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“In such a dark period, the only light”: Patients’ motivations and strategies to seek care from an online health community during the COVID-19 pandemic "在如此黑暗的时期,唯一的光明":在 COVID-19 大流行期间,患者从在线健康社区寻求护理的动机和策略
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100425
Alberto Ardissone
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“I can't cry on cue”: Exploring distress experiences of persons with sickle cell "我不能一哭就哭":探索镰状细胞患者的痛苦经历
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100426
Janet E. Childerhose , Brent Emerson , Andrew Schamess , Jacqueline Caputo , Marcus Williams , Maryanna D. Klatt
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Factors influencing medical adherence among First Nations patients and patients of European ancestry: Data from Canada 影响原住民患者和欧洲血统患者坚持就医的因素:加拿大的数据
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100424
Annabel Levesque PhD , Mitch Verde PhD , Han Z. Li PhD , Bin Yu PhD, MD , Xinguang Chen PhD, MD
{"title":"Factors influencing medical adherence among First Nations patients and patients of European ancestry: Data from Canada","authors":"Annabel Levesque PhD ,&nbsp;Mitch Verde PhD ,&nbsp;Han Z. Li PhD ,&nbsp;Bin Yu PhD, MD ,&nbsp;Xinguang Chen PhD, MD","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100424","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nonadherence to physicians’ recommendations can have a detrimental impact on patient health, to say nothing of the financial cost to the already unsustainable Canadian healthcare system. This comparative study aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the factors influencing adherence to prescribed medications and lifestyle change recommendations among First Nations patients and patients of European ancestry. In-depth, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 40 participants in Northern British Columbia, Canada. Interviews were transcribed and qualitatively analyzed. Results show that medical adherence derives from an interaction between personal factors and situational or external factors. A comparative analysis revealed that a disproportionate number of First Nations patients faced situational barriers that impeded with medical adherence. These factors include geographical isolation, lack of access to a regular doctor, negative healthcare experiences, and financial constraints. Analyzed through a postcolonial interpretive lens, the research findings highlight the need to reduce systemic barriers within the healthcare system and the wider social context, especially among First Nations patients living in remote communities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74862,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Qualitative research in health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100424"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000337/pdfft?md5=8d8bed0f8becf33a07b1b3b8f8de6e30&pid=1-s2.0-S2667321524000337-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140345301","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}
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When the longer route leads to the point: Circumlocution as a strategy in the male reproductive health clinic in Kenya 长路漫漫,其修远兮:肯尼亚男性生殖健康诊所中的 "绕行 "策略
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100420
Melvin Ouma
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Challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A layered vulnerabilities perspective COVID-19 大流行期间的挑战与机遇:分层脆弱性视角
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100419
Louise Meijering , Tess Osborne , Thomas A. Lowe , Zeinab Sattari N , Billie de Haas , Lisa Schreuder , Gerd Weitkamp , Els Maeckelberghe
{"title":"Challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A layered vulnerabilities perspective","authors":"Louise Meijering ,&nbsp;Tess Osborne ,&nbsp;Thomas A. Lowe ,&nbsp;Zeinab Sattari N ,&nbsp;Billie de Haas ,&nbsp;Lisa Schreuder ,&nbsp;Gerd Weitkamp ,&nbsp;Els Maeckelberghe","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100419","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging implications on the academic community and there have been numerous commentaries on the effects of the pandemic on qualitative health research. However, the vulnerabilities faced by participants and researchers during the pandemic have remained underexplored. Addressing this gap, this reflective article discusses the intersecting challenges and opportunities arising for participants and researchers in qualitative health research during the pandemic through the lens of layered vulnerability. Vulnerability, as a layered concept, provides novel insight to discussions on the effects of the pandemic as it provides a depth of insight into the multifaceted and dynamic nature of vulnerabilities, while considering individual differences and contexts. Reflecting on the research we conducted during the pandemic, we draw out the layers of vulnerability that both participants and researchers faced during the research process, as well as the obligations and strategies we developed to mitigate these vulnerabilities. We discuss the intersectionality of individual characteristics and the digitisation of work and life, including the impact of moving qualitative health research online and the use of creative methodological approaches. Our article highlights how, through engaging with their own vulnerabilities throughout the research process, researchers can develop creative and new solutions for qualitative research which mitigate the increased vulnerabilities participants faced during the pandemic.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74862,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Qualitative research in health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100419"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000283/pdfft?md5=c1fa35b5699a50a72f761f4c593fa904&pid=1-s2.0-S2667321524000283-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140347232","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}
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“Recovery is about change, so you have to change everything”: Exploring the evolution of recovery capital among women in substance use disorder treatment "康复就是改变,所以你必须改变一切":探索接受药物使用障碍治疗的女性康复资本的演变过程
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100422
Elizabeth Jadovich , Adam Viera , E. Jennifer Edelman , Jessica Legge Muilenburg , Trace Kershaw
{"title":"“Recovery is about change, so you have to change everything”: Exploring the evolution of recovery capital among women in substance use disorder treatment","authors":"Elizabeth Jadovich ,&nbsp;Adam Viera ,&nbsp;E. Jennifer Edelman ,&nbsp;Jessica Legge Muilenburg ,&nbsp;Trace Kershaw","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100422","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100422","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Recovery capital</em> is a framework in addiction research aiming to understand substance use disorder recovery holistically by considering individuals' access to resources across the four domains of human, physical, social, and community capital. Each domain is opposed by negative capital. The underrepresentation of women's experiences in substance use research and the limited understanding of substance use treatment's effect on recovery capital limits our understanding of how treatment programs can support women in developing and maintaining recovery capital. This secondary qualitative analysis of data collected from the RENEW study explores the experiences of n = 19 women enrolled in substance use disorder treatment in Connecticut at baseline. Interviews occurred at two time points three months apart between February 2020 and April 2021 and discussed participants' experiences with treatment and the resources they have access to early in recovery. Thematic analysis identified four main themes related to recovery capital development. First, the direct effects of treatment, defined as clinical pathways to recovery capital, promoted resource growth primarily in the domains of human and physical capital. Second, non-clinical pathways, including indirect effects of treatment, facilitated maintenance of treatment-related improvements in human, social, and community capital. Third, interactions between domains promoted recovery capital resource growth across domains. Finally, goals and expectations for treatment motivated resource development across study time points. This study's findings have important implications for operationalization of the recovery capital framework and highlight the importance of more robust integration of non-clinical interventions to improve the experiences of women in treatment for substance use disorders.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74862,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Qualitative research in health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100422"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000313/pdfft?md5=fcc19457ebd91237d82796afabe075f1&pid=1-s2.0-S2667321524000313-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140275931","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}
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Financial barriers, facilitators, and strategies among syringe services programs in the U.S., and their impact on implementation and health outcomes 美国注射器服务计划的财务障碍、促进因素和策略及其对实施和健康结果的影响
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100421
Christopher F. Akiba , Jessica Smith , Lynn D. Wenger , Terry Morris , Sheila V. Patel , Ricky N. Bluthenthal , Hansel E. Tookes , Paul LaKosky , Alex H. Kral , Barrot H. Lambdin
{"title":"Financial barriers, facilitators, and strategies among syringe services programs in the U.S., and their impact on implementation and health outcomes","authors":"Christopher F. Akiba ,&nbsp;Jessica Smith ,&nbsp;Lynn D. Wenger ,&nbsp;Terry Morris ,&nbsp;Sheila V. Patel ,&nbsp;Ricky N. Bluthenthal ,&nbsp;Hansel E. Tookes ,&nbsp;Paul LaKosky ,&nbsp;Alex H. Kral ,&nbsp;Barrot H. Lambdin","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100421","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) provide evidence-based services like drug use equipment to prevent infectious disease, overdose prevention education, and naloxone distribution to people who use drugs (PWUD). However, inadequate funding threatens provision of these interventions. This study aimed to document how the current funding landscape impacted determinants of SSP implementation, particularly describing financial and staffing barriers, facilitators, and proposed strategies, using qualitative methods informed by three implementation research frameworks. We interviewed 20 leaders of SSPs in the United States using a semi-structured interview guide. Participants described how structural stigma against PWUD led to insufficient and restrictive funding, and burdensome reporting for SSPs. This resulted in harming program implementation outcomes like reach, fidelity, and sustainability. Inadequate funding also led to insufficient staffing and subsequent staff stress, burnout, and turnover. Taken together, these barriers threatened the implementation of evidence-based interventions that SSPs provided, ultimately harming their ability to effectively address health outcomes like infectious disease transmission and opioid overdose mortality within their communities. Interviewees described how upstream policy strategies like political advocacy might address structural stigma at the federal level. Participants also highlighted state-level efforts like harm reduction–centered funding, technical assistance and capacity-building, and clearinghouse programs that may facilitate better implementation and health outcomes. A more robust understanding of the relationship between financial barriers, facilitators, and strategies on implementation and health outcomes represents a novel and vital area of research within harm reduction literature.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74862,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Qualitative research in health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100421"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000301/pdfft?md5=dfdf2a62d5693f4a29930be2c997e90f&pid=1-s2.0-S2667321524000301-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140191281","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}
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Accessing diagnosis and treatment: The experience of cancer as wrangling with the system 获得诊断和治疗:与医疗系统周旋的癌症经历
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100418
Kevin Dew , Kerry Chamberlain , Richard Egan , Alex Broom , Elizabeth Dennett , Chris Cunningham
{"title":"Accessing diagnosis and treatment: The experience of cancer as wrangling with the system","authors":"Kevin Dew ,&nbsp;Kerry Chamberlain ,&nbsp;Richard Egan ,&nbsp;Alex Broom ,&nbsp;Elizabeth Dennett ,&nbsp;Chris Cunningham","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100418","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Long term cancer survival is increasingly prevalent, and the consequences are of sociological and clinical interest. In this paper we deploy the concept of wrangling to emphasise the everyday tussle of survivorship and processes of navigating pathways through what can be an unwelcoming environment. From 2020 to 2022 81 interviews were conducted with people, Māori and non-Māori, throughout Aotearoa New Zealand identified as exceptional cancer survivors, living with a diagnosis of cancer from four to 37 years. Categories of wrangling discussed by participants included wrangling with the public drug-buying agency in Aotearoa New Zealand, wrangling between private and public healthcare systems, subaltern wrangling and wrangling across regions. Wrangling could be driven by the person with the cancer diagnosis, undertaken on behalf of that person by others including family and health professionals, and undertaken by the community. We argue that for most people with long-term cancer survival wrangling is a social practice, but the capacity to succeed in that practice is dependent on a range of factors, including levels of economic, cultural, and social capital. The concept of wrangling provides a contrast to an overemphasis in the survivorship literature on cancer as an individual experience; one largely disconnected from the art and practice of managing (often unwieldy and flawed) systems of care.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74862,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Qualitative research in health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100418"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000271/pdfft?md5=c59cf2e9cb917c7c135db0cb5bde59bd&pid=1-s2.0-S2667321524000271-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140195899","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}
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“There’s so much wrong with me. I’ve just gotten a little sick”: Syndemic cancer experiences among people struggling with homelessness and severe substance use "我有很多毛病。我只是有点不舒服":无家可归者和严重药物滥用者的癌症综合症经历
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100415
Pia Vivian Pedersen, Morten Hulvej Rod, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen
{"title":"“There’s so much wrong with me. I’ve just gotten a little sick”: Syndemic cancer experiences among people struggling with homelessness and severe substance use","authors":"Pia Vivian Pedersen,&nbsp;Morten Hulvej Rod,&nbsp;Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100415","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article investigates the complex ways that social conditions and illness experiences interact with cancer in a marginalised population. Drawing on the theoretical framework of syndemics, we explore how people living in circumstances of homelessness and severe substance use in Denmark experience and manage their cancer illness. We draw upon qualitative, partly longitudinal, interviews with marginalised people with current or previous cancer illness. Participants suffered from a wide range of physical and mental conditions alongside their cancer illness and substance use. Adverse interactions between these conditions delayed, complicated, or hindered both the cancer diagnosis and the cancer treatment of participants. Surprisingly, for some, the cancer diagnosis also contributed to temporary periods of stability. Nevertheless, disadvantaged social conditions of chaotic, unwanted housing conditions, fragile social relations and social isolation worked to aggravate participants' cancer trajectories and general life situation. Participants' cancer experiences were cases of syndemic suffering that took on a distinct direction in which cancer created cyclical rounds of suffering due to the many late effects of the illness and treatment. The article demonstrates how marginalised people’s cancer experiences are inextricably linked to, and shaped by, the social and health inequities characterising their lives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74862,"journal":{"name":"SSM. Qualitative research in health","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100415"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000246/pdfft?md5=c5d1623aebd3acd08f19ffcd2f2d4cd7&pid=1-s2.0-S2667321524000246-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140160069","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}
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Dying in the margins: Experiences of dying at home for people living with financial hardship and deprivation 死在边缘:经济困难和贫困的人在家中死亡的经历
SSM. Qualitative research in health Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100414
Naomi Richards , Sam Quinn , Emma Carduff , Merryn Gott
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