This research is aimed at identifying political bias in mainstream media news channels. Specifically, this thesis focuses on political bias portrayed through the media following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. This analysis explores the media’s coverage of the initial travel ban (enforced by executive order) during the first month of the Trump presidency. The content in this research explores specific frames, facts, statistics, wording, phrasing, and overall presentations of two primetime media hosts, Rachel Maddow and Sean Hannity. This research explores several presentations from each host, all pertaining to the Trump Administration’s initial travel ban. Framing theory is used throughout the manuscript to emphasize the manner in which each host presents news and information, while also distinguishing the differences between each host due to their partisan agendas. Through this research, it was found that both media hosts presented news and information on the same issue (the travel ban) through completely different perspectives. Each host varied drastically in tone, phrasing, and facts of emphasis, while also presenting each issue in a manner that aligns with a specific partisan agenda. This research demonstrates that partisan agendas and perceived audience needs take priority over the reporting of objective facts and straightforward coverage on the issue of immigration in the United States.

Bakgrund: Gynekologisk cancer är en samlingsterm för flera olika cancersjukdomar som drabbar kvinnors könsorgan och reproduktiva system. Både sjukdom och behandling påverkar kvinnornas sexualitet på flera plan, både fysiskt, psykiskt så väl som socialt. Kvinnornas upplevelser kan kopplas till lidande i olika former. Lidande i den karitativa omvårdnadsteorin av Katie Eriksson delas in i sjukdomslidande, livslidande och vårdlidande. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att belysa upplevelser av sexualitet hos kvinnor som har genomgått behandling för gynekologisk cancer. Metod: En allmän litteraturstudie baserat på tolv kvalitativa studier genomfördes. Resultat: Resultatet i studien visar att kvinnor upplever förändringar och svårigheter kopplat till sexualitet på flera olika sätt, även lång tid efter avslutad behandling. Upplevelserna presenteras i fem teman där huvudfynden finns inom tema Sexuell funktion och tema Sexuella relationer. Slutsats: Kunskap om dessa kvinnors upplevelser och lidande kan öka möjligheterna för vårdpersonal att ge kvinnor god omvårdnad som även syftar till att öka kvinnornas sexuella hälsa. Förslag på fortsatt forskning: Fortsatt forskning inom området skulle kunna bidra till hur sjuksköterskestudenter på bästa sätt kan lära sig hur samtal om sexualitet genomförs på ett sätt som är bekvämt för både patient och sjuksköterska. / Background: Gynaecological cancer is a collective term that includes several different forms of cancer. Both illness and treatment affect women's sexuality on multiple levels. This includes physical, mental and social aspects. The experiences of these women also contain suffering in various forms. Katie Eriksson describes this in the nursing theory Caritative Caring as: suffering related to illness, suffering related to life and suffering caused by care. Aim: The aim of this study was to highlight women's experiences of their sexuality after undergoing treatment for gynaecological cancer. Method: A literature review based on twelve qualitative studies was conducted. Results: The results shows that women experience changes and difficulties linked to sexuality in several different ways, even long after the treatment is completed. The experiences are presented in five themes where the main findings are found in the themes Sexual Function and Sexual Relations. Conclusion: Knowledge of these women's experiences and suffering can increase the ability of healthcare professionals to provide good nursing care for women, which also aim at increasing women's sexual health. Proposals for further research: Continuing research in this field could contribute to how nurse students can best learn how conversations about sexuality are conducted in a convenient way for both patient and nurse.

The overall aims of this thesis were to investigate psychological and behavioral effects of receiving cancer genetic counseling for breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer and/or with a family history of these cancer types and to determine whether counselees’ informational needs were met. Study I was performed 3-7 years post-counseling. Participants (n=214) reported a relatively high level of anxiety but a low level of depression compared to cancer patients in general. However, there was no indication that the distress experienced was due to the counseling. Moderate changes in life and family relations, high level of adherence to recommended controls and satisfaction was reported. Study II was a randomized control trial (RCT) intervention study which involved 147 counselees. An increase in the level of knowledge and correct estimation of personal risk was reported in both the intervention and control groups, although this increase declined at later follow-up. Enhanced information led to significantly greater satisfaction with the given information, and the way of informing relatives. Most counselees had shared information with their at-risk relatives. Study III focused on sharing information with at-risk relatives among participants in study II and their relatives (n=81). Counselees were interviewed and answered a questionnaire, whilst their relatives only answered the questionnaire. Counselees reported positive/neutral feelings about communicating genetic information and mostly interpreted their relatives’ reactions as positive/ neutral. Also, approximately 50% of relatives reported positive/neutral reactions and were generally satisfied with the received information. Study IV was conducted in Sweden and Norway based on 235 counselees. Counselees expected counselors to be skillful and thoughtful, take them seriously and provide risk estimations and medical information. Most important issues to counselees were satisfactorily addressed by the counselors. Analyzing importance rankings resulted in five categories of needs: a need for facts, caring communication and medical information, need for understanding and support in sharing genetic information, practical care and medical/practical information. In conclusion, no adverse psychological or behavioral effect on counselees was observed. Apparently, genetic counseling is managed properly and counselors successfully address counselees’ needs. Providing extended information does not seem necessary, however, tailoring information to individual counselees needs may create a more effective counseling.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-16T15:23:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2565602 bytes, checksum: 1287d4cae804672906d58ad619f8d721 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The present paper aims to elucidate the informational actions used for the attendance of the social and informational needs of blind students at Campus 1 of the Federal University of Paraíba, identifying their informational needs and barriers more pertinent in the search and use of information. The methodology used Bardin s Analysis, by means of the categorization process based on Sense Making model of Brenda Dervin which, by means of meaning construction, intends to apprehend how users make sense through a subjective perspective. The obtained results revealed that there are some barriers, among them, informational, attitudinal and technical ones. Also, these barriers are not only for the blind student, but also among professors, in relation to the inclusive process, and the own University in the role of manager of possibilities, because it does not enable the usability of assistive technologies as a factor of digital inclusion in the entire educational context. The conclusion is that there is lack of pedagogical (in)formation of professors to change their social and educative praxis, as well as it suggests the realization of new researches about this problematic which reflects in the formation of professors and in the noiseless positioning of universities in relation to people with special needs. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo esclarecer as ações informacionais utilizadas para o atendimento das necessidades socioinformacionais dos universitários cegos do Campus 1 da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), identificando as suas necessidades informacionais e barreiras mais pertinentes na busca e uso da informação. A metodologia utilizada foi a análise de Bardin através do processo de categorização embasada no modelo Sense Making de Brenda Dervin, que através da construção de sentido visa apreender como os usuários fazem sentido através de uma perspectiva subjetiva. Os resultados obtidos revelaram que existem algumas barreiras, entre elas, as informacionais, atitudinais e técnicas, não só para o universitário cego como também entre os docentes, em relação ao processo inclusivo, como da própria Universidade por ser gestora de possibilidades, em não viabilizar a usabilidade das tecnologias assistivas como fator de inclusão digital em todo o seu contexto educacional. Conclui que falta (in)formação pedagógica dos docentes para mudar sua práxis educativa e social, assim como sugere a realização de novas pesquisas voltadas para essa problemática que se reflete no aspecto sociocultural da formação do educador e no posicionamento silencioso das universidades diante dos portadores de necessidades especiais.

Magister Public Health - MPH / The Zambia Demographic Health Survey reports that 81% of the population of Mansa District, Zambia lives in extreme poverty. Eleven percent (11%) of this population is estimated to be HIV positive. Many of this HIV positive population were the primary breadwinners in their households prior to the onset of AIDS. The majority of them are cared for by family members (PCGs) with limited training. Home Based Care programmes provide care and support to patients at their homes. However, this support does not extend to the caregivers. This explorative study investigated the psychological, social and informational needs of primary caregivers of AIDS patients in Mansa District, Zambia. It was envisaged that the findings of the study would assist home-based care organizations to provide comprehensive support and care to the primary caregivers, in addition to patients. Methods A qualitative research approach was chosen to gain an in-depth understanding of healthrelated experiences of caregivers while taking into consideration the context within which this phenomenon takes place. Twenty-six caregivers who provide basic care and support to family members who had advanced HIV-disease were recruited into the study. All AIDS patients in the study were former breadwinners of their households. Purposive, maximum variation sampling was used to select non-homogeneous cases of family caregivers, who provided services to AIDS patients within their homes. It was envisaged that such a heterogeneous sample would provide wide variations in experiences, and this would contribute to the range of issues pertaining to caregiver needs being covered. Three Focus group discussions were conducted, audio-tape recorded and transcribed. Findings The findings of the study highlight that caregivers have the following psychological needs: reciprocated sympathy and appreciation from society and their patients, stress coping mechanisms, and the capacity to display patience despite unreasonable demands made by the patients for whom they are caring. The study highlights that caregivers face numerous challenges in dealing with conflicting relationships and in handling stigma and discrimination, and that they are in need of a strong social support network. It also emphasizes that many of the primary caregivers lack adequate information about social services organizations that can assist them with training. The training will enable those (PCGs) to provide care in a manner that does not compromise the safety of the patients or themselves, as well as give them opportunities for education and skills development for income generation that will make it possible for them to provide for the upkeep of the family. Conclusions Home-based care workers are best placed to support PCGs at home. The training of such home-based workers should be extended to take in consideration the specific needs of these caregivers. In addition, the role of primary caregivers should be acknowledged in national HIV/AIDS strategies.

Introduction: This research investigated the requirements of an HIT solution that is usable and useful to informal caregivers of cancer patients on home palliative care. Methodology: A needs assessment method was used with an exploratory and a confirmatory stage. Eight semi-structured interviews and two focus groups were used for data collection. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse caregiver experiences with both inductive and deductive coding. Results/Discussion: Expressed and unexpressed caregiver needs were extracted into four categories, Implementation, Presentation, Information, and Practical Caregiving, and used to create the application requirements. Five user personas were created based on caregiving intensity and the functional level of the patients, a method of tailoring the application content to the different personas was created, and a low-fidelity prototype of the application was designed. Conclusion: The findings of this research can improve the preparedness and coping of informal caregivers of cancer patients on home palliative care.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:46:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2274.pdf: 641838 bytes, checksum: 03166424a1ff26b7c159184a91b20edd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-19 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / Treating the rights related to persons with special needs (PSN) is a matter not only to professionals in the area of Law, but to society as a whole. Knowledge of legislation with the resulting disclosure of such information, will bring benefits not only to their own people with such needs and their families, but also contribute to the improvement of professionals with whom they are related. In the survey, the main objective was to identify the informational needs of lawyers into law on the rights of persons with special needs (PSN). The survey characterized as being kind of exploratory and descriptive and analysis of the curriculum of the Law courses offered in the State of São Paulo. The methodological procedures involved the following steps: a) review of literature related to matters under consideration, that is, rights of PSN, Special Education and Information Science, for reasons of theoretical research; b) review of literature about the legislation targeted specifically at PSN considering it is the law of Brazil; c) analysis of the curriculum of the Law courses offered in the State of São Paulo to verity the existence of specific material regarding the rights of persons with special needs; d) organization and systematization of data, with a view to examining which will be done will be done in the light of theoretical reference; e)elaborate a proposal of specific material regarding the rights of persons with special needs to Law courses. At the end of the survey aims to: contribute to guaranteeing the rights of persons with special needs; promote integration between the areas of Information Science, Law and Special Education, seeking the production of knowledge qualified to help the lawyers a right to act in defense of the rights of persons with special needs. / Tratar dos direitos relacionados às pessoas com necessidades especiais (PNEs) é uma questão que compete não apenas aos profissionais da área do direito, mas à sociedade como um todo. O conhecimento da legislação e a conseqüente divulgação dessas informações trarão benefícios não apenas às próprias pessoas com tais necessidades e seus familiares, mas também contribuirão para o aprimoramento dos profissionais com os quais se relacionam. Na pesquisa realizada, o objetivo principal foi identificar as necessidades informacionais dos bacharéis em Direito quanto aos direitos das pessoas com necessidades especiais (PNEs) tendo como foco de análise a legislação e as grades curriculares dos cursos de direito no Estado de São Paulo. A pesquisa caracteriza-se como sendo do tipo exploratório e descritivo e os procedimentos metodológicos envolveram os seguintes passos: a) revisão de literatura relacionada à matéria em estudo, qual seja, direitos das PNEs e Educação Especial para fundamentação teórica da pesquisa; b) levantamento da legislação direcionada especificamente às PNEs, considerando-se a legislação do Brasil; c) análise das grades curriculares dos cursos de Direito oferecidos no Estado de São Paulo para verificação da existência de matéria específica direcionada aos direitos das PNEs; d) organização e sistematização dos dados obtidos, com vistas à análise realizada à luz do referencial teórico; e) elaboração de uma proposta de disciplina sobre o tema direcionada ao curso de Direito. Os resultados obtidos permitem oferecer contribuições para a garantia dos direitos das pessoas com necessidades especiais; promover a integração entre as áreas de Ciências Jurídicas e Educação Especial e Ciência da Informação, visando à produção de conhecimento qualificado para auxiliar os bacharéis em direito a atuarem na defesa dos direitos das pessoas com necessidades especiais.