scholarly journals A qualitative focus group study concerning perceptions and experiences of Nigerian mothers on stillbirths

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Milton ◽  
F. I. Alkali ◽  
F. Modibbo ◽  
J. Sanders ◽  
A. S. Mukaddas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Healthcare Facility ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Tertiary Healthcare

Abstract Objective To explore the experiences and perceptions of stillbirth among mothers from a tertiary medical centre in Kano, Northern Nigeria. Design Qualitative, interpretative. Setting Tertiary healthcare facility, Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital (MMSH), Kano, Northern Nigeria. Sample Mothers who had given birth to a liveborn baby at the MMSH in the prior 6 months (n = 31). In order to capture the experiences and perception of stillbirth within this cohort we approached mothers who had in a previous pregnancy experienced a stillbirth. Of the 31 who attended 16 had a previous stillbirth. Methods Semi-structured Focus Group Discussions, consisting of open-ended questions about stillbirth, beliefs, experiences and influences were held in MMSH, conducted over 1 day. Results Our findings highlight that this is a resource-poor tertiary facility serving an ever-growing population, increasing strain on the hospital and healthcare workers. Many of the participants highlighted needing permission from certain family members before accessing healthcare or medical treatment. We identified that mothers generally have knowledge on self-care during pregnancy, yet certain societal factors prevented that from being their priority. Judgement and blame was a common theme, yet a complex area entwined with traditions, superstitions and the pressure to procreate with many mothers described being made to feel useless and worthless if they did not birth a live baby. Conclusions As access to healthcare becomes easier, there are certain traditions, family and social dynamics and beliefs which conflict with scientific knowledge and act as a major barrier to uptake of healthcare services. The findings highlight the need for investment in maternity care, appropriate health education and public enlightenment; they will help inform appropriate interventions aimed at reducing stigma around stillbirth and aide in educating mothers about the importance of appropriate health seeking behaviour. Stillbirths are occurring in this area of the world unnecessarily, globally there has been extensive research conducted on stillbirth prevention. This research has highlighted some of the areas which can be tackled by modifying existing successful interventions to work towards reducing preventable stillbirths.

scholarly journals A focus group study of older Chinese people with CVD patients in the North West of the UK

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun Speed ◽  
Zeyuan Sun ◽  
Zhenmi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
North West

Abstract Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for Chinese migrants around the world. Chinese CVD patients rely heavily on their native Chinese language, cultural values and beliefs, which adds challenges for the healthcare providers to offer primary healthcare services with standard protocol. The inappropriate treatment could lead to life loss, mistrust in doctor-patient relationship and heavy burden for healthcare funding. Methods: 28 participants were included for focus group study with the grounded theory methodology. Results: There is considerable misunderstanding among the Chinese community about the role of primary care doctors in the treatment of cardiovascular disease resulting in the variable use of primary care services. Conclusion: Chinese CVD patients or identified risk factors for CVD arguably need closer management, culturally sensitive advice, support and robust follow-up compared to the general population. Doctors and nurses should enhance their practice and give them confidence in their interaction with Chinese patients on the basis of how they think and behave in relation to help seeking.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYMPTOMS AND HEALTH FACILITY CHOICE IN THE CENTRAL REGION VIETNAM

2016 ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Minh Tam Nguyen ◽  
Shimamura Yasuharu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Contact Point ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Healthcare Facility ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Quality Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Patients often have their focus on looking for the high-quality healthcare services while minimizing costs in order to choose the healthcare facilities appropriate to their needs. Moreover, a double burden disease has led to changes in healthcare delivery model and health seeking behavior of patients. However, the relationship between such illness and the utilization of health care services has rarely been empirically assessed. Objective: To clarify how health status and symptoms associated with the healthcare facility choice. Methods: We conducted this survey in 3 provinces (Thua Thien Hue, Quang Tri, and Khanh Hoa), with 6,898 residents in 1,478 households. The International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) was used to classify the symptoms. Results: There were 1,816 people having illness/injury during the last 3 months (26.3) and the majority of them went to CHCs when they got sick. Patients with digestive, neurological and respiratory symptoms were more likely to use CHCs as the first contact point. In contrast, people with musculoskeletal, female genital, and urological diseases were more likely to visit the higher level facilities such as provincial and central hospitals than CHCs. Key words: Healthcare sevices

scholarly journals Talking about dying and death: a focus group study to explore a local community perspective

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn N. Y. Kirshbaum ◽  
Ian Carey ◽  
Brigid Purcell ◽  
Seamus Nash
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Local Community ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Palliative Care Services

There is a general perception held by health care practitioners based in hospices, palliative care services and general healthcare services that society is reluctant to talk about dying and death. This avoidance behaviour is observed, noted and expressed in national policy briefings as being detrimental to patient involvement in decision making, effective coping and preparation for death, organ donation, writing a will, and the process of bereavement. The aim of the pilot study was to explore the perceptions of a local community on the broad subject of <em>Talking about Dying and Death</em>. An interactive qualitative methodology using a constructivist approach enabled exploration of a wide range of views from a self-selected group resident within the local community (n=8). Data were collected from a focus group session facilitated by the researcher and an associate researcher. Systematic and analytical coding of transcripts was undertaken using Framework Analysis (Richie and Spencer 1994). Four overriding themes were identified: i) <em>emotions, beliefs and behaviours</em>; ii) <em>coping with adversity</em>; iii) <em>difficulties, barriers and tensions</em>, and iv) <em>fostering a participative future</em>. There were some notions of superstition amongst the participants, but little mention of formal religious beliefs. Within the themes, <em>Coping with Adversity</em> and <em>Difficulties, Barriers and Tensions</em> is the core of the community&rsquo;s views and needs. The link to the local hospice service is significant for it is the place where practical help, spiritual care, and an appreciation for sensitivity, openness and honesty can be put into action. The importance of communication and language are critical above all else. Dying and death was articulated as an upsetting topic, and remains a taboo in this community in the United Kingdom, with a belief that talking will bring harm. Promotion of talking about dying and death was discussed in relation to the role of the local hospice and several suggestions were put forward.

scholarly journals Students’ Perspectives on Learning Practical Nursing Skills: A Focus Group Study in Norway

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
A. G. Gregersen ◽  
M. T. Hansen ◽  
S. E. A. Brynhildsen ◽  
V. A. Grøndahl ◽  
A. C. Leonardsen
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Clinical Placement ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Practical Nursing ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Nursing Skills ◽  
Nurse Students

Practical nursing skills are complex and involve technical, theoretical, and practical aspects, caring perspectives adjusted to both patient and circumstances, as well as ethical and moral considerations. Patients’ length of stay in hospitals is decreasing, and more advanced patient treatment is conducted in primary healthcare settings. Hence, education and nursing skills need adjustment in line with the rapidly evolving field of practice. Studies emphasize a need to uncover whether the technical aspect of nursing skills, in general, is challenging in students’ learning. The aim of this study was to explore students’ perspectives on practical nursing skills and how they can best learn these. Three focus group interviews were conducted with registered nurse students and intellectual disability nurse students in their last semester (n = 11). Conventional, inductive content analysis in line with recommendations from Hsieh and Shannon was used to analyze the data. Two main categories with subcategories were identified: (1) the content of practical skills, with subcategories (a) human-to-human relations, (b) organizational competence, and (c) technical mastering and (2) building competence, with subcategories (a) need for supervision, (b) planning the learning situations, and (c) relevance for practice. Students experienced that practical skills did not only include technical aspects but also the ability to establish a relationship to the patient and to organize their working day. Supervising was assumed as essential both when training in the simulation center and in clinical placement, as well as planning of the training, respectively. Students experienced that some skills learned in the university college were less relevant in clinical practice and that certain skills were difficult to perform in practice due to the type of clinical placement. Hence, there is a need to review the approach to and content of practical nursing skills’ learning in healthcare undergraduate programs, to prepare students for clinical practice, and to ensure that they build the competence needed in healthcare services.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Good-Quality Antenatal Care and Birthing Services among Postpartum Women in Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6876
Author(s):  
Sushma Rajbanshi ◽  
Mohd Noor Norhayati ◽  
Nik Hussain Nik Hazlina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Healthcare Facility ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Postpartum Women ◽  
Health Seeking

Patient complaints and dissatisfaction should be taken seriously and used as an opportunity to provide acceptable services. Mounting evidence shows that the perception of the quality of healthcare services impacts health-seeking behaviors. This study explores the perceptions of good-quality antenatal and birthing services among postpartum women. A qualitative study using phenomenological inquiry was conducted in the Morang district, Nepal. The study participants were postpartum women with at least one high-risk factor who refused the referral hospital’s birth advice. A total of 14 women were purposively selected and interviewed in-depth. NVivo 12 Plus software was used for systematic coding, and thematic analysis was performed manually. Three themes emerged: (i) women’s opinions and satisfactory factors of health services, (ii) expectations of the health facility and staff, and (iii) a lack of suggestions to improve the quality of care. Women did not have many expectations from the healthcare facility or the healthcare providers and could not express what good quality of care meant for them. Women from low socioeconomic status and marginalized ethnicities lack knowledge of their basic reproductive rights. These women judge the quality of care in terms of staff interpersonal behavior and personal experiences. Women will not demand quality services if they lack an understanding of their basic health rights.

scholarly journals Perspectives of non-attenders for cervical cancer screening in Norway: a qualitative focus group study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e029505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunvor Aasbø ◽  
Kari Nyheim Solbrække ◽  
Jo Waller ◽  
Ameli Tropé ◽  
Mari Nygård ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Personal Initiative ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Screening Attendance

ObjectiveThe attendance rate for cervical cancer screening in Norway is currently suboptimal at 69%, and an in-depth understanding of postponement of cervical cancer screening from the perspective of non-attenders is lacking. This study aims to generate knowledge about how non-attenders for cervical cancer screening reflect on booking a screening appointment.MethodsUsing the Norwegian cervical cancer screening registry, we identified and recruited women who were non-attenders to screening. Nine focus group interviews were carried out, with 41 women participating in the interviews.ResultsFour main themes were generated, which provide a comprehensive understanding of how women who are overdue for screening reflect on their hesitancy to book a screening appointment: ‘It’s easy to forget about it’, ‘Women have to arrange their own appointment’, ‘It has to be a ‘must’’ and ‘It’s a humiliating situation’.ConclusionThe degree to which women regard screening as important is affected by the nudging strategies employed in the screening programme and the facilitation of attendance provided by healthcare services. Dependence on one’s personal initiative to schedule a screening appointment and perception of a lack of responsibility on the part of healthcare services to attend screening may undermine informed and shared decision-making about screening attendance.

An exploratory focus group study on experiences with snakebites: health-seeking behaviour and challenges in rural communities of Kenya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janneke van Oirschot ◽  
Gaby I Ooms ◽  
Dorothy J Okemo ◽  
Benjamin Waldmann ◽  
Tim Reed
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Snakebite envenoming is a long-hidden public health threat in the rural communities of Kenya. This study aimed to shed light on the health-seeking behaviour of people bitten by snakes, views on prevention measures and community needs and the consequences for snakebite patients in these areas. Methods Six focus group interviews were conducted in communities in the Kajiado (n=3) and Kilifi (n=3) counties. Results Traditional first-aid practices such as the use of a tourniquet and/or cutting the wound, use of a black stone and a variety of other traditional remedies were common. Challenges with transportation to health facilities and inadequately resourced facilities complicated accessing medical care. Community members voiced a need to improve access to trained healthcare workers and snakebite treatments at health facilities. Conclusion While communities had high trust in evidence-based medical care, traditional treatment was often sought, causing delays in timely medical attention. Traditional practices were often used in the home environment and these were not usually administered by a traditional healer. The findings illustrate the need to combine improving the availability of effective snakebite treatment and healthcare worker training on snakebite with community education to reduce the impact of snakebite.

Latina Adolescents' Plans, Barriers, and Supports: A Focus Group Study

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen H. McWhirter ◽  
Marina Valdez ◽  
Alisia R. Caban ◽  
Christina L. Aranda
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Latina Adolescents
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