Heidi Gilroy, Judith McFarlane, Angeles Nava, John Maddoux
{"title":"Community resource use among abused immigrant women: baseline data analysis for a 7-year prospective study.","authors":"Heidi Gilroy, Judith McFarlane, Angeles Nava, John Maddoux","doi":"10.1177/1043659614523997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659614523997","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To determine the community resources most often used, most needed, and most difficult to use for immigrants.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A naturalistic study using principles of community-based participatory research.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A group of 106 abused immigrant women were interviewed in person with the Community Agency Use, Frequency, Helpfulness, and Difficulty form as part of a 7-year prospective study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most frequently noted service needed most was counseling (n = 34, 33.0%) followed by legal services (n = 23, 22.3%) and social services (n = 13, 12.6%). Law enforcement was the most commonly used service (n = 63, 59.4%) and the most difficult to receive (n = 16, 48.5%). Counseling (n = 6, 18.2%) and legal services (n = 5, 15.2%) were also reported as difficult.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Law enforcement is often called on to help in partner violence, but immigrant women report difficulty in using this service.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Abused immigrant women have risk factors for abuse, and they face barriers in accessing the services they need.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>It is important for service providers in the community to be aware of the unique challenges of abused immigrant women and to address their needs accordingly.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"341-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659614523997","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40283577","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}
Pam Malloy, Judith Paice, Nessa Coyle, Patrick Coyne, Thomas Smith, Betty Ferrell
{"title":"Promoting palliative care worldwide through international nursing education.","authors":"Pam Malloy, Judith Paice, Nessa Coyle, Patrick Coyne, Thomas Smith, Betty Ferrell","doi":"10.1177/1043659614523993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659614523993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many challenges exist when providing international education to those who care for people at the end of life. Though issues related to culture and language may vary, the one commonality that crosses all nations is that its people die. In general, societies seek to provide the best care they are trained to give. Many have few resources to provide this care well. Traditions of the past influence norms and dictate policies and procedures of the present. Since its inception in 2000, the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Project has provided palliative care education to nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary team in six of the seven continents. This article describes the efforts of this project to improve education around the globe, with the goal of providing excellent, compassionate palliative care, irrespective of location, financial status, political views, religion, race, and/or ethnicity. </p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"410-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659614523993","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40283578","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":"Working with racism: a qualitative study of the perspectives of Māori (indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand) registered nurses on a global phenomenon.","authors":"Tania Huria, Jessica Cuddy, Cameron Lacey, Suzanne Pitama","doi":"10.1177/1043659614523991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659614523991","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Substantial health disparities exist between Māori--the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand--and non-Māori New Zealanders. This article explores the experience and impact of racism on Māori registered nurses within the New Zealand health system.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The narratives of 15 Māori registered nurses were analyzed to identify the effects of racism. This Māori nursing cohort and the data on racism form a secondary analysis drawn from a larger research project investigating the experiences of indigenous health workers in New Zealand and Canada. Jones's levels of racism were utilized as a coding frame for the structural analysis of the transcribed Māori registered nurse interviews.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants experienced racism on institutional, interpersonal, and internalized levels, leading to marginalization and being overworked yet undervalued.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusions: </strong>Māori registered nurses identified a lack of acknowledgement of dual nursing competencies: while their clinical skills were validated, their cultural skills-their skills in Hauora Māori--were often not. Experiences of racism were a commonality. Racism--at every level--can be seen as highly influential in the recruitment, training, retention, and practice of Māori registered nurses.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>The nursing profession in New Zealand and other countries of indigenous peoples needs to acknowledge the presence of racism within training and clinical environments as well as supporting indigenous registered nurses to develop and implement indigenous dual cultural-clinical competencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"364-72"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659614523991","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40283579","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 clinical trials nurse as subject advocate for minority and culturally diverse research subjects.","authors":"Susan L Rubin","doi":"10.1177/1043659614523999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659614523999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Minority involvement in clinical trials is necessary to promote diversification in health-related research. The clinical trials nurse is uniquely qualified to advocate for and ensure the success of the minority participant in clinical trials research during the processes of recruitment, informed consent, and retention of subjects. This article incorporates a review of literature in conjunction with the American Nurses Association's standard of practice number 7 regarding ethics to demonstrate how the role of the clinical trials nurse as subject advocate can facilitate successful participation of minorities in clinical trial research. </p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"383-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659614523999","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40282951","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}
Franklin A Shaffer, Catherine R Davis, Julia To Dutka, Donna R Richardson
{"title":"The future of nursing: domestic agenda, global implications.","authors":"Franklin A Shaffer, Catherine R Davis, Julia To Dutka, Donna R Richardson","doi":"10.1177/1043659614523474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659614523474","url":null,"abstract":"The 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, challenges the nursing profession to take a key role in redesigning the health care system. Intended to shape the future of nursing in the United States, the IOM report has implications for nursing worldwide. While individual states and nursing organizations are developing initiatives to implement the IOM recommendations in the United States, there must be a concomitant effort to examine the ripple effect on global health and the nursing community. This article addresses four IOM recommendations that are directly relevant to internationally educated nurses who practice across borders: nurse residency programs, lifelong learning, leading change to advance health, and interprofessional health care workforce data. The article discusses the IOM recommendations through a global perspective and offers policy implications for legislators, health care organizations and nurse educators, regulators and administrators.","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"388-94"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659614523474","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40283573","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":"Conceptualizing Partner Abuse Among South Asian Women in Hong Kong.","authors":"Jenny Chingkhannem Tonsing","doi":"10.1177/1043659614522650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659614522650","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This qualitative study was conducted with 14 South Asian women in Hong Kong to explore their perception and experiences of domestic violence by an intimate partner.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>All interviews were transcribed and then coded based on the process of coding suggested by Strauss and Corbin, including both open and axial coding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data analysis resulted in two main core categories, \"Women's perception of domestic violence\" and \"Cultural factors that influence their help-seeking behavior,\" denoting that the context in which domestic violence is experienced influences women's perception and understanding of domestic violence. Participants also drew on the discourse of culture to explain its role in their experiences of domestic violence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Domestic violence is a concern among this group of South Asian women. Culturally appropriate domestic violence services and public education on domestic violence are needed for this community.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"281-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659614522650","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40283574","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}
Oliver Hirsch, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Viktoria Bachmann
{"title":"Measurement equivalence of four psychological questionnaires in native-born Germans, Russian-speaking immigrants, and native-born Russians.","authors":"Oliver Hirsch, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Viktoria Bachmann","doi":"10.1177/1043659613482003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659613482003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychological constructs depend on cultural context. It is therefore important to show the equivalence of measurement instruments in cross-cultural research. There is evidence that in Russian-speaking immigrants, cultural and language issues are important in health care. We examined measurement equivalence of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15), the Hamburg Self-Care Questionnaire (HamSCQ), and the questionnaire on communication preferences of patients with chronic illness (KOPRA) in native-born Germans, Russian-speaking immigrants living in Germany, and native-born Russians living in the former Soviet Union (FSU). All four questionnaires fulfilled requirements of measurement equivalence in confirmatory factor analyses and analyses of differential item functioning. The Russian translations can be used in Russian-speaking immigrants and native-born Russians. This offers further possibilities for cross-cultural research and for an improvement in health care research in Russian-speaking immigrants in Germany. The most pronounced differences occurred in the KOPRA, which point to differences in German and Russian health care systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"225-35"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659613482003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40240572","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}
Diana H Arabiat, Mohammad Al Jabery, Raghad H Abdelkader, Alia Mahadeen
{"title":"Jordanian mothers' beliefs about the causes of cancer in their children and their impact on the maternal role.","authors":"Diana H Arabiat, Mohammad Al Jabery, Raghad H Abdelkader, Alia Mahadeen","doi":"10.1177/1043659613481808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659613481808","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Arab culture and Islamic beliefs contribute to values and practices regarding cancer. Mothers in Jordanian society are expected to be the primary caregivers to children.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to explore Jordanian mothers' beliefs regarding the causes of cancer in their children and their impact on their role as mothers.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A descriptive, qualitative design was used. Individual interviews were conducted with Jordanian mothers (n = 51) of hospitalized children with cancer.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Causes of cancer were attributed to supernatural explanations and biomedical explanations. The impact of cancer on these mothers' lives varied. For some, their child's illness resulted in stronger family bonds, whereas for others, the families suffered a state of disequilibrium.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Cultural beliefs helped assign meaning to their children's illness. The maternal role of Jordanian women was partially fulfilled or inadequately performed, which in turn affected the functioning and coping abilities of the entire household.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"246-53"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659613481808","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40240571","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 impact of John Henryism on self-reported health behaviors in African American men.","authors":"Rebecca H Lehto, Karen Farchaus Stein","doi":"10.1177/1043659613481673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659613481673","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>African American men have poorer health and higher disease-related mortality as compared to non-African American men. John Henryism refers to the predisposition to engage in active high-effort coping with environmental stressors. Little is known about relationships between John Henryism and personal health behaviors in African American men. The study purposes were to examine predictive relationships among John Henryism, marital status, age, education years, and health insurance on health behaviors in African American men.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional descriptive study.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The convenience sample included 60 African American men (mean age 54.8 + 10.13) recruited from a large urban area in the Midwestern United States.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>John Henryism significantly predicted self-reported health behaviors accounting for 12% of the multiple regression model variance.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong></p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings provide early evidence to consider in the design of interventions aimed at promoting healthy behaviors in African American men.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"291-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659613481673","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40229595","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":"Seeking life balance: the perceptions of health of Cambodian women in resettlement.","authors":"Olivia Catolico","doi":"10.1177/1043659613481624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659613481624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This grounded theory study in California, United States was an inquiry into the perceptions of health of Cambodian women in resettlement. The sequelae of significant life trauma on the health of women who escaped political conflict have received little attention in the nursing literature. Thirty-nine Cambodian women were recruited through a social service organization and verbal referrals. Open-ended questions and a conversational approach to dialogue and data gathering facilitated the interview process. Women were interviewed at home or the local temple. Seeking life balance emerged as the core perspective of this study. The relationships between thematic categories of seeking life balance, patterns of knowing, and caring for self were salient. Outcomes of these interrelationships further moved women's health toward disharmony or harmony. The findings of this study are limited by sampling participants in a tightly networked community and may serve as a pilot for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":211241,"journal":{"name":"Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society","volume":" ","pages":"236-45"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1043659613481624","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40240464","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}