Yui Matsuda, Summer D DeBastiani, Roxana D Thalasinos, Dina Ferranti, Anne E Norris, Joseph P De Santis
{"title":"Cultural Influences on Hispanic Mother-Daughter Communication About Sex.","authors":"Yui Matsuda, Summer D DeBastiani, Roxana D Thalasinos, Dina Ferranti, Anne E Norris, Joseph P De Santis","doi":"10.1177/10436596221083030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596221083030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Hispanic adolescents are at high risk of engaging in sexual risk-taking behaviors. Parent-child communication protects against such behaviors. Among Hispanic families, it is critical to explore how cultural characteristics influence mothers-daughter communication about sex. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how cultural values influence mothers' communication about sex with their early adolescent Hispanic daughters.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>Twenty-one Hispanic mothers of seventh-grade daughters participated in this focus group study. Directed content analysis was used to analyze the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four Hispanic cultural values (<i>familismo, machismo, marianismo</i>, and <i>respeto</i>) and how each value influences mother-daughter communication about sex were identified. While mothers want to protect their daughters, there are multiple cultural norms that made it challenging for them to have critical conversations.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The study informs researchers and clinicians how to facilitate parent-child conversations about sex and to equip parents to teach their children how to avoid engaging in sexual risk-taking behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"355-362"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40329868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching Gerontology in Transcultural Academics: A Phenomenographic Study of Thai and Swedish Nurse Educators' Conceptions of Gerontological Nursing.","authors":"Karin Mattsson, Sirpa Rosendahl","doi":"10.1177/10436596211068432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211068432","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>There is an urgent need for registered nurses with gerontological competence within long-term care (LTC) of older adults. Despite increases of life expectancy, LTC for older adults is not emphasized in nursing curricula in neither Sweden nor Thailand. Thus, the aim was to explore conceptions on gerontological nursing (GN) among Swedish and Thai nurse educators.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A qualitative phenomenographic method, based on open-ended interviews with five Thai and nine Swedish nurse educators was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicate a paradox between the educators' knowledge about the implications of global aging, their hope of own aging, and LTC. The ethical responsibility of being credible and a source of inspiration in teaching about aging are focused, while GN seem to be less important.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>To increase students' interest in GN, measures need to be taken within the educational arenas, where the educators' own conceptions toward GN, cultural aspects of aging, and LTC are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"446-455"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9082963/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39797528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rong Tan, Wenjuan Zhou, Shunan Ye, Fen Teng, Jingshuo Zhang
{"title":"Nurses' Working Experiences of Their Provision of Cross-Cultural Services to Tibetan Patients With Kashin-Beck Disease: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Rong Tan, Wenjuan Zhou, Shunan Ye, Fen Teng, Jingshuo Zhang","doi":"10.1177/10436596221075979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596221075979","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Limited qualitative studies exist on nurses' experience in terms of communicating with and caring for patients with endemic diseases. The purpose of this study was to describe the working experiences of nurses caring for Tibetan patients with Kashin-Beck disease in China.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A qualitative design was used in this study. Sixteen nurses who worked in the orthopedics department of a large tertiary general hospital in Wuhan, China, constituting a purposive sample, were interviewed face-to-face using semi-structured guided questions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three major themes and nine subthemes were identified. Major themes included the challenge in cross-cultural nursing, stress adjustment in cross-cultural nursing, and reshaping competencies in cross-cultural nursing.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This study revealed that nurses encountered multifaceted challenges when caring for Tibetan patients with Kashin-Beck disease. In a multiethnic society, communication and language skills, cultural competency and cultural sensitivity, and diverse training methods to improve cross-cultural knowledge could increase ethnic minority patient satisfaction with cross-cultural care.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"363-372"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39804034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"President's Message: 2021 TCNS Conference and 2022 Goals and Dreams.","authors":"Gayle P Russell","doi":"10.1177/10436596211057894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211057894","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"126"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39737977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shannon L Avery-Desmarais, Mary K McCurry, Kristen A Sethares, Abigail Batchelder, Caitlin Stover
{"title":"Internet Recruitment of a Diverse Population of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Nurses in a Study of Substance Use and Minority Stress.","authors":"Shannon L Avery-Desmarais, Mary K McCurry, Kristen A Sethares, Abigail Batchelder, Caitlin Stover","doi":"10.1177/10436596211042071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211042071","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>There is a lack of lesbian, bisexual and gay (LGB)-focused nursing research, in part, because the population is traditionally difficult to access. This article explores the effectiveness, benefits, and limitations of online recruitment of a distinct population of LGB-identified nurses in a study of substance use and minority stress.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>A sample of nurses who self-identified as LGB were recruited for an online survey using organic Facebook outreach. A $5 Amazon gift card was offered as an incentive. Facebook insights data and demographic data were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Within 96 hours, 394 participants had completed the 101-question online survey. The majority (<i>n</i> = 269, 68.6%) reported accessing the survey through Facebook. Email (<i>n</i> = 79, 20.2%) and word of mouth (<i>n</i> = 44, 11.2%) also contributed to recruitment.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The effectiveness of this Facebook recruitment protocol speaks to the importance of social media, survey incentives, and the \"power of visibility\" in recruitment of this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"118-125"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39356990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johnathan Steppe, Mary Katherine T White, Diane L Keen, Barbara J Blake, Jon Thompson
{"title":"The Role of Debriefing in a Community Health Study Abroad.","authors":"Johnathan Steppe, Mary Katherine T White, Diane L Keen, Barbara J Blake, Jon Thompson","doi":"10.1177/10436596211042411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211042411","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Study abroad experiences offer nursing students the opportunity to develop cultural competence and sensitivity while providing care within the context of a different culture. Debriefing is a strategy that engages students in conversation and active reflection to process emotions, examine personal values, and synthesize knowledge gained from active learning experiences. While debriefing can enhance learning outcomes in study abroad programs, there is currently a paucity of literature that explores its use within the context of study abroad. In this article, we describe a structured debriefing approach we use in an international community health clinical experience. We conclude with a discussion of the lessons we have learned to improve the effectiveness of our debriefing sessions and recommendations for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"105-109"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39366360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahlam Al-Natour, Edith J Morris, Samar Mohammad Al-Ostaz
{"title":"Through Her Eyes: The Impact of War on Syrian Refugee Families.","authors":"Ahlam Al-Natour, Edith J Morris, Samar Mohammad Al-Ostaz","doi":"10.1177/10436596211026367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211026367","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Syrian war conflict ended with devastating impact on Syrian refugee women and their children. A few studies have been done that explored the impact of the civil war and displacement of Syrian families from a cultural perspective. The purpose of this study was to highlight the experiences of the Syrian war-refugee families who have sought shelter in a host country.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A descriptive phenomenological study was conducted using a semistructured interview approach among 16 Syrian refugee women who were approached from two Jordanian health care centers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The main themes discussed how the war ended with financial and social stress, family violence, and hazardous effects on women and children health.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This article introduced how culture and religion influence how family unit and members responded to war stressors. This study provided transcultural nursing knowledge, allowing nurses to be grounded in individualized culturally specific care.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"26-32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10436596211026367","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39255335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rupinder M Deol, Lisa M Thompson, Kevin M Chun, Catherine Chesla
{"title":"Beliefs About the Causes of Type 2 Diabetes Among First-Generation Asian Indians in the United States.","authors":"Rupinder M Deol, Lisa M Thompson, Kevin M Chun, Catherine Chesla","doi":"10.1177/10436596211016518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211016518","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Asian Indians (AIs) have the highest prevalence rates (18.3%-29%) of diabetes in any minority group in the United States, yet little is known about their beliefs about what causes type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study was to examine first generation AIs causal beliefs about type 2 diabetes.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Interpretative phenomenology was used to interview 12 first-generation AI participants with type 2 diabetes to elicit causal beliefs of their disease. Interpretative and thematic analysis were completed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Beliefs about the causes of diabetes in AIs were influenced by a general familiarity with the disease, limited knowledge about causal and preventative factors of the disease, and gender specific roles and norms.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Health programs that aim to incorporate AI's cultural and health beliefs about the causes of diabetes are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"65-71"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10436596211016518","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39076712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Development of a Situation-Specific Nurse-Led Culturally Tailored Self-Management Theory for Chinese Patients With Heart Failure.","authors":"Yuanyuan Jin, Youqing Peng","doi":"10.1177/10436596211023973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211023973","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Self-management is essential for treating heart failure (HF). Culture influences the ability to cope, negotiate, and adopt self-management behaviors. However, current HF self-management interventions for Chinese patients do not take culture into consideration. The aim of this article is to describe the development of a situation-specific nurse-led culturally tailored self-management theory for Chinese patients with HF.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>An integrative approach was used as theory development strategy for the situation-specific theory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Based on theoretical and empirical evidence, and theorists' experiences from research and practice, a nurse-led culturally tailored self-management theory for Chinese patients with HF was developed.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Researchers addressing health phenomena often have difficulty defining, conceptualizing, and operationalizing culture. The situation-specific theory developed in this study has the potential to increase specificity (i.e., logical adequacy and usefulness) of existing theories while informing the application to nursing practice. Further critique and testing of the situation-specific theory is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"6-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10436596211023973","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39078516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of Iranian Pediatric Nurses in Providing Care to Hospitalized Children of Different Language Backgrounds: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Raziyeh Beykmirza, Reza Negarandeh, Maryam Varzeshnejad","doi":"10.1177/10436596211016535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211016535","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Communication is one of the main foundations of providing care. Nurses have encountered patients from different languages due to globalization and mobilities within and between countries. This study aimed to explore the Iranian pediatric nurses' experiences in providing care for children of different language backgrounds.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>In this conventional qualitative content analysis study, 15 pediatric nurses were selected through purposive sampling from four specialty pediatric hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Data were collected via in-depth semistructured face-to-face interviews and concurrently analyzed via conventional content analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data analysis resulted in 132 primary codes, which were reduced to 95 during constant comparison and categorized into 34 subcategories, six main categories, and the main theme emerging from the categories was \"language as a barrier in providing effective nursing care.\"</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This study suggests that language differences between pediatric nurses and hospitalized children may make nursing care less effective and act as a barrier to achieving patient care goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"79-86"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10436596211016535","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39012870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}