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Professionals in the medical field often question the value and contribution nurses make through research. To counteract these perceptions, to create awareness of nurses of their role in contributing to the body of knowledge of nursing and to improve the implementation of research findings, it is important to design and implement a strategy for the promotion of all aspects of research by nurses. This research intended to describe and explore the contribution of research by nurses in South Africa. This was done by exploring perceptions of stakeholders, as well as analysing the nature of research by nurses listed in the Nexus database and published articles. This information was used to explore and describe a strategy to promote nurses' research contribution, and to explore the feasibility of this strategy in the Southern District of the North West Province. An explorative and descriptive, qualitative and quantitative design was employed in this research. A literature study preceded the execution of the research. The research was conducted in three phases. The first phase consisted of a Delphi study, which resulted in the formulation of a proposed strategy. In a follow-up phase, eleven focus group interviews were conducted with groups in the Southern District of the North West Province to verify the proposed strategy and to explore the feasibility of the strategy. During the last phase a profile of research conducted by nurses in South Africa was composed . Information gathered through all the phases of the research revealed similar results about important aspects of research by nurses. This contributed mainly to the development of a strategy to promote nurses' research. This strategy was verified and refined and is recommended for implementation in the Southern District of the North West Province, with the intention to evaluate the impact of the strategy for refinement and wider application. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Nursing))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Professionals in the medical field often question the value and contribution nurses make through research. To counteract these perceptions, to create awareness of nurses of their role in contributing to the body of knowledge of nursing and to improve the implementation of research findings, it is important to design and implement a strategy for the promotion of all aspects of research by nurses. This research intended to describe and explore the contribution of research by nurses in South Africa. This was done by exploring perceptions of stakeholders, as well as analysing the nature of research by nurses listed in the Nexus database and published articles. This information was used to explore and describe a strategy to promote nurses' research contribution, and to explore the feasibility of this strategy in the Southern District of the North West Province. An explorative and descriptive, qualitative and quantitative design was employed in this research. A literature study preceded the execution of the research. The research was conducted in three phases. The first phase consisted of a Delphi study, which resulted in the formulation of a proposed strategy. In a follow-up phase, eleven focus group interviews were conducted with groups in the Southern District of the North West Province to verify the proposed strategy and to explore the feasibility of the strategy. During the last phase a profile of research conducted by nurses in South Africa was composed . Information gathered through all the phases of the research revealed similar results about important aspects of research by nurses. This contributed mainly to the development of a strategy to promote nurses' research. This strategy was verified and refined and is recommended for implementation in the Southern District of the North West Province, with the intention to evaluate the impact of the strategy for refinement and wider application. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Nursing))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

A marketer is faced with one fundamental issue in developing brand marketing strategy: a choice between adopting an Image marketing strategy as recommended by David Oglivy versus influencing consumer choice through a Unique Selling Proposition as recommended by Rosser Reeves. In simpler terms using an emotional vs. functional/rational appeal. To help make this decision, the marketer must research consumer motivations and determine for his product/service category whether consumer choice of a brand is based on its image or on its functional attributes.[...] / Un specialiste de marketing doit faire face a un aboutissement fondamental lorsquTil met au point une strategie de marketing: un choix entre d’une part l’adoption d’une strategie mettant en valeur lfimage d!un certain produit, comme le recommende David Oglivy, et d*autre part 1Tinfluence du choix du consommateur au moyen d!une proposition de vente exceptionnelle, comme le recom- -mende Rosser Reeves. En termes plus simples, lTattrait de l’emotionnel contre l’attrait du rationnel/fontionnel. Afin de l1aider a prendre cette decision, le specialiste de marketing doit etudier les motivations du consommateur et determiner pour la categorie de son produit/service si le choix du consommateur pour une cer- -tame marque est base sur son aspect ou sur ses qualites fonctionnelles.[...]

This pilot study was designed to collect and analyze a broad range of descriptive data on out-patient pedophiles. Eighteen males with at least one legally charged pedophilic offense (excluding incest) participated in the research. Seven of the subjects sexually molested a male child (homosexual pedophiles) and eleven subjects sexually molested a female child (heterosexual pedophiles). / Subjects were administered the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI). Subjects and their therapists also participated in a structured interview which sought data on psycho-social and offense variables. / Analysis of the MCMI results found that when profile configurations were compared, the homosexual group showed higher mean sub-scale elevations, a more cohesive pattern of sub-scale elevations, and significantly higher sub-scale scores for Passive-Aggressive personality as a feature. The heterosexual group shared Avoidant/Dependent features of personality with the homosexual group but individual profile configurations were much less homogeneous in sub-scale elevations. The analysis of the NPI results found no significant difference between the groups. A comparison of the structured interview data for the groups strongly suggests that homosexual offenders are more structured in their pedophilic interest than heterosexual offenders. / The results are discussed in relation to the validity of the fixated/regressed model for homosexual and heterosexual pedophiles, respectively. The relationship between personality, aetiology of pedophilic behavior, and offense pattern is considered. Implications and suggestions for future research are outlined.

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Thesis (MBus)--University of South Australia, 1997