scholarly journals Sociocultural Factors Associated with Caregiver-Psychiatrist Relationship in Taiwan

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui-Ching Wu ◽  
Fang-pei Chen
Author(s):  
Dafne Astrid Gómez Melasio ◽  
Dora Julia Onofre Rodríguez ◽  
Raquel Alicia Benavides Torres ◽  
Pedro Enrique Trujillo Hernández

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1304604
Author(s):  
Andrew Tamale ◽  
Francis Ejobi ◽  
Charles Muyanja ◽  
Irene Naigaga ◽  
Jessica Nakavuma ◽  
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PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0243304
Author(s):  
Maria Suzana Maguele ◽  
Boikhutso Tlou ◽  
Myra Taylor ◽  
Nelisiwe Khuzwayo

Background In many countries, there is evidence that intimate partner violence is prevalent among young women. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the factors associated with intimate partner violence in young women (aged 15–24 years) attending secondary schools in Maputo, Mozambique. Method Using a probability proportional sampling strategy, 431 participants were recruited, and the data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Binary and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the association between IPV and sociodemographic and sociocultural factors. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are reported. Results Of the 413 participants, 248 (60%) (95% CI: 55.15–64.61) had experienced at least one form of IPV in their lifetime. Then, of the 293 participants who had a partner in the previous 12 months prior to the data collection, 186 (63.4%) (95% CI: 57.68–69.00) reported IPV in the 12 months prior to data collection. The psychological violence was the predominant type of violence, lifetime prevalence 230 (55.7%), and over the previous 12 months 164 (55.9%). The risk of IPV was associated with young women lacking religious commitment (AOR, 1.596, 95% CI: 1.009–2.525, p = 0.046) and if the head of the young women’s household was unemployed (AOR, 1.642 95% CI: 1.044–2.584, p = 0.032). In the bivariate analysis the odds of being abused remained lower among the younger teenage women (OR, 0.458 95% CI: 0.237–0.888, p = 0.021), and higher, among young women if the partner was employed (OR, 2.247 95% CI: 1.187–4.256, p = 0.013) and among the young women believing that males are superior to females (OR, 2.298 95% CI:1.014–5.210. p = 0.046). Conclusion These findings reveal a high prevalence of IPV among young women. Comprehensive programs should incorporate socioeconomic empowerment strategies to increase women’s autonomy. There is a need to address religious beliefs through cultural perspectives, to improve social interactions that promote violence free relationships, gender egalitarian norms, and physical and emotional wellbeing for young women.


2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Rashmi Mehra ◽  
Vikrant Mohanty ◽  
YB Aswini ◽  
Shivam Kapoor ◽  
Vaibhav Gupta

Salud Mental ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dulce Galarza-Tejada ◽  
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Ramiro Caballero-Hoyos ◽  
Luciana Ramos-Lira ◽  
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Background. People with a severe mental illness (SMI) are a highly vulnerable group for the transmission risk of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). They have a higher seroprevalence compared with the general population and their life expectancy is shorter than those of people without the disease. This narrative review describes individual factors or those inherent to a person’s characteristics and the sociocultural factors conditioning sexual behaviour and prevention norms. Objective. The purpose of this narrative review is to describe individual and sociocultural factors associated with the risk of HIV in people with a severe mental illness. Method. 82 empirical studies published between 1981 and 2015, addressing HIV transmission risk factors and sociocultural dimensions related to vulnerability were selected. Four indexes were used for this purpose: ISI Web of Knowledge, Redalyc, SciELO, and PUBMED; and four multidisciplinary electronic databases: Ebscohost Web, ProQuest, Sage Publications and ScienceDirect. Results. The analysis based on coding and systematic categorization shows that people with SMI are more vulnerable to risk than the general population, with differentials based on the severity of the disease symptomatology and economic and sociocultural characteristics associated with HIV-related risk practices. Discussion and conclusion. The need to design longitudinal studies with mixed methodology is proposed to attain a deeper understanding of the interaction of factors associated and processes conditioning risk. In this population group, structural preventive programs that take into account social and gender inequality must be implemented.


2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-396
Author(s):  
Firas S. Elmufdi ◽  
Susan L. Burton ◽  
Nishant Sahni ◽  
Craig R. Weinert

In-hospital medical emergencies occur frequently. Understanding how clinicians respond to deteriorating patients outside the intensive care unit (ICU) could improve “rescue” interventions and rapid response programs. This was a qualitative study with interviews with 40 clinicians caring for patients who had a “Code Blue” activation or an unplanned ICU admission at teaching hospitals over 7 months. Four study physicians independently analyzed interview transcripts; refined themes were linked to the transcript using text analysis software. Nine themes were found to be associated with clinicians’ management of deteriorating patients. Multiple human biases influence daily care for deteriorating hospitalized patients. A novel finding is that “moral distress” affects escalation behavior for patients with poor prognosis. Most themes indicate that ward culture influences clinicians to wait until the last minute to escalate care despite being worried about the patients’ condition.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Micaela Rodriguez ◽  
Tom L Osborn ◽  
Jenny Gan ◽  
John R. Weisz ◽  
Benjamin W. Bellet

Objective: Loneliness is associated with negative mental health outcomes and is particularly common among adolescents. Yet, little is known about the dynamics of adolescent loneliness in non-Western, low-income nations. Accordingly, we estimated the severity of loneliness in a sample of Kenyan adolescents and used mixed-effects regression modelling to determine the socio-cultural factors associated with loneliness. We also used network analysis to examine the associations between loneliness, depression, and anxiety at the symptom-level. Method: We analyzed data from a large sample (N = 2,192) of school-attending Kenyan adolescents aged 1219 (58.3% Female, 41.7% Male). Standardized measures of loneliness (ULS-8), depression (PHQ-8), and anxiety (GAD-7) were used. Results: Our mixed-effects model revealed that female and lower-income adolescents felt lonelier. The perception of feeling alone emerged as the aspect of loneliness most strongly linked to depression and anxiety symptoms. Conclusions: Our findings establish an estimate of loneliness levels in Kenyan adolescents, and reveal sociocultural factors associated with loneliness. We found that perceptions of isolation more strongly linked loneliness to psychopathology than did objective measures of isolation or preferences for social contact. Finally, we identify specific aspects of loneliness that could prove to be treatment targets for youth psychopathology; however, further research is needed. Limitations, future directions, and clinical implications are discussed.


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