Puberty challenges of female adolescents with visual impairment

2021 ◽  
pp. 026461962110190
Author(s):  
Shirin Aghaee-Chaghooshi ◽  
Anahita khodabakhshi-koolaee ◽  
Mohammad Reza Falsafinejad
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
School Health ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Descriptive Phenomenology ◽  
Lack Of Information

Physical, psychological, emotional, and social maturity is one of the main challenges occurring during adolescence and is associated with dramatic changes in adolescents. However, these challenges are worsened when the adolescent has a disability in addition to pubertal changes. Accordingly, the present study aimed to explore the puberty challenges of female adolescents with visual impairment.This study is qualitative in terms of its design and an applied study in terms of its objectives and was conducted using a descriptive phenomenology. The research population included all female adolescents with visual impairment who were studying in high school in Tehran in 2020. The participants were blind and visually impaired girls who were selected from the Narjes educational Complex for Blind Girls using purposive sampling. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were saturated after interviewing 15 participants. All interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. The collected data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method of data analysis. The challenges faced by the female adolescents with visual impairment were categorized into four main themes including “worrying emotions experienced during puberty,” “development of emotional and love needs,” “redefining social relationships with family and others,” and “lack of information resources on puberty.” This study showed that the lack of information resources, awareness about puberty for female adolescents with visual impairment, the way others treat the puberty of girls, and adolescents’ own reaction to the phenomenon of puberty affect their quality of life in this period. Therefore, paying attention to the experience of female adolescents with visual impairment about the phenomenon of puberty provides a true picture of the feelings, needs, and challenges for visually impaired female adolescents during puberty, their families, school health educators, health professionals, and school counselors.

scholarly journals The understanding of nulliparous teens about breast feeding

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1245
Author(s):  
Suzane Gomes de Medeiros ◽  
Líbne Lidianne da Rocha e Nobrega ◽  
Fátima Raquel Rosado Morais
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Young Women ◽  
School Health ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
State University ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Breastfeeding Practices ◽  
Ethics In Research ◽  
The Town

ABSTRACTObjective: to understand adolescents' knowledge about the nulliparous breastfeeding practices. Method: fieldwork, qualitative study in the town of Mossoró (RN), Brazil. The proposal was sent to the Ethics in Research State University of Rio Grande do Norte/UERN being approved as opinion n. 064/09. We applied a roadmap of semi-structured interviews with 10 female adolescents, aged between 12 and 17 years and had never gotten pregnant. The data were recorded, transcribed and analyzed by constructing categories. Results: about breastfeeding, young women interviewed demonstrated that they are "Knowing little or nothing, "Knowing what the program guide, "Knowing through other sources”. Perceives the need for greater coordination between family, school, health services and society as a whole, to enable information on the matter to adolescents, so that in future, when they came to be mothers, may play the act breastfeeding satisfactorily. Conclusion: Despite adolescents understand the importance of breastfeeding, their knowledge about the topic are very superficial and impregnated with acquired concepts and socio-culturally constructed. Descriptors: breast feeding; adolescent; knowledgeRESUMOObjetivo: apreender o conhecimento de adolescentes nulígestas acerca das práticas de amamentação. Método: trabalho de campo, de abordagem qualitativa, na cidade de Mossoró (RN), Brasil. A proposta foi enviada ao Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte/UERN, sendo aprovada conforme parecer n. 064/09. Foi aplicado um roteiro de entrevista semi-estruturada com 10 adolescentes do sexo feminino, na faixa etária entre os 12 e 17 anos e que nunca tinham engravidado. Os dados foram gravados, transcritos e analisados mediante a construção de Categorias. Resultados: sobre o aleitamento materno, as jovens entrevistadas demonstraram que estão “Sabendo pouco ou nada”; “Sabendo o que os programas orientam”; “Sabendo através de outras fontes”. Percebe-se a necessidade de uma maior articulação entre a família, escola, serviços de saúde e sociedade como um todo, para se viabilizar informações sobre o assunto às adolescentes, para que no futuro, quando estas vierem a ser mães, possam desempenhar o ato de amamentar satisfatoriamente. Conclusão: apesar das adolescentes compreenderem a importância da amamentação, seus conhecimentos acerca da temática ainda são muito superficiais e impregnados de conceitos adquiridos e construídos sócio-culturalmente. Descritores: aleitamento materno; adolescente; conhecimentoRESUMENObjectivo: captar el conocimiento sobre prácticas de lactancia materna de adolescentes nulíparas. Método: trabajo de campo en la ciudad de Mossoró (RN), Brasil, con un enfoque cualitativo. Para colectar los datos fue creado una entrevista semi-estructurada, se llevó a cabo con un grupo del 10 adolescentes, mujeres, con edades de 12 a 17 años que nunca han quedado embarazadas. Los datos fueron grabadas, transcritas y analizadas a través de categorías que expresava el concimiento del grupo sobre el tema. Resultados: se demostró que todavía queda mucho por hacer por la lactancia materna, donde los problemas que afectan a esta práctica son los mismos. También se puede ver la importancia de una mayor interacción entre las familias, las escuelas y los servicios de salud, al objeto de que la información sobre este tema a los jóvenes y un futuro, donde iban a ser madres, pueden realizar este acto en el momento oportuno. Conclusión: A pesar de adolescentes a comprender la importancia de la lactancia materna, sus conocimientos sobre el tema son muy superficiales e impregnados de conceptos adquiridos y construidos social y culturalmente. Descriptores: lactancia materna; adolescente; conocimiento.

scholarly journals Personalities Development and Role of Teachers for Visual Impairment Student at Institute Tahfiz Quran Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-41
Author(s):  
Ak Mohd Aiman Pg Hj Md Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Set Up

Institut Tahfiz Quran Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah is the only institution in Brunei Darussalam who has Al-Quran study and memorization programs especially for visually impaired students, but how far their learning effectiveness is not yet known. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the essential elements required in identifying the essential elements required in development of teachers for visually impaired students. Identify the main role of teacher development for visually impaired students. This study is a qualitative study with a case study design with total of 4 informants were selected using a purposive sampling. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed descriptively. Studies have shown that they have the potential to teach more visual impairment students, as well as being a link to other different abilities in order to study al-Quran in a proper way. The implication of this study shows that ITQSHHB has successfully set up a facility to learn al-Quran to the special needs who are literate in al-Quran education.

scholarly journals O Diálogo com estudantes com deficiência visual (Dv’s ) como Instrumento Formativo para um Ensino de Matemática InclusivoThe dialogue with visually impaired students as a formative tool for an inclusive mathematics teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-311
Author(s):  
Tiago Pereira ◽  
Fábio Alexandre Borges
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Teaching Support ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Inclusive Schooling

ResumoNeste trabalho discutimos alguns aspectos apresentados por estudantes com deficiência visual quanto às suas respectivas escolarizações inclusivas enfocando a disciplina de matemática. Foram entrevistados quatro sujeitos, atuais acadêmicos no ensino superior, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, que foram norteadas por um roteiro de perguntas construído com subsídios de uma revisão bibliográfica anterior. Na análise, empregamos os pressupostos da análise de conteúdo, e para expormos nossos resultados, utilizamos categorias elencadas por meio das convergências existentes nas falas dos entrevistados. As categorias identificadas foram: a diferenciação docente de conteúdos e atividades escolares entre estudantes com deficiência visual e videntes; o desconhecimento docente das necessidades educativas do aluno com deficiência visual; negligências/omissões docentes no ensino de estudantes com deficiência visual, incluso quanto aos seus aprendizados; tentativas isoladas de apoio docente como reflexo da falta de um trabalho coletivo escolar mais amplo.Palavras-chave: Deficiência visual, Ensino de matemática inclusivo, Narrativas de estudantes.AbstractIn this paper, we discuss some aspects presented by visually impaired students about their inclusive schooling focusing on mathematics. Four subjects, current higher education students, answered semi-structured interviews we prepared guided by a script of questions constructed with subsidies from a previous bibliographic review. In the analysis, we used the assumptions of content analysis, and to expose our results, we used categories listed through the convergences existing in the statements of the respondents. The categories identified were: the teaching differentiation of school content and activities between visually impaired and sighted students; the teachers' lack of knowledge of the educational needs of the visually impaired student; negligence/omissions in teaching visually impaired students, including their learning; isolated attempts at teaching support as a reflection of the lack of broader collective school work.Keywords: Visual impairment, Teaching of inclusive mathematics, Narratives of students.ResumenEn este artículo se discuten algunos aspectos presentados por estudiantes con discapacidad visual sobre su escolarización inclusiva con enfoque en matemáticas. Cuatro sujetos, estudiantes actuales de educación superior, respondieron entrevistas semiestructuradas que preparamos basados en un guión de preguntas construido con subsidios de una revisión bibliográfica previa. En el análisis, usamos los supuestos del análisis de contenido, y para exponer nuestros resultados, usamos categorías listadas a través de las convergencias existentes en las declaraciones de los encuestados. Las categorías identificadas fueron: la diferenciación docente del contenido y las actividades escolares entre estudiantes con discapacidad visual y con videntes; el desconocimiento de los profesores sobre las necesidades educativas del alumno con discapacidad visual; negligencia / omisiones en la enseñanza de estudiantes con discapacidad visual, incluido su aprendizaje; intentos aislados de apoyo a la enseñanza como reflejo de la falta de un trabajo escolar colectivo más amplio.Palabras clave: Discapacidad visual, Enseñanza inclusiva de las matemáticas, narrativas de estudiantes.

scholarly journals Assessment of the life experiences of visually impaired adults in the Empangeni region of Kwazulu

Curationis ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Zungu
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Structured Interviews

The purpose of the study was to assess how visual impairment influenced the experiences of daily living of blind adults in a rural community in KwaZulu, Information was elicited through semi-structured interviews with 16 people (eight men and eight women) between the ages of 21 and 55 years who had been visually impaired from one to more than 20 years. Such visual impairment ranged from inability to perform some of the activities that require the use of eyesight to inability to see at all.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Meaningless and Absurd Experiences in Unsuccessful Suicide Attempts in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
Mahdi Khatami ◽  
◽  
Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Descriptive Phenomenology ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Underlying Causes

Objective: Suicide is a multidimensional phenomenon, and examining each of its dimensions can help control this destructive social phenomenon. This study aimed to investigate meaningless and absurd experiences in people who attempted suicide in Iran. Methods: The present study was conducted using a qualitative-descriptive phenomenology. The participants were selected using the purposive sampling method from persons who attempted suicide and were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Loghman-e Hakim Hospital in Tehran City, Iran, in 2020. The study data were collected via semi-structured interviews. The collected data were theoretically saturated after interviewing 15 participants. All data were also recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. Results: The initial codes identified in this study were categorized into 4 main themes and 22 sub-themes. The main themes were “underlying and revealing causes of suicide”, “outburst of feelings and thoughts before suicide”, “reaction of those around to suicide”, and “the overall meaning of life and a looking at life after suicide”. Conclusion: This study showed that those who attempted suicide for at least one of the reasons of poverty, lack of financial independence, love failure, and not being understood by parents or the spouse experienced a sense of meaninglessness and absurdity. An awareness of the experiences of people who attempted suicide can help mental health professionals understand its underlying causes and make subsequent clinical and treatment decisions.

scholarly journals Anxiety in Visually Impaired Students about the Future

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Aydın Kızılaslan ◽  
M. Meral Kızılaslan
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
The Future ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Time Aware ◽  
Future Plans

<span>The aim of this study is to determine the anxiety level that visually impaired students may have for the future when planning their profession. Anxiety is defined as excessive level fear and worry about real or imaginary situations. So the excessive worry can affect the ability to act to solve a problem. This study is a case study based on the semi-structured interviews. The study group consists of six 8th grade students with visual impairment. The aim of selecting students with visual impairment as a sample group is to determine the individuals who are aware that education is an important for their future plans but at the same time aware that the barriers created by society have greater impact on their the socialization. As a result, visually impaired individuals are willing to be part of the society, but the created obstacles cause anxiety in many different ways as they constitute their futures. This situation negatively affects their motivation and academic performance, and diminishes the importance of education for them as well.</span>

Perfil dos Professores de Ensino Fundamental sobre Dificuldade Visual/ Profile of Elementary School Teachers about Visual Impairment.

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-33
Author(s):  
Mariana Garcia Lopes Arena ◽  
Priscila Silva De Araújo ◽  
Thaíssa Santos de Carvalho Ottoboni ◽  
Clarissa Santos de Carvalho Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
School Health ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Eye Health ◽  
The City

Objetivos: Verificar os conhecimentos e ações desenvolvidas por professores que atuam com alunos do ensino fundamental em relação aos sinais e sintomas indicativos de dificuldades visuais, analisando suas condutas diante do problema. Materiais e métodos: Realizou-se levantamento entre professores da primeira série do ensino fundamental de escolas públicas, estaduais e municipais, do município de Itajubá - MG, no ano letivo de 2013. Foi utilizado questionário autoaplicável como instrumento de coleta de dados. Resultados e discussão: Todos os 21 professores de escolas públicas responderam o questionário. A média de idade foi de 40,9 anos e a média de magistério, de 20,3 anos. Quanto à formação profissional, a maioria não apresenta capacitação na área (90,5%). Em relação aos sinais e sintomas de dificuldade visual, os mais indicados foram dificuldade para ler na lousa (100%), dor de cabeça (95,2%), franzir a testa (90,5%) e aproximação exagerada de objetos e livros (90,5%). Dentre os professores, 80,9% indicaram ter tido algum aluno com dificuldade visual no último ano, enquanto 19,1% não suspeitaram. Entre os professores que indicaram ter algum aluno com dificuldade visual, 88,2% tiveram como conduta orientar os pais, 70,6% orientou procurar um oftalmologista, 58,8% orientaram a direção e somente 23,5%, orientaram o aluno. Conclusão: Apesar dos professores apresentarem algum conhecimento sobre a saúde ocular, estes ainda são insuficientes e suas ações são incompletas.  Palavras-chave: Promoção de saúde; acuidade visual; saúde escolar.    ABSTRACT Objectives: The study aims to determine the knowledge and actions developed by teachers working with elementary students for signs and symptoms which may show visual difficulties, analyzing the behaviors of teachers on the issue. Methods: We conducted a survey among first grade teachers of public state and city schools, in the city of Itajubá - MG, in the year of 2013. Self-administered questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. Results and discussion: All the 21 public school teachers answered the questionnaire. The average age of teachers was 40.9, whereas the average was teaching experience was 20.3 years. As for training the majority has no training in the area (90.5%). Regarding the signs and symptoms of visual impairment, the nominees were: more difficulty reading the blackboard (100%), headache (95.2%), frown (90.5%) and too close to objects and books (90.5%). Among the teachers 80.9% of them indicated that they had some students with visual impairment last year, while 19.1% did not suspect. The conduct showed that among teachers who reported having a student with visual impairment, 88.2% oriented parents, 70.6% seek guidance ophthalmologist, 58.8% oriented direction and only 23.5% have guided the student. Conclusion: Although teachers present some knowledge about eye health, it is still insufficient and their actions are incomplete.  Keywords: Promoting health, visual accuracy, school health.

Acceptance of the HPV Vaccine in a Multiethnic Sample of Latinx Mothers

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-483
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina Lindsay ◽  
Madelyne J. Valdez ◽  
Denisse Delgado ◽  
Emily Restrepo ◽  
Yessica M. Guzmán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Hpv Vaccine ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Direct Benefits ◽  
Multiethnic Sample

This descriptive qualitative study explored Latinx mothers’ acceptance of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for their adolescent children. Data were collected through individual, semi-structured interviews and analyzed using a hybrid method of thematic analysis that incorporated deductive and inductive approaches. Twenty-two ( n = 22), mostly foreign-born, Latinx mothers of male and female adolescents participated in the study. Three main themes and nine subthemes emerged from the analyses. Findings identified the need for increased efforts to raise awareness and knowledge among Latinx mothers of the direct benefits of the HPV vaccine for sons, including stressing prevention of HPV-associated cancers in males. Findings also underscore the need for improved health care providers’ communication and recommendation of the HPV vaccine for Latinx adolescent males. Future research should intervene upon the study’s findings to address barriers that remain and affect Latinx mothers’ acceptance and uptake of the HPV vaccine for their children, in particular their sons.

scholarly journals Analysis of the early mother-child relationship in schizophrenic patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 002076402199118
Author(s):  
Marziyeh Khoshgoftar ◽  
Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee ◽  
Mohammad Reza Sheikhi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
New Information ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Background and Aim: The mother as the first caregiver plays a significant role in the formation of the child’s behavior, growth, and communication. The present study aimed to analyze the early mother-child relationship in schizophrenic patients. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study employed a descriptive phenomenological approach. The participants were male patients with schizophrenia who were hospitalized in Qazvin Bahman Psychiatric Hospital from March to September 2020 with an age range of over 18 years. Given the objective of the study, the data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The participants were selected using purposive sampling and the sampling procedure continued until data saturation as the point when no new information is observed in the data. Accordingly, the data were saturated after interviewing 15 participants. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. Results: The analysis of the data revealed four main themes including ambivalent attachment to the mother, feelings of constant fear and worry, a sense of constant care for the mother, and a cold and emotionless relationship with the child. Conclusion: The present study suggested that schizophrenia is a disorder that affects the mother-child relationship, and does the term “schizophrenic mothers” need to be reconsidered? However, the result of this research has been done according to the nature and cultural context of Iranian society.

scholarly journals Why do Irish pig farmers use medications? Barriers for effective reduction of antimicrobials in Irish pig production

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessia Diana ◽  
Sylvia Snijders ◽  
Alison Rieple ◽  
Laura Ann Boyle
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Pig Production ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Potential Barriers ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Personal Action ◽  
Barriers And Challenges ◽  
Attitudinal Changes

Abstract Background In addressing the threat of antimicrobial resistance, it is critical to understand the barriers to the uptake of strategies for the reduction of antimicrobial use (AMU) in the pig industry. In several EU countries, factors such as education level, habits and social pressures are recognised as affecting farmers’ decision-making process in relation to AMU. However, there is a lack of information on the Irish scenario. The aim of this study was to investigate pig farmers’ perspectives and their behaviour towards AMU to identify potential barriers to effectively reduce AMU in Irish pig production. We conducted face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 30 pig farmers, 5 pig veterinarians and 4 focus groups of pig farm personnel. We employed qualitative analyses to explore the objective of the study. Results Qualitative analysis revealed six convergent themes as potential barriers: perceptions about the need for AMU on farm, concept of animal welfare and associated management practices, legislation, culture, economics and standards of communication/type of advice-network. Overall, pig farmers believed that there is poor communication between stakeholders (i.e. farmers, vets and advisors) and a lack of reliable people to approach for advice. They considered themselves as operating responsibly in terms of AMU compared to their national and international colleagues and expressed the importance of a so-called ‘Irish solution’ to the problem of AMU because it was associated with what ‘has always been done’ and was therefore considered reliable and safe. Conclusions Barriers and challenges were in line with those identified in other EU countries highlighting similarities in behavioural and attitudinal patterns among pig farmers. Overall, farmers appeared to be more likely to rely on previous experiences or to wait for an imposed change (e.g. legislation) instead of taking personal action. Thus, considerable behavioural and attitudinal changes are needed to adopt a more responsible AMU in Irish pig production and to develop effective intervention strategies.

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