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Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being
December 2025
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Purpose: When serious illness occurs, effective communication is essential but challenged by language barriers. This study explores how patients with limited Danish proficiency and their families experience language barriers during cancer care in two Danish public hospitals.
Method: Adopting a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach, the study stresses narratives in understanding participants' lived experiences.
Midwifery
December 2024
School of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2HE, UK. Electronic address:
Women's experiences of childbirth have generally been considered through a pathological lens. Wider sociological arguments associated with salutogenesis stress the need to depict health on a continuum to help understand what constitutes positive health as well as ill-health. Similarly, to fully understand women's experiences of childbirth, it needs to be explored on a continuum, considering salutogenic and pathogenic factors.
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December 2024
School of Social Work, Algoma University, Ontario, Canada.
This article focuses on findings of a qualitative research study that looked at experiences of Filipino healthcare workers in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose is to contribute to the growing body of literature on mental health among racialized frontline healthcare workers in Canada by investigating factors that affect mental health and barriers associated with accessing services and supports among Filipino healthcare workers in Ontario, Canada. The study employed a cross-sectional qualitative descriptive design to identify strategies that Filipino frontline healthcare workers use to effectively cope with mental health issues, work stress, and structural and economic barriers to their well-being.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJMIR Rehabil Assist Technol
December 2024
College of Arts, Business, Law, Education and IT, Victoria University, Footscray Park, Australia.
Background: Evidence suggests that individuals with motor neuron disease (MND), a terminal illness, find enjoyment and social connection through video games. However, MND-related barriers can make gaming challenging, exacerbating feelings of boredom, stress, isolation, and loss of control over daily life.
Objective: We scoped the evidence to describe relevant research and practice regarding what may help reduce difficulties for people with MND when playing video games.
JMIR Res Protoc
December 2024
Department of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Background: HIV risk behavior in women who use drugs is related to myriad psychosocial issues, including incarceration. The experience of incarceration elevates women's HIV risk by disrupting social networks, housing, employment, and access to health care. During the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in criminal-legal practices resulted in decreased incarceration, especially among women.
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