Background: Research on maternity care often focuses on factors that prevent good communication and collaboration and rarely includes important stakeholders – parents – as co-researchers. To understand how professionals and parents in Dutch maternity care accomplish constructive communication and collaboration, we examined their interactions in the clinic, looking for “good practice”. Methods: We used the video-reflexive ethnographic method in 9 midwifery practices and 2 obstetric units. Findings: We conducted 16 meetings where participants reflected on video recordings of their clinical interactions. We found that informal strategies facilitate communication and collaboration: “talk work” – small talk and humour – and “work beyond words” – familiarity, use of sight, touch, sound, and non-verbal gestures. When using these strategies, participants noted that it is important to be sensitive to context, to the values and feelings of others, and to the timing of care. Our analysis of their ways of being sensitive shows that good communication and collaboration involves “paradoxical care”, e.g., concurrent acts of “regulated spontaneity” and “informal formalities”. Discussion: Acknowledging and reinforcing paradoxical care skills will help caregivers develop the competencies needed to address the changing demands of health care. The video-reflexive ethnographic method offers an innovative approach to studying everyday work, focusing on informal and implicit aspects of practice and providing a bottom up approach, integrating researchers, professionals and parents. Conclusion: Good communication and collaboration in maternity care involves “paradoxical care” requiring social sensitivity and self-reflection, skills that should be included as part of professional training.
Cooperation is more likely when individuals can choose their interaction partner. However, partner choice may be detrimental in unequal societies, in which individuals differ in available resources and productivity, and thus in their attractiveness as interaction partners. Here we experimentally examine this conjecture in a repeated public goods game. Individuals (n = 336), participating in groups of eight participants, are assigned a high or low endowment and a high or low productivity factor (the value that their cooperation generates), creating four unique participant types. On each round, individuals are either assigned a partner (assigned partner condition) or paired based on their self-indicated preference for a partner type (partner choice condition). Results show that under partner choice, individuals who were assigned a high endowment and high productivity almost exclusively interact with each other, forcing other individuals into less valuable pairs. Consequently, pre-existing resource differences between individuals increase. These findings show how partner choice in social dilemmas can amplify resource inequality.
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This paper reports on the EU-project 'Professionally Networking Education and Teacher Training' (PRONETT). The key objective of the PRONETT project (2001-2004) is to develop a regional and cross national learning community of pre- and in-service teachers and teacher educators supported by webbased resources and tools to collaborate and to construct shared understandings of teaching and learning in a networked classroom. The reasons for the initiative and the design principles of the PRONETT portal offering a virtual infrastructure for the collaboration of participating students and teachers at www.PRONETT.org are presented. The initial pilots carried out by the project partners are described, highlighting the co-ordinating partners activities targeted at contributing to the local realisation of ICT-rich, competence based Teacher Education Provision. Results are reported of the evaluation and implementation efforts aimed at validating the original portal design and collecting information to inspire further project development and implementation strategies. We conclude by summarising the lessons learned and providing recommendations for improved and extended use and further dissemination of the project results and facilities.
The project aims to improve palliative care in China through the competence development of Chinese teachers, professionals, and students focusing on the horizontal priority of digital transformation.Palliative care (PC) has been recognised as a public health priority, and during recent years, has seen advances in several aspects. However, severe inequities in the access and availability of PC worldwide remain. Annually, approximately 56.8 million people need palliative care, where 25.7% of the care focuses on the last year of person’s life (Connor, 2020).China has set aims for reaching the health care standards of the developed countries by 2030 through the Healthy China Strategy 2030, where one of the improvement areas in health care includes palliative care, thus continuing the previous efforts.The project provides a constructive, holistic, and innovative set of actions aimed at resulting in lasting outcomes and continued development of palliative care education and services. Raising the awareness of all stakeholders on palliative care, including the public, is highly relevant and needed. Evidence based practice guidelines and education are urgently required for both general and specialised palliative care levels, to increase the competencies for health educators, professionals, and students. This is to improve the availability and quality of person-centered palliative care in China. Considering the aging population, increase in various chronic illnesses, the challenging care environment, and the moderate health care resources, competence development and the utilisation of digitalisation in palliative care are paramount in supporting the transition of experts into the palliative care practice environment.General objective of the project is to enhance the competences in palliative care in China through education and training to improve the quality of life for citizens. Project develops the competences of current and future health care professionals in China to transform the palliative care theory and practice to impact the target groups and the society in the long-term. As recognised by the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), palliative care competences need to be developed in collaboration. This includes shared willingness to learn from each other to improve the sought outcomes in palliative care (EAPC 2019). Since all individuals have a right to health care, project develops person-centered and culturally sensitive practices taking into consideration ethics and social norms. As concepts around palliative care can focus on physical, psychological, social, or spiritual related illnesses (WHO 2020), project develops innovative pedagogy focusing on evidence-based practice, communication, and competence development utilising digital methods and tools. Concepts of reflection, values and views are in the forefront to improve palliative care for the future. Important aspects in project development include health promotion, digital competences and digital health literacy skills of professionals, patients, and their caregivers. Project objective is tied to the principles of the European Commission’s (EU) Digital Decade that stresses the importance of placing people and their rights in the forefront of the digital transformation, while enhancing solidarity, inclusion, freedom of choice and participation. In addition, concepts of safety, security, empowerment, and the promotion of sustainable actions are valued. (European Commission: Digital targets for 2030).Through the existing collaboration, strategic focus areas of the partners, and the principles of the call, the PalcNet project consortium was formed by the following partners: JAMK University of Applied Sciences (JAMK ), Ramon Llull University (URL), Hanze University of Applied Sciences (HUAS), Beijing Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Guangzhou Health Science College (GHSC), Beihua University (BHU), and Harbin Medical University (HMU). As project develops new knowledge, innovations and practice through capacity building, finalisation of the consortium considered partners development strategy regarding health care, (especially palliative care), ability to create long-term impact, including the focus on enhancing higher education according to the horizontal priority. In addition, partners’ expertise and geographical location was also considered important to facilitate long-term impact of the results.Primary target groups of the project include partner country’s (China) staff members, teachers, researchers, health care professionals and bachelor level students engaging in project implementation. Secondary target groups include those groups who will use the outputs and results and continue in further development in palliative care upon the lifetime of the project.
The consortium would like to contribute to structural reduction of post-harvest and food losses and food quality improvement in Kenyan avocado and dairy value chains via the application of technical solutions and tools as well as improved chain governance competences in those food chains. The consortium has four types of partners: 1. Universities (2 Kenyan, 4 Dutch), 2. Private sector actors in those chains, 3. Organisations supporting those chains, and 4. Associate partners which support category 1 to 3 partners through co-financing, advice and reflection. The FORQLAB project targets two areas in Kenya for both commodities, a relatively well-developed chain in the central highlands and a less-develop chain in Western-Kenya. The approach is business to business and the selected regions have great potential for uptake of successful chain innovations as outcome of research results. The results are scalable for other fresh and processed product chains via a living lab network approach. The project consists of 5 work packages (WPs): 1. Inventory , status quo and inception, 2. Applied research, 3. Dissemination of research outputs through living lab networks, 4. Translation of project output in curricula and trainings, and 5. Communication among partners and WPs. The applied research will be implemented in cooperation with all partners, whereby students of the consortium universities will conduct most of the field studies and all other partners support and interact depending on the WPs. The expected outcomes are: two knowledge exchange platforms (Living Labs) supported with hands on sustainable food waste reduction implementation plans (agenda strategy); overview and proposals for ready ICT and other tech solutions; communication and teaching materials for universities and TVETs; action perspectives; and knowledge transfer and uptake.
Het publieke debat over issues in de huidige samenleving vindt permanent plaats. Publieke debatten kennen een golfbeweging en veranderen soms in een crisis. De gedigitaliseerde samenleving maakt de reactie van organisaties op issues vele malen ingewikkelder. In dit project staat de vraag centraal hoe communicatieprofessionals van publieke organisaties beter kunnen omgaan met publicitaire golfbewegingen van voortdurend debat, regelmatige issues en incidentele crises. Dit onderzoek is medegefinancierd door Regieorgaan SIA onderdeel van de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) Doel In dit project bekijken we de online geruchtvorming en mobilisatie en de wijze waarop overheden hier mee omgaan. Het doel van het onderzoeksproject is: om inzicht te krijgen in organisatorische, interactionele, taalkundige aspecten van issuemanagement om bruikbare interventies te ontwikkelen Resultaten Het resultaat is een breed toepasbare aanpak voor communicatie bij issues die spelen in publieke organisaties. Deze aanpak wordt vertaald in een toolbox voor communicatieprofessionals en studenten communicatie. Inzichten laten nu al zien dat de data uit de 2 casussen informatie opleveren over framing vanuit de gemeenschap; de organisatie van de communicatie (Doen de juiste mensen de juiste dingen?) en inzichten óver de geruchtvorming. Het lectoraat heeft daarvoor een instrument ontwikkeld waarmee je patronen in online conversaties kunt ontdekken. Dit instrument hebben we ‘BEP’ genoemd. BEP staat voor Birds Eye Perspective. Het perspectief helpt die conversaties en eventueel daaropvolgende interacties op waarde te schatten. Je kunt inzichten uit BEP gebruiken om bewuster te zijn van de gevoeligheden en weerstanden in gesprekken die gaande zijn en aan te sluiten op wat leeft in het publieke debat. Dit stelt je in staat om in gesprek te blijven én de stap te kunnen maken naar een anticiperende communicatiestrategie.) Opgeleverde producten: Bekijk het ontwikkelde instrument via: https://husite.nl/bep/ Bekijk de slotsessie brochure Looptijd 01 februari 2021 - 01 april 2023 Aanpak In drie rondes worden vijf door de praktijkpartners ingebrachte cases onderzocht. De inzichten uit de eerste casus worden meegenomen in de volgende ronde, de gehanteerde methode blijft hetzelfde. Er wordt een combinatie gemaakt van interactieanalyse van: Online en offline data Interviews met professionals Focusgroepen met burgers. In de laatste ronde van het project worden de ontwikkelde inzichten gedeeld in de praktijk, het onderzoeksveld en het onderwijs. Voor de zomer 2021 worden 2 casussen geanalyseerd. de Schoorlse Duinen (waar bomenkap tot heftige speculaties in de media leidt) en het onderhoud aan bruggen (zoals de weg over de Merwedebrug die plots gesloten moest worden). Begin juni vindt het eerste ‘Vakgesprek’ plaats met het newsroomteam van Rijkswaterstaat, en afgevaardigden uit het beroepenveld: (beroepsvereniging Logeion, Academie voor Overheidscommunicatie), onze Communicatie-opleiding, én lectoren Cok Bakker (HU) en Els van der Pool (HAN). Annette Klarenbeek leidt het gesprek. Bekijk dit document dat een overzicht geeft van de aanpak en methodes in het project Studenten gezocht! Gedurende het project kunnen studenten een bijdrage leveren. Communicatiestudenten die betrokken willen zijn bij het vinden van innovatieve oplossingen voor issuemanagement in de gedigitaliseerde samenleving kunnen contact opnemen. Extra informatie Congres beroepspraktijk Training: Monitoring mobilization: A discursive psychological analysis of online mobilizing practices. Sneijder, P., Stinesen, B., Harmelink, M. & Klarenbeek, A The Discourse Analytical Glasses (DAG) Hoofdstuk wetenschappelijk handboek: Sneijder, P., Baukje, S., Harmelink, M. & Klarenbeek, A. (n.d.). The discourse of social movements: online mobilising practices for collective action. In: Demasi, Mirko A., Burke, Shani, Tileagă, Cristian (Eds.) (Scheduled for publication, 2021). Political Communication: Discursive Perspectives. (K/P
