Orphans in post-conflict Liberia: Seeking care in fractured communities

2022 ◽  
pp. 136346152110666
Author(s):  
Elizabeth J. Levey ◽  
Benjamin L. Harris ◽  
Lance D. Laird ◽  
Isaac Kekulah ◽  
Christina P. C. Borba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Traumatic Loss ◽  
Substitute Care ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Indigenous Institutions ◽  
Education Support ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Similar Elements ◽  
Improve Access

Orphans in post-conflict settings have unique needs that have not been well-characterized. In post-conflict Liberia, maternal orphans are more likely to be without care than paternal orphans. This study examined the experiences of maternal orphans in Liberia, as they attempted to care for themselves and seek care from others, and the barriers they faced. In-depth interviews were conducted with 75 post-conflict Liberian orphans. We performed a secondary narrative analysis of interview transcripts from all maternal or double orphans (n = 17). We identified similar elements across narratives: traumatic loss, disconnection from family and community, and the desire for a savior. Female high-risk orphans were more likely to have formal substitute caregiving arrangements in which they were living with someone who was a relative or had been selected by a relative. Male orphans more commonly lacked arranged substitute care, but this allowed them to form relationships with substitute caregivers of their choosing. Sex also played a role in the provision of caregiving; substitute care was provided by women. Findings highlighted the syndemic relationship between poverty, violence, transactional sex, trauma, and substance use that traps high-risk Liberian orphans. Interventions are needed to improve access to mental health care, sober communities, housing, and education support. The need to integrate these services into indigenous institutions and address barriers related to stigma is explored.

scholarly journals Women’s accounts of help-seeking in early rheumatoid arthritis from symptom onset to diagnosis

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Townsend ◽  
Catherine L Backman ◽  
Paul Adam ◽  
Linda C Li
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Symptom Onset ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Care Pathway ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Prompt Treatment ◽  
Gender And Health ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background As interest in gender and health grows, the notion that women are more likely than men to consult doctors is increasingly undermined as more complex understandings of help seeking and gender emerge. While men’s reluctance to seek help is associated with practices of masculinities, there has been less consideration of women’s help-seeking practices. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease that predominantly affects women and requires prompt treatment but considerable patient-based delays persist along the care pathway. This paper examines women’s accounts of help seeking in early RA from symptom onset to diagnosis. Methods We conducted in-depth interviews with 37 women with RA <12 months in Canada. Analysis was based on a constant comparison, thematic approach informed by narrative analysis. Results The women’s accounts featured masculine practices associated with men’s help-seeking. The women presented such behaviours as relational, e.g. rooted in family socialisation and a determination to maintain roles and ‘normal’ life. Discussion Our findings raise questions about how far notions of gender operate to differentiate men and women’s help seeking and may indicate more similarities than differences. Recognising this has implications for policy and practice initiatives for both men and women.

scholarly journals Narrative Analysis of Marketing Communication Y2K Music School and Studio on Social Media

InterKomunika ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Tuti Widiastuti ◽  
Poppy Ruliana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Marketing Communication ◽  
Marketing Activity ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Music School ◽  
Data Tracking ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research was conducted to find out how the branding activity done by Y2K Music School and Studio through social media account Instagram @ y2kstudio. This research would like to examine more deeply related to marketing activity such as what applied Y2K Music School and Studio in building brand Y2K Music School and Studio as a music school through its official Instagram. There is also a method used in this research is a method of narrative analysis which is a method in the field of qualitative research. The data were collected using literature study on textbooks, online data tracking, and in-depth interviews on key informants related to the study. The results of this study states that the form of branding activities conducted by Y2K Music School and Studio through social media accounts Instagram @ y2kstudio is a marketing communication in the form of delivering information with positive ambiance related Y2K Music School and Studio and also in the form of information delivery activities related promotions which is currently running at Y2K Music School and Studio.

Opportunities and Limitations of Socio-economic Adaptation in the Coronavirus Crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Vladimir Titov
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Economic Adaptation ◽  
The Status ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

The article reviews the methodological assumptions and results of in-depth interviews held in May 2020. The aim of the article is to identify various aspects of the population’s socio-economic adaptation in the context of the coronavirus pandemic crisis. The author uses the tradition of phenomenological sociology, hermeneutics and narrative analysis as the methodology for the analysis of in-depth interviews contents. The content analysis of the interviews allows to identify certain similarities and differences between two groups of respondents, distinguished by the status of employment (employees and entrepreneurs) in terms of assessment of the crisis’ impact on enterprises and various businesses, specific of the socio-economic behavior, resources, and adaptation practices. A feature of socio-economic behavior common for both categories is the wait-and-see approach to find out possible prospects of the economy and the labour market. However, respondents in the status of employee are generally characterized by a more confident assessment of prospects of job preservation and income level. Active forms of adaptive behavior are particularly noticed among respondents employed in the area of information and communication technologies. Entrepreneurs tend to combine, on the one hand, a negative assessment of the impact the crisis has on their business, and on the other, the desire to look for new market opportunities, realistically assessing the threats and risks, and to rely on themselves. In the context of the ongoing crisis, the specificity of the population’s socio-economic adaptation is associated not only with the status of employment, but also with the industry specifics, an accumulated portfolio of orders, stability of the client base, and social capital.

How Emotional Ties Influence the Diaspora to Return

2021 ◽  
pp. 86-103
Author(s):  
Nick Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Emotional Attachment ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Over Time

Chapter 6 examines the role of emotional ties in fostering diaspora entrepreneurs to return and invest in their home country. The chapter utilises in-depth interviews with returnee entrepreneurs to B&H, Kosovo, and Montenegro, and draws on the theory of embeddedness. The chapter finds that while entrepreneurship is often considered to be a profit-maximising activity, in the case of returnee entrepreneurs to post-conflict economies, other motivations can be more prevalent. Indeed the analysis demonstrates that for entrepreneurs returning to post-conflict economies, an emotional attachment to the home country is the most important driver of activity. Furthermore, the desire for emotional gains influences investment activities over time, often leading to investment in family and friends, or activities which have a social impact.

THE CHILEAN STUDENT MOVEMENT: CHALLENGING PUBLIC MEMORIES OF PINOCHET'S DICTATORSHIP*

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Badilla Rajevic
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Student Movement ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Politics Of Memory ◽  
Critical Response ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Alternative Version ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article illustrates the connection between the rise of social movements and the profound transformations in the ways post-conflict societies symbolize their difficult past. It examines how the 2011 Chilean student movement developed an alternative memory about Chile's Pinochet regime. I show how the movement claimed fundamental changes within the educational and political systems, framing its demands as a critical response to the socioeconomic neoliberal transformations set in motion by the Pinochet military regime. Through an empirical analysis of the 2011 student movement that combines 60 in-depth interviews with young activists with archival research, this article demonstrates how an alternative version of the dictatorial past was closely linked to the movement's goals and affected internal dynamics of belonging. The results indicate that participants managed to go beyond traumatic narratives concerning human rights crimes that had been dominant in the Chilean public memory about the dictatorship. Therefore, they presented a change that constituted a major challenge to the future of the politics of memory in Chile.

scholarly journals Learning from experience: whys and wherefores of the polio non-compliance during immunization-plus-days in some high-risk wards in Bauchi Local Government Area, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saba’atu Elizabeth Danladi Nahuta ◽  
Ahmed Yakubu ◽  
Samuel Bitrus Bawa ◽  
Habu Dahiru ◽  
Hassan Gunda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Viral Disease ◽  
Learning From Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Migrant Populations ◽  
Polio Vaccination ◽  
Lower Limb Paralysis ◽  
Depth Interviews

Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious viral disease that causes lower limb paralysis in young children. The incidence rate of the diseases has persisted in some part of northern Nigeria despite the national and global effort to eradicate it. The study aims to describe the factors associated with polio vaccination non-compliance by some parents/guardians of targeted children in five high-risk wards of the study area. The study adopts a cross sectional qualitative study, conducted from 2014-2015, to gain insights into the factors associated with non-compliance to polio vaccination in high-risk wards in Bauchi LGA, Nigeria. 450 non-compliant houses were randomly selected for the study. The in-depth interviews consisted of 36 fathers and 18 mothers, while the key note interviews involved 18 Muslim clerics and 18 prominent traditional rulers, using semi-structured questionnaire. The results of the study revealed frequency or too many rounds of vaccine administrations; misconception/myth about the vaccine, migration, and child absence during immunization as reasons for non-compliance. Other factors include negative perception regarding the health and immunity status of the children, religious beliefs, while some of the respondent refused for no clear reason. It is therefore, essential to adopt programs that would enhance vaccine compliance; by for example, developing effective polio vaccines that can be administered at fewer visits to communities. Also, efficient health education needs to be conducted to enlighten the at-risk population, including special strategies targeting internally displaced and migrant populations.

Chinese parents' perspectives on home–kindergarten partnership: A narrative research

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feiyan Chen ◽  
Joseph Agbenyega
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Chinese Parents ◽  
Bioecological Theory ◽  
Depth Interviews

THIS PAPER PRESENTS A study on what it means to practise home–kindergarten partnership differently. Using Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory, this study draws on the narratives of six Chinese parents' successful involvement in home–kindergarten partnerships. Data was gathered through semi-structured in-depth interviews with parents whose children attend three different kindergartens in Zhejiang, China. Narrative analysis was employed to analyse the data. Critical to the findings is the parents' willingness to grapple with initial complexities and educationally constructed borders and boundaries and to move beyond simplistic partnership with the kindergartens.

scholarly journals “If I knew what I was doing on Twitter then I would use it more”: Twitter experiences and networks of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI)

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Brunner ◽  
Stuart Palmer ◽  
Leanne Togher ◽  
Stephen Dann ◽  
Bronwyn Hemsley
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
Novice Users ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Communication Disability

AbstractAim:of this study was to examine the Twitter experiences and networks of six adults with cognitive-communication disability after a traumatic brain injury (TBI).Method:Using mixed methods, the study integrated: (a) quantitative analysis of Twitter networks using computational and manual coding of tweets; and (b) narrative analysis of in-depth interviews.Results:Diverse experiences were evident, with two experienced and four novice users of the platform. However, all reported feeling connected and included, and identified both positive and negative experiences in their use of Twitter. Developing a supportive network facilitated higher frequency of tweets and increased feelings of enjoyment and connectedness. All expressed a desire to continue using or learning to use Twitter but novices lacked support from rehabilitation professionals or experienced Twitter users, and relied instead on a “trial and error” approach.Conclusion:Proactive integration of Twitter use during rehabilitation after TBI is warranted to support safe, enjoyable, and meaningful use.

Narratives and Lives

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Joint Production ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Power And Resistance ◽  
Depth Interviews

This paper considers how social structure and available cultural discourses are connected to and reflected in narratives by two DES cancer daughters—women who have had vaginal cancer as a result of their prenatal exposure to DES, a drug prescribed to their mothers to prevent miscarriage. In a narrative analysis of in-depth interviews, it shows how the construction of scientific knowledge about DES, and social/political knowledge produced by women's health activists, shaped relationships between DES daughters and their doctors when they were diagnosed with cancer. It locates terrains of power and resistance in their lives, placing them in historically and culturally specific medical and feminist contexts, in order to highlight the presence and play of power in their relationships with and responses to the news of cancer given to them by their doctors. It also explores the joint production of narratives by interviewer and subject, as well as the influence of dominant and emerging discourses on the researcher's and subject's sense making strategies and knowledge production.

scholarly journals “It’s Not Too Aggressive”: Key Features of Social Branding Anti-Tobacco Interventions for High-Risk Young Adults

2020 ◽  
pp. 152483992091037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Toledo ◽  
Julia McQuoid ◽  
Pamela M. Ling
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Experience Design ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Brand Recognition ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Tobacco Use Prevention ◽  
Promotional Materials ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose. Peer crowd–targeted campaigns are a novel approach to engage high-risk young adults in tobacco use prevention and cessation. We elicited the perspectives of young adult key informants to understand how and why two social branding interventions were effective: (1) “COMMUNE,” designed for “Hipsters” as a movement of artists and musicians against Big Tobacco, and (2) “HAVOC,” designed for “Partiers” as an exclusive, smoke-free clubbing experience. Design. Qualitative study (27 semistructured qualitative phone interviews). Setting. Intervention events held in bars in multiple U.S. cities. Participants: Twenty-seven key informants involved in COMMUNE or HAVOC as organizers (e.g., musicians, event coordinators) or event attendees. Measures. We conducted semistructured, in-depth interviews. Participants described intervention events and features that worked or did not work well. Analysis. We used an inductive-deductive approach to thematically code interview transcripts, integrating concepts from intervention design literature and emergent themes. Results: Participants emphasized the importance of fun, interactive, social environments that encouraged a sense of belonging. Anti-tobacco messaging was subtle and nonjudgmental and resonated with their interests, values, and aesthetics. Young adults who represented the intervention were admired and influential among peers, and intervention promotional materials encouraged brand recognition and social status. Conclusion. Anti-tobacco interventions for high-risk young adults should encourage fun experiences; resonate with their interests, values, and aesthetics; and use subtle, nonjudgmental messaging.

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