Mothers’ Perspectives on Effective Assistance With Breastfeeding Problems

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 142-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Mahurin-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
The Face ◽  
Breastfeeding Problems ◽  
Face Support

Purpose: This qualitative study investigated maternal views on effective support strategies in the face of breastfeeding difficulties.Methods: In semistructured interviews, 15 women who had encountered breastfeeding problems reflected on their experiences.Results: Participants reported that managing breastfeeding problems was complex and that the level of provider competence in addressing these difficulties was variable. Social media emerged as a highly prevalent source of support among women facing breastfeeding problems.Discussion: Virtual and face-to-face support strategies are compared; implications for providers are reviewed.

scholarly journals How concerned significant others experience Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) – a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rikke Hellum ◽  
Randi Bilberg ◽  
Gallus Bischof ◽  
Anette Søgaard Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face ◽  
Concerned Significant Others ◽  
Group Sessions

Abstract Introduction Heavy drinking causes serious harm, not only to the drinker but also to relationships and concerned significant others (CSOs). Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) is an intervention developed to help the CSOs of substance users. The aim of this study was to investigate the drivers and aims underlying CSO participation in CRAFT, as well as their experience of the intervention itself and their module preferences. Method This is a qualitative study based on data from semi-structured interviews with 11 female help-seeking CSOs of individuals with alcohol problems. The participants were recruited from an RCT study of a variety of CRAFT delivery formats (group sessions + written material, individual sessions + written material or self-delivered CRAFT with written material only). The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed by Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results CSOs reported CRAFT helpful when both delivered by means of individual sessions or group sessions. The “Communication Element” in CRAFT, the module focusing on positive reinforcement and acquiring a clearer understanding of AUD, appeared to be particularly helpful elements of CRAFT. Furthermore, being met with acceptance and non-judgmental attitudes seemed to count highly for the CSOs. The written material a helpful supplement to the face-to-face interventions. The written material a helpful supplement to the face-to-face interventions. Conclusion CSOs who participated in the CRAFT intervention felt helped by its components, irrespective of delivery format.

scholarly journals User Experiences and Preferences Regarding an App for the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: Qualitative Study

10.2196/17114 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. e17114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nienke J Wessels ◽  
Lisa Hulshof ◽  
Anne M M Loohuis ◽  
Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen ◽  
Petra Jellema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Adherence To Treatment ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
The One

Background Although several apps are available to support the treatment of urinary incontinence (UI), little has been reported about the experiences and preferences of their users. Objective The objective of this study was to explore the experiences and preferences of women using a mobile app for the treatment of UI and to identify potential improvements to the app. We developed this app for three types of UI: stress UI, urgency UI, and mixed UI. Methods The participants in this qualitative study were women with self-reported stress UI, urgency UI, or mixed UI who used an app-based treatment to manage their condition for at least six weeks. Following the intervention, semistructured interviews were conducted to explore the participants’ experiences and preferences regarding the app. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed separately by two researchers. Results Data saturation was reached after interviewing 9 women (aged 32-68 years) with stress UI (n=1, 11%), urgency UI (n=3, 33%), or mixed UI (n=5, 56%). Accessibility, awareness, usability, and adherence emerged as the main themes. On the one hand, participants appreciated that the app increased their accessibility to care, preserved their privacy, increased their awareness of therapeutic options, was easy to use and useful, and supported treatment adherence. On the other hand, some participants reported that they wanted more contact with a care provider, and others reported that using the app increased their awareness of symptoms. Conclusions This qualitative study indicates that women appreciate app-based treatment for UI because it can lower barriers to treatment and increase both awareness and adherence to treatment. However, the app does not offer the ability of face-to-face contact and can lead to a greater focus on symptoms.

scholarly journals Agencies’ Reputational Game in an Evolving Environment: Europol and the European Parliament

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-95
Author(s):  
Agathe Piquet
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
European Governance ◽  
Communicative Strategies ◽  
The Face ◽  
Over Time

With European Union agencies becoming increasingly significant actors in European governance, further research is needed to understand how they interact with their environment. Applying the ‘reputation’ literature to Europol, this article examines in greater detail how agencies behave with their ‘informal’ audiences in comparison with the formal ones. It demonstrates that agencies are deeply invested in the shaping of their reputation, including towards their informal audiences especially if the latter represent ‘reputational threats.’ Based on a quantitative analysis of activity reports and on a qualitative study of the face-to-face engagements of Europol with the European Parliament over time, this research sheds light on the complementary communicative strategies agencies can use to (re)present themselves depending on the dimension of their reputation at stake.

Exploring the Perceptions of Nurses on Receiving the SARS CoV-2 Vaccine in Palestine: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 084456212110667
Author(s):  
Souad Belkebir ◽  
Beesan Maraqa ◽  
Zaher Nazzal ◽  
Abdullah Abdullah ◽  
Ferial Yasin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Template Analysis ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Paper Form ◽  
Nurses Perceptions ◽  
Vaccine Information

Background Uncertainty about vaccination among nurses are major barriers to managing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. Purpose To explore nurseś perceptions about receiving the SARS CoV-2 vaccine to inform the upcoming Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) vaccination efforts. Methods Four focus groups were conducted with nurses between January 18 and 30, 2021, before MOH launched vaccinations in Palestine. Participants working in government and private facilities were invited to participate and completed an online or paper form to provide demographics, review the study purpose, and give consent. Meetings were facilitated in Arabic either online via the Zoom platform or face-to-face using the same interview guide. Transcripts were translated into English and coded using a template analysis approach. Results Forty-six nurses, with a median age of 29.5y (range, 22–57) from across Palestine participated. Three major themes emerged: uncertainty, trust, and the knowledge needed to move forward. Uncertainty related to the evolving nature of COVID-19, the rapidity of vaccine development, the types and timing of available vaccines. The need for trusted experts to share scientific information about the vaccines to counteract the misinformation in social media. Moreover, reliable vaccine information may help vaccine-hesitant nurses move to vaccine-acceptors and to convince others, including their patients. Conclusion The negative perception of nurses towards vaccines is problematic in Palestine and uncertainty about which vaccine(s) will be available adds to the lack of education and mass-media misinformation. Other countries with vaccination efforts that are not wholly planned or implemented and may be struggling with similar concerns.

Use of Video Consultations for Patients With Hematological Diseases From a Patient Perspective: Qualitative Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Primholdt Christensen ◽  
Dorthe Boe Danbjørg
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Hematological Disease ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Video Consultation ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
Patients Perspective

BACKGROUND The need for the use of telemedicine is expected to increase in the coming years. There is, furthermore, a lack of evidence about the use of video consultations for hematological patients, and how the use of video consultations is experienced from the patients’ perspective. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify patients’ experiences with the use of video consultations in place of face-to-face consultations, what it means to the patient to save the travel time, and how the roles between patients and health care professionals are experienced when using video consultation. This study concerns stable, not acutely ill, patients with hematological disease. METHODS The study was designed as an exploratory and qualitative study. Data were collected through participant observations and semistructured interviews and analyzed in a postphenomenological framework. RESULTS The data analysis revealed three categories: “Intimacy is not about physical presence,” “Handling technology,” and “Technology increases the freedom that the patients desire.” CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates what is important for patients with regards to telemedicine and how they felt about seeing health care professionals through a screen. It was found that intimacy can be mediated through a screen and physical presence is not as important to the patient as other things. The study further pointed out how patients valued being involved in the planning of their treatment. The patients also valued the freedom associated with telemedicine and actively took responsibility for their own course of treatment. Patients felt that video consultations allowed them to be free and active, despite their illness.

scholarly journals Offline versus online travel experience sharing: the national profile of China

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Songshan (Sam) Huang ◽  
Xiang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
The Face ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
National Profile

PurposeThis study aims to examine the demographic differences of Chinese nationals’ travel experience sharing through different offline and online platforms.Design/methodology/approachCross-tabulation analysis was applied on a national sample of 6081 respondents in China.FindingsThe study found that Chinese women tend to share travel experience more often than Chinese men; old people in China tend to use the face-to-face approach more than online or social media to share their travel experience. About 66.5 per cent of the survey sample used WeChat Moments to share their travel experience, highlighting WeChat as the dominating social media platform in China for travel sharing. In general, people who share via online platforms (WeChat, Weibo, QQ Space) tend to be young, single or unmarried, well-educated and earning a high monthly income.Originality/valueThe study offers an in-depth understanding of travel experience sharing idiosyncrasies in China.

scholarly journals Exploring the Barriers of Home Care Services in Iran: A Qualitative Study

Scientifica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heshmatolah Heydari ◽  
Hooman Shahsavari ◽  
Abdolrahim Hazini ◽  
Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Home Care Services ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

With increasing chronic diseases, the use of home care is rising in the world. Home care in Iran has many challenges and to improve that, we should identify the challenges and barriers of home care. The aim of this study was to identify and explore the barriers of home care in Iran. This is a qualitative study with content analysis approach that was conducted in Iran in 2015. Fourteen key informants comprising health policymakers, faculty members, nurses, and physicians as well as patients and families engaged in home care purposefully participated in this study. Data was obtained using face-to-face semistructured interviews. A focus group discussion was also used to complete the findings. Graneheim and Lundman’s approach was used for analysis of data and Lincoln and Guba’s criteria were used to confirm the trustworthiness of study’s findings. The data were divided into three main categories and eight subcategories. Main categories included treatment-based approach in the healthcare system, cultural dimensions, and the lack of adequate infrastructure. A position for home care in the healthcare system, considering cultural dimensions in Iranian society and providing an appropriate infrastructure, can be beneficial to improve the situation of home care services in Iran.

scholarly journals POLITICAL BRANDING RIDWAN KAMIL PADA MASA KAMPANYE PILGUB JAWA BARAT 2018 MELALUI TWITTER

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Sholihul Abidin ◽  
Ageng Rara Cindoswari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
West Java ◽  
Campaign Strategies ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Political Branding ◽  
The Face ◽  
Development Plans

Political branding is the use of a strategic way of consumer branding to build a political image. Ridwan Kamil won the election of governor of West Java in 2018. Different campaign strategies carried out by Ridwan Kamil were not only using the face to face communication model, but also direct communication. Social media has a role for Ridwan Kamil to communicate with his public during the campaign period to convey political messages. Ridwan Kamil's political branding during the campaign period of the 2018 elections in West Java's social media Twitter was formed through many aspects which included of appearance, personality and political messages. In addition to these aspects, other aspects that specifically shape political image through social media are the delivery of relations with constituents, the originality of leaders, responsiveness of technology, personal values ​​channeled, as well as key political messages. The key political message of Ridwan Kamil is done by providing development information, development plans, activity reports and conveying political values/ideologies. In addition, appearance as a candidate's identity also reflects the whole messages of political branding through the meaning of the costumes used. Ridwan Kamil indeed so far bears the celebrity social media political branding strategy carried out by Ridwan Kamil describing himself as a candidate figure who is open (minded?), close to the community, credible, and populist (egalitarian).Political Branding, Campaign, Twitter, election governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil

scholarly journals Penyuluhan Pemanfaatan Buah Ciplukan Sebagai Bahan Makanan Sehat Dengan Metode Jaga Jarak Fisik Akibat Wabah Covid 19

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Tajidan Tajidan ◽  
Arifuddin Sahidu ◽  
Suparmin Suparmin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Service Activities ◽  
The Face

In the situation of maintaining physical distance today requires all parties to innovate in carrying out activities including community service activities. The face to face method that has become a habit has to be changed by utilizing social media. One of the most widely used social media is WharsApp. In the context of disseminating information about the content and efficacy of ciplukan fruits, counseling was carried out using the physical distance keeping method through WhatsApp media. The results achieved from the implementation of counseling using social media WhatApp is increasing pesrta knowledge about the content and efficacy of ciplukan fruit respectively from 33.7% to 96.7% and from 53.3% to 86.7%, and increased interest in consuming fruit ciplukan from 67.9% to 93.3%.

Building a Model for Online Distance Courses Through Social Media and Networks

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 81-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face ◽  
Online Distance

This article describes the affordances of social media and networks for online Elementary German courses that have been taught at the University of Pennsylvania since 2010. These online courses were created to provide students the opportunity to take Elementary German as part of the language requirement for Penn credit during the summer months when students are away from campus. Like their face-to-face counterparts, the online courses are grounded on the principles of communicative language teaching and learning but clearly reveal the potential of these principles to maximize participation, promote learner autonomy and influence student outcomes when applied to collaborative online learning spaces. This paper explains the pedagogy behind the online courses, outlines their relationship to the face-to-face language classroom, and describes how student interactions are key to the learning process. It considers the importance of electronic and digital literacy (Warschauer, 2006) to the growth of new methodologies, materials development, assessment, articulation, intercultural competence, and student progress. This paper also compares the instructor’s experiences of teaching in the online environment with those of the face-to-face classroom and discusses how these distinct and separate learning spaces are in many ways related and can inform each other. Finally, the author considers new possibilities for language learning through emerging technologies.

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