
Academic staff within the School has focused their research on specific areas reflecting the health needs of the population in Hong Kong and the majority of the projects are directly concerned with clinical practice. These areas of research have been formed into four research groups: cardiovascular disease prevention and management, gerontology/long term care, cancer prevention and management and mental health. A selection of the research projects currently being completed by each group is given below. The major source of funding for the majority of projects is from external competitive funds such as the Research Grants Council and the Health and Health Services Research Fund.
Cardiovascular disease prevention and management | |
A selection of research grants in progress (since 2000)
Determining research priorities for critical care nurses in Hong Kong: A Delphi study
Translation and validation of two disease-specific instruments in Chinese patients with Coronary Heart disease
Exploring Hong Kong public awareness of coronary heart disease
Gerontology/Long-term care | |
A selection of research grants in progress (since 2000)
Chinese families' experiences with residential care placement of their elderly relatives
Privacy and dignity in residential care homes: A culturally relevant framework for Chinese elders
Establishing the validity and reliability of the Chinese versions of the Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire (CHQ) and the Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS)
The experience of antipsychotic medication adherence in Chinese clients with schizophrenia – a phenomenological study
Systematic review: Effects of multisensory therapy on behaviour of adult clients with developmental disabilities
"Doing the Month" An Exploratory Study of Three Generations
Cancer Prevention and Management | |
Optimising treatment decision making and adjustment to breast cancer in Chinese women: a two-stage intervention study.
Assessing sexual functioning amongst Hong Kong Chinese women with gynecological cancer and the validation of disease-specific sexual functioning instruments.
Effects of psychoeducational interventions in managing chemotherapy-associated nausea and vomiting (CANV) in pediatric oncology patients: a pilot project.
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