scholarly journals Lived experience of patients on tuberculosis treatment in Tshwane, Gauteng province

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwafunmilayo O. Akeju ◽  
Susanna C.D. Wright ◽  
Todd M. Maja
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Tuberculosis Treatment ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Gauteng Province ◽  
Treatment And Prevention

Tuberculosis is one of the communicable diseases that still contributes substantially to the worldwide disease burden and is still a major health threat worldwide. In order to gain abetter understanding of being a patient taking tuberculosis treatment and to improvead herence to treatment, this phenomenological study was conducted to explore the lived experience of patients on tuberculosis treatment.The population comprised patients in an identified tuberculosis clinic in Tshwane who had been on treatment for at least four months and who were able to communicate in English. The data gathering instrument was self-report by in-depth interview. Some of the main themes that emerged include influence of personal social situation, influence of good social support and disclosure, experience of taking medication daily and knowledge about tuberculosis treatment.Findings revealed that the personal social situations of the participants which include accommodation, unemployment and nutritional requirements influenced the adherence of the participants to treatment. It was discovered that good social support had an influence on adherence which could only be enjoyed when the treatment and diagnosis of tuberculosis is disclosed to the family members and friends. Some of the participants, who had been non adherentin the past, attributed the reasons for their non-adherence to the side effects that they experienced. Lastly, participants also reported knowledge about tuberculosis, that is, knowledge about its causes, treatment and prevention, as crucial for adherence to treatment.

scholarly journals Music as the Medicine of Trauma among Refugees in Arizona

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Austin Kigunda Muriithi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
The United States ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Snowball Sampling

This paper presents outcomes of a phenomenological study conducted to explore the lived experience of refugee musicians. Purposive and snowball sampling methods were used to identify six musicians who performed in the cities of Phoenix and Tucson and had been involved in music prior to entering the United States. The primary data gathering method was structured and unstructured interviews, but observations were made for the musicians who performed in public events during the study period. Audio and video recordings were made and photographs taken during these performances. Study outcomes show that the musicians have persisted in music performance as their primary method of healing trauma and negative emotions. Traumatic experience resulted in their fleeing from their homes and seeking refuge in other countries. After being resettled in the United States, they continue to suffer from the experience of loss, need to adapt and change, and struggle with trauma and negative emotions. Music is their method of healing trauma and facilitating integration. Music produces healing through 1) like a painkiller, enabling them to forget problems that result in distress, 2) being their means to communicate a message of hope, and 3) enabling integration, thus reducing isolation and loneliness.

scholarly journals THE LIFE WITH DRUG ADDICT PARENTS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Cyrille Panimdim ◽  
Joyce C. Estrera ◽  
Lourinn Mae C. Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Drug Addict ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
One Year ◽  
Positive Outlook

Parent-child relationship is influenced by the role of social, cultural and contextual factors that determines child development. Drug addiction is very rampant in the society that involves both children and parents. This descriptive phenomenological study was conducted by utilizing10 informants who are children with drug addict parents. Informants were selected using snowball method who possesses the following inclusion criteria: aged 18 years and above, living with their parents who were drug addict within one year or more, and who are not intoxicated during the data gathering. Individual in-depth interview was conducted after transactional consent was secured. The Collaizzi’s method of data analysis was employed wherein 6 themes emerged: (1) Parental Hatred (2) Co-Dependency (3) Economic Distress (4) Fear of Aggression (5) Emotional Blocking (6) Longing for Situational Change; (Major Theme) The Complexity of the Scene. The lived experience of children with drug addict parents is much complicated. Three nursing implications were drawn: (1) there is a negative impact of living with drug addict parents. (2) Some children of drug addict parents strive to rationalize emotion. (3) Despite the circumstances the children have experienced, some have developed a positive outlook towards life.

The Lived Experience of End-Stage Liver Failure and Liver Transplantation

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl D Johnson ◽  
Donna K Hathaway
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Liver Failure ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Effect Change ◽  
Tape Record ◽  
End Stage

This phenomenological study examined the lived experience of an individual who underwent end-stage liver failure and liver transplantation. The participant was asked to respond to the question, What was it like for you having experienced end-stage liver failure and liver transplantation? Permission was granted to tape-record the interview. Themes derived from the data analysis were identified, analyzed, and sorted. As a result, four categories were delineated: (1) uncertainty, (2) control, (3) social support, and (4) spirituality. Categories and themes contributing to a description of one individual's experience with end-stage liver failure and liver transplantation may provide direction for interventional studies designed to effect change in the lived experiences of those undergoing similar phenomena.

scholarly journals Lived experience of patients on tuberculosis treatment in Tshwane, Gauteng province

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwafunmilayo Olabisi Akeju ◽  
Susanna C.D. Wright ◽  
Todd M. Maja
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Tuberculosis Treatment ◽  
Gauteng Province

Self-report of Social Modulation of Emotional Expression: The Domain Emotion Expression Profile

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Hill ◽  
Sarah Jones ◽  
Lisa Williams ◽  
Jayne Morriss
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Expression Profile ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Personality Functioning ◽  
The Status

Cross-situational emotionality is a well-established dimension of personality, however the ability to modulate emotional expression by social domain is also a key aspect of personality functioning. We describe a self-report measure, the Domain Emotional Expression Profile (DEEP), designed to assess 5 emotions and behaviours in relation to 5 social domains, and report 2 studies. Study 1 (N = 166 students) assessed construct validity based on predictions from attachment theory regarding distress expression, and explored other emotions and domains. Study 2 (N = 279 students) tested hypotheses based on findings from Study 1 and explored the status of friendship interactions. In Study 1, mean distress-expression comfort-seeking scores in family and partner interactions were substantially higher than in work and in a social (e.g. party) situation consistent with the attachment based prediction (p < .001). In exploratory analyses mean anger expression scores were similarly higher in family and partner relationships than in work and social situations. However distress expression was higher in partner than family interactions (p = .008) which was not the case for anger expression. Study 2 replicated these findings from Study 1, and indicated an intermediate position for friendships between family and partner, and work and social interactions. We report support for the construct validity of the DEEP and replicated evidence regarding the partitioning of anger expression across domains, together with new indications of friendship processes. This method of profiling emotional expression and behaviours across social contexts offers a way of characterising individual differences, including those associated with psychopathology.

Social support and mental health status of internal migrants in Beijing

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Jianhua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Mental Health Disorder ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Internal Migrants

We investigated the mental health status of 320 internal migrants in Beijing according to gender, age, marital status, and monthly income, and examined the relationship between their mental health status and social support mechanisms. Participants completed the self-report Symptom Checklist-90-R and Social Support Rating Scale. Results showed that their mental health was significantly worse than the Chinese adult norm as assessed in 2017. Participants' social support varied according to age, marital status, and monthly income. Female participants younger than 30 years old with a monthly income lower than 3,000 yuan comprised the group with the most mental health disorder symptoms. They thus required greater personal attention to their health. The results suggested that social support can predict mental health among internal migrants. Directions for further research are discussed.

Social Influences, Social Norms, Social Support, and Smoking Behavior among Adolescent Workers

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 414-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pebbles Fagan ◽  
Marla Eisenberg ◽  
Anne M. Stoddard ◽  
Lindsay Frazier ◽  
Glorian Sorensen
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Friendship Networks ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Never Smokers

Purpose. To examine the relationships between worksite interpersonal influences and smoking and quitting behavior among adolescent workers. Design. The cross-sectional survey assessed factors influencing tobacco use behavior. Setting. During the fall of 1998, data were collected from 10 grocery stores in Massachusetts that were owned and managed by the same company. Subjects. Eligible participants included 474 working adolescents ages 15 to 18. Eighty-three percent of workers (n = 379) completed the survey. Measures. The self-report questionnaire assessed social influences, social norms, social support, friendship networks, stage of smoking and quitting behavior, employment patterns, and demographic factors. Results. Thirty-five percent of respondents were never smokers, 21% experimental, 5% occasional, 18% regular, and 23% former smokers. Using analysis of variance (ANOVA), results indicate that regular smokers were 30% more likely than experimental or occasional smokers to report coworker encouragement to quit (p = .0002). Compared with regular smokers, never smokers were 15% more likely to report greater nonacceptability of smoking (p = .01). χ2 tests of association revealed no differences in friendship networks by stage of smoking. Conclusions. These data provide evidence for the need to further explore social factors inside and outside the work environment that influence smoking and quitting behavior among working teens. Interpretations of the data are limited because of cross-sectional and self-report data collection methods used in one segment of the retail sector.

scholarly journals Mapping, assessing and promoting multiple psychological senses of community (MPSOC) through clinical pathways for treating substance use problems

2021 ◽  
pp. 145507252098597
Author(s):  
Nina Kavita Heggen Bahl ◽  
Anne Signe Landheim ◽  
Hilde Eileen Nafstad ◽  
Rolv Mikkel Blakar ◽  
Morten A. Brodahl
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Clinical Pathways ◽  
Collaborative Study ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Substance Use Problems ◽  
Problematic Substance Use ◽  
Problematic Substance

Aim: The recent nationally implemented clinical pathways for the treatment of substance use problems in Norway require mapping and assessing of patients’ needs, challenges, and resources. However, there is a lack of tools for systematically mapping and assessing patients’ social situations and social networks as part of the national guidelines. The aim of this article is to present a tool developed to map and assess the patient’s social situation, and to propose approaches for promoting multiple psychological senses of community (MPSOC) through clinical pathways for treating substance use problems. Methods: The proposed tool and approaches are developed based on findings in a previous in-depth collaborative study of MPSOC and recovery among people with substance use problems who received help and services from Norwegian municipalities. Findings: The findings suggest that multiple communities (geographical, relational and ideal) and senses of communities (within and outside treatment) simultaneously can influence individual recovery processes from problematic substance use in both positive as well as negative ways. As such, these community dimensions are of central importance to include in mapping and assessing of patients’ social situations, as well as in the promotion of MPSOC through clinical pathways. Conclusions: The suggested tool and approaches can increase the likelihood of achieving key aims of the national clinical pathways. Most important, mapping, assessing and promoting MPSOC through clinical pathways may promote long-term recovery processes and positive recovery capital for persons with substance use problems.

scholarly journals A comparison of the relationship between parental efficacy and social support systems of single teen mothers across different family forms in South African low socioeconomic communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha L. Coert ◽  
Babatope O. Adebiyi ◽  
Edna Rich ◽  
Nicolette V. Roman
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Teen Mothers ◽  
Parental Efficacy ◽  
Social Support Systems ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Teenage parenting is recognised as one of the greatest health and social problems in South Africa. Research in South Africa has shown that by the age of 18 years, more than 30% of teens have given birth at least once. Teen mothers may feel disempowered because they are ‘othered’ and consequently, may develop forms of resistance which in most cases may inhibit their ability to parent. Social support is therefore, an imperative intervention for successful teen parenting but this is not clearly understood in South Africa. This study aimed to compare the relationship between parental efficacy and social support systems of single teen mothers across different family forms. Methods A quantitative methodology with a cross-sectional comparative correlation design was conducted with 160 single teen mothers who resided with a family in a low socio-economic community. The participants completed a self-report questionnaire that comprised of the Social Provisions Scale, and the Parenting Sense of Competence scale. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were used to investigate the data. Results A significant positive relationship between social support and parental efficacy was found. When comparing different family forms, single teen mothers’ residing with one parent reported greater levels of parental efficacy and single teen mothers’ residing with two parents, re-counted high levels of social support under the subscales; guide, reliable and nurture. However, when computing for guardian-skip generation, results show that there is no significant relationship between parental efficacy and social support. As well as no correlation across subscales of social support. Conclusion The positive relationships between social support and parental efficacy are important for planning and applying parenting programmes amongst single teen mothers and facilitating awareness regarding the importance of social support and family forms when considering parenting practices.

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