Describe the instrument,
tool, or survey used in
each article.
The study was conducted using a descriptive cross-
sectional survey
(Bortz, Ashkenazi, & Melnikov, 2015,
p. 27).
The respondents in the study completed a hard
copy of the questionnaire in order to calculate the
needed study sample and evaluate the clarity of the
questions.
A Web-based questionnaire was then
created in various Israeli Hebrew-speaking Web
forums
(Bortz, Ashkenazi, & Melnikov, 2015, p. 27).
Confidential, aggregate demographic data were obtained
from the prison Director of Nursing. Focus groups were
conducted in correctional facility classrooms and women
were counted when entering and leaving the classrooms.
Each group was conducted in English and lasted
approximately 1 hr.
Participants freely shared information
and stimulated other participants to elaborate, contradict,
and add to the discussion.
Groups were allowed to answer
each question until no inmate had additional new
information to offer. While one interviewer presented
guiding questions to the inmates, the second interviewer
kept written field notes. Participants were not known to the
researchers and no prison staff were present in the classroom
during the focus group discussions (Dinkel & Schmidt,
2015, p. 230).
Women in each group were given access to
information, participated in meaningful dialogue with each
other and researchers, were treated with respect and dignity,
and identified opportunities for choice in healthcare
education (Dinkel & Schmidt, 2015, p. 233).
Summarize the discussion
about the validity and
reliability of the
instruments, tools, or
surveys used in each
article
The study was approved by the Tel Aviv University
Ethics Committee. The 43 respondents were recruited
from a pool of researchers by a snowball method.
The
respondents were told that their participation in the
study was entirely voluntary and that all information
would remain confidential. Their agreement to answer
the questions was viewed as consent to participate in
the study
(Bortz, Ashkenazi, & Melnikov, 2015, p. 27).
All attempts were made to maintain credibility,
dependability, conformability, and transferability during data
collection and analysis. Credibility was strengthened in
three ways. By using a nonrandom, purposive sample,
informants provided unique insight. Including the
perspectives of women from diverse cultural backgrounds
and who are incarcerated for various lengths of time
provided depth and breadth of experience. Credibility was
