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dc.contributor.authorSandaunet, Anne Grete
dc.contributor.authorTrondsen, Marianne Vibeke
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-21T14:23:16Z
dc.date.available2009-01-21T14:23:16Z
dc.date.issued2008-10-05
dc.description.abstractThis article aims to provide more insight into advantages and challenges of conducting action research with the intention to improve health care. Action research is distinctive in the sense that the researcher has a dual role as both researcher and implementer of the program studied. The article is based on two Norwegian action-oriented studies that aimed to explore the potential role of online self-help groups for breast cancer patients and adolescents with mentally ill parents respectively. We argue that action research can contribute both to the generation of knowledge, as well as a greater sense of ownership to the program among those who are intended to use it. Nonetheless, a potential conflict between the researcher's pursuit of data, and ethical considerations became apparent in the contexts studied here. Bearing these challenges in mind, we still conclude that action research offers an important contribution for the further development of health care services.en
dc.descriptionThis article is part of Marianne Trondsen's doctoral thesis, which is available in Munin at <a href=http://hdl.handle.net/10037/6380>http://hdl.handle.net/10037/6380</a>en
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dc.identifier.citationEvaluation and Program Planning, Volume 32, Issue 1, February 2009, Pages 13-20en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/1728
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_1499
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Sociology: 220en
dc.subjectAction researchen
dc.subjectDual roleen
dc.subjectNorwayen
dc.subjectOnline self-help groupsen
dc.titleThe dual role of the action researcheren
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen
dc.typePeer revieweden


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