scholarly journals Immigrants from CARICOM countries : a narrative inquiry exploring the lived experience of Massachusetts legal permanent residents accessing state support services

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Elizabeth Hinds-Ferrick
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Support Services ◽  
State Support ◽  
Legal Permanent Residents ◽  
Permanent Residents

Experiences of secure transport in outdoor behavioral healthcare: A narrative inquiry

2021 ◽  
pp. 147332502110200
Author(s):  
Will W Dobud
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Wilderness Therapy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Behavioral Healthcare ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare ◽  
Trauma Informed

Often synonymous with wilderness therapy, outdoor behavioral healthcare (OBH) is a residential treatment in the United States for young people, more than half of whom are sent via secure transport services. While empirical evidence suggests the secure transport of adolescents to OBH does not impact quantitative outcomes, limited research exists exploring client voice and the lived experience of OBH participants. This qualitative study, utilizing narrative inquiry, builds knowledge on experiences of secure transport services from nine past OBH adolescent participants. Findings are analyzed, interpreted, and discussed through a social work and trauma-informed lens. Recommendations for ethical practice, linking with human rights, and future research are provided.

When Queer Meets Teacher: A Narrative Inquiry of the Lived Experience of a Teacher of English as a Foreign Language

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 1064-1081
Author(s):  
Hai Lin ◽  
Wannapa Trakulkasemsuk ◽  
Pattamawan Jimarkon Zilli
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Lived Experience

The Spillover Consequences of an Enforcement-First U.S. Immigration Regime

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (13) ◽  
pp. 1687-1695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Aranda ◽  
Cecilia Menjívar ◽  
Katharine M. Donato
Keyword(s):  
Undocumented Immigrants ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Immigration Enforcement ◽  
Border Enforcement ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Legal Permanent Residents ◽  
Permanent Residents

In our introduction to this special issue, we describe how the immigration enforcement-first regime has consequences that extend beyond the supposed target population of undocumented immigrants and spill over to other groups, including legal permanent residents, U.S.-born Latinos/as, and other U.S.-born residents. The papers in this special issue address whether and how spillover effects exist and the form that they take. Often they include social, psychological, and in some cases, physical harm, and together they illustrate that directly or indirectly, U.S. policy’s emphasis on interior and external border enforcement affects all of us.

Sub-Saharan African immigrants living with HIV in Canada: a narrative inquiry

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Añiela dela Cruz ◽  
Vera Caine ◽  
Judy Mill
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
African Immigrants ◽  
Social Outcomes ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Related Stigma ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Living With Hiv

Purpose Canadian epidemiological data suggest an increasing number of HIV infections among people from HIV-endemic countries, including sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, there are few studies that focus on the lived experience of HIV illness among Canadian residents of African ancestry. The purpose of this paper is to study the lived experiences of African immigrants living with HIV in Canada, using narrative inquiry methodology. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study focussed on the experiences of sub-Saharan African immigrants living with HIV in Alberta, Canada. Using the philosophical underpinnings of narrative inquiry methodology (Clandinin, 2013), three African immigrants living with HIV in Alberta contributed to this study over an extended period of time. Between five and six interviews were conducted with each participant, over a period of 12 months. Interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed, and negotiated with each participant during analysis to uncover the experience and meaning of living with HIV as African immigrants in Canada. Findings The researchers found several narrative threads related to: stigma, social, and family exclusion; as well as HIV illness as a complex personal, familial, and social experience. Also, narratives across different geographic and social spaces shaped the complex experience among African immigrants living with HIV in their new host country of Canada. Research limitations/implications The authors recognize that the sample size, though appropriate for narrative inquiry study, was small. The intention with this research was not to generalize findings to the broader African immigrant community that is affected by HIV illness in Canada. Rather, the intent was to demonstrate a deeper understanding of lived experience, among African immigrants living with HIV in Canada. Social implications The findings show the complex personal, familial, and societal factors that shape the experience of living with HIV and HIV-related stigma among African immigrants. It is important to understand such factors and the experience of HIV-related stigma because such experiences impact access to health and social services, as well as health and social outcomes of immigrants living with HIV. Originality/value This is the first Canadian study to examine lived experience of African immigrants living with HIV in Canada. This study demonstrates a deep understanding of lived experience, among African immigrants living with HIV in Canada. Complex personal, familial, and societal factors shape the experience of living with HIV and HIV-related stigma. Based on the findings of this study, further research is needed to: study more closely the familial contexts of African families affected by HIV in Canada; explore the social and political landscapes that impact the experience of HIV illness and related stigma in Canada, in the context of migration and settlement; and examine the relationship between these experiences and the health and social outcomes of African immigrants living with HIV in Canada.

scholarly journals Central Events and Causal Connections: A Narrative Inquiry-Study among Colombian Female Scholars in their Processes as writers

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 33-63
Author(s):  
Bertha Ramos-Holguín ◽  
Anna Carolina Peñaloza-Rallón
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
Lived Space ◽  
Female Authors ◽  
Causal Connections ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Lived Time

In the Colombian context there has been an increase in the interest for publishing in high impact academic journals. This is due to various factors such as institutional requirements, hiring requirements, categorization of teachers and academic visibility. The purpose of this research-based paper, as a decolonial report, is to portray the central events and the causal connections of three female Colombian authors in their process as writers for academic purposes. Data were gathered through in-depth interviews that emphasized on Van Manen's (1997) four lifeworld existential dimensions that include lived time, lived space, lived body, and lived relation. These dimensions helped us uncover the essences of lived experience. Results indicated that central events and causal connections affect the authors’ experiences in their process as writers.  The key ingredients female authors judge as important events were social interactions with mentors and the context.

scholarly journals The process of telepractice implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative inquiry of preschool speech-language pathologists and assistants from one center in Canada

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Yuen Ling Kwok ◽  
Jessica Chiu ◽  
Peter Rosenbaum ◽  
Barbara Jane Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Learning Climate ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Technological Support ◽  
Health Measures

Abstract Background Many professional services were pressed to adopt telepractice in response to the global coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. The need to adopt a new service delivery approach quickly created different implementation challenges. This study explored the lived experiences of frontline clinicians who successfully transitioned their in-person speech-language therapy services to telepractice through an implementation science lens. Methods The study was conducted in partnership with one publicly funded program in Ontario, Canada that offers services to preschoolers with speech, language and communication disorders. Sixteen frontline speech-language pathologists and assistants at this organization shared their lived experience transitioning to telepractice during the pandemic during videoconference interviews. A narrative inquiry approach was used to analyze interview transcripts to identify the processes (or steps) this program took to implement telepractice and to understand the facilitators and barriers to telepractice implementation during the pandemic. Results The following six stages were identified from clinicians’ narratives: abrupt lockdown; weeks of uncertainty; telepractice emerged as an option; preparation for telepractice; telepractice trials; and finally, full implementation of telepractice. The stages of events offered significant insights into how government public health measures influenced clinicians’ decisions and their processes of adopting telepractice. In terms of barriers, clinicians reported a lack of knowledge, skills and experience with telepractice and a lack of technological support. The organization’s learning climate and team approach to transitioning services were identified as the main facilitator of implementation. Conclusions Findings suggest a need for better coordination of public health measures and professional services, which would have eased clinicians’ stress and facilitated an earlier transition to telepractice. Fostering an organization’s learning climate may improve organization’s resilience in response to emergency situations.

scholarly journals The Narratives of an Indigenous Cree, a Brazilian, and a Canadian about Vulnerability, Privilege, and Responsibility in Anti-Racist Teacher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 765-800
Author(s):  
Viviane C. Bengezen ◽  
Edie Venne ◽  
Janet McVittie
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Relational Ethics ◽  
Canadian Woman ◽  
History Of

ABSTRACT In this article, the authors aim at presenting a lived experience and the meaning-making constructed by them as they participate in a simulation of the history of contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in the country now named Canada and inquire into their stories within the three-dimensional narrative inquiry space. Considering relational ethics, the teacher educators and researchers lived, told, retold, and relived the stories of their own experiences, co-composing stories of anti-racist teacher education, playfulness, inclusion, privilege, and responsibility, through the eyes of an Indigenous Cree, a Brazilian, and a Canadian woman, towards increasing understanding of decolonizing education.

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