J Bruce Tomblin, Jake Oleson, Sophie E Ambrose, Elizabeth A Walker, Ryan W McCreery, Mary Pat Moeller
Aided Hearing Moderates the Academic Outcomes of Children With Mild to Severe Hearing Loss
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concept empowerment challenging operationalize measure multidimensional outcomes always directly observable meanings empowerment highly contextual socially culturally situated study aimed explore perspectives empowerment among adolescent girls nepal identify statements inclusion contextspecific empowerment measure used participatory mixed method research method called concept mapping 3 districts nepal three sequential concept mapping sessions used solicit organize process participants responded prompt life adolescent girl improves hascan concept systems global software used manage analyze concept mapping brainstorming sorting rating data using established tools multidimensional scaling cluster analysis concept mapping conducted 113 participants including national experts program staff adolescents mothers identified 105 items fall 4cluster solution education knowledge decisionmaking supports skills physical infrastructure rating data uncovered overlap top 10 important items nationallevel experts stakeholder groups however several components associated empowerment differed stakeholder group terms importance research represents critical step exploring definitions empowerment among adolescent girls nepal context expert input results led development contextually specific definition empowerment researchers practitioners interested developing contextspecific understandings complex topics incorporate community voices perspectives could use similar concept mapping approach countries explore various topics diverse populations