A Qualitative Study of Working Mothers in Ireland: An Exploration of ‘Lived Experiences’

Evidence-based research has highlighted the need for exploring factors that support the mental health of men who have sex with men living with HIV/AIDS (MSMLWH), and environmental influences that promote their resilience to HIV/AIDS. This exploratory study utilized a community-based participatory research approach to investigate barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS, specifically among racial and ethnic minority, middle-aged and older MSMLWH, a population that continues to be significantly impacted by HIV/AIDS today. This collaborative, qualitative study recruited participants who identified as racial or ethnic minority MSMLWH, were aged 40 or older, and resided in Ontario, Canada. Participants (n = 24) discussed in their interviews barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS, which they recognized from their lived experiences. Utilizing thematic analysis, themes related to barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS were identified. Themes related to identified barriers included: (1) language proficiency, (2) racism, (3) pernicious norms in North American gay culture, and (4) HIV stigma. Themes related to identified facilitators included: (1) compartmentalization, (2) perseverance, and (3) community-based health and social services. This article discusses the implications of the study’s findings, particularly on how they may influence the development of future services for racial and ethnic minority, middle-aged and older MSMLWH.

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Improving graduation rates in drug court: A qualitative study of participants’ lived experiences

Criminology & Criminal Justice ◽

10.1177/1748895816682578 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 468-484 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

John Robert Gallagher ◽

Anne Nordberg ◽

Elyse Lefebvre

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Lived Experiences ◽

Justice System ◽

Drug Testing ◽

Drug Court ◽

Drug Courts ◽

Criminal Recidivism ◽

Frequent Contact

For nearly three decades, drug courts have provided a rehabilitative approach within the criminal justice system for individuals who have a substance use disorder. The goal of drug courts is to reduce criminal recidivism, and research has consistently suggested that participants that graduate drug court are less likely to recidivate than those who are terminated from the program. This qualitative study adds to the literature by asking drug court participants ( N = 42) their views on the most helpful aspects of the program that support them in graduating and how the program could be more helpful to support them in graduating. Two themes emerged from the data: (1) participants felt that interventions that are common to drug courts, such as drug testing and having frequent contact with the judge, were most helpful in supporting them in graduating the program; (2) participants felt that the agencies that offered treatment for their substance use disorders used punitive tactics and judgmental approaches that compromised the quality of treatment they received, and they felt that this was a barrier to them graduating the program. The findings are discussed in reference to drug court practice.

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The Settlement experience of Salvadoran refugees

10.32920/ryerson.14655027.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Veronica Escobar Olivo

Keyword(s):

Civil War ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

El Salvador ◽

Key Words ◽

Lived Experiences ◽

Country Of Origin ◽

Structuration Theory ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Canadian Government

This narrative qualitative study explored the lived experiences of Salvadoran refugees who came to Canada after fleeing the civil war in El Salvador. The research aimed to examine the experience of Salvadoran refugees who arrived between 1980 and 1992. During this period, the Canadian government enacted special measures which allowed for Salvadorans to seek refuge in Canada. The experiences shared by participants explored their experience with the traumas of war, migration and eventual settlement in Toronto. The theoretical framework drew on the coloniality of power and structuration theory. These experiences were considered within a broader context of what it meant to be a Salvadoran refugee in Toronto, both in ongoing connections to their country of origin and their country of settlement over thirty years later. The narratives of the participants provide insights into the complex negotiations into the experiences of refugees forced to flee and reorient themselves in a new society. Key words: Salvadoran, refugees, experiences, civil war, identity, Latinx, Toronto

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Lived experiences of patients before and during epileptic fits –a qualitative study.

Nursing and Midwifery Research Journal, ◽

10.33698/nrf0194 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Ritu Saroha ◽

Neena Vir Singh ◽

Sukhpal Kaur ◽

Parampreet S. Kharbanda

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Lived Experiences ◽

Epileptic Fits

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The Embodiment of Discovery: An Adapted Framework for Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2021.4748 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Helen Hernandez ◽

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Laurie Dringus ◽

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Lived Experiences ◽

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽

Insulin Pump ◽

Doctoral Student ◽

Phenomenological Analysis ◽

Effective Strategy

We reflect on our process of working with an adapted framework as an effective strategy for analyzing and interpreting the results of our qualitative study on the lived experiences of insulin pump trainers. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was applied as the overarching research methodology and was encapsulated into a framework adapted from Bonello and Meehan (2019) and from Chong (2019). We describe this framework as the “embodiment of discovery” to posit the researcher’s tangible experience of discovering the meaning of data that also brought transparency to the researcher’s process for data analysis and interpretation. We present challenges the doctoral student researcher experienced working with the framework through three phases and various steps performed during the analysis. We recommend the framework may assist novice researchers as a tool for wayfinding and scoping the structure of data analysis and interpretation. We conclude that novice researchers should not fear finding their “embodiment of discovery” in adapting creative or alternate methods for qualitative analysis.

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When the Worst Imaginable Becomes Reality

Janus Head ◽

10.5840/jh20141319 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 176-213

Author(s):

Katherine J. Janzen ◽

Sherri Melrose ◽

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Lived Experiences ◽

Crack Cocaine ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽

Interview Data ◽

Depth Interview ◽

Interpretive Inquiry

This article describes findings from a qualitative study that investigated the lived experiences of four mothers recovering from crack cocaine addictions who lost custody of their children. The project was guided by feminist interpretive inquiry, van Manen’s approach to hermeneutic phenomenology, and involved thematic analysis of in depth interview data. By telling the stories of these women and using their own words as well as interpretive poetry written by one of the authors to describe their suffering, our research offers important insights to professionals involved in the field of addictions.

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