Women at Risk

Author(s):  
Ann Oakley

This chapter moves on from the case study material for the four women presented in Chapter 8 and the quantitative findings relating to pregnancy ‘outcome’ discussed in Chapter 9 to attempt a synthesis of how all the women in the study regarded their participation in it. A critical focus of this part of the analysis is the notion of risk. The women who took part in the Social Support and Pregnancy Outcome study were not only exposed to the ‘risk’ of taking part in research, they had been identified as ‘at risk’ in the narrowly biological sense of having already given birth to at least one baby weighing less than 2500 g. In using a quantifiable measure of risk derived from the medical domain, the study thus participated in a particular conceptualization of women and motherhood — one which prioritizes a set of meanings attached to motherhood by people other than mothers themselves.

Author(s):  
Ann Oakley

This chapter presents an argument about both the narrow and the wider meanings of the Social Support and Pregnancy Outcome study. It addresses the question of findings within three contexts. The first context is that of previous work on social support and health, and of the relations between social and material support; in other words, does befriending pregnant women make sense when their greatest enemy is not lack of social support but inadequate material resourcing of motherhood? The second context is the cultural treatment of women and reproduction; here the question is about the implications of the study for the routine provision of maternity care. The third context relates to the question of who listens, and attends, to the results of research; because of the problematic nature of this part of the process, the question is: does research make any difference to the ‘real’ world anyway?


Author(s):  
Ann Oakley

The chapter presents four case studies, selected from a possible total of 509, according to the following criteria: (1) there should be one from each of the four geographical areas included in the Social Support and Pregnancy Outcome study; (2) they should be selected from the intervention group, in order to give a fuller picture of just what ‘giving social support’ means; and (3) they should exemplify and expand on a number of critical themes both within the study and outside it. These themes concern the social and medical construction of women's reproductive bodies and social selves. Particular issues relate to the appropriation of women's domestic labour by the privatized family; the material (under)resourcing of women as mothers; the commodification of the female body and of reproduction by the medical system; and the ownership of expert knowledge about reproduction and motherhood.


Author(s):  
Ann Oakley

The Social Support and Pregnancy Outcome study had its origins in six sets of observations about social relations. This chapter expands these six observations as a prelude to describing the background and beginnings of the study. Among these observations are that science, including medical science, may be regarded as a ‘social’ product — its content and practice reflect the social backgrounds and motives of its practitioners, rather than existing in some pure, uncontaminated, ahistorical mode; the professional ideologies, status, and organization of the medical profession militate against recognition of the universe and impact of the ‘social’ in health care; and social support is good for health.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Relung Fajar Sukmawati ◽  
Nur Amalia Hamida ◽  
Rizka Amalia ◽  
Fathul Lubabin Nuqul

<p>Patients with terminal diseases who die every year are increasing, especially cancer is predicted to increase. Cancer is the second higest reason of death in the age range of children after an accident. Children who are diagnosed with cancer will certainly limit the activities normally carried out by their age. This is because their time is passed a lot to go through the treatment process that is not short. Therefore, children with terminal disease need support from the closest people who accompany them in the treatment process. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of social support in children with terminal disease. This research was conducted at the Syaiful Anwar Malang hospital, precisely the Pavilium building on the IRNA IV  in a special room used to play for terminal’s patient which is managed by the Sahabat Anak Cancer. This research uses a case study approach and involves 3 children with terminal disease as the subject of research. The results showed that the social support provided by care giver was able to foster a spirit of positive future expectations for patients.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1046-1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Abdul Fattah Santoso ◽  
M. Thoyibi ◽  
Abdullah Aly

Purpose: The research was conducted to explore the integration of education in the Muslim society in Indonesia, specifically what had been done in Islamic Integrated Elementary Schools in Surakarta, Indonesia. Hence, it studied the founders of the schools and their motives, their understanding of the idea of integration of education, the icons of the schools in order to realize the idea, the implementation of the idea, and the social support. Methodology: The research which was a case study using a qualitative approach found that the founders were either the older players or the newer ones, ranged from entrepreneur to activist. They established the schools and they were motivated by religious, educational, social-cultural, economic, and/or political factors. According to the informants, the integration of education had connotations in curriculum, learning, and management. Result: The icons they formulated were the internalization of Islam, spiritualization of education, Islamization of knowledge, sharia curriculum, and salaf (ancestor) curriculum. Such icons, then, affected the implementation of the idea of the integration of education. Furthermore, the society gave positive response and support on the performance of the schools. Applications: This research can be used for universities, teachers, and students. Novelty/Originality: In this research, the model of integration of education: the case study of Islamic elementary schools in Surakarta, Indonesia is presented in a comprehensive and complete manner.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aija Sannikova ◽  
◽  
Jelena Titko ◽  

The present research analyses the theoretical and practical aspects of interaction between social entrepreneurship and socio-economic processes, thereby building up scientific experience in analyses of social entrepreneurship processes. The authors, based on a theoretical literature review and an examination of social entrepreneurship in Latvia, analysed the elements of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem, the impacts of social entrepreneurship and statistical data on social inequality in Latvia. The research concluded that social development in Latvia was at the initial stage, yet it provided support to people at risk of social exclusion and poverty. The development of social entrepreneurship in the regions of Latvia was uneven.


Author(s):  
Ann Oakley

Whereas Chapter 11 examined what the Social Support and Pregnancy Outcome (SSPO) project can be said to have achieved in the way of research ‘findings’, this chapter broadens the framework of discussion to questions about the status of knowledge and methodologies of inquiry. It attempts to locate the SSPO study within the paradigm of the cultural turning-point referred to earlier — as an instance in the reworking of approaches to knowledge which characterizes intellectual debate in the latter part of the twentieth century. One way to approach this broader task from the specifics of the SSPO study is to ask what kind of methodology it is that combines the approach of a randomized controlled trial with that of ‘qualitative’ interviews.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Shara Syah Putri ◽  
Asep Supena ◽  
Durotul Yatimah

<p>This study was conducted to describe the social support of deaf parents starting from, social support of parents in educating deaf children and the impact of the application of parental social support to deaf children. This research is based on the observation of an 11-year-old child, conducted since September 2018 until January 2019, with some data acquisition since 2014. This research was conducted using a qualitative approach with a case study method. Collecting data through observation, interviews and documentation studies. The purpose of this study was to describe the social support of deaf parents starting from parental social support in educating deaf children and the impact of the application of parental social support to deaf children. The findings in this study contained five forms of parental social support, including information support, emotional, instrumental, social networking, assessment and appreciation for deaf children.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Nurina Dewi Ayu Dewi ◽  
Ira Nurmala

In 2014, East Java ranks second highest HIV cases in Indonesia to 32.872 the number of HIV cases. Concern HIV disease is exposed when in 2014 based on the sequence of work housewife ranks second HIV cases in Surabaya with the number of 129 cases. The case of a housewife who has HIV is higher compared to commercial sex workers. Therapeutic treatment for patients with HIV using antiretroviral drugs. ARV consumption serves to suppress the growth of HIV. This study was conducted to determine the social support for the consumptionof ARV housewife in Surabaya. The research is a qualitative research with case study approach. Informants used are numbered 9 consisting of three housewives with HIV, three families and three close friends housewife with HIV. The study was conducted from May to December 2016. Data collection using an interview guide and study documents. The results showed that there is social support for the consumption of housewives with HIV. Their diff erences in background,control beliefs, perceived behavioral control, intention-owned and social support received informants could aff ect the consumption of ARVs do informant. The conclusion that can be drawn is that the most infl uential social support for the consumption of ARV housewife with HIV in Surabaya is emotional support and support networks. Another eff ect of ARV consumption comes from a background that was once owned by housewives with HIV.Keywords: social support, consumption of ARV, housewife, HI


Author(s):  
Ann Oakley

Among the social origins of the Social Support and Pregnancy Outcome study, as described in Chapter 1, was the idea that social support is good for health. This chapter attempts to draw together ideas, insights, and problems from disparate areas of sociology, psychology, psychiatry, history, epidemiology, and medicine to address the question: why, in the first place, should anyone suppose that social support can be helpful to childbearing women and their families? The discussions cover the health outcomes influenced by social support; the link between social support and reproduction; how social support works; and the research challenge posed by the certain hostility of modern medicine towards the role of social factors in influencing patterns of health and illness.


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