scholarly journals Usability and Usefulness of a Mobile Health App for Pregnancy-Related Work Advice: Mixed-Methods Approach

10.2196/11442 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. e11442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique van Beukering ◽  
Adeline Velu ◽  
Liesbeth van den Berg ◽  
Marjolein Kok ◽  
Ben Willem Mol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach

scholarly journals Mobile Health Features Supporting Self-Management Behavior in Patients With Chronic Arthritis: Mixed-Methods Approach on Patient Preferences (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Geuens ◽  
Luc Geurts ◽  
Thijs W Swinnen ◽  
Rene Westhovens ◽  
Vero Vanden Abeele
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Disease Status ◽  
Chronic Arthritis ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Management Behavior ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Related Data

BACKGROUND Patients with chronic arthritis (CA) ideally apply self-management behaviors between consultations. This enduring, tedious task of keeping track of disease-related parameters, adhering to medication schemes, and engaging in physical therapy may be supported by using a mobile health (mHealth) app. However, further research is needed to determine which self-management features are valued most by adult patients with CA patients. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the preference of features for an mHealth app to support self-management behavior in patients with CA. In addition, we aimed to explore the motives behind these ratings. METHODS A mixed-methods approach was used to gather information from 31 adult patients (14 females), aged 23 to 71 years (mean 51 [SD 12.16]), with CA. Structured interviews were conducted to gather data pertaining to preferences of app features. Interviews were analyzed qualitatively, whereas ratings for each of the 28 features studied were analyzed quantitatively. RESULTS In general, patients with CA favored the use of features pertaining to supporting active and direct disease management, (eg, medication intake and detecting and alarming of bad posture), helping them to keep a close watch on their disease status and inform their health care professional (eg, providing a means to log and report disease-related data) and receiving personalized information (eg, offering tailored information based on the patient’s health data). Patients strongly disliked features that provide a means of social interaction or provide incentivization for disease-related actions (eg, being able to compare yourself with other patients, cooperating toward a common goal, and receiving encouragement from friends and/or family). Driving these evaluations is the finding that every patient with CA hurts in his/her own way, the way the disease unfolds over time and manifests itself in the patient and social environment is different for every patient, and patients with CA are well aware of this. CONCLUSIONS We have offered an insight into how patients with CA favor mHealth features for self-management apps. The results of this research can inform the design and development of prospective self-management apps for patients with CA.

scholarly journals The Iterative Convergent Design for Mobile Health Usability Testing: Mixed Methods Approach

10.2196/11656 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. e11656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meshari F Alwashmi ◽  
John Hawboldt ◽  
Erin Davis ◽  
Michael D Fetters
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Convergent Design

Exploring Social Identity Among People with Disabilities: A Mixed-Methods Approach

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adena T. Rottenstein ◽  
Ryan J. Dougherty ◽  
Alexis Strouse ◽  
Lily Hashemi ◽  
Hilary Baruch
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach

Constructing Pathways to Responsible Manhood

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-91
Author(s):  
Mellie Torres ◽  
Alejandro E. Carrión ◽  
Roberto Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Latino Men ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Counter Narratives ◽  
Latino Boys ◽  
The Media ◽  
Stark Contrast

Recent studies have focused on challenging deficit narratives and discourses perpetuating the criminalization of Latino men and boys. But even with this emerging literature, mainstream counter-narratives of young Latino boys and their attitudes towards manhood and masculinity stand in stark contrast to the dangerous and animalistic portrayals of Latino boys and men in the media and society. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the authors draw on the notion of counter-storytelling to explore how Latino boys try to reframe masculinity, manhood, and what they label as ‘responsible manhood.’ Counter-storytelling and narratives provide a platform from which to challenge the discourse, narratives, and imaginaries guiding the conceptualization of machismo. In their counter-narratives, Latino boys critiqued how they are raced, gendered, and Othered in derogatory ways.

Groped and Gutted

Screen Bodies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-55
Author(s):  
Samantha Eddy
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Film Genre ◽  
Slasher Film ◽  
Sexually Violent ◽  
Creative Space ◽  
Feminist Identification

The realm of horror provides a creative space in which the breakdown of social order can either expose power relations or further cement them by having them persist after the collapse. Carol Clover proposed that the 1970s slasher film genre—known for its sex and gore fanfare—provided feminist identification through its “final girl” indie invention. Over three decades later, with the genre now commercialized, this research exposes the reality of sexual and horrific imagery within the Hollywood mainstay. Using a mixed-methods approach, I develop four categories of depiction across cisgender representation in these films: violent, sexual, sexually violent, and postmortem. I explore the ways in which a white, heterosexist imagination has appropriated this once productive genre through the violent treatment of bodies. This exposes the means by which hegemonic, oppressive structures assimilate and sanitize counter-media. This article provides an important discussion on how counterculture is transformed in capital systems and then used to uphold the very structures it seeks to confront. The result of such assimilation is the violent treatment and stereotyping of marginalized identities in which creative efforts now pursue new means of brutalization and dehumanization.

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