A Quasi-experimental Study of a Health Patterning Modality and Power in Haitian Primary Caregivers.

STATISTICAL power analysis; CAREGIVERS; NURSING models; PATIENT participation; RESEARCH methodology; ONE-way analysis of variance; VAGINITIS; RISK assessment; CONCEPTUAL structures; PRE-tests & post-tests; T-test (Statistics); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; DATA analysis software; STATISTICAL correlation; JUDGMENT sampling; POWER (Social sciences); DISEASE risk factors; CHILDREN

The purpose of the study was to determine the power as knowing participation in change of primary caregivers of Haitian children, 6 to 13 years old, before and after participation in an education and resource health patterning modality related to risk factors and prevention of childhood vaginitis. Barrett's Power as Knowing Participation in change served as the conceptual framework. A pretest-posttest quasi experimental study consisting of a purposive sample n = 92 was conducted. Findings include statistically significantly improvement in power at posttest and relate the importance of health patterning modalities in enhancing power. Though limited, these findings have implications for nursing research and practice, support the unitary nature of power and the belief that power is an innate attribute. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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