Let’s Start With the End: Bibliodrama in an Italian Death Education Course on Managing Fear of Death, Fantasy-Proneness, and Alexithymia With a Mixed-Method Analysis

2019 ◽  
pp. 003022281986361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Testoni ◽  
Gianmarco Biancalani ◽  
Lucia Ronconi ◽  
Silvia Varani
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Death Education ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Fantasy Proneness ◽  
Attitudes Toward Death ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Final Question ◽  
Method Analysis ◽  
Positive Effect

This article presents the results of an experience of death education (DE) course with bibliodrama in Italian high schools, which focused on emotions and existential themes. The research analyzed the inability to recognize or describe one’s own emotions (alexithymia), fantasy-proneness, and attitudes toward death in two different groups of students: one who took a course on DE (with 113 students) and another who did not participate in it (with 114 students). The use of a mixed method allowed this study to explore the quantitative results that the students indicated in the questionnaire and the qualitative open answers to the final question about how they had profited from this DE course. The results showed that the course had a positive effect, as the DE group significantly decreased alexithymia and negative attitudes toward death, particularly in fear and avoidance of death, making their representation of death less traumatic.

scholarly journals Issues of organizing and carrying out educational work with convicts registered with the penal inspectorates

2021 ◽  
Vol 232 (9) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
SVETLANA I. BYAKINA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Individual Approach ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Method Analysis ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
Main Factor

The article analyzes the problems of organizing and conducting educational work with convicts who are registered with the penal inspectorates of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, reveals the importance of its proper legal regulation and implementation of an individual approach to offenders in the context of the humanization of penal policy. The article considers the official statistics, domestic legislation and scientific literature and the results of the author’s study on the topic of the work. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need to improve the legal regulation of the considered activity area of penal inspectorates, namely, the creation of a normative legal act that discloses the procedure for conducting edu- cational work with convicts registered with penal inspectorates that is taking into account the peculiarities of such work. The methodological basis of the research was formed by the statistical method, analysis, synthesis, induction, system-structural and formal-logical methods. As a result of the work carried out, the main factor influencing the state of educational work with those sentenced to punishments without isolation from society, i.e. the legal support, has been analyzed. It is noted that the legal support is the determining factor for improving the analyzed vector of activity. The necessity of an individual approach to the educational influence on convicts has been substantiated. It has been established that the creation of a normative act on the organization and conducting educational work with convicts will contribute to the coordination of the efforts of interested subjects, as well as to overcoming the negative attitudes of the convicts, will contribute to their desire for correction. These decisions will have a positive effect on the improvement of the current penal legislation.

Commentary on Chaplain-Physician Interactions From the Chaplain’s Perspective: A Mixed Method Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 104990912110030
Author(s):  
Rev George Handzo ◽  
Rev Brian Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Health System ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Optimal Patient Care ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Analysis

Gomez and her colleagues have presented a helpful study of the relationship of the chaplains in her health system to physicians which highlights several barriers to a well-integrated relationship and thus to more optimal patient care. We have seen these same barriers as we have consulted with health systems nationally and have also identified many best practices that mediate or even eliminate many of these barriers. This commentary describes some of what we have seen as chaplain-generated causes of those barriers and effective strategies that have been employed to overcome them. We also provide some resources for chaplains who wish to institute some of these best practices themselves.

Art Therapy Drawing Protocols for Chronic Pain: Quantitative Results from a Mixed Method Pilot Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 101749
Author(s):  
Noah Hass-Cohen ◽  
Rebecca Bokoch ◽  
Katherine Goodman ◽  
K.J. Conover
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Quantitative Results

scholarly journals Affective communication: a mixed method investigation into COVID-19 outbreak communication using the Taiwanese government Facebook page

2021 ◽  
pp. 175797592110035
Author(s):  
Chia Yu Lien ◽  
Yun-Hsuan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Health Authority ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Affective Communication ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quantitative Results

The COVID-19 outbreak has created an unprecedented challenge for governments to convey information to the public, and social media has become a critical method of COVID-19 communication in Taiwan. Objectives: This study examines a total of 1128 Facebook posts published by Taiwan’s principal health authority from December 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020. Methods: Using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, this study investigates strategies used by the Taiwan government to communicate the COVID-19 outbreak and public responses toward these strategies. Result: Novel uses of Facebook posts on outbreak communication were identified, including solidarity, reviews of actions, press conferences, and the use of animal and cartoon images. Quantitative results showed that the public responded significantly more frequently to messages generating positive affects, such as posts that reviewed government actions and public efforts; posts that expressed thanks, approval, or comradeship; and posts that paired text with photographs of frontline workers or cute animals. Conclusion: These results suggest that, amid a disease outbreak, the public not only look for updated situations and guidelines but also for affective affirmation from government agencies.

The Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle Among Arab Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: Mixed-Method Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 104365962110351
Author(s):  
Albara Alomari ◽  
Ibrahim Alananzeh ◽  
Heidi Lord ◽  
Ritin Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Cochrane Central Register ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Central Register ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Lifestyle Recommendations ◽  
Arab People ◽  
Meta Analyses

Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for 25% to 45% of deaths among Arab people. The purpose of this review was to investigate the level, predictors, motivators, and barriers to adherence to lifestyle recommendations among Arab patients with CVD. Method A systematic search of the literature was conducted and reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. MEDLINE, EMCARE, CINAHL, Scopus, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched. Studies that explored adherence to a healthy lifestyle among Arab adult patients with CVD were included. Results Twelve studies were included. Quantitative results showed low adherence among Arab people with CVD. Qualitative synthesized results revealed that internal motivators, personal desire as well as structural drivers impact the patient’s ability to adhere to a healthy lifestyle. Discussion Multidimensional solutions that consider religion and culture and include active involvement of families are required to improve adherence.

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