Challenges to Reintegration: A Qualitative Intrinsic Case-Study of Convicted Female Sex Traffickers

Limited research focuses on the nature of the lived experiences of women engaged in sex trafficking. This study employed qualitative methods of in-depth structured interviews with 10 convicted sex traffickers (ages 24–56; 100% identifying as female). Participants’ lived experiences revealed circumstances that led them to trafficking, specific needs, and the stigmatization they faced after exiting economies tied to trafficking. Inductive analysis yielded three key barriers to reintegration success: limited choice; negative labeling; and unmet physical, emotional, and social needs. These findings enhance understanding of the factors influencing the successful reintegration of convicted female sex traffickers into mainstream society.

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Online Collaborative Writing via Google Docs: Case Studies in the EFL Classroom

Journal of Language Teaching and Research ◽

10.17507/jltr.1206.08 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 922-934

Author(s):

Nakhon Kitjaroonchai ◽

Suksan Suppasetseree

Keyword(s):

Small Group ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Collaborative Writing ◽

Interaction Patterns ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Google Docs ◽

Efl Learners ◽

Language Functions ◽

Factors Influencing

This article reported a case study investigating small group interaction patterns in online collaborative writing tasks and factors influencing team collaborations. Participants included six Asian EFL university students who formed two small groups and were engaged in two online collaborative writing tasks via Google Docs. Data collection included the participants’ use of writing change functions and language functions during the collaborative writing processes revealed through Google Docs archives and collaborative essays. Semi-structured interviews were employed to examine factors influencing small group collaborations. The findings revealed that the two teams exhibited divergent interaction patterns, but the patterns of interaction remained consistent within each group across both tasks. The qualitative content analysis showed factors that affected team collaborations were individual goals, learners’ English proficiency, individual roles, and the use of collaborative agency. The findings may help elucidate the divergence of online collaborative writing and provide insightful information for instructors to design collaborative writing activities and assist EFL learners in the co-construction of writing tasks.

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Towards an Understanding of Excellence in Ur ban Pedagogy: A Portrait of a High School

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2007.1641 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Renu Ahuja

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Instructional Leadership ◽

School Success ◽

Educational Leaders ◽

Collective Responsibility ◽

Shared Decision ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Document Review

This case study describes processes in an urban high school, which contribute to excellence in urban pedagogy, and investigates teachers’ and educational leaders’ perceptions of the factors influencing their commitment to school success. Six themes related to excellence in urban pedagogy were identified. Data in the form of semi-structured interviews, observations, and document review de scribe a school in which the leadership strives to develop human capability at all levels through empowerment and shared decision-making. The study indicates that students’ achievement is a collective responsibility and strong instructional leadership is a key for success in urban schools. More studies may be needed to show how contextual experience of teachers and teacher’s self-efficacy are related.

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Analysis of Factors Influencing Marketing Channel Choices by Smallholder Farmers: A Case Study of Paddy Product in Wet and Dry Season of Prey Veng Province, Cambodia

Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.5539/jsd.v13n4p15 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Rachana Chiv ◽

Fengying Nie ◽

Shu Wu ◽

Sokea Tum

Keyword(s):

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Marketing Channel ◽

Dry Season ◽

Marketing Channels ◽

Primary Data ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Large Irrigation ◽

The Right

This study analyzes factors influencing marketing channels that were chosen by paddy smallholder farmers in the wet and dry season. The aims focused on determining the factors influence marketing channel choices to be able to reveal out the need for smallholder farmers to increase their productions and investments to formulate policies to enhance them such as increasing revenue, poverty alleviation, food security, and sustainable development. The primary data was collected through structured and semi-structured interviews with 216 smallholder farmers cultivated in both seasons, 12 collectors, 12 traders, 12 millers, 6 wholesalers, and 6 retailers by analyzed with Multinomial Logit. Results revealed that socio-economic, institutional, and marketing factors were different statistically significant influence into marketing channel choices in both seasons. These findings relate to factors that need to resolve and stimulate smallholder farmers to choose the right marketing channels by suggestion to policymakers. The outcomes of policies aim to stimulate and encourage extension office to support, sharing experiences, and knowledge to smallholder farmers who older, low experiences, and low educations. To improve extension services by the focus on telecommunications, storage facilities, and rural infrastructures. Moreover, urge smallholder farmers to market participation, and enhance market competitions. Finally, the policymakers should work efforts to improve and enhance the ongoing investments in the water supporting such as small, medium, large irrigation systems, and so forth for reducing the constraints.

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Mothering during domestic abuse: Protective agency as a force for change

Qualitative Social Work ◽

10.1177/1473325020917743 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 147332502091774

Author(s):

Fiona Buchanan ◽

Nicole T Moulding

Keyword(s):

Lived Experience ◽

Social Workers ◽

Lived Experiences ◽

Domestic Abuse ◽

South Australia ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Vulnerable Children ◽

Women And Children ◽

The Relationship ◽

Experiences Of Women

Background If women’s use of agency to protect their children from domestic abuse is considered at all, it is usually in terms of women staying or leaving abusive partners. Elsewhere women’s mothering, when they are enduring domestic abuse, is viewed from a perspective that focuses on finding deficits by observation and categorising the relationship between them and their children. Objective The study, which informs this article, looked to the lived experiences of women who had mothered while enduring domestic abuse to better understand their thoughts, feelings and actions during that time. Participants and methods The qualitative study considers the lived experience of 16 women, residing in South Australia, who raised young children while enduring domestic abuse. Semi-structured interviews followed by focus groups, which utilised creative methodologies were employed to collect data. Results The study casts light on myriad ways that women exercise agency to protect their children. When lived experiences inform our understanding, it becomes clear that many women enduring domestic abuse exercise their agency to protect their children. Conclusion We posit that, if agency is not a focus of enquiry it is overlooked by social workers focusing on deficits when considering mothering in domestic abuse. Too often, women are perceived solely as passive victims, unable or unwilling to protect vulnerable children. Yet important strategies to enable empowerment of both women and children are uncovered if social workers acknowledge and work with women and children to focus on the ways women exercise agency to protect.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Practice of Multinational Companies in Ethiopia: A Case Study of Heineken Brewery S.C

British Journal of Arts and Humanities ◽

10.34104/bjah.020036055 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 36-55

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Social Needs ◽

Specific Reference ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Study Approach ◽

Csr Strategies ◽

Corporate Social

Multinational profit-making organizations are expected to carry out their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) in order to protect the environment and the safety of people living in the surrounding of their plants. The main aim of this study was to explore the CSR practices of a multinational brewery company in Ethiopia, Heineken brewery, with specific reference to the brewery plant in Kilinto. The researcher explored the CSR practices with respect to Elkington’s CSR triple bottom line and a specific focus on the people and planet perspectives. Relevant literature was reviewed to describe multinational company's CSR practices in developed and developing country's perspectives. The qualitative research method was used in the study with a Case study approach since this research is about a specific case in a specific company. Semi-structured interviews, observation, and document analysis were used to collect data. The qualitative content analysis method was used to analyze the qualitative data and describe the meaning. The researcher examined the data in a systematic way in relation to the research questions reducing the data by coding and categorizing to draw meaning. The findings indicate that Heineken lacked balanced CSR practice in its environmental and social CSR practices. Though the company took part in some philanthropic CSR activities, its CSR approach was short term and reactive instead of being proactive. Heineken’s CSR strategy needs modification to customize its global CSR strategies into local contexts to solve local problems. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that Heineken needs to make improvement in its CSR to sustainably address environmental and social needs with stronger community engagement and communicating its CSR efforts through effective PR practice.

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Lived Experiences of Home Quarantine During the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Women Residing in Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Health and Life Sciences ◽

10.5812/ijhls.108911 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol In Press (In Press) ◽

Author(s):

Seyedeh Maryam Pourmousavi Khangheshlaghi ◽

Hamideh Bahaoddini ◽

Fatemeh Seifollahi Nasrabadi

Keyword(s):

Lived Experiences ◽

Critical Period ◽

Individual Performance ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Thematic Content Analysis ◽

Proper Actions ◽

The Family ◽

Health Related ◽

Experiences Of Women

: The present study aimed to describe the lived experiences of women regarding the home quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic. A qualitative study was conducted on 12 women residing in Tehran, Iran who were selected via purposive sampling. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews and analyzed by thematic content analysis. The obtained results indicated seven dimensions regarding the quarantine period from the perspective of threat and opportunity, including family (keeping the family foundation intact, incapability in controlling problems), individual (performance-based pleasure, performance-based numbness), spiritual (resorting to God, impatience), and health-related aspects (observation, indifference). Each dimension was divided into various subcategories. Our findings indicated that proper actions must be taken by all walks of life and authorities to enhance the physical and mental health of the community during this critical period.

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“You know, we can change the services to suit the circumstances of what is happening in the world”: a rapid case study of the COVID-19 response across city centre homelessness and health services in Edinburgh, Scotland

Harm Reduction Journal ◽

10.1186/s12954-021-00508-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Tessa Parkes ◽

Hannah Carver ◽

Wendy Masterton ◽

Danilo Falzon ◽

Joshua Dumbrell ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Harm Reduction ◽

Social Needs ◽

City Centre ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Framework Analysis ◽

Complex Needs ◽

Health And Social Care ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated unprecedented changes in the way that health, social, and housing services are delivered to individuals experiencing homelessness and problem substance use. Protecting those at high risk of infection/transmission, whilst addressing the multiple health and social needs of this group, is of utmost importance. This study aimed to document the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals who were experiencing homelessness in one city centre in Scotland, and how services adapted in response. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with individuals with lived/living experience of homelessness (n = 10), staff within onethird sector service (n = 5), and external professionals (n = 5), during April-August 2020, using a rapid case study design. These were audio-recorded, fully transcribed, and analysed using Framework. Analysis was informed by inclusion health and equity-orientated approaches to meeting the needs of people with multiple and complex needs, and emerging literature on providing harm reduction in the context of COVID-19. Results Those with lived/living experience of homelessness and problem substance use faced a range of additional challenges during the pandemic. Mental health and use of substances were affected, influenced by social isolation and access to services. A range of supports were provided which flexed over the lockdown period, including housing, health and social care, substance use treatment, and harm reduction. As well as documenting the additional risks encountered, findings describe COVID-19 as a ‘path-breaking’ event that created opportunities to get evidence into action, increase partnership working and communication, to proactively address risks. Conclusions This rapid case study has described the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a group of people experiencing homelessness and problem substance use within one city centre in Scotland and provides a unique lens on service/professional responses. It concludes with lessons that can inform the international and ongoing response to this pandemic. It is vital to recognise the vision and leadership that has adapted organisational responses in order to reduce harms. We must learn from such successes that were motivated both by compassion and care for those vulnerable to harms and the desire to provide high-quality, evidence-based, harm reduction services.

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Factors influencing the provision of care for Inuit in a mainstream residential addiction rehabilitation centre in Southern Canada, an instrumental case study into cultural safety

Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy ◽

10.1186/s13011-021-00387-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Julie Lauzière ◽

Christopher Fletcher ◽

Isabelle Gaboury

Keyword(s):

Participant Observation ◽

Cultural Safety ◽

System Level ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Rehabilitation Centre ◽

Instrumental Case Study ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Instrumental Case ◽

Safe Care

Abstract Background Provision of culturally safe care has been proposed to address health inequity, including in the areas of mental health and addiction. The factors that influence the provision of culturally safe care remain understudied. This paper explores the factors influencing the efforts of a mainstream residential addiction rehabilitation centre to provide culturally appropriate and quality care for Inuit. Methods An instrumental case study was conducted, informed by ethnographic and creative research methods. Over 700 h of participant observation were carried out between March 2018 and January 2020, in addition to qualitative semi-structured interviews (34 participants) and/or member-checking activities (17 participants) conducted with a total of 42 individuals: 20 Inuit residents, 18 clinical/specialized staff, and 4 clinical/administrative managers. An interpretive thematic analysis was performed to examine the factors that may influence the provision of culturally safe care for Inuit residents. Results Ten categories of interrelated factors were identified and classified according to whether they relate to individual, programmatic, organizational, or systemic levels. These categories covered: (1) residents’ and staff’s life experiences; (2) personal and relational qualities and skills; (3) the model of care; (4) model flexibility; (5) ways in which relational aspects were considered; (6) sensitivity of the organization towards the population served; (7) human resources and professional development issues; (8) social climate; (9) political, relational, and funding climate; and (10) legislative, regulatory, and professional environment. While system-level factors generally had a negative effect on experiences of cultural safety, most factors at other levels had both favourable and unfavourable effects, depending on the context and dimensions examined. Conclusions The results offer insight into the interplay between the challenges and barriers that mainstream organizations face when working with Inuit, and the opportunities and enablers that organizations can build on to improve their services. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities to providing culturally safe addiction programs to Inuit within a complex intervention setting. It concludes by highlighting some areas for improvement to advance cultural safety in this context.

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Factors influencing the non-disclosure of sustainability information on Malaysian district councils' websites within an institutional theory framework

Social and Management Research Journal ◽

10.24191/smrj.v8i1.5193 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Corina Joseph

Keyword(s):

Institutional Theory ◽

Development Program ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Study Approach ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Lack Of Commitment ◽

Theory Framework

This study examined why Malaysian district councils did not report sustainability information on their websites. It is a case study approach using semi-structured interviews. Results indicated that internal and external organizational factors influenced the non-reporting of sustainability information on councils' websites. In institutional theory, the lack of commitment shown by the top management in implementing sustainable development program appears to discourage the promotion of normative isomorphic pressure for disclosing sustainability information on websites. There is evidence of coerciveisomorphism relating to website bureaucratic procedures, but, not relating to disclosure of sustainability information. The overall findings may assist in formulating policiesto encourage district councils to report sustainability information to stakeholders.

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“Let’s Take a Look Together”: Walking Interviews in Domestic Spaces as a Means to Examine ICT Experiences of Women 60+

Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations ◽

10.21018/rjcpr.2016.1.201 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 49 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Barbara Ratzenböck

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Life Experiences ◽

Power Dynamics ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Domestic Spaces ◽

Interview Situation ◽

The Social ◽

Mobile Methods ◽

Experiences Of Women

Although mobile methods are becoming more common within the social sciences (e.g. Ricketts Hein et al., 2008 and Wiederhold, 2015, p. 607), they mostly take place outdoors. This paper examines the potential of walking interviews conducted in small domestic spaces to explore the ICT experiences of women aged 60+ and to discuss the challenges and advantages of this method. This case study of indoor walking interview material is a part of a larger research project on the ICT experiences of women 60+ in the Austrian province of Styria. The advantages and challenges of conducting walking interviews in the homes of interviewees are identified and explored. As this case study demonstrates, walking interviews in homes give the researcher a glimpse into the private areas of everyday life, let the interviewees lead the researcher through the space, allow the participants to conduct the conversation, and thus invite a reflection on the power dynamics inherent in the interview situation. This method also compares the statements provided by participants in semi-structured interviews with the information gathered through an encounter with media and ICTs in the home. These comparisons yield a variety of insights on prior statements through the addition of emphases, “contradictions,” or minimizing the importance of previous interview statements. Moreover, interactions with the objects in the home that are encountered during the walking interview also provide important “prompts” to stimulate a detailed and multifaceted discussion of everyday life experiences with ICTs and other media.

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