scholarly journals Sexual and reproductive health needs assessment with deaf people in Ghana: Methodological challenges and ethical concerns

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wisdom K. Mprah
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
Health Needs Assessment ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Key Informant

Background: Deafness is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. The different ways of perceiving and understanding deafness have practical implications for research with deaf people. Whilst the deaf community is not homogenous, it is generally distinct from the hearing population. Consequently, the appropriateness of applying research methods and informed concern processes designed for the hearing population in research with deaf people has been questioned.Objectives: This article reflected on some methodological challenges and ethical concerns arising from conducting a sexual and reproductive health needs assessment with deaf people in Ghana. The aim was to provide some perspectives on some of the challenges associated with doing research with deaf people.Method: The study was a two phase, sequential, mixed methods design, consisting of three focus groups to assist in the development of a survey and then the implementation of the survey for needs assessment data collection. The number of participants in the study was 179, consisting of 26 focus group participants: 7 executives of the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD), 10 male adults, and 9 female adults. There were 152 survey respondents (students, women and men) and one key informant. All participants, except the key informant, were deaf people.Results: The application of traditional research methods to studies involving deaf participants presents numerous methodological and ethical dilemmas associated mainly with deaf people’s unique cultural and linguistic characteristics.Conclusion: Research methods should not be taken as universal guidelines for conducting research in all settings because of differences in settings.

Women’s reproductive health needs assessment questionnaire: development and validation

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sedighe Rezaie-Chamani ◽  
Mona Rahnavardi ◽  
Zahra Bostani Khalesi
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Health Needs Assessment ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire

Abstract Background Assessment of reproductive health (RH) needs is necessary for describing the status of women’s RH and identification of the actions needed. This study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire for the assessment of the women’s RH needs. Materials and methods A sequential exploratory mixed method study (qualitative and quantitative) was conducted with Iranian women of reproductive age (age 15–49 years) living in Rasht. The qualitative exploratory phase was used to explain the concept and dimensions of RH needs. The qualitative exploratory phase was used to develop and validate a questionnaire. Results The results of the qualitative section, RH needs consists of two themes “Reproductive Health Education Needs” and “Reproductive Health Services Features”. A Women’s Reproductive Health Needs Assessment Questionnaire (WRHNAQ) was designed with 19 items. The content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) of the questionnaire were 0.89 and 0.93, respectively. The instrument’s internal consistency was confirmed by an alpha coefficient of 0.881. Conclusion The results of this study showed that the WRHNAQ is a culturally sensitive, valid and reliable scale for assessing the RH needs. The WRHNAQ will be helpful for identifying needs and need-based intervention.

scholarly journals A mental health needs assessment of children and adolescents in post-conflict Liberia: results from a quantitative key-informant survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina P.C. Borba ◽  
Lauren C. Ng ◽  
Anne Stevenson ◽  
Oriana Vesga-Lopez ◽  
Benjamin L. Harris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Health Needs Assessment ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Key Informant

scholarly journals Sexual and reproductive health needs assessment and interventions in a female psychiatric intensive care unit

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Elana Covshoff ◽  
Lucy Blake ◽  
Elizabeth Mary Rose ◽  
Adenike Bolade ◽  
Robert Rathouse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Health Needs Assessment ◽  
Barriers To Access

Aims and method To assess the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of women admitted to a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU), and acceptability of delivering specialist SRH assessments and interventions in this setting. Within a quality improvement framework, staff were trained, a clinical protocol developed and clinical interventions made accessible. Results Thirty per cent of women were identified as having unmet SRH needs and proceeded to a specialist appointment, representing a 2.5-fold increase in unmet need detection. Forty-two per cent of women were assessed, representing a 3.5-fold increase in uptake. Twenty-one per cent of women initiated SRH interventions, of which 14% had all their SRH needs met. Staff, patients and carers highlighted the acceptability and importance of SRH care, if interventions were appropriately timed and patients’ individual risk profiles were considered. Barriers to access included lack of routine enquiry, illness acuity and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical implications SRH needs for PICU admissions are greater than previously realised. Providing a nurse-led SRH assessment is acceptable, feasible and beneficial for PICU patients.

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Contraception ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
C. Lu ◽  
E. Rebman ◽  
T. Wiskel ◽  
R. Tripp ◽  
C. Babcock
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Health Needs Assessment
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