{"id":59506,"date":"2023-05-02T03:17:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T07:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthcaredesignmagazine.com\/?p=59506"},"modified":"2023-05-01T17:03:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:03:28","slug":"herd-journal-study-examines-health-environments-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthcaredesignmagazine.com\/trends\/herd-journal-study-examines-health-environments-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Healthcare Design Research Requires Common Organizing Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"

While interest in health environments research has grown over the past decade, comprehending the field can be overwhelming. This is especially true for those new to healthcare design\u2014a fact that inspired a study recently published in Health Environments Research & Design (HERD) Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Authors include Dina Battisto, Xiaowei Li, Jiaying Dong, Luke Hall, and Julia Blouin. Together, they found that no systematic study had investigated themes in evidence-based design (EBD) research regarding the types of research published, people engaged in research, and the research methods employed.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnderstanding the nature of health environment research performed can help researchers, practitioners, and students situate their work within an EBD research structure,\u201d states \u201cResearch Methods Used in Evidence-Based Design: An Analysis of Five Years of Research Articles From the HERD Journal<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

(For more articles from <\/em>Healthcare Design on healthcare design research and theory, go here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Themes in healthcare design research<\/h2>\n

The team worked to identify themes in research methodology by analyzing research and case study articles published in HERD<\/em> between 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n

The study focused on two primary research questions:<\/p>\n