scholarly journals Body and Sexuality: Puerperas' Experiences

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 732-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natália Rejane Salim ◽  
Natalúcia Matos Araújo ◽  
Dulce Maria Rosa Gualda
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Support Network ◽  
The West ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Leading Question

The aim of this study was to determine how women deal with sexuality and bodily changes during the puerperium. A qualitative methodology was used and a semi-structured interview with a leading question script was chosen as the research tool. Six puerperas from the west area of São Paulo (Brazil) took part in this study. The interviews were accomplished at their homes. In analysis, the responses were grouped into three main categories: "Changes", Sexuality" and "Social Support". The study results revealed that during this period there are important changes. Sexuality has been shown to evolve many difficulties, fears and worries. The relationships with the person's partner and support network have revealed themselves as being of great importance. It can be concluded that the puerperal period evolves in terms of many transformations in the emotional and psychosocial areas. Thus it is necessary for health professionals who deal with women's care to value this period.

Strengthening Social Support: Health Professionals' Views of the Health Care Needs of Adolescent Mothers

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Breheny ◽  
Christine Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Adolescent Mothers ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Organisational Support ◽  
Professional Perspective

AbstractHealth care and health outcomes for adolescent mothers and their children may be a result of a complex interaction between socioeconomic, psychological, and familial factors. To examine a health professional perspective on the important issues in providing health care for adolescent mothers, transcripts of seventeen interviews with health professionals were analysed. Social support was considered an important aspect influencing the health of adolescent mothers and their children. This included family support, peer support and organisational support. Opportunities for health professionals to promote good social support for young mothers include role modelling supportive care and supporting adolescents' decision making, providing referrals to peer support groups, and understanding barriers to accessing organisational support. The best outcome for adolescent mothers is when their role as mother is supported by the family and wider support network.

Social Support and Barriers to Post-Secondary Education: Experiences of Students with Physical Disabilities in Canada

1996 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 575-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin P Anderson ◽  
Helen M Madill ◽  
Sharon A Warren ◽  
James W Vargo
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Post Secondary Students

Individuals with disabilities are less likely to receive post-secondary education than their non-disabled peers. This may be related to the barriers faced by students with disabilities or a lack of appropriate support in addressing them. A group of post-secondary students with disabilities (n=24) and a group of non-disabled post-secondary students (n=66) completed the Perceived Support Network Inventory (PSNI) and a semi-structured interview which included social network mapping. Using a case-control, cross-sectional research design, the results showed that social network composition did differ between the groups and gender was significantly correlated with overall social support (p<0.0001). Students with disabilities included, on average, more professionals in their social network. Females with disabilities received higher PSNI scores, suggesting greater use of social support than males in this sample. A set of social support themes emerged from the content analysis performed on the interview data that were unique to the students with disabilities: overcoming barriers, emotional support and ongoing adjustment to disability. The clinical implications of these findings for occupational therapy practice are discussed along with suggestions for future research.

Social Support Network for the Elderly Attending the Open University Program for Senior Citizens at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa Accioly Domingues ◽  
Tiago Nascimento Ordonez ◽  
Thaís Bento Lima-Silva ◽  
Maria Juliana Torres ◽  
Thabata Cruz de Barros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Open University ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Social Support Network

scholarly journals Aphasia Social Support Network of Residents in São Paulo, Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 120-121
Author(s):  
Aline Peres ◽  
Marcela Silagi ◽  
Leticia Mansur
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Support Network ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Social Support Network

scholarly journals Satisfaction with Social Support Received from Social Relationships in Cases of Chronic Pain: The Influence of Personal Network Characteristics in Terms of Structure, Composition and Functional Content

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Fernández-Peña ◽  
José Luis Molina ◽  
Oliver Valero
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Functional Content

The worldwide burden of chronic illnesses, constitutes a major public health concern and a serious challenge for health systems. In addition to the strategies of self-management support developed by nursing and health organizations, an individual’s personal network represents a major resource of social support in the long-term. Adopting a cross-sectional design based on personal network analysis methods, the main aim of this study is to explore the relationship between satisfaction with the social support received by individuals suffering chronic pain and the structure, composition, and functional content in social support of their personal networks. We collected personal and support network data from 30 people with chronic pain (20 person’s contacts (alters) for each individual (ego), 600 relationships in total). Additionally, we examined the level of satisfaction with social support in each of the 600 relationships. Bivariate and multivariate tests were performed to analyze the satisfaction with the social support received. Using cluster analysis, we established a typology of the 600 relationships under study. Results showed that higher satisfaction was associated with a balance between degree centrality and betweenness (i.e., measures of network cohesion and network modularity, respectively). Finally, new lines of research are proposed in order to broaden our understanding of this subject.

scholarly journals Unmet Needs of People With Parkinson's Disease and Their Caregivers During COVID-19-Related Confinement: An Explorative Secondary Data Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Hanff ◽  
Claire Pauly ◽  
Laure Pauly ◽  
Valerie E. Schröder ◽  
Maxime Hansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Atypical Parkinsonism ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Directed Information ◽  
The Individual

Self-perceived unmet needs in people with typical and atypical parkinsonism (PwP) and their caregivers, support network, personalized ways to address self-perceived unmet needs during confinement, as well as the prevalence of self-reported COVID-19 related symptoms, confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, and self-reported COVID-19 related hospitalization in Luxembourg and the Greater Region were assessed. From 18th March to 10th April 2020, 679 PwP were contacted by phone. Data was collected in the form of a semi-structured interview. The thematic synthesis identified 25 themes where PwP need to be supported in order to cope with consequences of the pandemic, and to adapt their daily and health-related activities. The present work highlights that in the context of personalized medicine, depending on the individual needs of support of the patient the identified self-perceived unmet needs were addressed in various ways ranging from one-directed information over interaction up to proactive counseling and monitoring. Family and health professionals, but also other support systems were taking care of the unmet needs of PwP (e.g., shopping, picking-up medication, etc.) during the pandemic. 7/606 PwP (1.15%) reported COVID-19 related symptoms, 4/606 (0.66%) underwent a rRT-PCR-based diagnostic test and 2/606 (0.33%) were confirmed as SARS-CoV-2 positive. None of these PwP reported being hospitalized due to COVID-19. Our results will allow health professionals to expand their services in a meaningful way i.e., personalize their support in the identified themes and thus improve the healthcare of PwP in times of crisis.

Cultural knowledge and treatment of childhood illness

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (09) ◽  
pp. 4802
Author(s):  
Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos ◽  
Giovana Mendes De Lacerda ◽  
Maysa de Oliveira Barbosa ◽  
Gyllyandeson de Araújo Delmondes ◽  
Patrícia Rosane Leite de Figueiredo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Childhood Illness ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Childhood Illnesses ◽  
Popular Knowledge

Traditional knowledge emerges as a relevant figure in care used by mothers and caregivers for the management of acute respiratory infections, diarrhea and anemia. To understand the meaning given to the use of traditional knowledge by mothers or caregivers for the treatment of these illnesses, their reflexes to conventional treatment, as well as discuss the role of health professionals with regard to the use of plants and animals by mothers or responsible for the management the respiratory infections; diarrhea and anemia. The research was conducted in Santo Antônio community (Barbalha - CE). Techniques as “rapport” and “Snowball” were used for data collection, and a closed questionnaire and semi-structured interview were applied. For data analysis, the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) was used. The sample included 54 informants. There were 19 key ideas identified, which revealed an appreciation of the use of natural resources to treat the respiratory infections; diarrhea and anemia, an association between conventional and traditional medicine in the management these common childhood illnesses and the need for health professionals value the popular knowledge in assistance provided. Health professionals are encouraged to include behaviors in their care practice that allow greater contact with local cultures, being able to measure what resources are used and how they can interfere on the prescribed therapy.

Acculturative stress and life satisfaction of Chinese rural-to-urban migrants

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Dekuo Liang ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Liying Xia ◽  
Dawei Xu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Urban Migrants ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Relationship

Little is known regarding the life satisfaction of rural-to-urban migrants in China. In this study we assessed whether self-esteem and perceived social support mediated the association between rural-to-urban migrants' acculturative stress and life satisfaction. We use convenience sampling to recruit 712 migrants who were employed at construction sites in Nanjing for the study. Results reveal that acculturative stress was negatively related to self-esteem, perceived social support, and life satisfaction; self-esteem was positively associated with perceived social support and life satisfaction; and perceived social support was a significant and positive predictor of life satisfaction. In addition, we found that self-esteem and perceived social support partially mediated the relationship between acculturative stress and life satisfaction. Our findings provide a better understanding of life satisfaction over the course of migration, and add to knowledge of psychological well-being and mental health among rural-to-urban migrants in China.

scholarly journals Understanding the clinical reasoning processes involved in the management of multimorbidity in an ambulatory setting: study protocol of a stimulated recall research

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-C. Audétat ◽  
S. Cairo Notari ◽  
J. Sader ◽  
C. Ritz ◽  
T. Fassier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Clinical Reasoning ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Video Sequence ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ambulatory Setting ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Stimulated Recall ◽  
Study Results

Abstract Background Primary care physicians are at the very heart of managing patients suffering from multimorbidity. However, several studies have highlighted that some physicians feel ill-equipped to manage these kinds of complex clinical situations. Few studies are available on the clinical reasoning processes at play during the long-term management and follow-up of patients suffering from multimorbidity. This study aims to contribute to a better understanding on how the clinical reasoning of primary care physicians is affected during follow-up consultations with these patients. Methods A qualitative research project based on semi-structured interviews with primary care physicians in an ambulatory setting will be carried out, using the video stimulated recall interview method. Participants will be filmed in their work environment during a standard consultation with a patient suffering from multimorbidity using a “button camera” (small camera) which will be pinned to their white coat. The recording will be used in a following semi-structured interview with physicians and the research team to instigate a stimulated recall. Stimulated recall is a research method that allows the investigation of cognitive processes by inviting participants to recall their concurrent thinking during an event when prompted by a video sequence recall. During this interview, participants will be prompted by different video sequence and asked to discuss them; the aim will be to encourage them to make their clinical reasoning processes explicit. Fifteen to twenty interviews are planned to reach data saturation. The interviews will be transcribed verbatim and data will be analysed according to a standard content analysis, using deductive and inductive approaches. Conclusion Study results will contribute to the scientific community’s overall understanding of clinical reasoning. This will subsequently allow future generation of primary care physicians to have access to more adequate trainings to manage patients suffering from multimorbidity in their practice. As a result, this will improve the quality of the patient’s care and treatments.

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