Maureen Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3584291 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maureen Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maureen |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Regent Park Community Health Centre |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0053-8199 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The relational nature of citizen science
Most citizen science research inherently separates the observer (citizen science participant) from the observation (e.g. data point), placing artificial boundaries around what matters and how it comes to matter. We apply three elements of the philosophical framework of agential realism to reveal a more complex picture of how data arise within citizen science programmes, and its meaning to both the practice of science and the citizen science parti…
Action anthropology and public policy change
In Syracuse, New York more than 10% of children are lead poisoned each year, a toxic exposure that lowers the children's ability to learn and increases risky behaviors in adolescence. African American children are affected at nearly twice the rate of White children. We describe a community-university collaboration to reduce childhood lead poisoning in Syracuse, and the effects these efforts have had on public policy to date. This paper documents …
Do the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators Flag Conditions That Are Present at the Time of Hospital Admission
OBJECTIVE: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed 20 patient safety indicators (PSIs) to identify potentially preventable complications of acute inpatient care based on administrative data. The objective of this patient safety performance study was to assess the impact of cases flagged by each PSI for diagnoses that were actually present on admission on unadjusted PSI rates. METHODS: The latest AHRQ PSI software, which al…
Making health data maps
Making health data maps
Do the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators Flag Conditions That Are Present at the Time of Hospital Admission
OBJECTIVE: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed 20 patient safety indicators (PSIs) to identify potentially preventable complications of acute inpatient care based on administrative data. The objective of this patient safety performance study was to assess the impact of cases flagged by each PSI for diagnoses that were actually present on admission on unadjusted PSI rates. METHODS: The latest AHRQ PSI software, which al…
Action anthropology and public policy change
In Syracuse, New York more than 10% of children are lead poisoned each year, a toxic exposure that lowers the children's ability to learn and increases risky behaviors in adolescence. African American children are affected at nearly twice the rate of White children. We describe a community-university collaboration to reduce childhood lead poisoning in Syracuse, and the effects these efforts have had on public policy to date. This paper documents …
The relational nature of citizen science
Most citizen science research inherently separates the observer (citizen science participant) from the observation (e.g. data point), placing artificial boundaries around what matters and how it comes to matter. We apply three elements of the philosophical framework of agential realism to reveal a more complex picture of how data arise within citizen science programmes, and its meaning to both the practice of science and the citizen science parti…
Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Accountability (1 work) · Action research (1 work) · Animal and Plant Science Education (1 work) · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (1 work)