"We felt like part of a production system": a qualitative study on women's experience of mistreatment during childbirth in Switzerland

Introduction Mistreatment during childbirth is an issue of global magnitude that not only violates fundamental human rights but also seriously impacts women's well-being. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon by exploring the individual experiences of women who reported mistreatment during childbirth in Switzerland. Materials and Methods This project used a mixed methods approach to investigate women's experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in general and informal coercion specifically: the present qualitative study expands on the findings from a nationwide online survey on childbirth experience. It combines inductive with theory-guided thematic analysis to study the 7753 comments women wrote in the survey and the subsequent interviews with 11 women who reported being mistreated during childbirth. Results The women described a wide range of experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in both the survey comments and the interviews. Out of all survey participants who wrote at least one comment (n = 3547), 28% described one or more experiences of mistreatment. Six of the seven types of mistreatment listed in Bohren and colleagues' typology of mistreatment during childbirth were found, the most frequent of which were ineffective communication and lack of informed consent. Five further themes were identified in the interviews: informal coercion, risk factors for mistreatment, consequences of mistreatment, examples of good care, and what's needed to improve maternity care. Conclusion The findings from this study show that experiences of mistreatment are a reality in Swiss maternity care and give insight into women's individual experiences as well as how these affect them during and after childbirth. This study emphasises the need to respect women's autonomy in order to prevent mistreatment and empower women to actively participate in decisions. Both individual and systemic efforts are required to prevent mistreatment and guarantee respectful, dignified, and high-quality maternity care for all.

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Empowering Through Psychodrama: A Qualitative Study at Domestic Violence Shelters

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.600335 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Yiftach Ron ◽

Liat Yanai

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Therapeutic Process ◽

Well Being ◽

Domestic Violence Shelters ◽

Women's Shelter ◽

Self Blame ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Individual

Psychodrama is a therapeutic method in which the stage is used to enact and reenact life events with the aim of instilling, among other positive changes, hope and empowerment in a wide range of populations suffering from psychological duress. The therapeutic process in psychodrama moves away from the classic treatment of the individual in isolation to treatment of the individual in the context of a group. In domestic violence situations, in which abusive men seek to socially isolate their victims from family and friends, the social support that psychodrama provides can positively influence the psychological health and well-being of the participants. This qualitative study examines the manner in which psychodramatic treatment can empower abused women residing in domestic violence shelters and help them regain control of their lives. An action research study of domestic violence survivors living in a women's shelter in Israel, over a 12-month period, demonstrates the role of psychodrama therapy in promoting the reduction of anxiety, stress, guilt, and self-blame, while reinforcing perceptions of self-worth and confidence. These findings contribute to our understanding of the potential of psychodrama in helping reshape life roles and reframe experiences within a creative process, with the aim of facilitating a transition from powerlessness to powerfulness among vulnerable populations.

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A Qualitative Study of the Maternity Care Experiences of Women With Obesity

Journal of Obstetric Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.jogn.2016.03.121 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. S48 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Deborah Mandel ◽

Sharon Bernicki DeJoy

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Maternity Care ◽

Experiences Of Women

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Experiences of women regarding gaps in preconception care services in the Iranian reproductive health care system: A qualitative study

Electronic physician ◽

10.19082/3279 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (11) ◽

pp. 3279-3288 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Roghieh Bayrami ◽

Robab Latifnejad Roudsari ◽

Hamid Allahverdipour ◽

Mojgan Javadnoori ◽

Habibollah Esmaily

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Health Care System ◽

Preconception Care ◽

Reproductive Health Care ◽

Care Services ◽

System A ◽

Experiences Of Women ◽

Care System

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The Oxford Handbook of Productivity Analysis

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190226718.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Productivity Growth ◽

Management Practices ◽

New Technologies ◽

Global Financial Crisis ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Well Being ◽

The United States ◽

Productivity Analysis ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Individual

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in the two decades preceding 2014 two member countries, Italy and Spain, experienced productivity decline, while just four member countries, Korea, Ireland, Finland, and the United States, managed to achieve rates of productivity growth in excess of one percent per annum. Rates of productivity growth slowed following the global financial crisis in nearly all member countries. These diverse national productivity performances are aggregates of the productivity performances of individual producers, which are influenced by organizational factors such as the quality of management practices and the adoption of new technologies, and also by institutional features such as the stringency of product and labor market and environmental regulations. At the level of the individual producer, productivity has an important impact on financial performance and survival, while at the aggregate level, productivity is a critical determinant of national well-being. The essays collected in the Handbook provide significant contributions to our understanding of the causes and consequences of productivity growth. Part I contains the editors’ introduction. The chapters in Part II address a variety of measurement issues, from both analytical and practical perspectives. The chapters in Part III address a wide range of productivity issues at the level of the individual producer or industry. The chapters in Part IV address a range of aggregate productivity issues, both domestic and international.

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A survey of complex trauma in families who have children and adults who have a learning disability and/or autism

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities ◽

10.1108/amhid-07-2021-0032 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Peter Baker ◽

Vivien Cooper ◽

Winnie Tsang ◽

Isabelle Garnett ◽

Noelle Blackman

Keyword(s):

Learning Disability ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Online Survey ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Traumatic Events ◽

Well Being ◽

Potential Contribution ◽

Content Type ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Impact

Purpose There is an established literature supporting the idea that families who have children and adults who have a learning disability and/or autism have a greater vulnerability to mental health problems or poor psychological health. There are shortcomings in this literature in that there is a little consideration of the impact the families interaction with services has on their well-being. It is argued that complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), with its focus on prolonged chronic exposure to trauma experiences and the recognition that this can occur in adulthood, may well be an appropriate framework to enable a better understanding of the experiences of families. Design/methodology/approach A total of 214 family members completed a co-produced online survey in relation to potential traumatic events, impacts and support. Findings The experiences of family carers of children and adults with a learning disability and/or who are autistic would appear to be multi-layered and complex, with many experiencing a wide range of traumatic events with the associated emotional and personal sequela. The reported responses are consistent with CPTSD with 10% of having received a diagnosis of PTSD. Their experience was that the system failed not only to provide support but also created additional trauma. Practical implications A trauma-informed approach needs to be adopted by agencies and professionals that serve families to ensure they understand their potential contribution to the trauma families experience. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that has attempted to examine the experience of families using the framework of CPTSD.

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Designing architecture of soothing labor–delivery–recovery–postpartum unit: a study protocol

Reproductive Health ◽

10.1186/s12978-020-01055-x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Behnam Kazemi Esfeh ◽

Ashraf Kazemi ◽

Aida Shamsaie

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Well Being ◽

Iranian Women ◽

Psychological Conditions ◽

Childbirth Experience ◽

Centered Care ◽

Architectural Knowledge ◽

Physiological Childbirth ◽

Family Centered

Abstract Background The physical environment profoundly affects women's well-being during childbirth in family-centered unit. A LDRP, which is an acronym for labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum that describes a maternity unit designed for family-centered care. This study aimed to design soothing LDRP healing architecture based on recognizing the emotional elements of Iranian women. Methods This study will be conducted in four consecutive phases; including review of literature to provide documentation based on architectural knowledge and the effects of each architectural component on the parturient psychological conditions, qualitative study to extract women's needs and suggestions for physiological childbirth, architectural designing of the soothing LDRP based on the results of the first and second phases and qualitative study for evaluation of the designed program. Discussion Designing soothing LDRP architecture based on safe child birth unit standards and favorable psychological environment will provide a positive childbirth experience for Iranian women and their family. But, the preferences and demands of families will be based on Iranian socio-cultural context, therefore the using of this design will be limited in other societies with different cultures.

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Stories of Life during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: A Qualitative Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18147630 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (14) ◽

pp. 7630

Author(s):

Silvia Caterina Maria Tomaino ◽

Sabrina Cipolletta ◽

Zlatina Kostova ◽

Irina Todorova

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Online Survey ◽

Well Being ◽

Personal Construct ◽

Italian Population ◽

Personal Construct Theory ◽

Thematic Content Analysis ◽

Personal Meanings ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Construct Theory

The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed on people the need to find meaning in many unprecedented ways. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore how the general Italian population dealt with government restrictions and to understand personal experiences connected with the first wave of the pandemic in light of the personal construct theory (PCT) framework. One hundred and sixteen people (over 18 years old) completed an online survey between May and June 2020. Two independent researchers ran inductive thematic content analysis on data using a specifically developed international codebook. Five major themes were identified in the participants’ narrations: difficulties, emotions, coping with lockdown measures, going back to normal, and change. The results, interpreted within the PCT transitions, showed that the pandemic represented a threat to participants’ life plans, beliefs, and certainties. Some coped with it mainly by waiting for the pandemic to end and remaining firm in their beliefs and certainties, whereas others coped by trying to find alternative ways of giving sense to this experience and reconstructing personal meanings, claiming a change in their life and in society. Differentiating personal experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic is fundamental to designing personalised strategies to promote well-being.

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Music, Brain and Health

International Journal of Whole Person Care ◽

10.26443/ijwpc.v7i1.229 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 38

Author(s):

Ante L. Padjen

Keyword(s):

Positive Emotions ◽

Music Perception ◽

Human Life ◽

Musical Training ◽

Music Performance ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Individual Level ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Individual

Music, like language, is a uniquely human experience, ubiquitous across human cultures and across the human life span.Musical capacity appears early in evolution and it seems to be innate to most of the human population. Neurobiological studies of music perception and music performance profoundly affect the brain, in an acute and chronic way, by modulating networks involved in cognition, sensation, emotion, reward, and movement corresponding to the empirical findings why people listen to music: pleasure, self-awareness, social relatedness, and arousal and mood regulation.Most intriguing is “salutogenic” effect of musical activities, such as instrumental and choral “musicking” (particularly in non-professional musicians), both on the individual level and in populations. Musical training can promote the development of non-musical skills as diverse as language development, attention, visuospatial perception, and executive functions.Music is also a prophylactic resource, it improves the bonding of mother and child. There is a wide range of therapeutic domains and disorders where musical interventions improve the outcome. As an example, familiar music has an exceptional ability to elicit memories, movements, motivation and positive emotions from adults affected by dementia.Considering that one of the most important problems in biomedicine is “understanding what is to be human” then “music should be an essential part of this pursuit” – of an understanding of the whole person. Despite evidence of significant effects of music on health and well-being - music is not well present in current re-humanization of medicine

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The Crowdfunding Communities and the Value of Identification for Sustainability of Co-Creation

Crowdsourcing ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8362-2.ch055 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1124-1143

Author(s):

Melek Demiray ◽

Yonca Aslanbay

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Market Model ◽

Social Community ◽

Life Chances ◽

System A ◽

Key Characteristics ◽

The Social ◽

Social Visibility ◽

The Individual

For a sustainable future, the actors of the market need a change in spirit that will elevate the life-chances of people by being an “empowered part” of the economic system. A participative, open knowledge economic and market system that will ensure the material well-being, the social visibility, the happiness and the consciousness of the individual is essential. Crowdfunding, as a recent online social community network market model is to be a new socio-technical system of co-creation through self “making and funding”. The aim of this study is to discuss the role of identification in co-creation for sustainability of newly rising crowdfunding communities. In line with this objective, the following two aspects are clarified: the key characteristics of crowdfunding platforms as online communities and the role of identification for co-creation in online crowdfunding communities.

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