Immediate Breast Reconstruction

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avital Gershfeld Litvin ◽  
Rebecca Jacoby
Keyword(s):  
Breast Reconstruction ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Immediate Breast Reconstruction ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Women's Experience ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Continuous Narrative ◽  
Reconstructed Breast

This article represents findings of a qualitative analysis of interviews with women age 30 to 64 years ( n = 14) who had undergone immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) following mastectomy. The purpose of the study was to explore women’s experiences for electing IBR. According to our analysis, women experienced mastectomy as a disability, and their expectations of IBR to restore their sense of normalcy were not fulfilled. Most women perceived the reconstructed breast mainly as a visual replacement. Women’s experience formed a continuous narrative from the moment of diagnosis, through mastectomy until the completion of the reconstruction.

Listening to Learn: A Qualitative Analysis of Women's Experiences with Mesh Mid-urethral Sling Surgery

Urology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pansy Uberoi ◽  
Wai Lee ◽  
Alvaro Lucioni ◽  
Kathleen C. Kobashi ◽  
Donna L. Berry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Sling Surgery

Psychological Effects of Abuse, Partner Pressure, and Alcohol: The Roles of in-the-Moment Condom Negotiation Efficacy and Condom-Decision Abdication on Women’s Intentions to Engage in Condomless Sex

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051985716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Neilson ◽  
Amanda K. Gilmore ◽  
Cynthia A. Stappenbeck ◽  
Natasha K. Gulati ◽  
Erin Neilon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Pressure Condition ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Condomless Sex ◽  
Condom Negotiation ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
The Moment

Women’s experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) from their male partners can include psychological, physical, and sexual control and abuse. The psychological effects of abuse (PEA) include terror, shame, and loss of power and control in relationships. While women’s experiences of IPV are associated with decreased condom use, limited research has examined the impact of PEA on women’s condom use. Intoxicated (breath alcohol content [BrAC] = .10%) versus sober women were evaluated to test the hypothesis that PEA would interact with intoxication and scenario-context partner pressure to forgo condom use and be associated with intentions to engage in condomless sex. After beverage administration, community women ( N = 405) projected themselves into a computerized scenario depicting a male partner exerting high or low pressure for condomless sex. In-the-moment condom negotiation self-efficacy and condom-decision abdication—letting the man decide on condom use—were assessed. Path analysis examined the direct and indirect effects of PEA, alcohol, and partner pressure conditions on condomless sex intentions. PEA increased condomless sex intentions indirectly through decreased condom negotiation self-efficacy. Intoxication increased condomless sex intentions indirectly through decreased condom negotiation self-efficacy and increased condom-decision abdication. Intoxicated women in the low pressure condition were more likely to abdicate the condom decision than women in the high pressure condition. Women who have experienced greater PEA may benefit from interventions focusing on how condom negotiation self-efficacy, condom-decision abdication, and intoxication influence sexual decision-making.

Limits of the Appeal to Women's Experiences Reconsidered

Horizons ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (01) ◽  
pp. 54-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Beste
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theology ◽  
Moral Knowledge ◽  
Trauma Theory ◽  
Martha Nussbaum ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Women's Experience ◽  
Postmodern Thought ◽  
Credible Source

ABSTRACTIn the light of what appears to be a growing consensus that historicist and postmodern thought undermines the credibility of appeals to women's experience as a source of theological and moral knowledge, I assess whether these criticisms do indeed discredit appeals to experience as a legitimate source of knowledge and norm for feminist theology. While such critiques pose insightful challenges to assumptions underlying the appeal to experience, I argue that they do not definitively discredit the appeal to experience itself. Drawing on trauma theory and the work of Margaret Farley and Martha Nussbaum, I seek to show how women's experiences can be defended as a credible source of knowledge and a norm for feminist theology.

scholarly journals MP19-15 LISTENING TO WOMEN: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES WITH MESH MID-URETHRAL SLING SURGERY

2021 ◽  
Vol 206 (Supplement 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pansy Uberoi ◽  
Wai Lee ◽  
Kathleen Kobashi ◽  
Alvaro Lucioni ◽  
Donna Berry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Sling Surgery

scholarly journals Older Women’s Experiences of Aging and Health: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 233372141983430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dympna Tuohy ◽  
Adeline Cooney
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Women's Experience ◽  
Aging And Health ◽  
Major Factors

Objective: This interpretive phenomenological study explored older Irish women’s experiences of aging and health related issues. Method: Data were collected using in-depth interviews with 23 older women (coresearchers). Data analysis followed the “Vancouver school of doing phenomenology” framework and included a meta-synthesis of individual case constructions. Results: “Retaining autonomy within a process of adaptation and continued engagement” describes the essential meaning of coresearchers’ experiences. Four themes were identified: “Being in control: Balancing needs and supports,” “Navigating a changing world,” “Being connected and involved,” “Trying to stay well.” Discussion: Gender shapes older women’s experience of aging, health, and ill health. Three major factors moderate their experience: autonomy and control, proactivity and adaptability, and staying engaged with life. The study concludes that aging, gender, and health are intrinsically linked and collectively shape older women’s experience. This is an important consideration when planning gender-appropriate health care services for older women.

Exploring Some Swedish Women’s Experiences of Support During Childbirth

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Nystedt ◽  
Lisbeth Kristiansen ◽  
Kerstin Ehrenstråle ◽  
Ingegerd Hildingsson
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Birth Experience ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Women's Experience ◽  
Open Coding

BACKGROUND: Caregivers need to better understand women’s experiences of support during childbirth because research suggests that social support positively influences childbirth.AIM: This study describes women’s experiences of support given by caregivers during pregnancy and childbirth.METHOD: The study design was inspired by grounded theory. Seven interviews of women were analyzed with an open coding, and different time-related categories related to the childbirth process emerged. The categories were marked by fear and a negative birth experience, being guided on own terms, feel supported, and transformation into courage to give birth. The analysis continued with a selective coding, reflecting the process of mistrust to trust in caregivers.FINDINGS: The mistrust in caregivers began with feelings of fear of birth and a negative birth experience. Through being guided on own terms and feeling supported by the caregivers, a trusting relationship could be established. If the trusting relationship continued during labor, then a woman could transform the fear of birth into the courage to give birth.CONCLUSIONS: Women’s experience of support can be seen as a product of earlier experiences from interactions with caregivers. Therefore, caregivers must be sensitive to the potential power and far-reaching consequences their actions can have.

scholarly journals Unmarried Pregnant Women's Accounts of Their Contraceptive Practices: A Qualitative Analysis

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbie Hyde
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Contraceptive Failure ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Fertility Management ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Calculated Risk

This article presents qualitative data on the contraceptive practices of fifty-one unmarried pregnant women selected at a Dublin maternity hospital. Seven categories have been constructed from data to capture the ways in which the women became pregnant, namely ‘fertility denial’, ‘destiny dependence’, ‘progressive remissness’, ‘occasional or intermittent risk-taking’, ‘calculated risk-taking’, ‘pro-active fertility management’, and ‘contraceptive failure or misuse’. It is argued that the variations noted in women's experiences in approaching pregnancy occurred against a background of patriarchal discourses that sometimes intersected to produce contradictory effects.

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