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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
Conference Proceedings
Key findings
The core identified code related to satisfaction with family support
was that of mental health services perceived as ‘caring about’ in
addition to ‘for’ the ill relative. Other codes included partnership
between mental health services, family carers, and service users;
community services and support; family support services; and
trusting family relationships. All the identified five constituents were
interrelated.
Conclusion
We recommend that all the five identified constituents are taken
into consideration for planning and evaluation of family support
resources.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements are due to all participants of the Family Support
Study who voluntarily contributed their experience to the Health
Research Board. We would also like to thank Schizophrenia Ireland
and public mental health services of a Dublin area for their help with
recruitment of the study participants.
References
Hansen E (2006) Successful Qualitative Research: A practical
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Kartalova-O’Doherty Y, Tedstone Doherty D & Walsh D (2006) A
study of experiences, needs and support requirements of families
with enduring mental illness in Ireland. Dublin: Health Research
Board.
Strauss & Corbin (1998) Basics of qualitative research: Techniques
and procedures for developing grounded theory (2 nd ed). Thousand
Oaks, London, New Delhi: SAGE Publication
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