Exploring Congolese refugees’ experiences with abortion care in Uganda: a multi-methods qualitative study

In 2017, mifepristone and misoprostol became available for early pregnancy termination as the combination pack Mifegymiso® in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. We conducted 40 semi-structured telephone interviews with Ottawa residents who had abortions before mifepristone’s introduction ( n = 20) and after mifepristone–misoprostol became available ( n = 20) to explore their experiences obtaining care. We audio-recorded and transcribed all interviews and analyzed these data for content and themes using deductive and inductive techniques. Prior to the introduction of mifepristone, our participants reported obtaining abortion care at two facilities and many faced long wait times. Those who had an abortion after mifepristone became available reported obtaining care from a wider array of providers and few waited more than two weeks. However, several mifepristone–misoprostol users reported having to go through a process that involved as many as 10 health service encounters. Both groups reflected positively on their abortion experiences, but some patients who obtained mifepristone–misoprostol outside of an abortion clinic did not feel as well informed as they would have liked. The introduction of mifepristone appears to have expanded the number of service delivery points and reduced wait times for those seeking abortion care in Ottawa. Identifying ways to expand access to medication abortion information and streamline services appears warranted.

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Negotiating Masculinity in a Women’s Space: Findings from a Qualitative Study of Male Partners Accompanying Women at the Time of Abortion

Men and Masculinities ◽

10.1177/1097184x18762260 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 65-82

Author(s):

Sara L. Newton ◽

Luciana E. Hebert ◽

Brian T. Nguyen ◽

Melissa L. Gilliam

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Focal Point ◽

Male Partner ◽

Male Partners ◽

Community Based ◽

Female Partners ◽

Abortion Care ◽

Abortion Clinic ◽

Depth Interviews

Although women are the focal point of abortion care, a woman’s male partner may accompany her to the abortion appointment. Using Connell’s “hierarchy of masculinities” framework, this study examines how male partners negotiate their identity and role in an unfamiliar setting while their female partners undergo an abortion. Twenty-seven in-depth interviews with male partners of women obtaining abortions at a community-based and a university-based abortion clinic were conducted. The interviews reflected the tension male partners felt while attempting to maintain characteristics of hegemonic masculinity (e.g., dominance, stoicism, ambition, and fatherhood) in an environment where their female partner’s needs were prioritized. Some male partners expressed distress about their inexperience with the process and procedure as well as their inability to participate or better care for their partners. Others negotiated alternative definitions of masculinity, emphasizing a duty and/or desire to provide support during his female partner’s pregnancy decision-making and abortion experience.

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Qualitative study on “hydropic degeneration” of The hepatocytes in viral hepatitis

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s042482010016039x ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 568-569

Author(s):

Le Meizhao ◽

Ye Ming ◽

Song Xiaoming ◽

Xu Jiazhang

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Viral Hepatitis ◽

Chronic Active Hepatitis ◽

Microscopic Observation ◽

Hydropic Degeneration ◽

Light Microscopic Observation ◽

Biopsy Specimens ◽

Endoplasm Reticulum ◽

Mixed Fluid ◽

Peripheral Cytoplasm

“Hydropic degeneration” of the hepatocytes are often found in biopsy of the liver of some kinds of viral hepatitis. Light microscopic observation, compareted with the normal hepatocytes, they are enlarged, sometimes to a marked degree when the term “balloning” degeneration is used. Their cytoplasm rarefied, and show some clearness in the peripheral cytoplasm, so, it causes a hydropic appearance, the cytoplasm around the nuclei is granulated. Up to the present, many studies belive that main ultrastructural chenges of hydropic degeneration of the hepatocytes are results of the RER cristae dilatation with degranulation and disappearance of glycogen granules.The specimens of this study are fixed with the mixed fluid of the osmium acidpotassium of ferricyanide, Epon-812 embed. We have observed 21 cases of biopsy specimens with chronic severe hepatitis and severe chronic active hepatitis, and found that the clear fields in the cytoplasm actually are a accumulating place of massive glycogen. The granules around the nuclei are converging mitochondria, endoplasm reticulum and other organelles.

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A qualitative study of the PBL Dental Clinic at the University of Southern California

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1998.62.9.tb03229.x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 62 (9) ◽

pp. 660-665

Author(s):

HA Wang

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Southern California ◽

University Of Southern California ◽

Dental Clinic ◽

The University

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