Emily Hurt, Alison McLoughlin
Facilitating research amongst radiographers through information literacy workshops
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
study describes method harmonizing data collected different tools compute rating compliance national recommendations school physical activity pa nutrition environments reviewed questionnaire items 84 elementary schools participated childhood obesity research demonstration cord project 3 distinct childhood obesity prevention projects 7 communities california massachusetts texas project used tools specific programs schools communities approach increased feasibility data collection created challenge need combine data across projects evaluated questionnaire items retained items assessed one recommendations constructed several items indicate compliance noncompliance respective associated recommendations ten constructed items covered 11 20 recommendations analysis indicated scores detected variability compliance among communities among school within communities scores captured differences compliance national recommendations multiple levels method designed creating common scores may useful integrated data analysis systematic reviews future studies requiring harmonizing data collected via different tools