scholarly journals The hyperphagic experience in obesity: a phenomenological study of French and Brazilian contexts

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas BLOC ◽  
Juniana de Almeida Mota RAMALHO ◽  
Virginia MOREIRA
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Critical Position

Abstract This article aims to understand the hyperphagic experience in the obesity of patients in the French and Brazilian contexts. Using the critical phenomenological method, twenty subjects were interviewed in health services in Paris and in Fortaleza. We note an objectification and expropriation of the body often experienced in the hyperphagic experience in obesity. We highlight the emphasis on health in the French context and on form and aesthetics in the Brazilian context. In Fortaleza, there seems to be a more evidenced discrimination in relation to obesity and a pathological discourse, whereas in Paris this pathologization is viewed from a critical position regarding the treatments. We conclude that the hyperphagic experience in obesity reveals a subject who is often lost in his/her way of being and having a body, and that clinical work must involve the re-appropriation of this body and the recovery of the condition of the autonomous subject.

Embodied Grief: Bereaved Parents' Narratives of Their Suffering Body

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Gudmundsdottir
Keyword(s):  
Coping Style ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sudden Unexpected Death ◽  
Psychological Pain ◽  
Maladaptive Coping ◽  
Unexpected Death ◽  
Bereaved Parents ◽  
The Many

Experiences and symptoms emanating from the bereaved person's body are commonly considered to be psychosomatic reactions to loss. The lingering of such experiences is thought to reflect a maladaptive coping style that needs to be addressed to access the psychological pain underlying the symptoms. In this interpretive, phenomenological study of 15 family members in seven families who lost a child to sudden, unexpected death, stories of embodied grief are explored to further understand the grieving body. The findings of this study illuminate the many ways parents experience their grieving body and they underscore the importance of witnessing and acknowledging stories of the body in clinical work with bereaved parents who are learning to live in a world without their beloved child.

scholarly journals ‘Somebody stuck me in a bag of sand’: Lived experiences of the altered and uncomfortable body after stroke

2021 ◽  
pp. 026921552110007
Author(s):  
Hannah Stott ◽  
Mary Cramp ◽  
Stuart McClean ◽  
Ailie Turton
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
Post Stroke ◽  
Personal Perceptions ◽  
Psychological Sense ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

Objective: This study explored stroke survivors’ experiences of altered body perception, whether these perceptions cause discomfort, and the need for clinical interventions to improve comfort. Design: A qualitative phenomenological study. Setting: Participants’ homes. Participants: A purposive sample of 16 stroke survivors were recruited from community support groups. Participants (median: age 59; time post stroke >2 years), were at least six-months post-stroke, experiencing motor or sensory impairments and able to communicate verbally. Interventions: Semi-structured, face-to-face interviews were analysed using an interpretive phenomenological approach and presented thematically. Results: Four themes or experiences were identified: Participants described (1) a body that did not exist; (2) a body hindered by strange sensations and distorted perceptions; (3) an uncontrollable body; and (4) a body isolated from social and clinical support. Discomfort was apparent in a physical and psychological sense and body experiences were difficult to comprehend and communicate to healthcare staff. Participants wished for interventions to improve their comfort but were doubtful that such treatments existed. Conclusion: Indications are that altered body perceptions cause multifaceted physical and psychosocial discomfort for stroke survivors. Discussions with patients about their personal perceptions and experiences of the body may facilitate better understanding and management to improve comfort after stroke.

scholarly journals CADRES OF THE INTEGRATED HEALTH POST FOR ELDERLY AND THEIR SATISFACTION: HERZBERG THEORY APPROACH

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabila Ramadhania ◽  
Sharon Gondodiputro ◽  
Merry Wijaya ◽  
Didah Didah ◽  
Ariyati Mandiri
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Health Post ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

Integrated health post (posbindu) is a place for the elderly to obtain various health services to improve their quality of life.  The satisfaction of the health care volunteers (cadres) has an important role in the success of the posbindu. The higher the cadre’s satisfaction, the higher the performance in managing the posbindu. According to Herzberg, two factors that contributed to the work satisfaction, namely motivator factor and hygiene factor. Identifying these factors is important, so that cadres can remain active and satisfy in doing their work in the posbindu. The purpose of this study was to explore the components of cadres’ satisfaction in providing health services in the posbindu based on Herzberg's factors A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted on 12 active and 6 inactive cadres in 16 posbindu, Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia. A purposive sampling was performed to select the posbindu and the cadres. Data collection was carried out by an in-depth interview to explore the work satisfaction factors based on the concept of the Herzberg theory. Triangulation was based on the result of active and inactive cadres interviews, as well as observation of the activities during the posbindu. This study discovered practicing religious teachings and social relations as two new components that can influence satisfaction and dissatisfaction in the workplace.

The body and subjectivity in social clinical work

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 2031
Author(s):  
Michèle Benhaim
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body

IoT-Based Health Services Framework for Endless Ailment Administration at Remote Areas

2020 ◽  
pp. 184-198
Author(s):  
Rajkumar Rajaseskaran ◽  
Mridual Bhasin ◽  
K. Govinda ◽  
Jolly Masih ◽  
Sruthi M.
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Patient Monitoring ◽  
The Body ◽  
Smart Device ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Real Time Data

The objective is to build an IoT-based patient monitoring smart device. The device would monitor real-time data of patients and send it to the Cloud. It has become imperative to attend to minute internal changes in the body that affect overall health. The system would remotely take care of an individual's changes in health and notify the relatives or doctors of any abnormal changes. Cloud storages provide easy availability and monitoring of real-time data. The system uses microcontroller Arduino Nano and sensors – GY80, Heartbeat sensor, Flex sensor, and Galvanic Skin (GSR) sensor with a Wi-Fi Module.

scholarly journals Complement and Cancer—A Dysfunctional Relationship?

Antibodies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Joshua M. Thurman ◽  
Jennifer Laskowski ◽  
Raphael A. Nemenoff
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Microenvironment ◽  
Complement Activation ◽  
Tumor Biology ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Cancer Therapies ◽  
Complement Inhibitors ◽  
Cell Immunity

Although it was long believed that the complement system helps the body to identify and remove transformed cells, it is now clear that complement activation contributes to carcinogenesis and can also help tumors to escape immune-elimination. Complement is activated by several different mechanisms in various types of cancer, and complement activation fragments have multiple different downstream effects on cancer cells and throughout the tumor microenvironment. Thus, the role of complement activation in tumor biology may vary among different types of cancer and over time within a single tumor. In multiple different pre-clinical models, however, complement activation has been shown to recruit immunosuppressive myeloid cells into the tumor microenvironment. These cells, in turn, suppress anti-tumor T cell immunity, enabling the tumor to grow. Based on extensive pre-clinical work, therapeutic complement inhibitors hold great promise as a new class of immunotherapy. A greater understanding of the role of complement in tumor biology will improve our ability to identify those patients most likely to benefit from this treatment and to rationally combine complement inhibitors with other cancer therapies.

scholarly journals Leader identity development in healthcare: an existential-phenomenological study

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Koskiniemi ◽  
Hanna Vakkala ◽  
Ville Pietiläinen
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Leader Identity ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective

Purpose The purpose of this study is to take an existential-phenomenological perspective to understand and describe the experienced leader identity development of healthcare leaders working in dual roles. Leader identity development under the influence of strong professional identities of nurses and doctors has remained an under-researched phenomenon to which the study contributes. Design/methodology/approach Existential-phenomenology serves as a perspective underpinning the whole research, and an existential-phenomenological method is applied in the interview data analysis. Findings The study showed leader identity development in healthcare to be most strongly influenced and affected by clinical work and its meanings and followers’ needs and leader–follower relationships. In addition, four other key categories were presented as meaningful in leader identity development; leader identity development is an ongoing process occurring in relations of the key categories. Originality/value The existential-phenomenological approach and analysis method offer a novel way to understand leader identity development and work identities as experienced.

Shame as an Interpersonal Dimension of Communication among Doctoral Students: An Empirical Phenomenological Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halina Ablamowicz
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Conscious Experience ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Verbal Protocols ◽  
Human Failure ◽  
Interpersonal Dimension

AbstractCurrent conceptions of shame emphasize its negative communication value as a phenomenon of conscious experience. A tendency in our contemporary society is to view this phenomenon as an extremely disparaging and undesirable experience that every person should avoid or eliminate. It has become a cultural norm now that shame, perceived as human failure or sickness, is to be rejected, hidden, and not discussed. It is believed to stand in the way of personal progress and self-realization. The research literature mirrors not only the lack of interest in understanding but the ignorance of this central-to-human-life experience. The present study examines the meaning and communicative structure of shame through an application of the phenomenological method of Merleau-Ponty and Lanigan. My analysis is grounded in empirical phenomenology and focuses on meaning as reflected in verbal protocols. The results obtained dispel the misleading notion of shame as primarily a negative, to-be-avoided experience. Rather, reflection on the empirical data indicates that the subjects do not adopt the negative theoretical model of shame but accept it as a universal positive experience of communication that is fundamental in their self-improvement process.

scholarly journals ICT and Reflective Practice integration; A Constructivists Approach in Teacher Preparation at Primary Teachers Colleges in South Eastern Uganda

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-52
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Gusango ◽  
John Maani ◽  
John Ssetumba
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
The Body ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Teachers Colleges ◽  
Integration Of Ict

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the ICT and reflective practice integration in teacher preparation at Primary Teachers Colleges and to establish whether these practices were among the constructivist approaches being used to teach students. Methodology: This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of tutors and students in light of constructivists’ teaching. It involved 3 PTCs and 15 participants who were purposively sampled. This study used a qualitative research design. Data was gathered using in-depth multiple interviews and analyzed following Moustakas (1994) procedure. Findings: Data analysis and results revealed that tutor‘s continue to rely on traditional approaches in both instruction and supervision of school practice. The colleges are in a nascent stage in the integration of ICT and reflective practice in education being accustomed to traditional instructional practices and lack of motivation and knowledge among tutors to adopt ICT in teaching. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: This research study adds to the body of knowledge suggesting ways in which constructivists’ teaching supports teaching effectiveness and promotes students’ learning amplifying the need for ICT and reflective practice integration in instruction. The study recommends establishing and setting up Reflective Practice Laboratories in Primary Teachers Colleges for tutors and students  induction on several constructivists’ practices that include systematic reflection, clinical supervision, use and integration of ICT and other interventions in a proper and professional  setting

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