Humour and Mundane Reasoning about Alcohol Drinking

Group discussions were conducted, in five different occupational categories, in a medium-sized Swedish town. The occupational areas were the media, politics, business, culture and the civil service. An analysis is presented of how the interviewees expressed their alcohol habits in serious speech as compared to humourous speech. The participants' statements concerning their own alcohol consumption are related to expressions of what are called modulations in systemic functional linguistics. These form part of the ideational component of language, which concerns the way we communicate experience. Our choice of modulations demonstrates our attitude to the conditions that we describe regulate our ability to act. In serious speech, the speakers tend to value cautious drinking, setting sharp limits to how and when the use of alcohol is appropriate. As regards humourous speech, however, the situation is to a large extent the opposite: the interviewees picture themselves as under external constraints in connection to alcohol. The issues where we find humour is also where we find controversy in serious speech. The differences of opinion that arise, concerning everyday habits and the role model one represents as a parent, give rise to a number of jokes. The parts of serious discource that concern other people display a very different content, having to do with drinking too much, not being able to handle one's liquor consumption and not being permitted to drink alcohol – a content reflected in humourous form when the interviewees talk about themselves.

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Bridging the gap: an innovative dementia learning program for healthcare assistants in hospital wards using facilitator-led discussions

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610209008680 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 21 (S1) ◽

pp. S58-S63 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Alan Chapman ◽

Shirley Law

Keyword(s):

Training Program ◽

Front Line ◽

Learning Program ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Self Study ◽

Form Part ◽

Centered Care ◽

Person With Dementia ◽

Hospital Wards ◽

Healthcare Assistant

ABSTRACTNursing a person with dementia in a ward setting can be stressful and a challenge for staff and patients alike. Healthcare assistants are identified as requiring a specific training program. They form part of the front-line workforce and yet have the least access to training but often most contact with patients. The program in this study focused on person-centered care and used six self-study workbooks. Experienced registered nurses are trained to be facilitators of 12 group discussions in the ward setting. The training program viewed the facilitator as playing a key role in empowering the healthcare assistant but also in promoting reflective practice. The outcomes to date have been positive and showed a development in confidence and competence of the healthcare assistants involved.

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Factors Associated With Domestic Violence among the 50 Years and above Living with Hiv/Aids - A Case Study of Mukono Hospital Patients

Nursing and Health Care ◽

10.33805/2573-3877.104 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Ndazima Donny Silus

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Treatment Regimens ◽

Hospital Patients ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Hiv Aids

Domestic violence cuts cross all age groups and globally, between 10% and 69% of women report of having been physically assaulted by their sexual partner at least once in their life. Furthermore, between 6% and 47% of adult women report of having been sexually assaulted by their sexual partners while between 7% and 48% of girls and young women at least reported their first sexual episode to have been forced. Understanding of domestic violence issues and integrating them in the current treatment regimens is critical for success of treatment regimens of the above 50 years PLWH as domestic violence is blamed to hamper adherence to ARVS and ART, condom use among others. Hence the main objective of the study was to find out factors associated with domestic violence among the 50 years and above population living with HIV/AIDS, making a case study of Mukono hospital patients. Specifically the study intended to establish the individual/background factors associated with domestic violence among the above 50 years population living with HIV/AIDS, define the socio-economic factors associated with domestic violence and find the influence of substance abuse associated with domestic violence among the 50 years and above population living with HIV/AIDS. The study adopted a descriptive cross sectional survey that employed both qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques that was supported by both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected from the 50 years and above PLWH attending CoU Mukono hospital and from CoU Mukono hospital selected key informants, while secondary data was captured from CoU Mukono hospital records. The study used focus group discussions to capture qualitative data were different focus group discussions for male and female respondents were organized. Quantitative data was captured through use of questionnaires which were interviewer administered. The study targeted a sample of 263 respondents which was calculated using a Kish and Leslie formula and generated by use of simple random numbers that were assigned to study units following the inclusion and exclusion criteria that held that study participants had to be above 50 years, on ART and able to speak Luganda or English fluently. Only 196 respondents were studied as 67 questionnaires had errors. Domestic violence was measured on a standard HITS scale and a score greater than 10 was positive and indicated domestic violence while a score less than 10 was negative and indicated that a participant had not suffered domestic violence hence domestic violence was measured as a binary outcome. The study held domestic violence as a dependent variable and predictors of domestic violence like individual/ background factors, social economic factors like occupation and alcohol abuse as independent factors. A binary logistic regression was fitted against variables to test for their associations with domestic violence at both bivariate and multivariate level that a backward elimination method was used to determine variables that were significantly associated with domestic violence at multivariate level using a 95% CI. The study found that alcohol consumption was a risk factor to domestic violence and findings are in line with Canadian Panel on violence against women, 1993. Study findings associate domestic violence with having arguments over sex which is in line with Rani et al., 2004; World’s women and Girl’s data sheet 2011. The study recommended that there is need to promote interventions that limit alcohol consumption among patients as heavy alcohol consumption is associated with domestic violence that affects the treatment regimens of the 50 years and above.

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Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Abuse Among Younger Adults in Nsukka, Nigeria

Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal ◽

10.14738/assrj.710.9262 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (10) ◽

pp. 612-625

Author(s):

Anthony Obinna Iwuagwu ◽

Christian Chiedozie Iyiani ◽

Christopher Ndubuisi Ngwu ◽

Stanley Emeka Agholor ◽

Brian Obue Eyang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Focus Group ◽

Alcohol Abuse ◽

Random Sample ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Focus Group Discussions ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Younger Adults ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Depth Interviews

Globally, there has been availability and misuse of alcohol among youths and the consequences have been a thing of serious concern. This study investigates the effects of alcohol consumption and abuse among younger adults in Nsukka, Nigeria. The study used a multi stage random sample of 110 younger adults aged 17-40 years. They were interviewed using in-depth interviews (10) and Focus Group Discussions (10 FGD) that elicited information on the effects of alcohol consumption and abuse among younger adults. The qualitative data generated were analyzed in themes. Results indicate that majority of the respondents negatively perceived alcohol consumption to be depraved due to its health, religious and social implications, especially when it is abused. However, they conserved that many positive benefits are inherent in alcohol consumption if it is not abused. Given the rate of alcohol abuse among younger adults as findings show, there is the urgent need for policies and programmes that will help regulate alcohol consumption and abuse. This will go a long way in sensitizing, rehabilitating and reintegrating alcohol addicts and the at-risk persons to the larger society and the findings has potentials to influence policies on alcoholism.

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‘I know those people will be approachable and not mistreat us’: a qualitative study of inspectors and private drug sellers on peer supervision in rural Uganda

10.21203/rs.3.rs-30386/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Arthur Bagonza ◽

Stefan Peterson ◽

Andreas Mårtensson ◽

Milton Mutto ◽

Phllis Awor ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Role Model ◽

Health Workers ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Peer Supervision ◽

Four Dimensions ◽

Inappropriate Treatment ◽

Key Informant ◽

Drug Sellers

Abstract BackgroundPeer supervision improves health care delivery by health workers. However, in rural Uganda, self-supervision is what is prescribed for licensed private drug sellers by statutory guidelines. Evidence shows that self-supervision encourages inappropriate treatment of children less than five years of age by private drug sellers. This study constructed a model for an appropriate peer supervisor to augment the self-supervision currently practiced by drug sellers at district level in rural Uganda.MethodsIn this qualitative study, six Key informant interviews were held with inspectors while ten focus group discussions were conducted with one hundred and thirty drug sellers. Data analysis was informed by the Kathy Charmaz constructive approach to grounded theory. Atlas ti.7 software package was used for data management.Results A model with four dimensions defining an appropriate peer supervisor was developed. The dimensions included; incentives, clearly defined roles, mediation and role model peer supervisor. While all dimensions were regarded as being important, all participants interviewed agreed that incentives for peer supervisors were the most crucial. Overall, an appropriate peer supervisor was described as being exemplary to other drug sellers, operated within a defined framework, well facilitated to do their role and a good go-between drug sellers and government inspectors. Conclusion Four central contributions advance literature by the model developed by our study. First, the model fills a supervision gap for rural private drug sellers. Second, it highlights the need for terms of reference for peer supervisors. Third, it describes who an appropriate peer supervisor should be. Lastly, it elucidates the kind of resources needed for peer supervision.

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‘I know those people will be approachable and not mistreat us’: a qualitative study of inspectors and private drug sellers’ views on peer supervision in rural Uganda

10.21203/rs.3.rs-30386/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Arthur Bagonza ◽

Stefan Peterson ◽

Andreas Mårtensson ◽

Milton Mutto ◽

Phllis Awor ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Role Model ◽

Health Workers ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Peer Supervision ◽

Four Dimensions ◽

Inappropriate Treatment ◽

Key Informant ◽

Drug Sellers

Abstract BackgroundPeer supervision improves health care delivery by health workers. However, in rural Uganda, self-supervision is what is prescribed for licensed private drug sellers by statutory guidelines. Evidence shows that self-supervision encourages inappropriate treatment of children less than five years of age by private drug sellers. This study constructed a model for an appropriate peer supervisor to augment the self-supervision currently practiced by drug sellers at district level in rural Uganda.MethodsIn this qualitative study, six Key informant interviews were held with inspectors while ten focus group discussions were conducted with one hundred and thirty drug sellers. Data analysis was informed by the Kathy Charmaz constructive approach to grounded theory. Atlas ti.7 software package was used for data management.Results A model with four dimensions defining an appropriate peer supervisor was developed. The dimensions included; incentives, clearly defined roles, mediation and role model peer supervisor. While all dimensions were regarded as being important, all participants interviewed agreed that incentives for peer supervisors were the most crucial. Overall, an appropriate peer supervisor was described as being exemplary to other drug sellers, operated within a defined framework, well facilitated to do their role and a good go-between drug sellers and government inspectors. Conclusion Four central contributions advance literature by the model developed by our study. First, the model fills a supervision gap for rural private drug sellers. Second, it highlights the need for terms of reference for peer supervisors. Third, it describes who an appropriate peer supervisor should be. Lastly, it elucidates the kind of resources needed for peer supervision.

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Exploring perceptions of alcohol use in two Indian states: A qualitative study from Delhi and Haryana, India

The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research ◽

10.7895/ijadr.v6i1.238 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Monika Arora ◽

Abha Tewari ◽

Shalini Bassi ◽

Kavita Chauhan ◽

Shikha Bhasin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Low Socioeconomic Status ◽

Alcohol Policy ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Public Health Perspective ◽

Indian States ◽

Low Socioeconomic ◽

Regulatory Policies

Arora, M., Tewari, A., Bassi, S., Chauhan, K., Bhasin, S., Bakshi, A., & Andréasson, S. (2017). Exploring perceptions of alcohol use in two Indian states: A qualitative study from Delhi and Haryana, India. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 6(1), 1-6. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v6i1.238Aims: To explore perceptions and determinants influencing alcohol consumption, with a view to inform development of suitable policies to control alcohol consumption.Methodology: Focus group discussions (FGDs) (n=24) were conducted in two Indian states among the rural Haryana (n=8 FGDs; 58 participants) and urban Delhi (n=16 FGDs; 113 participants) populations. Purposive sampling was used to recruit the participants, who were from high and low socioeconomic status (SES) groups and in the age group of 18–58 years.Results: Different factors influence alcohol consumption in high and low SES groups. The age of initiation is now as low as 10–12 years, attributable to the recent trend of increased accessibility. The participants agreed that alcohol consumption has now become a more acceptable part of daily living, whereas earlier it was limited to special occasions and festivals. This has contributed to an increase in drinking. Drinking among women was earlier a taboo, but now women (mainly of high SES), are often seen drinking at social gatherings. The respondents mentioned weak enforcement of regulatory policies related to alcohol consumption and sales.Conclusions: A shift in attitudes was observed towards drinking. Drinking is increasingly seen as a part of daily life. The availability of alcohol is perceived to be increasing and restrictions on sale are not effectively enforced. There is an urgent need to re-evaluate the alcohol policy from a public health perspective in India.

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Exploring perceptions of alcohol use in two Indian states: A qualitative study from Delhi and Haryana, India

The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research ◽

10.7895/ijadr.v0i0.238 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Monika Arora ◽

Abha Tewari ◽

Shalini Bassi ◽

Kavita Chauhan ◽

Shikha Bhasin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Low Socioeconomic Status ◽

Alcohol Policy ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Public Health Perspective ◽

Indian States ◽

Low Socioeconomic ◽

Regulatory Policies

Arora, M., Tewari, A., Bassi, S., Chauhan, K., Bhasin, S., Bakshi, A., & Andréasson, S. (2017). Exploring perceptions of alcohol use in two Indian states: A qualitative study from Delhi and Haryana, India. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 6(1), 1-6. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v6i1.238Aims: To explore perceptions and determinants influencing alcohol consumption, with a view to inform development of suitable policies to control alcohol consumption.Methodology: Focus group discussions (FGDs) (n=24) were conducted in two Indian states among the rural Haryana (n=8 FGDs; 58 participants) and urban Delhi (n=16 FGDs; 113 participants) populations. Purposive sampling was used to recruit the participants, who were from high and low socioeconomic status (SES) groups and in the age group of 18–58 years.Results: Different factors influence alcohol consumption in high and low SES groups. The age of initiation is now as low as 10–12 years, attributable to the recent trend of increased accessibility. The participants agreed that alcohol consumption has now become a more acceptable part of daily living, whereas earlier it was limited to special occasions and festivals. This has contributed to an increase in drinking. Drinking among women was earlier a taboo, but now women (mainly of high SES), are often seen drinking at social gatherings. The respondents mentioned weak enforcement of regulatory policies related to alcohol consumption and sales.Conclusions: A shift in attitudes was observed towards drinking. Drinking is increasingly seen as a part of daily life. The availability of alcohol is perceived to be increasing and restrictions on sale are not effectively enforced. There is an urgent need to re-evaluate the alcohol policy from a public health perspective in India.

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Veil or Evil? Spotlighting Women Portrayal through Semiotics Analysis

Register Journal ◽

10.18326/rgt.v11i1.19-36 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

Ika Apriani Fata

Keyword(s):

Cultural Studies ◽

Corpus Linguistics ◽

World Wide ◽

Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽

Connotative Meaning ◽

Functional Linguistics ◽

Sign Analysis ◽

Media Politics ◽

Negative Representation

The phenomenon of woman and man portrayal have been merely discussed world wide. Many viewpoints such as: media, politics, health, cultural studies, gender concerned on this topic. However, only a few of them was trying to seek out the language features attributed for women representation. Accordingly, to fill in this gap, this research aims at describing semiotical sign analysis of woman portrayal in media. A number of four corpus of Serambi Indonesia were analyzed based on two signification semiotics interpretations by Barthes (1967). The result eventually revealed that the language features attributed for women in the newspaper are woman as animal, as properties, as trigger of sins, as peaceful guard, those are considered as terms of denotative signification meaning. Meanwhile, the connotative meaning divided into two understandings; veil and evil, introducing positive and negative representation towards women. Finally it is expected that for further studies involve systemic functional linguistics or corpus linguistics towards other discourses as media to further develop the conclusions drawn from this present study.Keywords: Woman; Aceh; Semiotics; Portrayal

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Emphasising the usefulness of simulations in audit education: Student perceptions at a SAICA-accredited South African university

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences ◽

10.4102/jef.v9i2.54 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 485-502 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rikus De Villliers

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Student Perceptions ◽

South African ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Accounting Education ◽

Education Student ◽

Learning Tools ◽

Focus Group Discussions ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Form Part

The use of active learning tools such as simulations in accounting education are increasingly stressed by accounting educationalists locally and abroad. This study highlights the benefits of using simulations and how their challenges can be mitigated. The objective was to obtain students’ views on the use of simulations in the field of auditing. A qualitative approach in collecting the data was followed, including focus group discussions with third-year audit students at a SAICA-accredited South African university. The results form part of a bigger project involving the development of a simulation instrument for purposes of audit education. The qualitative results showed that the use of simulations in specifically audit education is invaluable to the learning process. The recommendations made on the basis of the content analysis also hold value for lecturers in the wider accounting pedagogy. Areas for further research and development are outlined, and the study’s limitations are acknowledged.

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