Exploring the Experiences and the Nutritional Supports of LGBTQ+ Canadians during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Phillip Joy
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Nutritional Needs ◽  
Theory Paradigm

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, and other groups (LGBTQ+) within Canada. This research aimed to explore the experiences of LGBTQ+ Canadians in relation to their nutritional needs, practices, and supports during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The qualitative study was framed within a poststructuralism and queer theory paradigm and consisted of an online questionnaire. Participants were recruited and asked to complete open-ended questions. Responses were coded using thematic analysis. Results: Seventy participants completed the questionnaire. Data analysis resulted in 3 major themes, including (i) (dis)comforts of food and eating, (ii) shifting views of food and food practices, and (iii) what supports? The themes revealed that many LGBTQ+ individuals experienced stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a time in which their views and practices of food, cooking, and eating were changed. Nutritional supports were discussed in terms of family, friends, and partners. Conclusion: The findings highlight the complexity to the meanings people give to food, cooking, and eating during stressful times. It is recommended that dietitians familiarize themselves with the experiences of LGBTQ+ people, especially during times of global health emergencies to ensure equitable health care for LGBTQ+ communities.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study on Psychological Wellbeing of Nurses Working in Palliative Ward

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Nelavathi A/P Marimuthu ◽  
Siti Salina Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Positive Relation ◽  
Environmental Mastery ◽  
Research Questions

The main purpose of this research is to understand the experiences and psychological wellbeing of nurses working in palliative ward. There were two research questions driving this research throughout the process of data collection and data analysis. Four nurses from the palliative ward participated in this research to provide details on their psychological wellbeing. Semi- structured interview questions together with observation and simple survey questions were used to gather the data. Thematic analysis was used to identify the meaningful themes for each research question. Six main themes were identified: autonomy, environmental mastery, positive relation, personal growth, self-acceptance and purpose in life. The findings are highly relevant with the theory and literature. The findings indicate that the participants have good psychological wellbeing due to their huge experiences in palliative ward.

scholarly journals Experiences of Falling Ill with Fibromyalgia: An Incursion into the Collective Imaginary of Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Sanches Peres
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Chronic Condition ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Psychological Suffering ◽  
Group Interviews

Abstract A psychoanalytic exploration of the collective imaginary of patients about a chronic condition can help health professionals to understand the experience of falling ill in its intersubjective aspect. This study aimed to investigate the collective imaginary about fibromyalgia in women affected by this syndrome. This is a qualitative study based on the psychoanalytic investigative method. Data were collected from 18 women through group interviews guided by the Drawing-Story with Theme Procedure. Data analysis followed technical movements defined by the oscillation from a receptive passivity to an active receptivity. Results showed that, after falling ill, the participants did not feel to be the same persons they were before or, in certain cases, no longer regard themselves as persons at all. It was also verified that delegitimation generates psychological suffering described by the participants as a kind of pain. Therefore, it is recommended to value relational technologies in health care offered by multidisciplinary teams to women with fibromyalgia

Maternal Impressions of the New 2019 Canadian Food Guide Snapshot

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Palak Patel ◽  
Cynthia Mannion
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Dietary Changes ◽  
Dietary Behaviours

This qualitative study explored the impressions of pregnant Canadian women toward Canada’s Food Guide (CFG) snapshot released in January 2019. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 8 physically active pregnant women. Interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Three themes emerged: (i) pregnancy changes what I eat; (ii) what is healthy to me? and (iii) a connection with people and food. Pregnancy was the primary factor influencing dietary changes, and messages in the snapshot reinforced some dietary behaviours that participants had already incorporated. Participants wanted information specific to pregnancy but were not aware of available resources pertaining to nutrition on existing websites. Dietitians and other health care professionals should take steps to raise awareness of and ensure wider dissemination of reliable resources on healthy eating during pregnancy including Canada’s Food Guide website.

Developing a framework for understanding doctors' health access: a qualitative study of Australian GPs

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Kay ◽  
Geoffrey Mitchell ◽  
Alexandra Clavarino ◽  
Erica Frank
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Care Health ◽  
General Community ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis

Health access behaviours of doctors need to be understood if the profession is to adequately respond to concerns raised about doctors’ health. There has been limited investigation of these issues and most qualitative studies have focussed on doctors who have been seriously unwell. This research project was designed to explore doctors’ attitudes to health access and the barriers they experience using six independently facilitated focus groups (37 general practitioners) in Brisbane, Australia. Themes that emerged using inductive thematic analysis were grouped into three key categories. The findings challenge current representations of doctors’ health within the medical literature. Doctors in this study reported positive attitudes towards their own health care. Health access, however, was difficult because of the barriers they encountered. These barriers are described in detail revealing the rationale used by doctors seeking care. A framework of patient, provider and profession barrier domains is developed to enable a comparison between the health access barriers of the doctor and those experienced by the general community. The complexity is highlighted as the socio-cultural factors woven through these barrier domains are recognised. The potential for this framework to provide a structure for future interventions to enhance doctors’ health access is discussed.

scholarly journals Professional knowledge in primary health care of the person/family in mental distress: Le Boterf perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (spe2) ◽  
pp. 123-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roselma Lucchese ◽  
Paulo Castro ◽  
Serigne Ba ◽  
Vagner Rosalem ◽  
André Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
Primary Health

Aim of this study was to identify knowing-doing actions constituted the practice of Family Health (FH), in view of nurses in relation to the person and family care in mental distress in terms of professional knowledge of Le Boterf. Method: Descriptive exploratory qualitative study, to deepen contruction of nurse in FH. The survey was conducted in 3 Units FH. Result: Doing a thematic analysis, came to the following categories: “Knowing how to act and react with relevance”; “Knowing how to combine resources and mobilize them in a professional context”; “Knowing how to interact with multiple knowledges”; “Knowing how to transpose”; “Knowing how to learn and knowing how to learn to learn”; “Knowing how to engage”. Final considerations: the greatest difficulty was "be able to transpose," and that the daily demand of the FH teams requires a lot of this knowledge. Little transposition of knowing-doing in real situations has been verified.

scholarly journals Bridging the students’ ability gap to create a conducive atmosphere in learning English through various communication activities

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
A Aminah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Collaborative Communication ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Personal Interests ◽  
Learning English

This study aims to get a detailed reason for collaborative communication activities in bridging the gaps in the perspective of the students in the classroom condition to create a conducive atmosphere in learning English. This study applied explorative qualitative study. The participants of this study are the second-semester students of English Literature Program in one of the universities in Makassar, South Sulawesi Indonesia. The data were collected through Myres-Briggs online questionnaire, interview, and classroom observation. The results of data analysis showed that the collaborative communication activities which can bridge the students’ gaps in their perspectives should be fun and collaborative. Also, this study showed that varied activities could be applied alternately in learning interaction and adjusted with the material taught with attractive teaching media. By the gap issue, it was also found that distinctive personality and personal interests caused the gap. This study also found classroom conditions in students’ point of view which could create conducive atmosphere physically and psychologically in learning English.

scholarly journals Fenomena Kecanduan Penggunaan Gawai (Gadget) pada Kalangan Remaja Suku Bajo

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Chaidirman Chaidirman ◽  
Diah Indriastuti ◽  
Narmi Narmi
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Video Recorder ◽  
Field Note

Background: Socially the use of devices causes teenagers to become less sociable. Many teenagers spend most of their time playing gadgets so they carry them wherever they go. This happens to the Bajo tribes who experience social changes that have an impact on their life patterns.Method: This study was a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach with the population in this study were the teenagers of the Bajo Tribe in Wakatobi Regency as many as 227 people and the number of samples was six adolescences Bajo Tribe. Using samples with a purposive sampling technique. For gathering the data, the investigator employed interview and observation guidelines, video recorder, and field note. The researchers used observation, interview and video recording in collecting the data and employed thematic analysis in data analysis. Results: The results of the research on these were three themes including namely the use of devices, addiction and socialization revealed that the use of devices requires costs for operations and excessive use of devices will have an impact on health where adolescents have a sense of dependence on devices that have attractive designs, and cause individual and indifferent attitudes. Discussion: The conclusion of this study is that adolescents begin to lose time for socializing due to the use of devices that are interested in the applications in it

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF E-SERVICESCAPE DIMENSIONS ON CUSTOMER TRUST OF TOKOPEDIA E-STORE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Desi Tri Kurniawati ◽  
◽  
Azizul Yadi Yaakop ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Technology Acceptance Model ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Aesthetic Appeal ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
Customer Trust ◽  
Test Result

This research aims to reveal the effect of e-servicescape dimensions (aesthetic appeal, layout and functionality, and financial security) on customer trust of Tokopedia e-store. This research involved 200 respondents as the data were gained through an online questionnaire. Data analysis was run in SmartPLS software. From the test result, it is found that aesthetic appeal, layout and functionality, and financial security demonstrate a positive and significant effect on customer trust. Based on these findings, it is concluded that improving e-servicescape dimensions result in better customer trust of Tokopedia e-store. Further research may include more variables like the technology acceptance model (TAM) and e-WOM for enhancing the framework of this recent research to predict customer trust for the e-store.

scholarly journals Reciprocal dynamics between patients’ choice of place and how they experience video consultations: A qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 205520762110521
Author(s):  
Elle C. Lüchau ◽  
Carole Jepsen ◽  
Anette Grønning ◽  
Elisabeth Assing Hvidt
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Body Image ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Analytical Point ◽  
Point Of Departure

Objective To analyse the reciprocal dynamics between patients’ choice of place and how they experience video consultations (VCs) with the general practitioner. Methods Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 27 Danish patients were conducted over a period of 9 months, from February to October 2020. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. The analysis was guided by Nelly Oudshoorn's concept of technogeography of care. Results The following three themes were identified in the data: VC-home dynamics: balancing boundaries; VC-workplace dynamics: logistical considerations; and VC-body image dynamics: on-screen exposure. Conclusions Taking human geography and science and technology studies as our analytical point of departure, we used the concept of technogeography of care and demonstrated how the reciprocal dynamics between patients’ choice of place and how they experience VC made boundaries fluid and complex between different contexts and places, such as the home, the workplace and the clinic. These boundaries were negotiated differently by the patients depending on their need for privacy, convenience and support. Additionally, VC reconfigured patients’ and general practitioners’ roles, increasing patients’ responsibility in securing an appropriate health care setting.

Impact and sustainability of teaching SCPHN students to work therapeutically with families

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 280-290
Author(s):  
Catherine Butler ◽  
Joanne Seal ◽  
Eleanor Ruchpaul
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Systemic Therapy ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Public Health Nursing ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Long Term Impact

This article reports on the long-term impact of an innovative module designed for specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) students entitled Working Therapeutically with Families. The module was designed to develop students' skills and abilities in working therapeutically with families through the use of specific, systemic therapy techniques. The objective of the study was to evaluate the module and assess the effect and sustainability of skills learnt. Forty-three alumni were emailed regarding participation with a link to an online questionnaire. A total of 18 alumni took part in the study. The questionnaire data were analysed by descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Three years after completing the module, students said that they continued to use the ideas and implement specific systemic therapy techniques. Students also reported improved skills in reflexivity. The module was found to be valuable in SCPHN training and the concepts relevant to practice.

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