scholarly journals Lived experiences of HIV community workers participating in a community empowerment programme

Curationis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Horn ◽  
Petra Brysiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

Background: Both non-governmental organisations and governmental organisations are very involved in the development and implementation of community empowerment programmes (CEPs). Because of various health issues within the community, 10 CEPs were launched in Ladysmith with a focus on addressing the particular needs of HIV-affected and -infected members. Of the 10 programmes, however, only four were deemed sustainable after five years.Objectives: The researcher explored the lived experiences of HIV community workers participating in two CEPs in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal in order to develop recommendations for CEPs.Method: Data were explored using a qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Ten participants who had been involved in HIV CEPs for more than six months were identified and individual interviews were held.Results: Three themes emerged, namely, giving of yourself, maintaining sustainability and assisting the CEPs and community workers. Each of these themes also contained a number of subthemes. Exploring the lived experience of the community workers revealed that there are a number of ways in which to promote the sustainability of CEPs.Conclusion: The community should be involved in all aspects of the CEP and community workers must respect the community and their knowledge, experience and value systems.

Persons who Dependent Upon Technologies for Care: Lived Experience of Being Cared for Following Lower Limb Amputation

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Rebecca S. Koszalinski, ◽  
Rozzano C. Locsin,
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Lower Limb Amputation ◽  
Limb Amputation ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Human Care ◽  
Human Caring

The purpose of this study was to describe the experience of persons who were being cared for while dependent upon technologies for human care. Eight participants who met the inclusion criteria were interviewed. Following van Manen’s (1990) hermeneutic phenomenological approach, 4 thematic experiential descriptions were revealed. The lived experience of being cared for is an expression of independence in finding meaning and acceptance, while being mindful of recovery with existing technological use of configured space. Understanding the meaning of being cared for with technologies enhances human caring in community living. Engaging in understanding shared lived experiences of persons being cared for with technologies is expected.

The Dance of Words

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-65
Author(s):  
Lis Engel ◽  
Rikke Schou Jeppesen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
General Level ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Movement Experience ◽  
Movement Theory

Abstract This article is about language and lived experiences and analysis of movement of dance within Physical Education studies in Denmark with a special focus on how the language of movement and dance can be related to lived body and movement experience. The issue of the challenges and possibilities of expressing movement experience and analysis in words is discussed at the general level and exemplified in the context of a dance educational event where the movement theory of Rudolf Laban is applied. A central question arising out of this example of working with language and lived experience of movement is: What influence does language have on our way of understanding and communicating a dance experience? The article proposes that a bodily anchored lived language – through an ethic-aesthetic phenomenological approach – may supplement, expand and broaden a given professional terminology in order to articulate, communicate and unfold the experiential dimensions of dance.

The “Silenced” Voices of Women Cancer Survivors: Bodily Experiences From an Existential Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos António Laranjeira ◽  
Paula Ponce Leão ◽  
Isabel Leal
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Cancer Survival ◽  
Gynecological Cancer ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Historically Situated ◽  
Female Bodies

This study explores women’s embodiment from an existential–phenomenological approach. Gynecological cancer was chosen as the condition of interest to understand socially formed gender via female bodies as a lived experience of socially and historically situated women. This empirical material is based on individual interviews with 10 Portuguese cancer survivors. A phenomenological–hermeneutical method, inspired by Ricoeur (1976), was used to extract the meaningful content from the women’s experiences. These narratives include life changes and recovery transitions in and through the lived body. By seeing cancer survival in terms of the lived body, this study opens the possibility of articulating a deeper and clearer understanding of people’s experience of cancer trauma with gender-sensitive health services.

scholarly journals Lived Experiences of Persons with Chronic Schizophrenia Living in the Community

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Akanksha Rani ◽  
Sphoorthi G. Prabhu ◽  
Thirumoorthy Ammapattian ◽  
Janaki Trichy ◽  
Sojan Antony
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviour

Background and Purpose: Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder which impacts a person’s ability to successfully function in the community. When it interacts with structural and situational stress like poverty, homelessness and unemployment, it can lead to negative experiences and makes a person vulnerable to abuse or even develop resilience or retaining a meaningful life within the limitation of the disorder. The study aims to understand how individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia define and evaluate their experience of living in the community; personal and environmental strengths, impact of illness on their personal and social life, the challenges and barriers they meet in their day to day life and how they overcome those challenges. Methods: The study focuses on lived experiences and deriving meaning from those experiences from a service user perspective. Therefore, Hermeneutic phenomenological approach will be used. In-depth interviews will be conducted over the course of four months to elicit client’s narratives of their experiences. The interviews are transcribed, read and coded to cluster thematic aspects in each case by using ATLAS.ti.v.7. Data will be collected till saturation point is reached and participants are from various age-group, socio-economic status, ethnicity and educational background, living in the Community. Implication: Participants’ stories would narrate sources of strength, process of normalization, describing instances of discrimination, social and structural factors which they encounter affecting their help-seeking behaviour and how these factors act as facilitator and barriers in their day to day life. Findings would suggest the need for advocacy services which are discussed through recommendations and suggestions.

scholarly journals Lived Experiences of Battered Women in Ozamiz City, Philippines

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Superable
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Van Manen

Domestic violence is prevalent not only in the Philippines but also in other countries. This study explored how battered women viewed their experiences as victims using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach (van Manen, 2016). Using purposive sampling and snowball technique, the study identified six battered women who were interviewed using researcher-made guide questions. The responses generated from the interviews were transcribed and analyzed using Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology which aimed to understand the lived experiences of the participants. Four central themes were identified, namely recurrence of physical abuse, endurance to pain, disempowerment of women, and love for family. Battered women prefer to stay home and endure their husbands’ battering to protect children and family from social stigma.

The Essence of Hope in Domestic Violence Support Work: A Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Inquiry

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggie Crain ◽  
Corinne Koehn
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Professional Women ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Phenomenological Inquiry ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Bodily Sensations

This study explored the lived experience of hope for domestic violence support workers. A hermeneutic-phenomenological approach was used to collect and analyze the experiences of six professional women, aged 37 through 69. Four themes, each with subthemes, emerged from the findings: Hope is visceral reveals the phenomenology of hope as experienced through bodily sensations, reactions, and emotions. Hope is contextual describes how experiences of hope are enhanced by personal perspectives and social environments. Hope is mutual reveals how interactions with other people inspire hope. Hope is a journey illustrates how hope evolves over the years to reveal new understandings of what it means to live hopefully. The article discusses implications for counseling, counselor education, and service provider organizations and presents suggestions for future research.

The Lived Experience of Registered Nurses Providing Care to Patients with Dementia in the Acute Care Setting: A Phenomenological Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina C. Byers, ◽  
Nancey E.M. France,
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Human Science ◽  
Acute Care Setting ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Human Care

The phenomenon of interest for this study was the registered nurse’s (RN’s) lived experience of caring for patients with dementia in the acute care setting. Watson’s theory of human science and human care and van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenological approach were used to guide this study. The strategies used for the generation and analysis of data were tape-recorded open-ended interviews, field notes, and the researchers’ audio-taped journal. Upon saturation, two themes and a synthesis of unity emerged across all participants. The implications for practice were clearly communicated by the RNs in this study. Further research is recommended.

scholarly journals The Lived Experiences of the Lombok Earthquake Survivors

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mumtaz Tauba ◽  
Suryani Suryani ◽  
Imas Rafiyah
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Peace Of Mind ◽  
Religious Aspects ◽  
Earthquake Survivors

Background: The large-scale earthquake which had struck off Lombok, an island in West Nusa Tenggara, made the survivors faced poor conditions, difficulties, and lack of supplies. Besides physical losses, the survivors also experienced various psychological health disorders that significantly affected their psychological condition as well as life.Purpose: This study was aimed at exploring and gaining deeper meaning from the lived experiences of the Lombok earthquake survivors.Methods: This study used a qualitative method with a descriptive phenomenological approach to elucidate the phenomena from experiences. The participants were ten (10) survivors of the Lombok earthquake, who were determined by purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using Colaizzi's method.Results: The results showed six emerging themes, including (1) problems solving skills when disaster strikes, (2) surviving from the limitations and difficulties, (3) feeling accustomed to earthquake, (4) family is a key source of strength to continue life, (5) getting closer to God by doing religious prayers and actions to have peace of mind, and (6) learning from the disasters to become a better human being.Conclusion: The lived experience of the Lombok earthquake survivors was a long journey where they survived and adapted the difficult situations, as later, they could turn the under-pressure conditions to chances for their personal development. The findings of this study provide insights for nurses to greatly contribute to solving post-disaster psychological issues by strengthening the survivors’ religious aspects, trauma healing, play therapy, and peer-support group.

scholarly journals Experiencia vivida del primer contacto con muerte en prácticas clínicas de estudiantes de enfermería

2022 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-139
Author(s):  
Manuel de Jesús Hernández Ramírez ◽  
Erika Yovana González Martín ◽  
Ashlye Melannie Fuentes Rodríguez ◽  
Suleika Alelí Carranza López ◽  
Violeta Compeán Padilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Van Manen ◽  
Provide Quality Care ◽  
First Contact ◽  
Phenomenological Interview

Introduction: Death is a complex phenomenon, nurses in training may face the process of dying and death of people, which can generate diverse situations that represent their lived experiences. Objective: To understand the lived experience of the first contact with death during clinical practicum of nursing students at a public university.Methodology: Qualitative study with phenomenological approach. It was conducted from October 2020 to February 2021. Selection of participants by intentional sampling with information saturation with seven participants. Data collection through phenomenological interview; participants gave informed consent. The analysis was carried out through the three phases of Max Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological method (description, interpretation, description plus interpretation). Results: The students refer to having been faced with the phenomenon in a state of helplessness, blockage, uncertainty, and fear; as well as facing death in a professional and reflective manner in order to provide quality care. Discussion: Death is a natural process; however, the first experiences are diverse and can produce in the students a set of emotions that condition their capacity to act, the way of adapting and observing the needs that arise during this experience. Conclusion: The experiences of nursing students show that they have difficulties in facing death, but it was not an impediment to provide the necessary care; it is considered that a deeper preparation on the process of dying can be favorable for their performance as professionals. Introducción: La muerte es un fenómeno complejo, las enfermeras en formación pueden enfrentarse al proceso de morir y muerte de personas, lo que puede generar diversas situaciones que representan sus experiencias vividas. Objetivo: Comprender la experiencia vivida ante el primer contacto con la muerte durante prácticas clínicas de estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad pública.Metodología: Estudio cualitativo con enfoque fenomenológico. Se llevó a cabo de octubre del 2020 a febrero del 2021. Selección de participantes por muestreo intencional con saturación de información con siete participantes. Recolección de datos a través de entrevista fenomenológica; los participantes emitieron su consentimiento informado. El análisis se llevó a cabo por las tres fases del método fenomenológico hermenéutico de Max Van Manen (descripción, interpretación, descripción más interpretación). Resultados: Los estudiantes refieren haber estado frente al fenómeno en un estado de impotencia, bloqueo, incertidumbre y miedo; así como afrontaron la muerte de manera profesional y reflexiva para brindar cuidado de calidad. Discusión: La muerte es un proceso natural, sin embargo, las primeras experiencias son diversas y pueden producir en los estudiantes un conjunto de emociones que condicionan su capacidad de actuar, el modo de adaptarse y observar las necesidades surgidas durante esta experiencia. Conclusión: Las experiencias de los estudiantes de enfermería demuestran que tienen dificultades para afrontar la muerte, pero no fue un impedimento para brindar los cuidados necesarios; se considera que una preparación más profunda sobre el proceso de morir puede ser favorable para su actuar como profesional.

scholarly journals Exploring the contested borderland between data and meaning:

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Ian Coxon
Keyword(s):  
First Principles ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
The People ◽  
Real People ◽  
Industry Sectors

At our research centre we have employed a hermeneutic phenomenological approach within a broad spectrum of projects to help us to better understand everyday human experience for the people for whom we wish to design. We have experimented with and explored creative ways to 'enter into' the lives of individuals and groups within diverse industry sectors. Finding new ways to capture lived experiences; understanding hidden 'meaning structures' within them and communicating these insights experientially are the goals driving this work. In this paper we share some examples of how we achieved these goals by infusing design thinking with hermeneutic phenomenology across four stages of our projects - Exploring; Sharing; Understanding and Showing How. These stages are kept rigorous by constantly referring back to philosophical first principles to inspire new techniques and 'ways into' the life-worlds of real people. We hope that designers and engineers will find these examples helpful in their attempts to find new perspectives on old problems and to challenge old perspectives on new problems.

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