The objective of this study was to explore how Community Psychiatric Nurses experienced stigma in their line of duty.
The study adopted qualitative exploratory descriptive design. Participants were ...selected from three district hospitals (Ga South, Ga Central and Okaikoi) all in the Accra Metropolis. Twelve (12) participants between the ages of 26 and 40 were selected using a purposive sampling technique. After transcribing verbatim audio-taped individual interviews, the data were analysed using content analysis procedures.
Five (5) themes emerged including: Mocking and labelling, discrimination, expression of genuine concern about their safety, poor image and associative stigma. Mostly, the community psychiatric nurses felt ridiculed and belittled as they experienced open negative labelling in the community.
The findings draws attention for the need for all Community Psychiatric Nurses to be respected and not ridiculed so they can work effectively and ensure decentralization of care. Stigma can be reduced through extensive education using various media outlets. Adequate logistics is necessary to enhance the work of community psychiatry nurses.
The purpose of this study was to assess the coping strategies of people living with epilepsy (PLWEs) and their health outcomes.
This was a descriptive-exploratory, qualitative study. Face-to-face, ...in-depth interviews were carried out on a purposive sample of 13 PLWEs using a semi-structured interview guide. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim, and the data were analyzed using the content analysis approach.
Positive coping strategies adopted included problem-focused coping, faith in God, social support, and lifestyle changes. Negative coping strategies adopted were thinking and worrying and concealing diagnosis. Treatment modalities for epilepsy were spiritual intervention, traditional, or orthodox medicines or a combination of two or more. A reduction in the frequency and severity of seizures was a positive outcome, and the worsening of seizures was a negative outcome.
The consultation of spiritualists and herbalists for treatment was a reflection of their beliefs about the causes of epilepsy among the participants. There is a need for increased education on epilepsy in Ghana.
•Participants coped through lifestyle changes, social support, and faith in God.•Spiritual intervention, traditional, or orthodox medicines were used to treat epilepsy.•Participants poorly coped by concealing diagnosis and worrying about seizures.•Decreased seizure frequency represented positive outcomes of coping strategies.
•Falling unconscious, plus faecal and urine incontinence were associated with seizures.•Belief about causes of epilepsy included physical, spiritual and unknown causes.•Seizures caused injuries, ...disruptions at work, school and relationship problems.•Participants believed in God and expected their medications to control the seizures.
The study aimed at describing the beliefs that People Living with Epilepsy (PLWE) have about the disease.
A descriptive-exploratory qualitative design was employed to guide the study. Thirteen (13) participants living with epilepsy in the Accra Metropolis were purposively sampled. Face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted and data were analysed using the content analysis approach.
The themes that emerged from the data were beliefs about signs and symptoms, causes, consequences and beliefs about cure and control of epilepsy. Participants believed epilepsy was a disgraceful illness. Most participants believed epilepsy was due to spiritual causes. Seizures resulted in injuries and were believed to have affected the education, work and relationships of the PLWE.
The results suggest that the false beliefs about the causes of epilepsy were an indication of knowledge gap on the causes of epilepsy among the PLWE. Health care professionals should intensify health education campaigns on epilepsy to demystify traditional beliefs about epilepsy and promote greater understanding and acceptance of PLWE.
OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to explore the factors that influence the achievement of the state of sobriety in a drug addiction rehabilitation center.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:A qualitative ...research approach using an exploratory descriptive design was used. In-depth interviews of 12 residents who received care at a drug addiction rehabilitation center in southern Ghana were interviewed using a semistructured interview guide. The participants (residents) were purposively selected for the study from December 2015 to May 2016. The average length of each interview was about an hour. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using content analysis.
RESULTS:The research revealed that the attitude of health professionals/counselors, residents, and their social support network influenced the change process. Moreover, discomfort produced by drugs/substances and a broadened knowledge base in drugs/substances influenced change.
CONCLUSIONS:The factors that influenced behavior change were multifactorial. However, positive and negative human factors and the rehabilitation program were instrumental. No single change agent could bring about the desired behavioral change in drug addiction rehabilitation.
This paper investigates the nexus between generations and digital literacy. For the study, simple random sampling was undertaken in selecting 361 respondents, while ten participants were selected ...through purposive sampling. The authors made use of mixed methods, including the intervju survey method. The data were subjected to bivariate, correlation and thematic analysis. Concerning theresults, younger people turn out to be comparatively more digitally active and more digitally skilled than older people, which is indicative of the fact that there is a generational gap between the two distinct generations in terms of being in a technologically savvy position. This was influenced significantly by the era in which they were born, as each generation comes with its own technological innovations, the phenomena of socialization and social interaction with self-organization as the focus. It is concluded that digital literacy, expositions and exploits are significant in relation to how they shape generational interactions, including the adaptation to digital device utilization in later life.
This study explores the biopsychosocial factors that affect the decision of Ghanaian men to use sexual enhancers/aphrodisiacs. The study was qualitative in nature and made use of thematic content ...analysis as its main tool of analysis. Two focus groups involving ten (10) participants were used in the study. Participant age ranges was between 25 – 59 years. Findings indicated that the decision to use an aphrodisiac involve a complexity of interactions between social, psychological and biological factors. The main social findings were that a man’s sexual ability to perform sex is indicative of status and prestige in society. The psychological reason for the use of aphrodisiacs was to punish women. The biological reasons were to use sexual enhancers as tools to prove masculinity and as a function of age and absence of disease. The study also gave the easy availability of sexual enhancers in Ghana, as one of the reasons. Recommendations centred on education on the effects of sexual enhancers and their availability on the market be controlled.
Rad istražuje vezu između različitih generacija i digitalne pismenosti. Za potrebe istraživanja jednostavnim slučajnim uzorkovanjem odabran je 361 ispitanik, dok je 10 ispitanika odabrano namjernim ...uzorkovanjem. Autori su koristili mješovite metode, uključujući i metodu ankete. Podaci su podvrgnuti bivarijatnim, korelacijskim i tematskim analizama. Rezultati pokazuju da su mlađe osobe digitalno aktivnije i digitalno vještije u usporedbi sa starijima, što ukazuje na postojanje digitalnog jaza između dvije distinktivne generacije kada je riječ o tehnološkim sposobnostima. Na to značajno utječe razdoblje kada su ispitanici rođeni, s obzirom na to da se svaka generacija susreće sa specifičnim tehnološkim inovacijama, socijalizacijskim obrascima i obrascima samoorganizirajuće socijalne interakcije. Zaključuje se da su digitalno opismenjavanje i prakticiranje digitalne pismenosti značajni za oblikovanje generacijskih interakcija, uključujući i prilagodbu na korištenje digitalnih uređaja u starijoj dobi.
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