Is the presence of a psychiatric patient at home associated with higher addictions (alcohol, cigarette, and waterpipe dependence) in caregivers? The role of work fatigue, mental illness, spirituality, and religiosity

This chapter documents the ethnographic context in which the interviews and participant observation were conducted for the study presented in this book. It also situates the study within the context of narrative inquiry and develops arguments about the role of self-reflexivity in doing ethnography at “home” and producing qualitative forms of knowledge that are based on personal, experiential, and cultural narratives. It is argued that there is significant interest in the adoption of interpretive methods or qualitative research in psychology. The qualitative approaches in psychology present a provocative and complex vision of how the key concepts related to describing and interpreting cultural codes, social practices, and lived experience of others are suffused with both poetical and political elements of culture. The epistemological and ontological assumptions undergirding qualitative research reflect multiple “practices of inquiry” and methodologies that have different orientations, assumptions, values, ideologies, and criterion of excellence.

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The Role of Place of Delivery in Preventing Neonatal and Infant Mortality Rate in India

Geographies ◽

10.3390/geographies1010004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 47-62

Author(s):

Ujjwal Das ◽

Barkha Chaplot ◽

Hazi Mohammad Azamathulla

Keyword(s):

Mortality Rate ◽

Infant Mortality ◽

Neonatal Mortality ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Infant Mortality Rate ◽

Private Institutions ◽

Public And Private ◽

Place Of Delivery ◽

At Home

Skilled birth attendance and institutional delivery have been advocated for reducing maternal, neonatal mortality and infant mortality (NMR and IMR). This paper examines the role of place of delivery with respect to neo-natal and infant mortality in India using four rounds of the Indian National Family Health Survey conducted in 2015–2016. The place of birth has been categorized as “at home” or “public and private institution.” The role of place of delivery on neo-natal and infant mortality was examined by using multivariate hazard regression models adjusted for clus-tering and relevant maternal, socio-economic, pregnancy and new-born characteristics. There were 141,028 deliveries recorded in public institutions and 54,338 in private institutions. The esti-mated neonatal mortality rate in public and private institutions during this period was 27 and 26 per 1000 live births respectively. The study shows that when the mother delivers child at home, the chances of neonatal mortality risks are higher than the mortality among children born at the health facility centers. Regression analysis also indicates that a professionally qualified provider′s antenatal treatment and assistance greatly decreases the risks of neonatal mortality. The results of the study illustrate the importance of the provision of institutional facilities and proper pregnancy in the prevention of neonatal and infant deaths. To improve the quality of care during and imme-diately after delivery in health facilities, particularly in public hospitals and in rural areas, accel-erated strengthening is required.

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The unique role of the social worker within the Hospital at Home care delivery team

Social Work in Health Care ◽

10.1080/00981389.2021.1894308 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Helena Ross ◽

Ryan Dritz ◽

Barbara Morano ◽

Sara Lubetsky ◽

Pamela Saenger ◽

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Keyword(s):

Home Care ◽

Social Worker ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Unique Role ◽

The Social ◽

Hospital At Home ◽

At Home

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The role of mask mandates, stay at home orders and school closure in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic prior to vaccination

American Journal of Infection Control ◽

10.1016/j.ajic.2021.02.002 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Bhuma Krishnamachari ◽

Alexander Morris ◽

Diane Zastrow ◽

Andrew Dsida ◽

Brian Harper ◽

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Keyword(s):

School Closure ◽

At Home

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Predictive Role of Caregiver Type, Dependency Level and Time Caring on the Impact of Caring for a Dependent Relative as a Stressor

European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education ◽

10.3390/ejihpe4030018 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 193-202

Author(s):

Teresa Lanzón Serra ◽

Amelia Díaz Martínez

Keyword(s):

Lower Risk ◽

Lower Number ◽

Stress Symptoms ◽

The Future ◽

Predictive Role ◽

Professional Nurses ◽

The Impact ◽

At Home

This work presents the evaluation of the stress symptoms associated to the task of caring for a dependent relative at home. The role played by variables such as type of caregiver (nurse/non-nurse), the relative dependency level, the number of hours per day dedicated to caring and the years the caregiver had been caring for the relative was studied. The sample was made up of 100 caregivers, and the variables associated to stress studied in the present work were intrusion, avoidance and activation. Results showed that non-nurse caregivers caring for a low dependency relative for a period of less than two years were those suffering a higher impact, with more symptoms associated to stress. Hours caring per day worked as a protective variable of stress, in that those caregivers dedicating a lower number of hours to caring had lower risk of suffering stress symptoms. These results clearly show the stressful impact of the first stages of dependency, even at the lowest level of dependency in a relative, on non-professional caregivers and highlight the need to provide strategies, similar to those shown by professional nurses looking after their own relatives, to reduce stress. This kind of intervention would prepare the caregiver for the future stages when the dependency level in the relatives and the effort caring for them would be higher.

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Comment: ‘Devining’ The Role of the Consultant Psychiatrist in a Public Mental Health Service

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.3109/00048679809113111 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 612-615 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alan Rosen

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Mental Health Service ◽

Public Mental Health ◽

Consultant Psychiatrist ◽

Persistent Mental Illness ◽

Public Mental Health Service ◽

Key Players ◽

Recovery Program

We admitted to ourselves, …and to our colleagues that we cannot treat people with severe and persistent mental illness as independent practitioners, and asked to be key players on the multidisciplinary team (Extract from A 12-Step Recovery Program for Psychiatrists [1]).

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