scholarly journals ‘The rollercoaster’: A qualitative study of midwifery students’ experiences affecting their mental wellbeing

Midwifery ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 102735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Oates ◽  
Alice Topping ◽  
Kim Watts ◽  
Penny Charles ◽  
Caroline Hunter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mental Wellbeing

scholarly journals Integration of Traditional Birth Attendants into Mental Healthcare: A Multistakeholder Qualitative Study Exploration

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine W. Musyimi ◽  
Victoria N. Mutiso ◽  
Darius N. Nyamai ◽  
Ikenna D. Ebuenyi ◽  
David M. Ndetei
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Traditional Birth Attendants ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Birth Attendants

Background. A significant number of people with common mental disorders are undiagnosed or undetected at primary healthcare facilities. The experience of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in reassuring perinatal mothers could be utilized in maternal mental healthcare. The aim of this study was to gain insight into the feasibility of integrating TBAs into maternal mental healthcare using multiple stakeholder views. Methods. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study in September 2017 using focus group discussions (FGDs) and in depth interviews in Makueni County, Kenya. A total of 246 participants (TBAs, community health volunteers (CHVs), healthcare workers (HCWs), antenatal and postnatal mothers seeking care from TBAs and those seeking both hospital and TBA services, mothers in law and/or husbands of perinatal mothers, and opinion leaders based in the county) were purposively selected to participate in the discussions. Transcribed data was analyzed using NVivo version 10. Results. Four major themes emerged from the qualitative data and were identified as follows; (a) involving TBAs in perinatal mental healthcare by assigning them roles, (b) utilizing TBAs’ patient rapport and counseling experience, (c) recognition and appreciation of TBAs by the healthcare system, and (d) training and collaboration of TBAs with healthcare workers. Discussion. The findings of this study reveal that although TBAs informally provide psychosocial interventions to pregnant mothers, their roles in mental health are not clearly defined. The importance of TBAs sharing their experience and being recognized as important stakeholders in mental healthcare for perinatal mothers was highlighted. Inclusion of TBAs in dialogue and training them to offer evidence-based mental healthcare were identified as important steps towards improving the mental wellbeing of mothers and the future generation.

scholarly journals A qualitative study on mental health and wellbeing of Syrian refugees in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Tattan ◽  
P Paudyal ◽  
M Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Healthcare Access ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Background The Syrian conflict has resulted in an estimated 5.3 million registered Syrian refugees in various parts of the world. Evidence suggests that these individuals are at considerable risk of developing common mental disorders. This study aimed to explore the mental wellbeing of Syrian refugees, identify their coping mechanisms and pathways towards integration into new communities, and formulate recommendations for better access to mental healthcare services. Methods We conducted a qualitative study using in-depth semi-structured interviews with adult refugees (>18 years old) who are currently residing in Southeast of England. Interviews were conducted in Arabic, recorded, transcribed and translated verbatim. Translated transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Ethical Approval was obtained from the Brighton and Sussex Medical School Research Governance Ethics Committee (ER/BSMS9DAP/1). Results Twelve participants (3 females and 9 males) took part in the study; all were born in Syria and the majority (n = 9) were over 45 years of age. Participants described symptoms of reduced psychological wellbeing. Preliminary findings shows that almost all participants talked about psychological distress resulting from previous trauma, loss of and separation from family members and challenges adjusting to their host country. Barriers to accessing the healthcare system in the UK included fear of stigma, being misunderstood by healthcare staff and language issues. Communicating with loved ones, connecting with nature, practising faith and pursuing hobbies were reported as coping strategies. Conclusions For Syrian refugees in the UK, mental wellbeing embraces living with past traumatic experiences, achieving social integration and facing challenges accessing healthcare. Understanding differences between refugee and host communities is key to appropriately cater to the specific needs of each community and achieve equity in healthcare access. Key messages Syrian refugees in UK described symptoms of reduced psychological wellbeing. Understanding the needs of refugee communities is necessary to achieve equity in healthcare access.

scholarly journals Eight Hypotheses on Technology Use and Mental Wellbeing: A Cross-Cultural Phenomenological Study of Gaming during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veli-Matti Karhulahti ◽  
Henri Nerg ◽  
Tanja Laitinen ◽  
Antti Päivinen ◽  
Yingrong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Social Gaming

In this nonconfirmatory qualitative study, we pursued a range of possible answers regarding gaming’s role in coping with, managing, and surviving the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. With the help of an explorative survey (n=793), a gaming-based interview frame for interpretive phenomenological analysis on Chinese (n=10) and Finnish (n=10) interviews was developed and applied. The interpreted range of experiences yielded an experiential typology consisting of eight macro types, with a specific statically testable psychological hypothesis drawn from each. As a side product, we found a wide spectrum of social experience related to videogame play, which we present as a 27-component taxonomy of social gaming. The study supports including personally meaningful solitary gaming to the existing policies that promote social videogame play during lockdown situations.

scholarly journals Microaggression and everyday resistance in narratives of refugee resettlement

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-381
Author(s):  
Rowan El-Bialy ◽  
Shree Mulay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Personal Agency ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Refugee Mental Health ◽  
Canadian City ◽  
Everyday Resistance

Abstract The mental health of resettled refugees is not only affected by the trauma they experience before and while fleeing persecution, but also by experiences during the resettlement process. Drawing on a qualitative study of refugees’ experiences of mental wellbeing in a small Canadian city this paper documents participants’ experiences of microaggression and everyday resistance. In our analysis, we refer to the metaphor of uprooting that is often used to describe the totality of refugee displacement. In our expansion of the metaphor, microaggression re-uproots resettled refugees by challenging their right to be where they are. Using acts of everyday resistance, participants in our sample attempted to set down roots in the resettlement context despite microaggressions. Participants’ acts of everyday resistance are captured under five themes: rejecting victimhood, rejecting burden narratives, ignorance as an explanation, the transience of vulnerability, and setting down roots. This study contributes to the literature that de-emphasizes the vulnerability narrative of refugee mental health by demonstrating the role of personal agency in refugees’ experiences of their own wellbeing.

scholarly journals Adolescents in a tuberculosis hospital: Qualitative study of how relationships with doctors, caregivers, and peers mediate their mental wellbeing

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0257379
Author(s):  
Olga Zvonareva ◽  
Saskia Witte ◽  
Nadezhda Kabanets ◽  
Olga Filinyuk
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Hard Time ◽  
Pediatric Tb ◽  
Negative Impacts

Lengthy hospitalization can impact adolescents’ mental wellbeing in a number of negative ways. Scholarship has indicated that a young patient’s relationships play an important role in reducing the amount of stress felt and in improving emotional state. In this article we turn to the experiences of adolescents with tuberculosis [TB] in Russia to explore how exactly hospitalization together with the TB diagnosis itself impact their mental wellbeing and how relationships with others mediate these impacts. We conducted a qualitative, interview-based study in Tomsk pediatric TB clinic. Interviews were conducted with three groups relevant for reaching the aim of this research: adolescent patients, their adult caregivers, and their treating physicians [17 informants in total]. Interview data were complemented with prolonged observations in the same clinic. The results of our study highlight that threats to mental wellbeing of adolescents with TB are multiple. Adolescents who are about to enter the in-patient treatment feel apprehensive and anxious about their future. They tend to have a hard time accepting their diagnosis, which they often feel is something shameful, and, consequently, may develop a negative attitude towards themselves. Most importantly, many undergo painful loss of personal relationships and expect or actually experience rejection by peers because of having tuberculosis. However, relationships with physicians, caregivers, and other patients in the clinic mediate negative impacts of TB diagnosis and hospitalization on adolescents’ mental wellbeing and can open ways for providing support. Supportive practices include physicians leaving it up to adolescents to decide what they want to discuss and when, caregivers remaining available for contact and keeping regular communication, and other adolescents with TB proactively seeking contact with the newcomers and behaving in a non-judgmental way. These results can inform design of adolescent-friendly TB services.

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