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Parse's research methodology and the nurse researcher-child process
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The Parse research method includes children as partners in nursing research, viewing them as experts in their health experiences. This human science approach values children's unique perspectives on health and well-being.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Research
- Human Science Paradigm
- Childhood Studies
Background:
- Traditional research often views children passively.
- Human science paradigm emphasizes individuals as active meaning-makers.
- The Parse research method offers a novel perspective on childhood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce the Parse research method in nursing.
- To highlight the importance of viewing children as research partners.
- To explore children's lived experiences through a human science lens.
Main Methods:
- Utilizes the Parse research method, a human science nursing methodology.
- Considers children as active participants and experts in their own health.
- Employs art, stories, and play to access children's perspectives.
Main Results:
- Children are capable of contributing to nursing knowledge.
- The method requires a revised understanding of childhood.
- Children's perspectives reveal the complexity of human becoming.
Conclusions:
- The Parse research method empowers children as collaborators.
- Recognizing children as experts enhances understanding of the human-universe-health process.
- True presence facilitates access to children's inner worlds.
Abstract:
The Parse research method is a human science based nursing research methodology which views young children as partners in research about universal lived experiences. To view children in this way requires a considerable revision of the view of children assumed in many traditional theories of childhood and in research with children. In the human science paradigm, persons of all ages are viewed as human beings who make choices and assign meaning. In accord with the assumptions of the Parse research method, children are considered the experts about their health and capable of contributing to nurses' understanding of the human-universe-health process. The remarkable variation of children's thoughts, feelings and actions testifies to the complex and open nature of human becoming at all ages. Children's thoughts, feelings, and imaginings are made more accessible with the aid of art, stories, and play when offered in true presence.