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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Nursing
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- Abstract:
- Background: Many health care volunteers are joining nonprofit organizations in episodic health care missions to provide much needed health care services in global communities. They function in an organized structure but chaotic framework in a health care structure. Without efficient systematic and ongoing assessment, the sustainability of the interventions provided are difficult to achieve because of lack of records once the team leaves. Any new mission group that follows simply repeats everything that was previously done, as a result, the organized systematic health care delivery chaos persists. Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain understanding on how a nonprofit organization and partnering organization administrative leaders or staff, and individuals receiving health care services (N= 28) are sustaining community development in episodic health care missions to improve health outcomes. Philosophical Underpinnings: The philosophical tenets of symbolic interactionism and pragmatism helped to narrow how the participants come to know and understand, thus giving meaning into their voices. Methods: The single embedded intrinsic qualitative case study research design was consistent with the qualitative research methodology study to understand the problem under investigation. Miles and Huberman’s (1994) data analysis process was utilized to reduce, display, and draw conclusion and verification of the participants’ voices to answer the research question. Result: The themes that emerged were supporting, improving, and helping, and represented the voices of the participants to provide a better understanding of their perceptions about the phenomenon of interest. The theory of sustainability development provided the framework to gain an in-depth understanding of the participants’ responses. Conclusions: The findings of this study supported other studies that have identified the significant role that nonprofit organizations play in providing much needed health care services and goods to underserved communities in episodic health care missions. Furthermore, the results of this study revealed consistency with the literature’s concerns over nonprofit organizations not periodically evaluating the impact that their services have on the health of people they served. This study recommended that this nonprofit organization internally measure and evaluate its performance regularly to validate and disseminate to the world how it is sustaining its humanitarian efforts, especially once the missions leave.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2016.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-186).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Marie-Carole France. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- RA441.F73 2016_FranceMarie-Carole ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- RA441.F73 2016 ( lcc )
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