scholarly journals Experiences of women who reported sexual assault at a provincial hospital, South Africa

Curationis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanette M. Sebaeng ◽  
Mashudu Davhana- Maselesele ◽  
Eva Manyedi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Contextual Design ◽  
Psychological Harm ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Professional Practitioners ◽  
Sexual Assault Response Teams ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: Sexual assault poses a serious health problem to both the survivor and the health system. Experiencing sexual assault requires women to seek medical and psychological assistance as part of their journey towards recovery. This study examined the experiences of women who received post-sexual assault services from a specialised care centre within a provincial hospital.Methods: A qualitative, exploratory and contextual design was used to explore and describe experiences of women. Data were obtained through individual in-depth interviews from a total of 18 women aged between 18 and 55 years. Interviews were supplemented by the researcher’s field notes and audiotape recordings.Results: Findings yielded two main themes: Women expressed their lived experiences of sexual assault characterised by different forms of trauma. The second theme was an expression of a need for safety and support.Conclusion: Women who experience sexual assault are left with devastating effects such as physical and psychological harm and social victimisation. There is also a need for safety and support towards the recovery of these women. This study recommends that professional practitioners involved in the management of sexual assault be sensitised regarding the ordeal experienced by women and stop perceiving survivors as crime scene ‘clients’ from whom only medico-legal evidence has to be collected. Professional practitioners and family members must be supportive, non-judgemental and considerate of the dignity of survivors. The establishment of sexual assault response teams (SART) is also recommended. There should also be inter-professional education for better coordination of services rendered to sexually assaulted women.

scholarly journals Experiences of parents of an adolescent with intellectual disability in Giyani, Limpopo province, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsakani Chauke ◽  
Marie Poggenpoel ◽  
Chris P.H. Myburgh ◽  
Nompumelelo Ntshingila
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Contextual Design ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: Parents of adolescents with intellectual disability experienced stress caused by challenges that come from having such adolescents. Those challenges affected the parents physically and emotionally, depending on the severity of the adolescent’s intellectual disability. Having an adolescent with an intellectual disability becomes a burden if the challenges were not resolved.Aim: This study aimed to explore and describe the experiences of parents of adolescents with intellectual disability in Giyani.Setting: This study was conducted at the participants’ homes in Giyani, Limpopo province, South Africa.Methods: A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was utilised. The main question was ‘How is it to have an adolescent with intellectual disability?’ Eight purposively sampled parents participated, and data were collected through in-depth interviews, observations and field notes. Data were analysed by means of thematic coding and an independent coder was consulted.Results: Four themes were identified. The study revealed that parents of adolescents with intellectual disability experienced negative emotional responses. Most parents reported a lack of support from family members and the community. They also reported caring challenges, yet some showed positive coping mechanisms.Conclusion: Parents of adolescents with intellectual disability experienced various challenges in caring for these children. A collaborative approach from relevant stakeholders could have a positive impact in supporting the parents of adolescents with intellectual disabilities.

scholarly journals “I’ve Never Told Anyone”: A Qualitative Analysis of Interviews With College Women Who Experienced Sexual Assault and Remained Silent

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110227
Author(s):  
Sandra L. Caron ◽  
Deborah Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
College Women ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Systematic Investigation ◽  
Depth Interviews

The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the decision made by some college women who are raped to tell no one. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 college women between the ages of 19-24 who had never shared their sexual assault with anyone prior to speaking to the researchers. This study provides a systematic investigation of the factors underlying women’s decisions to remain silent. The knowledge and understanding gained from these in-depth interviews offer insight for individuals and institutions to support these students and for the development of future efforts encouraging women survivors to tell someone.

scholarly journals Nurses’ Clinical Work Experience during Pregnancy

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Hyunjung Lee ◽  
Hyoung Eun Chang ◽  
Jiyeon Ha
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Organizational Characteristics ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Colaizzi's Method ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
Depth Interviews

The working environment of nurses contains numerous hazards that can be particularly harmful to pregnant women. In addition, pregnancy-induced changes can themselves cause discomfort. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze pregnant nurses’ experiences of clinical work. This qualitative study analyzed data collected through in-depth interviews. From January to June in 2020, 12 shift-work nurses who had experienced pregnancy within three years were interviewed. The main question was “Could you describe your clinical work experience during pregnancy?” Qualitative data from field notes and transcriptions of the interviews were analyzed using Colaizzi’s method. Six categories were extracted that described the nurses’ clinical work experience during pregnancy, as follows: “enduring alone,” “organizational characteristics of nursing,” “risky work environment,” “strengths that sustain work during pregnancy,” “growth as a nurse,” and “methods to protect pregnant nurses.” Pregnant nurses experienced various difficulties due to physical and mental changes during pregnancy, and the clinical working environment did not provide them with adequate support. The findings of this study will be helpful for developing and implementing practical maternity protection policies and work guidelines.

scholarly journals Backstreet abortion: Women’s experiences

Curationis ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Makorah ◽  
K. Wood ◽  
R. Jewkes
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Induced Abortions ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Induce Abortion

This was a descriptive study aimed at exploring the personal experiences of women who induce abortion and the circumstances surrounding induced abortion. The study was conducted in six public hospitals in four different provinces: Baragwanath (Gauteng), Groote Schuur and Tygerberg (Western Cape), King Edward and R.K. Khan (Kwa-Zulu/Natal) and Livingstone (Eastern Cape). In-depth interviews were conducted with 25 African, Indian and Coloured women admitted to the hospitals following backstreet abortions. The study gave women the opportunity to "speak for themselves" about "why" and "how" and the context in which the unscfe induced abortions occurred

scholarly journals Challenges of Higher Educational Documentary Institutions in Supporting Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka Program

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Ciwuk Musiana Yudhawasthi ◽  
Lydia Christiani
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Education Culture ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews

Independent Learning Independent Campus (MBKM) was launched by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Research and Technology to support the readiness of students to face challenges in the world of work by applying active learning. Documentary institutions in universities, namely libraries, archives, and museums, should become strategic partners in supporting the MBKM program because the documentary institution has all the necessary conditions, facilities, and infrastructure to succeed MBKM program. This study aimed to determine the readiness of documentary institutions in the university environment to exploit the opportunities and challenges and what obstacles they encountered. This study used the qualitative method and in-depth interviews for data collection and a literature study. The researcher concludes that the biggest challenges facing documentary institutions are regulation and the readiness of human resources. Due to this, changes to regulations and educational curricula and the introduction of new documentation of pure science are priorities in improving professional education providers in library science, archives, and museology.

scholarly journals Identifikasi Kompetensi Bidan: Data Riset Pendidikan Tenaga Kesehatan Tahun 2017

2020 ◽  
pp. 142-151
Author(s):  
Sefrina Werni ◽  
Rosita Rosita ◽  
Nita Prihartini ◽  
Mieska Despitasari
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Midwifery Education ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstrak Bidan sebagai tenaga kesehatan strategis yang berperan dalam pelayanan kesehatan ibu dan anak dituntut memiliki kompetensi tinggi untuk dapat menjalankan fungsinya dengan baik. Kompetensi yang tinggi dapat tercapai bila penyelenggara pendidikan profesi bidan memenuhi standar penyelenggaraan pendidikan. Berdasarkan data Majelis Tenaga Kesehatan Indonesia (MTKI) tahun 2016, nilai rata-rata uji kompetensi DIII kebidanan hanya 41,08. Peserta uji kompetensi yang belum lulus sebanyak 46,5%. Hasil yang masih jauh dari harapan juga ditunjukkan dari rerata try out uji kompetensi tenaga kesehatan tahun 2012 hingga tahun 2015 yang cenderung menurun. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan informasi identifikasi kompetensi bidan berdasarkan Kepmenkes 369/MENKES/SK/III/2007 tentang standar profesi bidan pada hasil Risdiknakes tahun 2017. Kajian dilakukan menggunakan observasi, wawancara mendalam dan literatur review. Informan adalah bidan di puskesmas dan pakar kebidanan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa kompetensi bidan di fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan masih belum sesuai standar. Beberapa faktor dalam penyelenggaraan pendidikan kebidanan turut membentuk kompetensi bidan yang dihasilkan. Proses rekrutmen calon peserta didik, kualitas dosen, dan proses penyelenggaraan pendidikan kebidanan secara keseluruhan merupakan komponen yang harus menjadi fokus untuk menghasilkan bidan yang sesuai dengan standar kompetensi seperti tercantum dalam Kepmenkes Nomor 369/MENKES/SK/III/2007. Kata kunci: kompetensi bidan, kajian kebidanan, pendidikan bidan, kurikulum kebidanan Abstract Midwives are strategic health workers who play an important role in maternal and child health services. They are required to have well competencies to run their tasks properly. Well, competencies can be achieved if the midwife's professional education providers meet the standards. Based on the Indonesian Health Workers' Assembly (MTKI) data in 2016, the average value of the DIII midwifery-competency test was only 41.08. Participants who failed the competency test were as much as 46.5%. It is still far from the expectation as the average value of health workers’ competency tests try out between 2012 to 2015 tends to decline. This study aims to identify midwife competencies based on Minister of Health's decree No. 369/MENKES/SK/III/2007 on midwives' profession standards and the results of the 2017 Research on Health Workers’ Education (Risdiknakes). The study was conducted using observation, in-depth interviews, and literature review. Informants are midwives at primary health care and midwifery experts. The results of the study indicate that midwife competencies in health care facilities are still not up to standard. Several factors in the administration of midwifery education also shape the competence of the midwives produced. The process of recruiting prospective students, the quality of lecturers, and the process of conducting midwifery education as a whole are components that must be the focus to produce midwives that comply with the competency standards in Minister of Health's decree No. 369/MENKES/SK/III/ 2007. Keywords: midwife competencies, midwifery studies, midwife education

Engaging collaborative communities: dialogue and campus sexual assault

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Madden
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Title Ix ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault ◽  
Administrative Position ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Proactive Communication ◽  
University Officials ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose While universities continue to grow increasingly sophisticated in their communication functions, issues like sexual assault continue to pose a challenge. One reason is that these issues are emotional, complex, and often only dealt with at the point that they have become a crisis for the institution. The purpose of this paper is to understand the role that dialogue can play in proactively communicating about issues of sexual assault. Design/methodology/approach This study utilized 32 in-depth interviews with university officials from 21 different universities across the USA with responsibility for communicating about issues of sexual assault, including Title IX officers, victims advocate services, student affairs, and university communications. Findings Issues managers worked to create opportunities for dialogue on their campus communities by highlighting shared values. Within a dialogic framework, university issues managers were creating spaces for dialogue and developing alternative forms of engagement in an effort to empower students with the necessary skills to engage in dialogue with their peers. There was a recognition that dialogue is most effective when it is peer-to-peer vs coming from an authoritative or administrative position. Issues managers helped students to develop the skills necessary for engaging in dialogue with each other. Originality/value To advance public relations scholarship, there is a need to consider emotional and gendered issues that are often stigmatized. This can help practitioners to develop better, and proactive, communication strategies for handling issues of sexual assault as to avoid negative media attention and work to change organizational culture.

The Experiences of Women Working in the Computer Games Industry

2014 ◽  
pp. 92-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Prescott ◽  
Jan Bogg
Keyword(s):  
Computer Games ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Games Development ◽  
Woman Working

This chapter provides a unique understanding of women working in the computer games industry. In depth interviews were undertaken with seven female game workers based in the UK. The women were interviewed as part of a larger study focusing on women in this male dominated industry. The issues detailed in this chapter focus on the industry as a viable career for women, the experience of being a woman working in games and the working environment; including work life balance issues, experiences of discrimination and experiences of sexism. The research discussed is related to attracting and retaining women in games development. The issues are of relevance to employers, professional bodies, policy makers and researchers of the games industry and the wider ICT and SET industries. Recommendations from the findings and future research directions are provided.

Service-Women’s Responses to Sexual Harassment: The Importance of Identity Work and Masculinity in a Gendered Organization

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12-13) ◽  
pp. 1656-1680
Author(s):  
Stephanie Bonnes
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Military ◽  
Responses To Sexual Harassment ◽  
Depth Interviews

Using data from in-depth interviews with 38 U.S. service-women, this article explores women’s responses to sexual harassment in the military workplace. I argue that in an extremely gendered and masculine institution, sexual harassment threatens service-women’s identities as military insiders, presenting an identity dilemma for them. To resolve this dilemma, women prioritize their masculinity and downplay and excuse harassment. In contrast, service-women who have experienced sexual assault or combat confront sexual harassment. I argue that this is possible because for these two groups of women, sexual harassment does not present an identity dilemma. I show how masculinity is used to downplay and normalize harassment as well as to resist it.

Professionalizing Contingency: How Journalism Schools Adapt to Deprofessionalization

Social Forces ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 1524-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Besbris ◽  
Caitlin Petre
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Abstract Knowledge ◽  
Market Instability ◽  
Professional Fields ◽  
Journalistic Practice ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractMany professional labor markets are currently experiencing signs of deprofessionalization, including automation of tasks and increasingly unstable employment conditions. Drawing on the case of journalism schools, this article examines how these shifts affect professional education, which has historically been positioned as a means to avoiding precarious employment. How do professional schools cope with inimical disruptions to the labor markets for which they are training students? Based on 113 in-depth interviews with faculty, staff, and administrators from 44 U.S. journalism programs, we argue that journalism schools have sought to reframe labor market instability as an inevitable and even desirable aspect of journalistic practice and professional identity. They do this by dismantling boundaries, valorizing entrepreneurialism, and seeking to alter institutional practices to emphasize skills over abstract knowledge. Taken together, we call this professionalizing contingency. As labor market precarity continues to spread within expert and professional fields, our findings have implications for broader sociological understandings of professional education.

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