A qualitative exploration of community knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards tuberculosis in the Karamoja subregion, northeastern Uganda by William Kasozi, Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Joseph Musaazi, Alfred Etwom, James Lemukol, Patrick Sagaki, Salome Tino, Cerino Achar, Mary G. Nabukenya-Mudiope, Turyahabwe Stavia, Miriam Murungi, Edmund Rutta, Tadeo Nsubuga, Brenda Picho

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Type-2 Neutrosophic Numbers for Impact Evaluation of Sports on the Psychological and Emotional Regulation of Rural Children by Ming Yuan, Jing Huang, Xinhuan Duan, Xin Hu

“…This study examines the impact of structured and unstructured sports activities on the emotional regulation, cognitive development, and overall well-being of rural children. …”
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Perspectives and practices from a writing community: South Gate Creative Writing School by Dennis Friedrichsen

“…The study investigates how community and literary practices intersect in this setting, drawing on qualitative data gathered in August 2024 from 15 semi-structured interviews with current and former students. …”
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Developing An Instruments of Financial Education Among University Students : Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis by Dudung Ma'ruf Nuris

“…The results revealed that formal financial education presents a curriculum and learning program that is well structured and scheduled so that students can obtain recognition in the form of an official certificate from the government. …”
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Ancestral practices in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) crop of two rural communities in the Tungurahua province of Ecuador by Pedro Pablo Pomboza Tamaquiza, Dario Paucar, Saúl Eduardo Cruz Tobar, Oscar Patricio Núñez Torres, Giovanny Patricio Velástegui Espín

“…Two rural communities (Apatug and Puñachisag) were selected in the province of Tungurahua, Ecuador. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 63 key informants selected with the snowball and group interview methods. …”
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Social emotional goals for students who are deaf and hard of hearing: special education teacher interviews by Abdulrahman Alsayed

“…The participants of the study were thirteen teachers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to investigate the phenomenon of the use of IEP goals related to social-emotional competencies. …”
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The Process of Providing Spiritual Care to Muslim Cancer Patients by Alireza Irajpour, Maryam Moghimian

“…This descriptive qualitative-exploratory research was conducted in 2020, in which 27 participants were selected through purposive sampling and had semi-structured interviews. The data analysis revealed two themes and five sub-themes including the process of spiritual care (identifying spiritual needs, analyzing situations to meet spiritual needs, expanding spiritual care and spiritual promotion) and the outcome of spiritual care (spiritual promotion and some erosion of faith and spiritual belief). …”
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Rethinking Agrifood: Digital Strategies to enhance Food Safety A qualitative Approach by Samir Meradi, Hela Diouani, Abdelhak Soumia

“…The methodology employed involves semi-structured interviews with industry professionals, which help identify the benefits and barriers associated with the implementation of these technologies. …”
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The writing journeys of two home L2 students learning to use sources in the ELT master’s thesis by Julio Cesar Gomez

“…Data gathering instruments were the drafts of the various components of their theses and a semi-structured interview. Analysis of multiple drafts of thesis components reveal how each student evolved differently in source use and level of complexity. …”
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The effect of recreational fitness exercises on sedentary men’s levels of well-being by Muhammet Eyüp Uzuner, Hakan Akdeniz, Müge Sarper, Mehmet Duman, Cengiz Aydin, Talha Altuntaş, Fikret Soyer

“…Long-term participation in structured recreational fitness programs may yield more sustained improvements in well-being.…”
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“He's opening everybody's heart up”: Co-creating pet therapy activities with inpatients at a large urban mental health and addictions hospital by Laura Sikstrom, Chelcie Soroka, Csilla Kalocsai, Theresa Conforti, Eva Katz, Sophie Soklaridis

“…In these discussions we asked participants what made pet therapy meaningful for them, the activities they enjoyed, what kind of activities they would like to see more of, and if they had experienced any barriers to their participation in this voluntary, recreational program. Results: Our results show that AAA has four entangled elements: the bidirectional relationship between participant and therapy dog; the capacity of therapy dogs to generate social interactions, a tension between structured and unstructured activities with animals; and therapy dogs as a vector for a deeper relationship with nature. …”
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MCO Perspectives on Medicaid Policy: Racial Equity in Pregnancy and Child Health by Christine McClure, Cynthia Salter, Dara D. Méndez, Evan S. Cole, Sarah A. Sanders, Sydney Sharp, Marquita Smalls, Linda Adodoadji, Adena Bowden, Marian Jarlenski

“…Introduction: In 2020 and 2021, Pennsylvania implemented the Equity Incentive Program and the Maternity Care Bundled Payment program, two unique pay-for-performance (P4P) programs that provide financial incentives for managed care organizations (MCOs) that make improvements in utilization and quality metrics for Black women and children. …”
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Insights from one American Indian tribe about heart health by Sarah de Loizaga, McCall Miller, Barbie Giambra, LeCario Benashley, Billie Bones, Samantha Buonfiglio, Gwendena Lee Gatewood, Amanda Paxson, Teresa Pestian, Rachel Sarnacki, Rhiannon Walker, Dawnafe Whitesinger, Andrea Beaton, Lisa M. Vaughn

“…The purpose of this study was to gain insight into tribal perspectives of heart health and priorities in the design of a hearthealth program. Methods: We used qualitative semi-structured interviews to examine Tribal experiences and perspectives surrounding heart health and health in general on Tribal lands. …”
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Psychoeducation for Relatives of Young Adults with First-Episode Psychosis: A Qualitative Exploration of Needs and Experiences by S. A. Kuipers, C. A. Elzinga-Hut, B. S. Rosema, S. Sanches, D. Boertien, B. Stavenuiter, S. K. Spoelstra, G. H. M. Pijnenborg, N. Boonstra

“…<b>Methods:</b> This qualitative study employed a descriptive, interpretative approach with a total sample of 23 participants, including semi-structured interviews (N = 16), two dyadic interviews (N = 4) and one triadic interview (N = 3). …”
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Multi-Criteria Decision-Making for Post-secondary Graduates of Technical and Vocational Education Stream (Plant and Animal Science): Analytical Hierarchy Process for Career Prefere... by Jay Chaurasia, Mahesh Jaishi, Santosh Khanal, Tej Prasad Dawadi, Balika Poudel, Vivek Ghimirey, Nobel Acharya

“…A deductive study utilizing a structured survey of 332 Nepalese agricultural graduates from the TVE stream demonstrated how academic performance and economic considerations, among others, influence students' perceptions of career-related options. …”
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Overcoming barriers to traditional care delivery and pharmacy challenges: a qualitative study of buprenorphine, telehealth, and a digital therapeutic for opioid use disorder by Laura B. Monico, Megan Eastlick, Darcy Michero, Peyton Pielsticker, Suzette Glasner

“…This qualitative study explores patients’ experiences with a novel digital therapeutic telehealth program with buprenorphine for OUD. Method Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with a sub-sample (n = 15) of participants from a larger feasibility and acceptability pilot. …”
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Creating health systems citizens: enhanced professional identity formation through a para-curricular distinction track in health systems transformation and leadership by Luan Lawson, Stephen C. Charles, Donna Lake, Laura Hartman, Timothy J. Reeder, Jenna Garris, Suzanne Lazorick

“…LINC provides transformative curricular experiences that instill the HSS knowledge, skills, and mindset to develop students to become change agents and as future physician leaders for the changing environment. In-depth, semi-structured interviews of participants from the first two LINC cohorts were conducted to explore early impacts on participating students after completing the first year of this program. …”
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Community-Dwelling Filipino Older Adults’ Experiences with Virtual Coach for Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA): A Phenomenology by Michael Joseph S. Dino, Kenneth W. Dion, Peter M. Abadir, Chakra Budhathoki, Patrick Tracy Balbin, Ma. Kristina G. Malacas, Rommel P. Hernandez, Jacquelyn Joyce G. Nicolas, Jhal Barcial-Espinosa, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, Patricia M. Davidson, Ladda Thiamwong

“…A semi-structured interview guide was crafted consisting of three domains (acceptability, barriers, and facilitators), each with two open-ended questions. …”
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Unintended beneficiaries: assessing inequities in Japan’s ODA-funded farm-to-market road project through community capitals and social network analysis by Ma. Josephine Therese Emily G. Teves

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The effect of follow-up reexamination on the long-term prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing coronary angiography by Chao Wang, Lina Cui, Xianqin Ma, Meng Sun, Yulin Wang, Fuhong Dong, Chen Zhao, Xueqin Tian, Yini Wang, Haihong Zhang, Tianhui Cao, Xinyu Hou, Jian Wu, Sining Hu, Jiannan Dai, Duolao Wang, Haibo Jia, Bo Yu

“…This study proposes a follow-up center-based secondary prevention program to assess whether a structured cardiologist-led follow-up and reexamination protocol influences ACS patient prognosis. …”
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