{"id":368,"date":"2020-02-07T14:46:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmuperu.co.uk\/bjcj\/?p=368"},"modified":"2020-08-19T14:49:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T13:49:07","slug":"methodological-challenges-and-lessons-in-surveying-organisations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmuperu.co.uk\/bjcj\/blog\/methodological-challenges-and-lessons-in-surveying-organisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodological challenges and lessons in surveying organisations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published<\/span><\/td>\n07\/02\/2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author(s)<\/td>\nCoral Sirdifield, David Denney, Dr Rebecca Marples, Charlie Brooker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Read the journal article corresponding to this blog:\u00a0RESEARCHING HEALTHCARE AVAILABILITY FOR PROBATION CLIENTS: AN ILLUSTRATION OF METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES AND LESSONS IN SURVEYING ORGANISATIONS<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=”369″ media_width_percent=”100″][vc_column_text]Critical reflection on methodological strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n

When designing any research project, it is important to have a good understanding of the existing literature to inform project design. Additionally, an important part of the research process is to reflect on any improvements that could have been achieved if the research had been conducted differently. Literature (this could be specified and we could hyperlink) that exposes the bones of the research process provides useful learning material for those wishing to design and conduct high quality research. We provide an illustrative example of some of the challenges that we encountered in a project attempting to survey a large number and variety of health and criminal justice organisations. Through critical reflection, we consider which methodological strategies might best improve engagement with such research in the future.<\/p>\n

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Probation Healthcare Commissioning Toolkit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of our project was focused on mapping healthcare for people on probation across England using national surveys of six types of organisation. We also developed a toolkit for commissioners and practitioners to improve healthcare provision for people on probation, which is available at\u00a0probhct.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Recommendations?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the\u00a0article<\/a>, we detail recommendations from the existing literature, and our experience of trying to follow them. Key themes that we identified in the literature are: gatekeepers; resources, organisational culture and responsibilities; and organisational change. We illustrate the difficulties involved in trying to engage organisations that are subject to constant change as a result of policy decisions and budget cuts. We explore the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to engaging organisations in research, including the use of\u00a0Freedom of Information Act requests<\/a>\u00a0as an element of a recruitment strategy. We make recommendations about potential ways of optimising engagement in future research.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_center_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″][uncode_share layout=”multiple” bigger=”yes” separator=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-lxmt” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ sticky=”yes” width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1597414929680{padding-right: 26px !important;padding-left: 26px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-128611″ text_size=”h4″ text_weight=”500″ text_color=”color-210407″]Latest Blogs[\/vc_custom_heading][uncode_index el_id=”index-163686″ loop=”size:1|order_by:date|post_type:post|categories:4″ gutter_size=”3″ post_items=”title” screen_lg=”1000″ screen_md=”600″ screen_sm=”480″ single_text=”overlay” single_style=”dark” single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_overlay_anim=”no” single_text_visible=”yes” single_text_anim=”no” single_h_align_mobile=”left” single_padding=”0″ single_title_family=”font-111767″ single_title_dimension=”h6″ single_title_weight=”600″ offset=”1″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][vc_button button_color=”accent” size=”btn-xl” radius=”btn-square” wide=”yes” custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-128611″ font_weight=”500″ border_width=”0″ link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fmmuperu.co.uk%2Fbjcj%2Fnewsletter%2F|title:Newsletter||”]Subscribe to our Newsletter[\/vc_button][vc_raw_html]JTNDYSUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIydHdpdHRlci10aW1lbGluZSUyMiUyMGRhdGEtd2lkdGglM0QlMjI0MDAlMjIlMjBkYXRhLWhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjU0NSUyMiUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnR3aXR0ZXIuY29tJTJGTU1VUG9saWN5RXZhbCUzRnJlZl9zcmMlM0R0d3NyYyUyNTVFdGZ3JTIyJTNFVHdlZXRzJTIwYnklMjBNTVVQb2xpY3lFdmFsJTNDJTJGYSUzRSUyMCUzQ3NjcmlwdCUyMGFzeW5jJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZwbGF0Zm9ybS50d2l0dGVyLmNvbSUyRndpZGdldHMuanMlMjIlMjBjaGFyc2V0JTNEJTIydXRmLTglMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZzY3JpcHQlM0UlMjA=[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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