Browsing by Subject "qualitative analysis"

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    The Decision To Speed In the United States – A Mixed Methods Study
    (2020-06) Peterson, Colleen
    Speeding remains a major and consistent cause of U.S. roadway fatalities. The current research used a mixed methods approach to build a more comprehensive understanding of which U.S. drivers decide to speed and why to inform novel speeding interventions. Data came from an online survey of a diverse group of drivers (N=309) from across the U.S. The survey collected information on participant demographics, driving history, behaviors, and related attitudes in the form of both open- and close-ended questions. The first manuscript identified qualitative themes from narratives explaining how and why participant speeding behaviors changed with age. Results show U.S. drivers often make deliberate choices to speed and do not consider speeding to be dangerous after achieving perceived driving mastery, but they tend to speed less due to family responsibility and prioritizing safety. The second manuscript featured latent class analysis resulting in four driver typologies representing: Externally Motivated Reactors, Non-Reactors, the Perceived Invulnerable, and the Perceived Vulnerable. Externally Motivated Reactors and Non-Reactors class members had the highest probability of extreme speeding, while Perceived Vulnerable class members endorsed a host of less risky driving responses. The third manuscript identified quantitative and qualitative commonalities and differences between minor, moderate, and extreme speeders. Speeders were most differentiated quantitatively by proportion of high risk and sensation-seeking personalities and qualitatively by the permanence and extent of speed reductions after crashes, speeding tickets, or driving with passengers. For all speeder types, considering oneself a good driver or not at-fault for a crash reduced intention to change speeding behaviors. These mixed methods results holistically describe a spectrum of U.S. drivers, their perceptions, attitudes, and contexts that lead to different speeding behaviors, and how these change with age. Findings show that effective means of encouraging U.S. drivers not to speed may be multi-pronged interventions encompassing environmental, social, and cognitive reframing approaches. Anti-speeding campaigns should target high sensation seekers, emphasize the safety of all roadway users, explain the connection between speed and safety, underscoring how speeding reduces driver control. Broad-based use of safe systems road design and expanded law enforcement strategies are also recommended.
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    Illuminating Common Ground: Success Factors for Tribal Solar Energy Development
    (2023) LaValle, Sarah
    Tribal energy development is a complex multi-faceted topic. The objective of this work is to identify common themes across tribal solar energy deployment projects, focusing specifically on lessons learned and recommendations. Identifying these commonalities and learning from the experiences of tribes that have embarked in energy development efforts can help to inform the development of future tribal solar energy projects. A thematic qualitative analysis approach was used to analyze project reports and presentations for 41 tribal solar deployment projects funded by the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, applying a framework of success factors developed from the literature. The results of the qualitative analysis are described in four discrete parts: comprehensive and inclusive planning, fostering partnerships and collaboration, building capacity, and exercising and advancing tribal sovereignty. Each of the overarching themes inform recommendations for tribes to promote the success of solar projects.
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    Medication Information Seeking Behavior in a Social Context: The Role of Lay and Professional Social Network Contacts
    (University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, 2011) Kjos, Andrea L.; Worley, Marcia M.; Schommer, Jon C.
    This study provided a view of the social context of medication information seeking from a patient’s perspective.This was an exploratory qualitative study with 40 adults to determine how patients communicate within social networks to seek medication information. Semi-structured interviews were used to determine the structure (who), the content provided (what), and the function of social sources of information (how/why). Data underwent ethnographic content analysis using theory and prior research driven themes. Coding matrices were created to identify emerging patterns for who supplied what information and how the information was used. Participants described seeking medication information from health professional or lay social network sources. Health professional sources’ strongest role was to provide factual information. In contrast, lay sources provided factual information and affective information such as personal experiences and beliefs or attitudes. Information sought from social sources displayed similar functioning roles in terms of how the information was used by the participants seeking the information. The study concluded that medication information is sought from social sources both inside and outside of healthcare. Emerging patterns found that lay sources may provide patients more than affective information about medications. Further, patients may be receiving factually based information other than from health professionals. By coming to a more complete understanding of the social nature of the information environment, health professionals can better understand information needs from a patient’s perspective.