Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004. / Bibliography: leaves 106-113.

Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2011. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-120). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Toledo, 2006. / "In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing." Major advisor: Joanne Ehrmin. Includes abstract. Document formatted into pages: vii, 111 p. Title from title page of PDF document. Bibliography: pages 97-103.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / "December 2006" The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

According to the World Health Organization, one in three women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence perpetrated by a partner. Through a number of biological pathways, intimate partner violence (IPV) has a direct effect on women’s health, particularly their sexual health. IPV has been found in numerous bodies of research to disproportionately affect immigrant communities. This literature review examined the prevalence and epidemiological significance of IPV among the Latina and Asian immigrant communities in the United States and the effects on these populations’ sexual health outcomes. My findings demonstrate the burden of this issue is exacerbated by manifestations of structural violence and anti-immigrant sentiments in American society. I found the majority of clinical literature did not factor in structural and systematic disparities such as linguistic barriers, inaccessibility of the health and legal systems, precariousness of citizenship, and shortcomings of public education as contributors to adverse sexual health outcomes. The contexts and circumstances of immigrant women also tend to be homogenized in the public discourse on IPV with little attention paid to the specific socio-cultural elements that shape survivors’ experiences. Lastly, the language employed in the discussion of partner violence is highly hetero-normative and cis-gendered. Partner violence must be treated as the serious public health crisis it is. Strategies to address this issue must be implemented in a timely, culturally, and contextually appropriate manner across all settings guided by an intersectional lens.

Purpose: The purpose of this interpretive phenomenological study is to explore the lived experience of Haitian immigrant women living in Massachusetts with PPD. Specific Aims: Aim 1: To explore the lived experience of PPD among Haitian immigrant women. Aim 2: To explore how the experience of being Haitian influences Haitian immigrant women in their response to PPD. Framework: Leininger's Theory of Cultural Care (1988) guided the phenomenological approach and data collection. The Transcultural Care Decision & Action model contains three predictive modes for guiding nursing care judgments, decisions, or actions to provide care. Design: Interpretive phenomenology guided this qualitative study. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted. The data from each interview were transcribed into a written document and analyzed using the Crist and Tanner five-step process. Results: This study yielded two themes; each theme has three dimensions. The first theme is “Feeling Disconnected” with three dimensions: (a) lack of support; (b) partner conflict; and, (c) nostalgia of Haiti. The second theme is “Feeling Reconnected” with three dimensions: (a) realization of needed help; (b) spirituality; and, (c) resilience. Conclusion: This study provides insight into the lived experience of Haitian women with PPD. Awareness of Haitian women’s actual experiences with PPD will help health care providers to identify and provide culturally appropriate care to this population.

Submitted by Jos? Henrique Henrique (jose.neves@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2017-01-05T17:15:36Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) ramoci_leuchtenberger.pdf: 13836273 bytes, checksum: 357b05202ed703ff927ea55cb44804a4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2017-01-31T14:01:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) ramoci_leuchtenberger.pdf: 13836273 bytes, checksum: 357b05202ed703ff927ea55cb44804a4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-31T14:01:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) ramoci_leuchtenberger.pdf: 13836273 bytes, checksum: 357b05202ed703ff927ea55cb44804a4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / Por s?culos mulheres de comunidades tradicionais quilombolas foram cuidadas na gesta??o, parto e puerp?rio por parteiras e mulheres de sua confian?a. Nas ?ltimas d?cadas passaram a dar ? luz em hospitais, onde procedimentos que n?o atendem ?s particularidades de cada caso acabam por transformar o parto em uma experi?ncia de dor, medo e abandono. As pr?ticas sociais do cotidiano das mulheres de um determinado territ?rio, classe social e inser??o ?tnico-racial constr?em um conjunto de representa??es do cuidado da gestante, da parturiente, e do rec?m nascido que contemplam suas necessidades espec?ficas nestas fases da vida. Este estudo tem por objetivo conhecer as pr?ticas de cuidado da sa?de reprodutiva realizadas por mulheres da comunidade quilombola Ausente, no Alto Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, e compreender suas necessidades durante a gesta??o, parto e puerp?rio, contribuindo para a humaniza??o da assist?ncia ao parto. A colheita de dados foi realizada durante incurs?es ? comunidade, por meio de observa??o participante e entrevistas abertas com gestantes, lactantes e pu?rperas. As mulheres quilombolas demonstram unanimidade na prefer?ncia por parto normal em rela??o ? ces?rea. O motivo ? o temor da recupera??o que a cirurgia exige , n?o havendo men??o ?s vantagens fisiol?gicas e emocionais proporcionada pelo parto normal para a m?e e a crian?a. Cumprir o resguardo no puerp?rio ? fundamental para a sa?de da mulher, e a ajuda prestada por outras mulheres na organiza??o da casa e no cuidado com outras crian?as permite que a m?e se dedique integralmente ao beb? rec?m nascido. Os rituais que se desenrolam nos primeiros dias de vida do beb? s?o determinantes de sua sa?de, al?m de promover a socializa??o e o sentimento de comunidade. A vida das mulheres quilombolas favorece sua capacidade de decis?o e protagonismo, mas o desconhecimento das diretrizes que regulamentam a assist?ncia humanizada ao nascimento e a resigna??o com as dificuldades comumente enfrentadas durante o parto as impede de exigir at? mesmo a presen?a de um acompanhante. A produ??o de material informativo sobre gesta??o, parto e amamenta??o, baseado em evid?ncias cient?ficas, precisa ampliar sua veicula??o e diversificar seu p?blico alvo, passando a incluir mulheres negras e rurais. Se fazem necess?rias a??es de dissemina??o destas informa??es que levem em considera??o a exist?ncia de m?ltiplas realidades e respeitem as caracter?sticas culturais das diferentes humanidades. / Disserta??o (Mestrado Profissional) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Sa?de, Sociedade e Ambiente, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2016. / For centuries women in traditional 'quilombola' communities were cared for during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum by midwives and women of their confidence. In recent decades they have come to give birth in hospitals where procedures that do not consider the particularities of each case end up turning delivery in an experience of pain, fear and abandonment. Social practices of the daily lives of women of a certain territory, social class and ethnic-racial influence builds a set of representations on the care of the pregnant woman, the woman in labor and the newborn that answer to their specific needs in these stages of life. This study aims to understand the reproductive health care practices performed by women of the Ausente Community, at Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, and understand their needs during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, contributing to the humanization of delivery care. Data collection was conducted during visits to the community, through participant observation and open interviews with pregnant women and nursing mothers. 'Quilombola' women demonstrate unanimity in the preference for vaginal delivery compared to cesarean section. The reason is the fear of recovery that surgery requires, with no mention of the physiological and emotional benefits provided by normal delivery for the mother and the child. Rest at postpartum is critical to women's health, and the help provided by other women in the organization of home and at the care of other children allows the mother to fully dedicates to the newborn baby. The rituals that take place in the first days of the baby's life are critical to his health, and also help to promote the socialization and the sense of community. The life of 'quilombola' women favors its decisiveness and autonomy, but the lack of knowledge about legislation of humanized care at birth prevent them of require rights, as the presence of a companion. The production of informative material about pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, based on scientific evidence, needs to expand its transmission and diversify its target audience to include black and rural women. Actions of dissemination of this information are essential, considering the existence of multiple realities and the cultural characteristics of diverse human groups.

Like other adults in the U.S., college students, have high rates of obesity and overweight, and they have a pattern of poor diet and physical inactivity. Emerging adulthood is a key developmental period for building life-long habits and behaviors, and health theory suggests that one’s social environment and amount of social support affects health behaviors, particularly among women. With the technological advances of Web 2.0, or social media, the opportunity for providing social support for health behaviors through the online social environment now exists; social media is a game changer for both research and practice related to understanding the social environment. The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to describe the ways in which social networking sites (SNS) provide college females with social support for their diet and/or physical activity goals. The social cognitive theory and previous research on the construct of social support, provided a conceptual framework for this study. With a purposive sample of 12 college females, data from three sources were collected over the course of four weeks. Journal responses and daily observations of each participant’s social networking site activity via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest were collected the first three weeks, and interviews were conducted the fourth week. Qualitative analysis was conducted at both the participant and group level, and results inform how the women engage with the topics of diet and physical activity during their daily SNS usage the ways in which their SNS experience provides them with support for diet and/or physical activity goals. Of the five functional measures of social support, participants most often indicated receiving emotional support, informational support and validation support from SNS usage. The findings of this study highlight current social media practices in college females, which can better inform the planning and implementation of health behavior programs that include an online, social component. Furthermore, the results serve to highlight examples of social support naturally occurring in the online environment, thereby adding to the body of literature about ways in which social support influence health outcomes.

Este estudo, de natureza histórico-social, tem como objeto a criação da Associação Brasileira de Obstetrizes e Enfermeiros Obstetras (ABENFO) e suas estratégias no Movimento de Humanização do Parto e Nascimento Brasileiro (1989-2002). A delimitação temporal do estudo abrange o período de 1989 a 2002. Os objetivos da pesquisa são: analisar a transição da Associação Brasileira de Obstetrizes (ABO) para Associação Brasileira de Obstetrizes e Enfermeiros Obstetras (ABENFO); analisar as estratégias elaboradas pela ABENFO para a atualização do habitus das agentes; analisar o fortalecimento do Movimento de Humanização do Parto e Nascimento empreendido pela ABENFO. O estudo apoia-se teoricamente nos conceitos desenvolvidos pelo sociólogo Pierre Bourdieu e utilizou o método da história oral temática. Na análise, houve a articulação de documentos escritos e depoimentos orais à luz do referencial teórico. Os resultados da pesquisa evidenciam que, no processo de surgimento da ABENFO, houve um período de aproximações de agentes que durou aproximadamente 15 anos. A primeira aproximação foi entre parteiras/obstetrizes e as enfermeiras no campo sindical; a segunda aproximação de agentes, desta vez pelo habitus profissional, foi de enfermeiras de saúde pública e enfermeiras obstétricas no campo hospitalar e científico; e a terceira aproximação foi entre as parteiras/obstetrizes com as enfermeiras obstétricas. Após essas aproximações, a enfermeira obstétrica assumiu a diretoria provisória da ABO, realizando, em seguida, a transição para a ABENFO. Após a transição, a ABENFO nacional consolidou-se como representante das enfermeiras obstétricas e obstetrizes. Em seguida, foi necessário criar estratégias para atualizar o habitus das agentes, tais como: Estratégias de fortalecimento da Associação no campo político da Enfermagem e da Saúde da Mulher; Estratégias de ampliação da sua representação nacional entre enfermeiras obstétricas; Estratégias para divulgação do capital social da ABENFO. Dentre as estratégias de divulgação, aconteceram três Congressos Brasileiros de Enfermagem Obstétrica e Neonatal (COBEONS) que fortaleceram o Movimento de Humanização do Parto e Nascimento, pois neste espaço circulou o capital sociocultural do movimento social entre as associadas, levando aos mesmos uma atualização do seu habitus, e, por outro lado, fortalecendo o Movimento por meio do reconhecimento. Portanto, o fortalecimento do processo de humanização do parto e nascimento brasileiro confirmou a hipótese de que a criação da ABENFO possibilitou a elaboração de estratégias que impulsionaram a atualização do habitus das agentes. Este estudo foi esclarecedor, na medida em que favoreceu a compreensão das circunstâncias de criação da ABENFO e sua participação como a única representante das enfermeiras obstétricas e obstetrizes no Movimento de Humanização do Parto e Nascimento, além de demonstrar o quanto estas agentes contribuíram para a sua consolidação. / This study of historical and social nature, has as its object the creation of Brasilian Midwives and Obstetrics Nurses Association (ABENFO) and their strategies of brasilian childbirth (1989-2002) Humanization Movement. The time boundaries of the study covers the period 1989 to 2002. The research objectives are: analyze the transition from the Brazilian Association of Midwives (ABO) for the Brazilian Association of Nurses Midwives and Obstetricians (ABENFO); analyze the strategies developed by ABENFO for updating the habitus of agents; analyze the strengthening of Labor and Birth Humanization Movement undertaken by ABENFO. The study relies on theoretical concepts developed by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and used the method of oral history. In the analysis, there was the articulation of written documents and oral testimony on the theoretical referential statements. The survey results point that, in the emergence of ABENFO process, there was a period of approximations of agents that lasted about 15 years. The first approach was between midwives and nurses in the labor field; the second approach to agents, this time by the professional habitus, was the public health nurses and midwives in hospital and scientific fields; and the third approach was between midwives / obstetrics nurses. After these approximations, the obstetrics nurses took the provisional board of ABO, performing, then the transition to ABENFO. After the transition, the national ABENFO established itself as the representative of midwives and obstetric nurses. Then, it was necessary to develop strategies to upgrade the habitus of agents, such as: strengthen strategies of the Association in the political field of Nursing and Women's Health; expand strategies its national representation among obstetric nurses; dissemination strategies for the social capital of ABENFO. Among the strategies for disseminating happened three Brazilian Congress of Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing called COBEONS, which strengthened the movement Humanization of Childbirth, since this space circled the sociocultural movement between social capitals associated, leading to them an update of its habitus and, on the other hand, strengthening the movement through recognition. Therefore, strengthening the humanization of labor and birth Brazilian process confirmed the hypothesis that the creation of ABENFO enabled the development of strategies that drove the update of the habitus of agents. This study was enlightening in that it promoted the understanding of the circumstances of the creation ABENFO and his participation as the only representative of obstetrical nurses and midwives in the Labor and Birth Humanization Movement and demonstrates how these agents contributed to its consolidation.

Submitted by Maria Suzana Diniz (msuzanad@hotmail.com) on 2015-11-24T13:18:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 3017534 bytes, checksum: e220f49ed8be20e1429d637337dee4e2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-11-24T13:18:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 3017534 bytes, checksum: e220f49ed8be20e1429d637337dee4e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Socioeconomic and cultural changes of society engineered in recent decades a culture of individualism and exclusion. These changes mainly affect women, causing them to helplessness, low self-esteem and loneliness. Such feelings are often embodied in the form of pain or disease. As a consequence of these social aggressions, women come seeking therapeutic resources that can respond to their physical, psychological and spiritual needs. Integrative and complementary practices bring this proposal for integral care and are being increasingly sought after by women. In this sense, the aim in this work was: analyzing stories of women who sought integrative and complementary practices. The study followed the precepts of Resolution 466/12, being approved by the Research Ethics Committee under CAAE: 39806114.0.0000.5188. This research was conducted according to a benchmark according to the anthropological and ethnographic method. For collection and production of the empirical material, there was used the technique of Oral History of life with 8 women users of the Center for Integrative and Complementary Practices, in the municipality of João Pessoa/PB. The analysis and interpretation of the material were made on the basis of units of meaning (themes) more evident and constants in the narratives and the vital tone of each story. Thus, the following categories have been developed: a) sources and manifestations of female suffering, b) therapeutic itineraries and rituals of care for women and c) reconstruction of identity and otherness: paths for the female protagonism. In the stories reported, it was observed that women have sought care, because they reported sadness, low self-esteem, loneliness, fatigue, pain, helplessness, anxiety and insecurity. These complaints were associated with the sufferings experienced in respect of affective loss, workload of care, migration, interruption of life projects, and family disputes. The paths in search for care were influenced mainly by the socio-cultural context of each contributor, so that many of them resorted primarily to biomedical services. While not all employees had been through these services before resorting to integrative and complementary practices, they showed differences between the approach of allopathic medicine and the PICs, especially with regard to the applied therapy, to the professional-user relationship and the belief in the therapeutic efficacy. Care through integrative and complementary practices provided to these women greater autonomy; favored the construction of bounds; the rescue of self-esteem; promoted the empowerment and took them to reassure their lives and their stories. / As transformações socioeconômicas e culturais da sociedade engendraram, nas últimas décadas, uma cultura de individualismo e exclusão. Essas mudanças atingem, principalmente, as mulheres ao lhes provocarem desamparo, baixa autoestima e solidão. Tais sentimentos são revelados, muitas vezes, sob a forma de dor ou doença. Como consequência dessas agressões sociais, as mulheres vêm buscando recursos terapêuticos que possam dar uma resposta as suas necessidades físicas, psicológicas e espirituais. As práticas integrativas e complementares trazem essa proposta de cuidado integral e vêm sendo cada vez mais procuradas pelo público feminino. Nesse sentindo, esse trabalho teve como objetivo principal: analisar as histórias de mulheres que buscaram práticas integrativas e complementares, ressaltando os aspectos que foram significativos para a compreensão e participação delas no processo de cuidado. O estudo obedeceu os preceitos da Resolução 466/12, sendo aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa sob CAA:39806114.0.0000.5188. Esta pesquisa foi conduzida segundo um referencial antropológico e de acordo com o método etnográfico. Para a produção de material empírico, utilizou-se a técnica da História Oral temática com 8 mulheres, usuárias do Centro de Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, no município de João Pessoa/PB. A análise e a interpretação do material foram feitas com base nas unidades de significado (temas) mais evidentes e constantes nas narrativas e no tom vital de cada história. Assim, foram elaboradas as seguintes categorias: a) Fontes e manifestações do sofrimento feminino, b) Itinerários terapêuticos e rituais de cuidado das mulheres e c) A reconstrução da identidade e produção de alteridade: caminhos para o protagonismo feminino. Nas histórias relatadas, observou-se que as mulheres buscaram cuidados pois referiam tristeza, baixa autoestima, solidão, cansaço, dor, desamparo, ansiedade e insegurança. Essas queixas estavam associadas aos sofrimentos vivenciados relativamente às perdas afetivas, sobrecarga de cuidados, migração, interrupção de projetos de vida, sobrecarga laboral e conflitos familiares. Os caminhos traçados na procura de cuidados foram influenciados, principalmente, pelo contexto sociocultural de cada colaboradora, de modo que muitas delas recorreram, primeiramente, aos serviços biomédicos. Embora nem todas as colaboradoras tivessem passado por esses serviços antes de recorrerem às práticas integrativas e complementares, elas evidenciaram divergências entre a abordagem da medicina alopática e as PICs, principalmente no que se refere à terapêutica empregada, à relação profissional-usuária e à crença na eficácia terapêutica. O cuidado por meio das práticas integrativas e complementares propiciaram, a essas mulheres, uma maior autonomia; favoreceram a construção de vínculos; o resgate da autoestima; promoveram o emponderamento e as levaram a ressignificarem suas vidas e suas histórias.