Care Experiences and Expectations of Older Sexual Minority Adults

Sexual minority (SM) adults have unique care needs and experiences, partially because they receive and give care by and to “chosen family”. This study examines the care experiences and expectations of diverse SM adults. Using data from the 2018 AARP Survey “Maintaining Dignity: Understanding and Responding to the Challenges Facing Older LGBT Americans,” logistic and ordinal regressions were conducted to examine associations with care experiences (i.e., provided caregiving and received caregiving) and care expectations (i.e., likelihood of having to provide care and need care) among SM respondents. Gender was highly associated with care experiences, with female respondents being 70% and 74% more likely to have provided caregiving [OR:1.71, SE=.26; p<0.001] and received caregiving [OR:1.74, SE=.22; p< 0.001]. Relationship status was significantly associated with care expectations, with those who were married/civil union/domestic being 4 times [OR:4.0, SE=.52; p<0.001] and those in a relationship being 3 times [OR:3.3, SE=.51; p<0.001] more likely to expect that they will provide care in the future. Those same respondents had a 64% [OR:1.64, SE=.21, p<0.001] and 55% [OR:1.55, SE=.23, p<0.01] greater odds of reporting being “very likely” that they will need care in the future. Additionally, older age, being a racial minority, having higher education, and being employed were significantly and positively associated with care experiences and expectations. These findings provide a deeper insight into how SM individuals of different backgrounds experience and anticipate different aspects of caregiving. Moreover, we will discuss how our findings compare to non-SM individuals and implications of these findings.

Narratives of Incorporation: An Anthropological Analysis of Same-Sex Civil Unions in New Zealand

<p>In this thesis I examine civil unions from the perspective of New Zealand-based same-sex couples who have chosen to formalise their relationship. My approach is qualitative and in-depth and focuses on interpreting participants' own meanings and beliefs while also recognising the need for broader contextual knowledge. Through participants’ narratives, I explore why it was important for couples to have a civil union, how they chose to mark or enact the occasion, and the meanings they attribute to their choices and actions. Rather than treating the civil union as an isolated event, my analysis situates the civil union within four longer processual trajectories: individual biographical narratives, partner interactions, close social relationships, and trajectories of a socio-political nature. I then explore the contours of participants’ civil union ceremonies in terms of scale, style, and symbolic content. Throughout the thesis, I argue that civil unions facilitate incorporation for same-sex couples on a number of levels: incorporation in terms of inclusion in an important ‘meaning-constitutive’ practice; familial incorporation; and incorporation into mainstream society more generally. The incorporating effects of civil unions owe much to the symbolic capacities of law, the meaning inscribed in the socially dominant cultural model of marriage, and the characteristics of ritual. The importance of ritual to the anthropological enterprise is reaffirmed through this study; not only do rituals provide an important lens through which to examine the normative values of society but also the origins of social revitalization.</p>

Narratives of Incorporation: An Anthropological Analysis of Same-Sex Civil Unions in New Zealand

<p>In this thesis I examine civil unions from the perspective of New Zealand-based same-sex couples who have chosen to formalise their relationship. My approach is qualitative and in-depth and focuses on interpreting participants' own meanings and beliefs while also recognising the need for broader contextual knowledge. Through participants’ narratives, I explore why it was important for couples to have a civil union, how they chose to mark or enact the occasion, and the meanings they attribute to their choices and actions. Rather than treating the civil union as an isolated event, my analysis situates the civil union within four longer processual trajectories: individual biographical narratives, partner interactions, close social relationships, and trajectories of a socio-political nature. I then explore the contours of participants’ civil union ceremonies in terms of scale, style, and symbolic content. Throughout the thesis, I argue that civil unions facilitate incorporation for same-sex couples on a number of levels: incorporation in terms of inclusion in an important ‘meaning-constitutive’ practice; familial incorporation; and incorporation into mainstream society more generally. The incorporating effects of civil unions owe much to the symbolic capacities of law, the meaning inscribed in the socially dominant cultural model of marriage, and the characteristics of ritual. The importance of ritual to the anthropological enterprise is reaffirmed through this study; not only do rituals provide an important lens through which to examine the normative values of society but also the origins of social revitalization.</p>

VIOLENCIA DE GÉNERO CONTRA MUJERES INDÍGENAS DEL ÁREA RURAL DEL CANTÓN TENA, AÑO 2021

Introducción: El Ecuador es un estado laico, pluricultural y multiétnico, la población indígena está representada por el 27% de la población ecuatoriana. Las mujeres indígenas, se enfrentan a diversos tipos de violencia en su vida cotidiana, la cual representa una violación de derechos humanos, civiles, políticos, justicia y vivir una vida libre de violencia. Objetivo: Analizar los factores que inciden en la violencia de género contra las mujeres indígenas del área rural del Cantón Tena. Metodología: Es un estudio con enfoque cuali-cuantitativo, en la parte cualitativa se utilizó un diseño bibliográfico documental- analítico y en la parte cualitativa se realizó a través de un enfoque fenomenológico analítico. Para la parte cuantitativa se aplicó un instrumento de recolección cuantitativa validado, mientras tanto, la parte cualitativa se aplicó un cuestionario semi estructurado bajo la técnica de la entrevista. Los datos obtenidos de la encuesta fueron codificados y procesados en el programa spss2.0. Resultados: Se evidenció que los factores sociodemográficos representaron una relación directa con la alta incidencia de violencia contra las mujeres indígenas del cantón Tena. Los datos de la prueba piloto a 30 encuestadas, período agosto- septiembre 2021, fueron: la edad 20-45 años (87,67%); estado civil unión libre (63.33%); grado de instrucción secundaria (76,67%); ocupación ama de casa (100%); procedencia rural (100%), el tipo de violencia recibida la violencia psicológica (86,67%), física (56,67%), sexual (33,33%). Conclusiones: Se identificó que la totalidad de mujeres indígenas del área rural del cantón Tena recibieron violencia por parte de sus familiares, amigos y parejas y tenían un nivel educativo bajo y pobres.

Friendship, Marriage-Like Relationships, and Informal Marriage

This chapter discusses issues of establishing adult relationships, including friendship and informal marriage, and how individuals have attempted to regulate their upcoming marriage by entering into prenuptial agreements. The road to marriage has traditionally consisted of romantic friendship, courtship, engagement, and then formal marriage. It is during the formal or informal engagement period that a couple may think of entering into a prenuptial agreement. However, this behavior pattern has changed dramatically in the past fifty years. There may no longer be defined periods on the road to marriage, and marriage itself may no longer be the final relationship between two people. Whatever the arrangement, the relevant legal questions are the following: What relationships should be labeled “family”; who should be authorized to make such a designation, the state or the parties themselves; and should the state regulate them? At the present time, two kinds of adult relationships that are not formally recognized by the state as marriage are contract cohabitation and domestic partnership or civil union.

Kepastian Hukum Pendaftaran Persekutuan Komanditer Pada Sistem Administrasi Badan Usaha

The writing of this article is based on the issuance of new regulations regarding the establishment and registration of limited partnership / CV in the business administration system (SABU) in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 paragraph (1) Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights Number 17 of 2018 concerning Registration of Limited Partnerships, Firms, and the Civil Union which previously was only regulated in the Trade Law Book. Type of research used in this article is normative legal research. The purpose of this article is to determine the mechanism and legal certainty in the registration of the Limited Partnership after the enactment of business administration system. The results of the research and writing of this article are that there is an overlap in the registration mechanism for the Limited Partnership based on these two rules, it can be concluded that due to the provisions in KUHD and Minister Regulation No. 17 of 2018 both are still valid, the principle of legal preference can be used, namely lex specialis derogat legi lex generalis, means that a more specific law can override a more general law. The advice that can be given is to conduct a study of the enactment of the Minister Regulation whether to follow or not the provisions in the Trade Law Books due to avoid conflicting norms in the registration of a limited partnership.

Significados ideacionales asociados a la comunidad gay en textos de ciberprensa chilena

This article describes the participation of social actors from the gay community in the Chilean cyber press between 2012-2017. These texts were gathered in the socio-historical context of significant milestones for the gay community: the Zamudio Case, Anti-discrimination Law, Civil Union Agreement and discussion on Equal Marriage. The participation of these social actors is explored using the IDEATIONAL system from functional systemic linguistics (FSL). The processes associated with the collective and individual actors that represent the gay community in the corpus shape socio-cultural phenomena linked to the political work and influence of these actors in social changes. The social role of the gay community evidences realignments of power relations which can be synthesized in the ideological category “political gay” and its variants, “victim” and “activist”.

Caracterización de óbito fetal tardío en la clínica maternidad rafael calvo de cartagena de indias entre los años 2012 a 2013

Introducción: el óbito fetal tardío tiene connotaciones de salud pública y es indispensable su estudio, aun cuando no hace parte de los objetivos del milenio. El amplio subregistro, la gran variedad de clasificaciones, la dificultad en la unificación de conceptos han hecho que su búsqueda sea inespecífica. Los estudios sobre sus causas arrojan datos variables.Objetivo: describir las causas de óbito fetal tardío en las pacientes que consultaron a una clínica obstétricaMateriales y métodos: estudio descriptivo transversal. La población de estudio fueron 108 casos de pacientes que tuvieron parto en la Clínica Maternidad Rafael Calvo (CMRC), Cartagena de Indias-Colombia, entre los años 2012 a 2013 con diagnóstico de óbito fetal tardío. Se analizaron las siguientes variables: características sociodemográficas (edad, estado civil, zona, escolaridad, ocupación, raza), antecedente obstétrico y clínico de la madre (edad de la paciente, paridad, número de abortos, número de óbitos, número de prematuros, período intergenésico, patologías maternas) y variables obstétricas de su embarazo actual (edad gestacional al momento del diagnóstico de óbito fetal tardío, índice de masa corporal (IMC), número de controles prenatales, momento de ocurrencia, alteraciones del líquido amniótico, alteraciones de la placenta, anomalía del cordón, hemoglobina materna, infecciones, ruptura prematura de membranas, percentil del índice ponderal del feto, características del líquido amniótico). En aquellas con resultados de necropsia se analizó la causa de muerte dada por el laboratorio de patología. Los datos se recolectaron en un formato con las variables estudiadas y el análisis de las variables cualitativas y cuantitativas se realizó con el programa estadístico IBM SPSS (SPSS Inc. Released 2009. PASW Statistics for Windows, Version 18.0. Chicago: SPSS Inc.).Resultados: se encontró con mayor frecuencia edad materna de 15-20 años (34.3%),estado civil: unión libre (86.1%), zona de residencia urbana (58.3%), escolaridad secundaria completa (42.6%), ocupación ama de casa (89.8%) y raza mestiza (75.9%).El 43.5% de las pacientes reportaron entre 2-3 embarazos previos, sin antecedente de óbito (55.6%), ni restricción de crecimiento intrauterino previo (RCIU) (58.3%), ni partos pretérmino (50.9%). Período intergenésico entre 12-24 meses (39.8%), número de controles prenatales entre 1-4 (44.4%). El 67.6% de las pacientes tenían entre 28-36.6 semanas de gestación; en el 95.4% la ocurrencia de la muerte fue en el anteparto,sexo del feto masculino (52.8%); el peso materno fue normal con un 33.3%, solo el 12% de las paciente eran obesas. El índice ponderal de los fetos fue del 50% en el percentil <10 y la hemoglobina materna 50.9% sin anemia. De patologías maternas las infecciones genitourinarias (20.3%) y los trastornos hipertensivos (16.2%) fueron las más frecuentes. De las pacientes que reportaron patologías, 14 (29.7%) presentaban 2 o más. Se encontró con mayor frecuencia la causa materna 51.4%: placentaria 35.2%, inexplicada 7.5% y fetales 5.7%.Conclusión: las causas de óbito fetal tardío de las pacientes analizadas en CMRC de Cartagena de Indias – Colombia en orden de frecuencia son: causa materna, placentaria,inexplicada y fetal. Rev.cienc.biomed. 2016;7(1):68-79.

FACTORES DESENCADENANTES DE LA DEPRESIÓN POST PARTO EN LAS ADOLESCENTES: ESTUDIO PILOTO

Introducción: El embarazo en la ado-lescencia es un gran problema de Salud Pública que se asocia a consecuencias biológicas, psicológicas y sociales para el binomio madre-hijo. Objetivos: Deter-minar los factores desencadenantes de la depresión post parto en las adolescen-tes. Relacionar la depresión postparto con el tipo de terminación de parto: va-ginal o cesárea. Analizar estado emocio-nal de una adolescente con depresión postparto. Metodología: De campo, no experimental, descriptiva y trasversal. Población y muestra: conformada por 121 madres adolescentes. Instrumentos: Escala de Depresión Postnatal de Edim-burgo (EPDS) para la identificación de la depresión postparto y para recolectar información sobre los factores de riesgo, se utilizó un instrumento creado por la au-tora, a partir de instrumentos ya valida-dos. Resultados: El plan piloto se realizó con 10 puérperas adolescentes. Edad de su primer embarazo 10 – 14 años: (n=1; 10%) de 15 – 19 años (n=9, 90%) Nivel socio económico: Bajo (n=2, 20%) y Me-dio (n=8; 80%). Abandono escolar (n=4, 40%). Relación de pareja: Buena (n=3; 30%), regular (n=5; 50%) y mala (n=2; 20%). Estado civil: Unión libre (n=3, 30%) y soltera (n=7; 70%). Test de Edimbur-go: Depresión leve (n=3, 30%), modera-da (n=7, 70%). Terminación del parto: Vía vaginal (n=8, 80%), Cesárea (n=2, 20%).Conclusión: La depresión post parto no tiene una etiología específica. El riesgo de depresión posparto se relaciona prin-cipalmente con problemas socioeconómi-cas y familiares. La detección de preva-lencia y factores de depresión postparto, permite iniciar su estudio y seguimiento en beneficio de la madre y de la posterior crianza del recién nacido.