The lived experience of violence and health-related risks among street sex workers in Uyo, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1018-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ediomo-Ubong E. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Health Related

Measuring and Combatting Health-Related Inequalities

2021 ◽  
pp. 184-204
Author(s):  
James Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Break Up ◽  
Pluralist Approach

This chapter examines how health systems should measure, and respond to, health-related inequalities. Health equity is often taken to be a core goal of public health, but what exactly health equity requires is more difficult to specify. There are indefinitely many health-related variables that can be measured, and variation in each of these variables can be measured in a number of different ways. Given the systemic interconnections between variables, making a situation more equal in some respects will tend to make it less equal in others. The chapter argues for a pluralist approach to health equity measurement, which takes its cue from the lived experience of individuals’ lives. Reflection on the deepest and most resilient causes of health-related inequalities shows that they are often the result of intersecting structural concentrations of power—structures which it is vital, but very difficult, to break up.

Globalizing adolescence: Digital music cultures and music therapy

2019 ◽  
pp. 217-224
Author(s):  
Michael Viega
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Youth Culture ◽  
First Century ◽  
Digital Music ◽  
Digital Production ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Person Experience

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, digital technology has connected adolescents to a global youth culture that subverts and bypasses traditional means of consuming music. In health-related contexts, adolescents can use digital tools to sample, edit, layer, manipulate, and record their own soundscapes, which allows them to have agency over their own narratives and share them with others. Concurrently, therapists acquire empathy for the lived experience of an adolescent by understanding the use of, and attuning to, the digital production components of songs used and created in therapy. Using the author’s first-person experience with digital technology and adolescents in music therapy, this chapter investigates the evolving role of digital music and media for both adolescents and therapists, exploring the ways it can (re)connect youth to a global community and have their voices heard.

Violence against women in India: an integrative review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonali Kumar ◽  
Margaret A. Schmuhl
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Women In India ◽  
Stall Prevention

Violence against women (VAW) is a prevalent social problem within and outside of the home. This is particularly the case for women living in societies that promote patriarchal ideologies, such as India. Using content analysis and an integrative review approach, this study focuses on the following goals: 1) to examine the state and nature of the recent research available on VAW in India, 2) to understand the significant predictors and outcomes of such violence, 3) to synthesise and document the policy and prevention recommendations by scholars, and 4) analyse the barriers that justify or promote such behaviour and stall prevention efforts. The study criteria include articles published between 2014 and 2018, in English, those articles that have undergone original research in peer-reviewed journals and focused on VAW in India. A total of 49 studies were included and the results indicate that much of the research is quantitative in nature, demographic and familial factors were often identified as predictors of VAW in India, and VAW was often related to health-related outcomes. Further, various policy recommendations and barriers were identified by scholars examining VAW in India.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>Research on VAW in India is often quantitative, cross-sectional, non-comparative in nature and limited to investigations of domestic violence, overlooking other types of research methods and violence women experience.</li><br /><li>Considering policy recommendations and barriers to address VAW in India, empowerment alone cannot result in long-lasting changes, gender-bias norms must evolve to address the issue of VAW in India.</li><br /><li>Future research on VAW in India should examine the experiences of such violence against vulnerable and marginalised populations such as sex workers, and sexual, religious and ethnic minorities.</li></ul>

Understanding the Lived Experience of Patients with Melanoma: Real-World Evidence Generated through a European Social Media Listening Analysis (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti Chauhan ◽  
Sathyaraj Aasaithambi ◽  
Iván Márquez-Rodas ◽  
Luigi Formisano ◽  
Sophie Papa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Patient Journey ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Stakeholder Perspectives ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Media Channels

BACKGROUND Cutaneous melanoma is an aggressive malignancy that is proposed to account for 90% of skin cancer-related mortality. Individuals with melanoma experience both physical and psychological impacts associated with their diagnosis and treatment. Health-related information is being increasingly accessed and shared by stakeholders on social media platforms. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess how individuals living with melanoma use social media to discuss their needs and provide their perceptions of the disease, from across 14 European countries. METHODS Social media sources including Twitter, forums, and blogs were searched using predefined search strings of keywords relating to melanoma. Manual and automated relevancy approaches filtered the extracted data for content that provided patient-centric insights. This contextualized data was then mined for insightful concepts around symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, impacts, and the lived experiences of melanoma. RESULTS A total of 182,000 posts related to melanoma were identified between November 2018‒November 2020. Following exclusion of irrelevant posts and using random sampling methodology, 864 posts were identified as relevant to the study objectives. Of the social media channels included, Twitter was the most commonly used, followed by forums and blogs. Most posts originated from the UK (38%) and Spain (16%). Sixty-two percent of relevant posts were categorized as originating from individuals with melanoma. The most frequently discussed melanoma-related topics were treatment (55%), diagnosis and tests (33%), and remission (24%). The majority of treatment discussions were about surgery (67%), followed by immunotherapy (12%). In total, 255 posts discussed the impacts of melanoma, which included emotional burden (70%), physical impacts (24%), effects on social life (17%), and financial impacts (4%). CONCLUSIONS Findings from this study highlight how melanoma stakeholders discuss key concepts associated with the condition on social media, adding to the conceptual model of the patient journey. This social media listening approach is a powerful tool in exploring melanoma stakeholder perspectives, providing insights that can be used to corroborate existing data and inform future studies.

scholarly journals Beyond the Debate on Promises and Risks in Digital Health: Analysing the Psychological Function of Wearable Devices

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria del Rio Carral ◽  
Pauline Roux ◽  
Christine Bruchez ◽  
Marie Santiago-Delefosse
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Wearable Devices ◽  
The Body ◽  
Physiological Data ◽  
Psychological Function ◽  
Biometric Data ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Definition Of

<p>In the past years, the recording and collection of physical and physiological data from the body through wearable devices has become an increasingly common health-related practice in contemporary Western societies. The rapid development of digital self-tracking technologies has given rise to the production of different scientific discourses. The analysis of 200 published articles has led to the definition of a continuum between “technophile-promises” and “technocritical-risks” representations. However, these representations include different views of corporeality and sociality. Beyond this debate, we propose an alternative theoretical framework that links corporeality and sociality. It interrogates the psychological function that wearable devices may take (or not) for subjects to which these “tools” are addressed. We argue that such psychological function must be embraced by taking into consideration of activity done by the users of these technologies, which engages meaning: It is not the device, but the user him/herself who is confronted to the interpretation of biometric data linked to his/her own body functions on the basis of concrete lived experience. Moreover, we discuss that the activity of users can only be analysed in the sociocultural context to which the associated practices relate (health, sports, play, medicalisation). The conclusion highlights the need to further study the appropriation process of new personal experimentation instruments as to better understand the potential collaborations, risks or resistances that users may develop.</p>

scholarly journals Lived Experience of Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: Quality of Life Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrs. Rohini. T ◽  
Dr. Punitha. V. Ezhilarasu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Van Manen ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage ◽  
Esrd Patients

There is growing recognition of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) issues in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients undergoing Hemodialysis (HD). The aim of the present study was to explore the lived experience of Quality of Life (QOL) among patients undergoing Hemodialysis. The study involved a qualitative approach that used an interpretive hermeneutic phenomenology based on Van Manen’s method. The sample included seven patients undergoing Hemodialysis in two selected hospitals at Ernakulam district in Kerala. They were recruited by purposive sampling. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The thematic analysis followed the six steps delineated by Max Van Manen and four themes emerged. They were crestfallen life (3 sub themes; hard pressed life, deserted life and abounding losses); support and comfort; accompanying death and unfulfilled wishes. The findings shed light on the lived experience of QOL that has not yet been researched in an Indian scenario. The generated knowledge can be used by health professionals including nurses to help patients undergoing HD lead a life with better quality of life.

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