Janice M. Morse

Janice Margaret Morse (née Hambleton, born 15 December 1945)in Blackburn, Lancs., UK to New Zealand parents.

[2] Her two dissertations dealt with cultural coping mechanisms for reducing childbirth pain,[4] and infant feeding and health of neonates among the people of Fiji.

[6][7] Her major intellectual contributions in this area include developing theorical coalescence,[8] criteria for rigor,[9] and generalizability for qualitative studies.

[10] These topics challenged the long-standing tradition in health and medical fields, which focused on clinical trials and analysis of statistical data.

Morse established the major professional and scholarly infrastructure items that support qualitative health research.

IIQM ran two conferences and a week of workshops each year, attracting thousands of scholars from around the world.

Recognizing the importance of internationalizing the practice of qualitative research, Morse created a network of over 100 corresponding sites in 30 countries.

Morse's main contribution in nursing research relates to understanding and controlling patient falls.

[13] She identified methods of fall interventions, and the provision of safe care with the removal of patient restraints.