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Zhang, Jinjin. "Illness management strategies among Chinese immigrants living with arthritis." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0007/MQ35011.pdf.
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Gal, Yun Kyung. "A Very Small House: Designing for Good Living." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36441.
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The notion of good living when related to habitation is, particularly in the United States, often associated with houses or apartments of large square footage. This demand for large spaces leads to compromises in architectural integrity and construction quality. In an architectural sense, good living is not directly related to the quantity of space.
In this thesis, I argue that spatial quantity does not necessarily improve peopleâ s lives. Additionally, an excess of space often leads to investments in superficial conventions and products which can be associated with a consumer driven iconic representation of good living. At closer examination, most of these goods and products are disconnected from the most essential qualities of life and contribute little to the quality of our human relations. From an environmental standpoint, large under-used spaces require a larger footprint, i.e. larger parcels of land, with a greater consumption of construction materials and increased maintenance and energy demands over the extended â lifeâ of a house.
In this thesis work I will attempt to search for unique and substantial qualities within a house that is designed to be of a very small square footage. The design philosophy for A Very Small House has, at its core, only the most essential qualities of domestic space. For the personal life of the inhabitant: a refined place to cook, a refined place to bathe, a refined place to sleep. For the life of the inhabitant as a member of a family or a community: a refined place to gather and a refined place to extend.
I use the word refined in this context to mean: very subtle, precise, or exact. A means of ennobling an act or a spaceMaster of Architecture
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Chen, Leah Ya Li. "Transformative lighting strategies in Vancouver's urban context : using less, living better." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4070.
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We are now facing the challenge of sustainable development. This thesis focuses on
the building illumination of one downtown hospitality building, the Renaissance
Vancouver Hotel (RVH), to demonstrate three options for sustainable development of
architectural lighting.
The thesis employs architectural exterior lighting based on the technology of light
emitting diodes (LEDs) as a vehicle to demonstrate how to reduce the energy
consumption and maintenance costs of decorative lighting on building façades via
three transformative lighting strategies. These three transformative lighting strategies
demonstrate three possibilities of applying LEDs to develop architectural creativity and
energy sustainability for an outdoor decorative lighting system.
The first transformation utilizes LEDs for the retrofit of existing compact fluorescent
lights (CFLs) on the RVH’s façades and rooftop, in order to improve and diversify the
building’s illumination in a sustainable manner.
The second transformation optimizes the yearly programming of the new outdoor
decorative LED lighting in accordance with differing seasonal and temporal themes in
order to save energy, demonstrate architectural creativity via versatile lighting patterns,
and systematically manage the unstable generation of renewable energy.
The third transformation explores the potential of on-site electricity generation in an
urban context instead of its purchase from BC Hydro. Photovoltaic (PV) panels will
generate the electrical requirements of the RVH’s decorative exterior LED lighting.
This transformation will transfer daytime solar energy to electricity for night outdoor
building illumination; consequently, it can encourage outdoor activities in the nighttime
for Vancouverites, and is a means of compensating for the limited daytime hours in
Vancouver’s winter months.
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Clark, Jacqueline. "Living with Breast Cancer: Emotion-Work Strategies in Breast Cancer Support Groups." NCSU, 2007. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03122007-104945/.
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Research on stress and coping has attempted to explain how people deal with difficult life events, such as the diagnosis of a potentially life-threatening disease. Little attention, however, has been given to how people work together to cope with and manage the emotions evoked by such events. The present study looks at women who joined four breast cancer support groups to help them cope with the emotional fallout of the disease. Data from participant observation in these four groups, in addition to 35 in-depth interviews, are used to develop an analysis of how the women learned to cope collectively with their disease. Seven emotion-work strategies are identified and discussed, including: (a) seeking information; (b) concealing illness; (c) engaging in sexualized joking; (d) practicing compensatory femininity; (e) creating and sharing medicalized stories; (f) taking on the identity of breast cancer survivor; and (g) redefining illness as a blessing. The analysis shows how these strategies were influenced by the class-based resources the women brought with them to the groups. It also illustrates how these strategies (and thus the women?s coping efforts) were influenced and constrained by the mainstream breast cancer culture.
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Mifsud, Alexandra. "Developing action strategies for sustainable living amongst employees at a UK university." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2016. http://researchopen.lsbu.ac.uk/1804/.
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The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005 – 2014) has undoubtedly raised the discourse on the principles of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and provided a platform for healthy debates on infusing ESD in curricula and ways to overcome the barriers that exist to implementation programmes. Furthermore, the decade has also strengthened community based ESD activities and initiatives. This research study addresses a gap in research within the field of ESD by exploring the routes to the design process of ESD programmes for employees at their workplace. The research also attempts to investigate the potential of infusing thinking skills in ESD training programmes for employees. Primary data was collected from a higher education institution in the UK through in-depth interviews and casual conversations with a set of employees. The findings suggest that a design process for employee programmes on ESD should be needs based and context specific. Whilst it is acknowledged that employees have an important role to play in driving the organisation’s sustainability strategy forward, the study has found that not only are ESD training programmes for employees non-existent, but neither are employees effectively invited to participate and engage in shaping the sustainability strategy of the organisation. The inclusion of thinking skills in ESD training programmes may assist employees feel adequately empowered to engage in needs based ESD training programmes relevant to their role at work and to their life beyond the workplace. The study highlights the role thinking skills have in cultivating a thinking culture within an organisation as part of its response to the challenges of sustainable development today. Yet the research findings suggest employees’ awareness on the benefits of thinking skills training is low. The research has found that employees lack the confidence, competency, motivation and time to engage in an exercise whereby they are able to identify their own training needs for ESD programmes. On the other hand, however, there is clear evidence that employees feel consistent and genuine senior management commitment would be a key requirement if ESD training is adopted as a route for the organisation to attain its sustainability targets. Finally, results from the study indicate that employees are of the opinion that bespoke ESD training for employees would most likely lead to behavioural change.
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Gilbert, Hannah. "Rallying resources : strategies of therapeutic engagement among patients living with HIV in Senegal." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79769.
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In recent years there has been a worldwide recognition of the disparity of HIV treatment available in the West and in Sub-Saharan Africa. The West African nation of Senegal was early to implement measures that allowed for the distribution of highly effective anti-HIV therapy known as Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to a limited number of patients. This thesis explores how patients living in Senegal who are infected with HIV have engaged in various negotiations to obtain access to treatment and other resources to meet the needs posed by their infection. These negotiations are framed by various historically embedded notions of how to engage relationships in the search for care. Strategies are also shaped by the biopolitically-laden discourse that guides the distribution of ARV therapy. This thesis traces the structure, evolution, and effects of patients' strategic negotiations in response to the introduction of this therapeutic technology.
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Lundman, Berit. "Daily living and coping strategies in insulin-dependent diabetics : diagnostic reasoning in nursing." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad, 1990. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-100577.
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Within a defined geographical area, all patients, 192 in total, with insulin- dependent diabetes of at least 2 years' duration and free from long-term diabetic complications were identified. Their experiences of the influence of the disease on daily living, tedium, and smoking habits were evaluated using a questionnaire and related to metabolic control. A case-referent study concerning smoking habits among 25 patients with good, and 25 with poor metabolic control was performed. The influence of mentruation on metabolic control was studied among 20 diabetic women and 20 healthy controls. Coping strategies and their outcomes were studied among 20 patients, using the interview technique. Among those with unsatifactory metabolic and/or emotional outcomes, plans for nursing intervention were agreed on, using diagnostic reasoning. Only a minority of the patients reported that the disease caused them considerable problems in their daily lives. The greatest problems occurred in connection with regularity in daily life, diet management, and exercise. Patients with good metabolic control (HbAic<6.7) had a higher number of hypo-glycemic cornata (7 vs 1, p<0.001). Patients with poor metabolic control (HbAic>9.0) reported more often that they were smokers (pcO.Ol) and the women fertile aged in this group more often reported problems with metabolic control during menstruation (p<0.05). Twenty-nine (18%) were defined as suffering from tedium. There was a higher proportion (NS) of high tedium scores among patients in both good and poor metabolic control groups than in those with intermediate metabolic control. Sixty (31%) of the patients were smokers, prevalence of smoking increased significantly with increasing HbAic- levels (17.5% among patients with the best metabolic control, 47.5% among those with the worst metabolic control). In the case referent study exposure to smoking was found to be significantly more common among those with poor control (odds ratio 6.0). No systematic change in metabolic control during the menstrual cycle could be found. Problem-solving coping strategy based on the monitoring of blood glucose in combination with sensitivity to signs of actual blood glucose level and logical reasoning, was found to have the best coping outcome, both regarding metabolic control and well-being. The results are summarized in a model for diagnostic reasoning in nursing.S. 1-46: sammanfattning, s. 47-117: 6 uppsatser
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Zhang, Jinghua. "Chinese International Undergraduates’ Learning and Living Challenges and Coping Strategies in American University." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami156414272516328.
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Rissler, Patrick S. "Food availability in rural Kansas: coping strategies for people living in low access food areas." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18925.
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Master of ArtsDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Gerad Middendorf
In the last 70 years, there has been a decline in population of rural Kansas. For example Gove, KS, the county seat of Gove County has seen a population decline of 355% from 284 in 1940 to 80 residents in the 2010 US Census (US Census). Along with general population decline in rural areas, is decline the overall number of farms, while the average farm size has increased (Kansas Dept. of Agriculture). The decline of the population of rural communities has caused the erosion of basic infrastructure, leaving many communities lacking access to basic services. One of the crucial components of the rural infrastructure is the rural grocery store. Since 2007, in Kansas communities with populations under 2,500 people, 82 grocery stores have closed. On average, rural Kansans now drive over 10 miles each direction to obtain their groceries. Proctor (2013) describes how the loss of a grocery store can affect a community: “Rural grocery stores are part of the economic engine that sustains rural communities," “they are a significant source of local taxes, powering the creation and maintenance of civic services and amenities. They provide essential, stable jobs – butchers, cashiers, managers, and stockers – at a time when we are desperate for employment opportunities.” The objectives of this study are to describe the food desert conditions of three rural communities in Kansas, to understand the trends regarding rural grocery stores, and to better understand the issues of access to healthy foods faced by people living in these areas.
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Allan, Keina. "Metacognitive strategies and problem-solving with an adult subject living with chronic psychiatric illness." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0010/MQ60069.pdf.
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Dorignon, Louise. "High-rise living in the middle-class suburb : a geography of tactics and strategies." Thesis, Lyon, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LYSE2087.
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Avec l’évolution du « rêve australien », l’habitat en hauteur dans les villes est devenu pour les classes moyennes une solution de logement non plus seulement acceptable mais aussi désirable. Cette thèse examine en détail les tactiques et stratégies mises en place par les résidents pour habiter la ville verticalement. Elle explore les manières de négocier la conception, l’habitation et la maintenance des immeubles de grande hauteur des classes moyennes aisées dans les quartiers péricentraux de Melbourne. La thèse s’intéresse tout particulièrement au rôle des résidents dans la négociation des choix de conception et la coproduction des espaces des tours d’habitation et utilise des méthodes qualitatives mixtes, combinant des visites à pied et des entretiens semi-directifs. S'appuyant sur la nouvelle géographie de l'architecture et sur une approche relationnelle de l'habitat et du logement, cette étude mobilise une théorie de la pratique reconnaissant le caractère tactique et stratégique des actions dans la ville. La thèse montre que les résidents modifient les configurations socio-matérielles et les relations spatiales de la vie en appartement préalablement définies par les concepteurs, les promoteurs et les technologues immobiliers. Explicitant le rôle joué par les classes sociales dans la vie quotidienne verticale, cette étude révèle que les complexes résidentiels de grande hauteur sont des lieux d’antagonismes incarnés et de conflits hautement symboliques. Les modes de vie et les aspirations y sont négociées par des institutions et des acteurs variés à travers un ensemble d’actions spatiales et temporelles. Il en ressort que des acteurs concurrents œuvrent à la coproduction des espaces et cultures quotidiennes des ensembles résidentiels de grande hauteur. Cependant, la thèse esquisse également la répartition changeante et irrégulière du pouvoir dans les pratiques liées à la vie en appartement entre les individus qui élaborent des stratégies et ceux qui inventent des tactiques. Plus généralement, cette thèse permet de mieux comprendre en quoi ce nouveau type de ville verticale reflète et transforme les configurations de statut, de pouvoir et d'identité dans les quartiers péricentraux de MelbourneWithin new configurations of the ‘Great Australian Dream’, high-rise living in Australian cities has become not only an acceptable housing configuration for the middle classes but also a desirable one. Enquiring deeply into the tactics and strategies that building inhabitants use to live vertically in the city, this thesis explores the ways in which the design, inhabitation, and maintenance of middle-class high-rise developments are negotiated in Melbourne inner-suburbs. It explores dwellers’ agency in the negotiation of design choices and co-production of high-rise spaces, using mixed qualitative methods combining walking tours and semi-directed interviews. Drawing on the new geography of architecture and on a relational approach to housing and home, the research engages with a theory of practice acknowledging tactical and strategic actions in the city. It argues that dwellers reshape the socio-material configurations and spatial relations of apartment living set by designers, developers and housing technologists. Explicitly recognising of the role of social class in high-rise living, the research suggests that apartment developments are highly contested sites where intended lifestyles and aspirations are negotiated by varied institutions and actors, through a distinctive set of temporal and spatial actions. It finds that competing actors all work towards the co-production of high-rise living spaces and cultures. However, the thesis also shows that housing relations in the practice of middle-class apartment living outline an uneven and changing distribution of power between those who develop strategies and those who craft tactics. More broadly, this research opens up a deeper understanding of how this new kind of vertical city reflects and transforms configurations of status, power and identity in the Australian suburb
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Ann, O'Brien Coleen. "Nursing strategies to facilitate self-management in persons living with diabetes mellitus type 2." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1627.
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The growing pandemic of diabetes mellitus (DM) is continuing to spread around the world with developing countries being most vulnerable. Diabetes mellitus is the direct cause of 5 percent of deaths worldwide at present, with an expected increase of 50percent in the next 10 years. Diabetes mellitus was virtually unknown in Africa at the start of the 20th century but the incidence is expected to increase by 80 percent by 2025. South African estimates indicate that at present there are up to four million people living with DM in South Africa, with an expected rise of 25 percent by 2020. If DM is not adequately controlled, life-threatening complications ensue, resulting in financial, physical and emotional costs both for people living with the condition and for their families. There is also a great financial burden on the state, both directly due to the cost of providing health care and indirectly due to loss of productivity and a reduced tax base. Global initiatives against DM include the Diabetes Strategy for Africa compiled by the International Diabetes Federation and World Health Organization. There are several forms of DM with Type 2 being the most common with an estimated 95% of cases. Optimal glycaemic control is essential for the management of DM, potentially allowing the course of the disease to be slowed or halted. The previous medical model of management of chronic disease has changed to an empowerment approach where the person living with the condition is a partner in the management process. This is particularly true of DM where all aspects of life are affected by the condition. During Phase One of this study, a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, contextual approach was utilized to explore and describe the experiences of persons living with DM and of diabetes nurse educators who assist them in Nelson Mandela Bay. During Phase Two, a conceptual framework was created and utilized to develop strategies which professional nurses may use in facilitating self-management by persons living with DM. Persons living with DM experience a definite initial experience on diagnosis of DM but gradually gain an acceptance and acknowledgment of their condition. They have definite views on the concept of self-management and experience both positive and negative factors influencing self-management. They also have definite ideas on how professional nurses may assist them in achieving self-management. These findings were confirmed ii by the experiences of the diabetes nurse educators who formed the second group of participants in this study. The ACE approach to self-management of DM consists of an Action Strategy, a Coordination Strategy and an Education Strategy. The ACE approach makes use of grand and functional strategies implemented on the macro (national), meso (provincial) and micro (local) levels to enable the professional nurse to assist persons living with DM to achieve self-management of their condition. Grand strategies need to be implemented on a macro or meso level to enable the professional nurse to function effectively on a micro level. Assisting the patient has to go beyond merely improving knowledge about the condition but has to include individual goal setting as well as problem solving skills and coping strategies as part of a therapeutic relationship between the professional nurse and the person living with DM. The level of personal responsibility achieved by persons living with DM is affected by the memes which they hold regarding their level of health and their ability to address any barriers to self-management which they may experience. Making use of the process of the therapeutic relationship, the professional nurse is able to positively influence the memes held by persons living with DM and assist them in achieving a greater level of personal responsibility. The therapeutic relationship is potentially influenced by all three of the strategies described above. This study provides insight into the experiences of persons living with DM and of the diabetes nurse educators who assist them in Nelson Mandela Bay. Recommendations regarding the implementation of a National Diabetes Policy on a macro level are made, as well as recommendations for nursing practice, education and research. The strategies which were evaluated by an Expert Panel provide a tool for the professional nurse to use while assisting persons living with DM by facilitating the growth of personal responsibility leading to self-management.
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Gillman, Solfrid Hessellund. "Descriptions of coping with commonly occurring events by highly self-regulated boys living in earthquake-affected Christchurch." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Health Sciences, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10409.
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Children are often overlooked in the aftermath of a natural disaster, and children’s use of coping strategies plays an important part in their post-disaster adaptation (Vernberg, La Greca, Silverman, & Prinstein, 1996). The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the coping strategies of children with adequate self-regulation skills and minimal behaviour problems, living in Christchurch following the major 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. This aim was achieved through the use of semi-structured interviews with five seven-year-old children, their parents, and their teachers. These interviews were analysed using Directed Content Analysis and results showed that children most often reported using active and adaptive coping strategies, followed by avoidant strategies. Results in the current literature regarding children’s coping suggest that children exposed to natural disasters are able to utilise strategies that involve some personal control over their environment and emotions, through the use of active and adaptive coping strategies. Findings from this study contribute to the current understanding of children’s use of coping strategies when faced with commonly occurring childhood upsets. Further research is required regarding the outcomes associated with the use of effective coping strategies following traumatic events.
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Dam, Rinita. "The experiences and livelihood strategies of poor people living with HIV/AIDS in Kolkata, India." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4357/.
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The international literature, policy and action up to now have concentrated predominantly on the prevention and treatment aspects of HIV/AIDS, often neglecting the support and care that poor people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) require. The current study addresses this gap by exploring a group of poor PLHAs’ own perceptions of their experience of living with and seeking treatment for HIV/AIDS, the adequacy of the health care services they are able to access and the support programmes for PLHA provided by NGOs and other not-for-profit organisations in the context of Kolkata - one of the largest metropolitan cities in India. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 59 men and women from Kolkata, India. The study reveals that in the case of HIV/AIDS, it is necessary to divide the post-symptomatic phase into pre and post-diagnosis stages, because it emerged that many PLHA had experienced serious delays in obtaining an accurate diagnosis, resulting in the loss of their existing assets, further impoverishing many at an early stage of the illness trajectory. People’s ability to mobilise additional labour assets within their households to ‘earn money in new ways’ and the characteristics of their ‘household relations’ emerged as key explanations of how well households fared during the post-diagnosis phase.
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Ruberg, Daniel M. "Integrated Design Strategies: A Live-Work Industrial Arts Center for Cincinnati, Ohio." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367927851.
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Nashandi, Johanna Christa Ndilimeke. "Experiences and coping strategies of women living with HIV/AIDS: case study of Khomas region, Namibia." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2002. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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This study focuses on the impact of HIV/AIDS on women in Namibia. Namibia, with a population of only 1.7 million people, is ranked as the seventh highest country in the world in terms of HIV/AIDS infections. The percentage of women living with HIV/AIDS in Namibia accounts for 54% of the total of 68 196 people in the country living with the virus. Women are also diagnosed with the disease at a younger age (30) in comparison to their male counterparts (35 years). Desoite their needs, women living with HIV/AIDS bear a triple burden of caring for those living with HIV/AIDS, caring for themselves and coping with the responses to their infection. There are few focused intervention strategies to support and care for women living with HIV/AIDS in Namibia.
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Tadesse, Menfese. "Living with adversity and vulnerability : adaptive strategies and the role of trees in Konso, Southern Ethiopia /." Uppsala : Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2010. http://epsilon.slu.se/201015.pdf.
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Soko, Mumba Martha. "Exploring the livelihood strategies of unemployed black female migrant youth living in Cape Town, South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32992.
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Unemployment among youth within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is one of the major factors that has contributed to migratory movements. Today many youths are leaving their home countries within the region, in search of employment opportunities in stronger economies like that of South Africa. However, the local unemployment rates hinder their chances of employment. This qualitative study explored the livelihood strategies of unemployed black female migrant youth living in Cape Town, South Africa. The study interviewed twenty unemployed black female migrant youth between the ages of 25 and 34 to understand their experiences and perceptions of a) factors or conditions that forced them to immigrate to Cape Town, b) challenges they encountered in trying to secure employment, and vulnerabilities experienced, and c) the livelihood strategies they employed and available social service support. The findings reveal that unemployed black female migrant youth have immigrated to Cape Town for various reasons including political instability, social influences, poor economic conditions, and social factors such as marriage and poverty in their home countries. When they arrive in Cape Town, they face many obstacles in securing employment because of either their nationality or documentation status. They are also vulnerable due to lack of basic needs, living in overcrowded homes, and being in informal settlements where they build temporary shelters. To overcome the challenges they face, they engage in different livelihood strategies such as accessing free government clinics or hospitals for their healthcare. They are dependent on their spouses for support and engage in part-time employment. Besides, they have had limited information about any government or non-governmental organisations that provide support for unemployed black female migrant youth. The need for well-established social networks for unemployed black female migrants, where they can be received and assisted in integrating into society through legitimate channels, is relevant. There need to be centres that offer free English-language training for migrants who are not conversant in English. Established non-governmental organisations or government agencies need to provide facilities that could assist undocumented immigrants who have prolonged their stay in Cape Town. There is also a need to establish support centres that specifically target unemployed black female immigrants. The South African government should enforce sensitization and educate the public and stakeholders about the legitimacy of asylum-seeker permits issued to immigrants. If implemented in conjunction with policy measures, this could increase black female immigrant youth's ability to secure employment. The enforcement of the development of entrepreneurial skills programmes, which specifically vi target unemployed black female youth migrants in Cape Town, is another potentially beneficial strategy.
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Uk, Krisna. "Living amidst remnants of war : livelihood and survival strategies of a Jorai village in northeast Cambodia." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283878.
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Diaho, Mahlao Judith. "Experiences and coping strategies of women living with HIV/AIDS diagnosis : a case study of Maseru, Lesotho." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49959.
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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Several studies have reported that thirty million people are living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Fifty percent of the infected adults are women aged between 15 and 49 years. In Lesotho, HIV/AIDS has also been declared a national emergency and an estimated 180,000 women out of 330,000 adults, and 27,000 children are living with HIV/AIDS. Statistics have shown that the majority of AIDS cases occur in adults aged 15 and 49 years in Lesotho. Presently women are the fastest growing infected population in Lesotho. Regardless of the growing numbers of women infected with HIV/AIDS, experiences of women living with HIV/AIDS have received little attention in Lesotho. Qualitative research in this area is necessary to gain access to women's perceptions of their HIV positive status. In this study, the experiences and coping strategies of Basotho women living with HIV/AIDS were investigated. The study used a feminist approach to research. Feminist research stresses the multiplicity of knowledge and it is useful to understand the subjective experiences of women. Indepth, face-to-face interviews were conducted with five women ranging between 29 and 46 years, purposefully drawn from Positive Action Society Lesotho (PASL). Grounded theory was used to analyse the data. Findings indicate that women's risk for exposure to HIV is related to their ability to protect themselves by negotiating a safe sexual relationship. Women who feel powerless in their relationships are less likely to protect themselves against HIVexposure. These perceptions of powerlessness are the result of a broad array of experiences that may include exposure to gender-based violence and restricted economic opportunities. The results show that it is common for women to be shocked, depressed, and discouraged when they find that they are living with HIV/AIDS as can be expected. It is also difficult for women to disclose their HIV positive status to family, friends and community members because of stigma attached to HIV/AIDS. Participants developed different ways of coping with their status such as religion, healthy life style, AIDS counselling and social networks. There was a profound sense of anxiety about the future care of children. The study concludes with a number of recommendations to promote an environment that will make it possible for women living with HIV/AIDS to cope with their illness.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Studies het bevind dat daar ongeveer dertig miljoen mense in sub-Sahara Afrika is wat met MIVNIGS leef. Vyftig persent van geinfekteerde volwassenes is vroue tussen die ouderdom van 15-49 jaar. In Lesotho is MIVNIGS as 'n nasionale ramp verklaar en daar word beraam dat 330,000 volwassenes, 180,000 vroue en 27,000 kinders MIVNIGS het. Statistiek het ook getoon dat die meerderheid VIGS gevalle in Lesotho voorkom by volwassenes in die ouderdomsgroep 15-49 jaar. Vroue is tans die vinnigste groeiende groep. Ten spyte van die groeiende getalle vroue wat met MIVNIGS geinfekteer is, het die ervaringe van vroue in Lesotho wat met MIVNIGS saamleef tot dusver relatief min aandag geniet. Kwalitatiewe navorsing in hierdie verband is nodig om toegang tot vroue se persepsies te verkry rakende hul eie MIV positiewe status. In hierdie studie is die ervaringe en hanteringsmeganismes van Basoetoe vroue wat MIVNIGS het, ondersoek. Die studie het 'n feministiese benadering gebruik, wat die multiplisiteit van kennis en die subjektiewe ervaringe van vroue beklemtoon. In-diepte aangesig-tot-aangesig onderhoude is met vroue tussen 29-46 jaar gevoer. Gegronde teorie is gebruik om die data te analiseer. Bevindinge dui aan dat vroue se risiko vir blootstelling aan MIV verband hou met hul vermoë om hulself te beskerm deur te onderhandel vir 'n veilige seksuele verhouding met 'n maat. Vroue wat magteloos in hul verhoudings voel, is waarskynlik minder suksesvol om hulself teen MIV blootstelling te beskerm. Hierdie persepsies van magteloosheid is die resultaat van 'n breë spektrum ervaringe wat sekondêre status, blootstelling aan geweld, en beperkte ekonomiese geleenthede insluit. Soos wat verwag word, toon die bevindinge dat dit algemeen vir vroue is om geskok, deppressief en ontmoedig te wees wanneer hulle uitvind dat hul MIVNIGS het. Dit is ook moeilik vir vroue om hul MIV status aan familie, vriende en gemeenskapslede bekend te maak weens die stigma wat aan MIVNIGS kleef. Respondente het verskeie wyses ontwikkelom hul status te hanteer, soos godsdiens, 'n gesonde leefstyl, VIGS raadgewing en sosiale netwerke. Daar was ook 'n intense bekommernis by vroue oor die toekomstige sorg vir hul kinders. Die studie sluit af met 'n aantal aanbevelings om 'n omgewing te promoveer wat dit vir vroue wat met MIVNIGS leef moontlik sal maak om hul siekte te hanteer.
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Raghunath, Madhu M. 1974. "A living wage : strategies for implementation of the minimun wage : the case of the Indian beedi industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69430.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-103).
92% of India's total workforce (approximately 320 million workers) is employed in the unorganized sector. Out of these, 4.4 million workers are employed by the beedi (indigenous cigarette) industry. Annually, this industry contributes nearly 13% of the total indirect taxes to the central government. The beedi industry is highly mobile in nature. It is also one of the most exploitative labor intensive industries in India. The industry thrives on the cheap cost of production and locates in regions that have low wages. Most of the production in the beedi industry is carried out by subcontracting, where the workers are exploited in terms of low wages, lack of social security benefits and poor working conditions. In 1966, the Government of India enacted the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Employment of Conditions) Act to protect the workers from exploitation, provide the workers with minimum wages and social security benefits. The Act allows a state government to fix its own minimum wages. This has resulted in varying rates of minimum wages across states. States that have enforced higher minimum wages have witnessed an industrial flight of the beedi firms, leaving behind thousands of unemployed workers. Further, the enforcement and implementation of the Act has been very ineffective. The report identifies successful strategies for implementation of minimum wages in the beedi sector by analyzing the cases of the Kerala Dinesh Beedi Cooperative and the Self Employed Women's Association. These organizations have been successful in their approaches because they were able to 1) organize beedi workers into trade unions and cooperatives, 2) garner political support for their movement, and 3) compete with other beedi producers in the country. The report recommends that implementation of the minimum wages in the beedi industry in India can be achieved by a) developing a national minimum wage policy for the beedi industry, and b) increased cooperation between the trade unions, government, NGO's, political parties, employers and beedi workers.
by Madhu M. Raghunath.
M.C.P.
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Frood, Sharron Louise. "Strategies to provide holistic care and support to children who are AIDS orphans living in township communities." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020655.
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The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune-deficiency syndrome pandemic (HIV/AIDS) continues to increase in prevalence worldwide, particularly in South Africa. “AIDS, (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), has devastated the social and economic fabric of African societies, made orphans of a whole generation of children and become the epicentre of the HIV/AIDS pandemic” (Fassin, 2007: 76). Like the virus itself, the AIDS crisis mutates rapidly. Children who are AIDS orphans living in South Africa, as in other African countries, suffer from recurrent psychological trauma. It starts with the illness and death of their parents and is followed by cycles of poverty, malnutrition, stigma, exploitation, sickness and often sexual abuse. The figures concerning those affected, which are staggering, offer various predictions regarding the number of orphans left in the wake of the pandemic. Between 1990 and 2003, the number of orphaned children rose from fewer than 1 million to more than 12 million in sub-Saharan Africa (UNICEF, 2005: 68). South Africa is severely affected by the AIDS pandemic, with the largest number of HIV infections in the world, a total of 5.7 million (RSA, 2010: 10), affecting approximately 3.2 million women and 280 000 children aged from 0 to14 years. There is a significant variation in HIV prevalence per province, with the Eastern Cape (EC) reportedly having an average prevalence rate of 28 percent. Hence South Africa is likely to be the country with highest percentage of children orphaned by AIDS within its population. Orphanhood is a major consequence of the AIDS pandemic in South Africa with an estimated 2.2 million AIDS-orphaned children, 11,188 per 100,000 by 2015. Most children who are AIDS orphans living in township communities live predominantly uncared for and unsupported. Therefore the purpose of this research study was to develop strategies to provide care and support to children who are AIDS orphans living in township communities. To achieve the purpose of this research study, a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used by the researcher to gain insight from health and social care practitioners who render care and support to children who are AIDS orphans living in these communities. The data from in-depth interviews with the health and social care practitoners was used by the researcher to develop strategies to provide care and support to children who are AIDS orphans living in township communities. The study comprised the following four phases: Phase One: During this phase, the researcher will present an overview of the current legislative framework policies at an international, national and provincial level, regarding the the rights of children living in South Africa. Phase Two: During this phase data from two research populations were collected and analysed. As the research process of this study dealt with two groups of participants, namely in group one health care practitioners and group two comprised social workers and psychologists, who work in the township communities to provide care and support to children who are AIDS orphans living in these communities. The researcher discussed each group separately in the discussion of phase two of the study. Phase Three: Comprised the themes identified in the data gathered from the transcribed in-depth interviews, the field notes as well as the reflective journals were cross-validated to ensure trustworthiness of the data which was then organised into a conceptual framework. The conceptual framework was used to clarify the relationships of the concepts and the themes identified during the research process and also used to link the gathered data to previously established models and theories (Schneider, 2004: 133). Phase Four: The last phase of the research design, focused on the development of the “Steps of progression strategies” to provide holistic care and support to children who are AIDS orphans living in township communities. This was done making use of the themes identified during data analysis and the literature sources used throughout this research process. The evaluation criteria of Chinn and Kramer (2008: 237-248) were used to evaluate the strategies. It is therefore concluded that the researcher succeeded in achieving the purpose of this study because strategies which were understandable, clear, simple, applicable and significant to nursing practice have been developed for use by the Department of Health and Department of Social Development as well as primary health and social care practitioners to provide holistic care and support to children who are AIDS orphans living in township communities in South Africa.
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Allenstein, Uta. "Interfacing Living Cells and Fe-Pd Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Experiments and Modeling on Different Functionalization Strategies." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-198953.
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Die Anwendung von körperfremden Materialien zur Behandlung verschiedenster Krankheitsbilder,
wie zum Beispiel als Zahnersatz oder Knochenstabilisierung, ist seit Jahrtausenden fester Bestandteil
in der Medizin. Während damals hauptsächlich stabile Materialien genutzt wurden, die
möglichst wenig mit dem menschlichen Körper interagieren, wird heutzutage ein anderer Ansatz
verfolgt. Intelligente Materialien können nicht nur passiv die Heilung unterstützen, sondern aktiv
zu ihr beitragen. Ein berühmtes Beispiel hierfür ist das Formgedächtnismaterial Nitinol, das in
Stents zur Behandlung verengter Arterien eingesetzt wird.
Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Eisen-Palladium, einem neuen Formgedächtnismaterial, bei dem
der Effekt nicht wie bei Nitinol über eine Temperaturänderung sondern durch ein äußeres Magnetfeld
induziert wird. Da man somit körpertemperaturbedingte Restriktionen in biomedizinischen
Anwendungen umgehen kann, birgt Eisen-Palladium ein hohes Potential für Drug-Delivery
Systeme oder mikromechanische Pumpen. Da eine optimale Verträglichkeit des Materials mit
seiner biologischen Umgebung absolut unabdingbar ist, untersucht diese Arbeit verschiedene
Möglichkeiten, die Oberfläche zu modifizieren und somit die Adhäsion biologischer Zellen zu
unterstützen.
Zu diesem Zweck wurden das Peptid RGD als spezifische Zelladhäsionssequenz, ein Plasmapolymer
auf L-Lysin Basis als unspezifische Beschichtung und die Nanostrukturierung der Eisen-Palladium
Oberfläche durch Glanzwinkeldeposition untersucht. Die verwendeten Methoden beinhalten
Immunofluoreszenztests zur Quantifizierung der fokalen Kontakte zwischen Zellen und Material,
theoretische Dichtefunktionaltheorie Rechnungen, sowie Kontraktilitätsmessungen mittels eines
selbst entwickelten Biegebalkenaufbaus.
Somit gelingt es in dieser Arbeit, die gegenseitigen Beziehungen des Materials mit der jeweiligen
Oberflächenmodifikation mit den lebenden Zellen aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln zu analysieren.
Durch eine Kombination aus experimentellen und theoretischen Methoden werden die Stärken
und Schwächen der einzelnen Funktionalisierungsmethoden beleuchtet und die Bildung fokaler
Kontakte für eine verbesserte Zelladhäsion wird maßgeblich verbessert.
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Jurkane-Hobein, Iveta. "I Imagine You Here Now : Relationship Maintenance Strategies in Long-Distance Intimate Relationships." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-242949.
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Today, individuals can relatively easily meet and communicate with each other over great distances due to increased mobility and advances in communication technology. This also allows intimate relationships to be maintained over large geographical distances. Despite these developments, long-distance relationships (LDRs), i.e. intimate relationships maintained over geographical distance, remain understudied. The present thesis aims to fill this knowledge gap and investigates how intimate partners who live so far away from each other that they cannot meet every day make their relationship ongoing beyond face-to-face interaction. Theoretically, this study departs from a symbolic interactionist viewpoint that invites us to study phenomena from the actor’s perspective. Conceptually, the thesis builds on the recent development in sociology of intimate lives that sees intimacy as a relational quality that has to be worked on to be sustained, and that focuses on the practices that make a relationship a relationship. Empirically, the thesis is based upon 19 in-depth interviews with individuals from Latvia with long-distance relationship experience. The thesis consists of four articles. Article I studies the context in which LDRs in Latvia are maintained, focusing on the normative constraints that complicate LDR maintenance. Article II analyses how intimacy is practiced over geographical distance. Article III examines how long-distance partners manage the experience of the time they are together and the time they are geographically apart. Article IV explores the aspect of idealization in LDRs. Overall, the thesis argues for the critical role of imagination in relationship maintenance. The relationship maintenance strategies identified within the articles are imagination-based mediated communication (creating sensual/embodied intimacy, emotional intimacy, daily intimacy and imagined individual intimacy); time-work strategies that enable long-distance partners to deal with the spatiotemporal borders of the time together and the time apart; and creating bi-directional idealization. The thesis is also one of the few works in the field of intimate lives in Eastern Europe and analyses the normative complications that long-distance partners face in their relationship maintenance in Latvia.
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Tiberghien, Thibaut. "Strategies for context reasoning in assistive livings for the elderly." Phd thesis, Institut National des Télécommunications, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01048698.
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Leveraging our experience with the traditional approach to ambient assisted living (AAL) which relies on a large spread of heterogeneous technologies in deployments, this thesis studies the possibility of a more "stripped down" and complementary approach, where only a reduced hardware subset is deployed, probing a transfer of complexity towards the software side, and enhancing the large scale deployability of the solution. Focused on the reasoning aspects in AAL systems, this work has allowed the finding of a suitable semantic inference engine for the peculiar use in these systems, responding to a need in this scientific community. Considering the coarse granularity of situational data available, dedicated rule-sets with adapted inference strategies are proposed, implemented, and validated using this engine. A novel semantic reasoning mechanism is proposed based on a cognitively inspired reasoning architecture. Finally, the whole reasoning system is integrated in a fully featured context-aware service framework, powering its context awareness by performing live event processing through complex ontological manipulation. the overall system is validated through in-situ deployments in a nursing home as well as private homes over a few months period, which itself is noticeable in a mainly laboratory-bound research domain
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Kim, Mi-Yeon. "Relationship between types of social support, coping strategies, and psychological distress in individuals living with congenital heart disease." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43670.
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Many survivors of congenital heart disease (CHD) are confronted with various medical complications and psychosocial issues arising from limitations related to the disease. They often feel that they are “being controlled by the disease” and experience feelings of depression and anxiety. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between types of social support, coping strategies, and psychological distress in individuals living with CHD. The study tested a model that explained psychological distress in the study population. A cross-sectional survey design was used to recruit 272 participants from the Adult CHD program clinic at a tertiary care hospital in Western Canada. The Mplus statistical software was used to analyze the data. Structural equation modeling was used to estimate a parsimonious model and goodness-of-fit indices were used to test the fit of the model with the data. The estimation and testing of two models were performed separately for the two outcomes of psychological distress, namely depression and anxiety. The results were similar for both anxiety and depression. One of the key findings was the impact of social support on psychological distress. Perceived social support was directly related to both anxiety and depression. Received social support influenced anxiety and depression but its effect was through perceived social support. Wishful-thinking coping strategies mediated the relationship between perceived social support and both anxiety and depression. The only difference evident between anxiety and depression was the partial mediation effect of problem-solving coping strategies on the relationship between perceived social support and depression; in anxiety, the same partial mediation effect of problem-solving coping strategies was absent. Findings of the study suggest that individuals with low perceived and received social support are especially vulnerable to experiences of psychological distress. Furthermore, individuals with low perceived social support tend to use more wishful-thinking coping strategies, which in turn, tend to increase their level of anxiety and depression. The findings imply that assessments of social support and type of coping strategies used are an integral part of the nursing care of adults living with CHD.
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Yeates, Laura Carleen. "Physiological capabilities and behavioral strategies for marine living by the smallest marine mammal, the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) /." Diss., Digital Dissertations Database. Restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
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Vogt, Wendy Alexandra. "Tracing Neoliberalism in Mexico: Historical Displacement and Survival Strategies for Mixtec Families living on the U.S.-Mexico Border." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193249.
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Mexican neoliberalism has systematically undermined Mexico's rural and indigenous populations and created multiple forms of displacement in communities and individual lives. This thesis traces the impacts of displacement in the lives of Mixtec families living and working on the U.S.-Mexico border. As families encounter new circumstances of risk, violation and vulnerability, they develop material, spatial and social strategies to provide safe and meaningful lives, often through contradictory and uneven processes. Central to these processes are power relations and negotiations of class, ethnicity and gender, which both maintain community and continuity as well as further perpetuate systems of inequality and differentiation between groups, families and individuals. The focus on indigenous peoples in Nogales fills important gaps in the literature of indigenous transnational migrants and the U.S-Mexico border, particularly in light of recent border policies, which are pushing more people to the Arizona-Sonora desert region.
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Rudy-Chapman, Christopher Paul. "Strategies for innovative urban planning projects in high density living areas : the case of Glen View - Harare, Zimbabwe." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941731.
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The population of Glen View, a high density residential area in Harare, Zimbabwe is increasing. The effects on area living conditions are deleterious. The situation is expected to deteriorate further due to projected population increases: This creative project presents strategic planning, through Recommendations and Guidelines, for the high density residential area of Glen View. This project involves recommending guidelines for innovative urban planning strategies to address the significant living difficulties existing in Glen View. The sources used were secondary and related published material along with the knowledge gained through my personal experience in the high density residential areas in Harare, Zimbabwe during the summer of 1990. It is intended that this project can serve as an example of how innovative planning can work to create a better quality of life for people living in high density residential areas in developing countries.Department of Urban Planning
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Baker, Robyn. "An exploration into the stressors and coping strategies of parents caring for children living with Autism spectrum disorder." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32584.
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This study sought to understand the experiences and challenges of parents caring for a child living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A qualitative research design was used to explore the stressors faced, coping strategies used, and support mechanisms needed by parents caring for a child living with ASD within South Africa. Non-probability sampling was used to select 20 respondents, initially using purposive and then snowball sampling techniques, until the target sample size was reached and data saturation had occurred. Respondents consisted of South African mothers who care for a child living with ASD, and who live in Cape Town, Johannesburg, or Durban. Data was collected with the use of semi-structured one-on-one interviews, and was analyzed according to Tesch's (1990) eight steps of analysis. The study found that there were various practical stressors for respondents regarding caring for a child living with ASD. This included the stressors of managing their child's difficult behaviours, respondents' high levels of anxiety as a result of these behaviours, and difficulties communicating with their child. Stressors also included the high cost of care and interventions, difficulty finding appropriate schooling, and the need to consult multiple professionals before receiving the diagnosis. The respondents' psychological stressors included experiencing grief and loss once their child was diagnosed, hurt from other's lack of understanding of ASD, and their concerns about their child's future. Various coping mechanisms were found to be used by respondents, including accepting the child with their diagnosis, increasing in patience and empathy, and attempting to manage and prevent their child's difficult behaviours. Another coping mechanism was to utilize a blend of interventions, for example Occupational and Speech Therapy, which catered to their child's unique ASD-presentation. Support mechanisms that were found to be beneficial to respondents were informal and consisted of support from family and from other parents caring for a child with ASD. This study concluded that caring for a child with ASD has many challenges, especially when one is the child's parent and primary caregiver. It also concluded that respondents displayed resilience towards these challenges by utilizing various coping and support mechanisms available to them. Numerous recommendations arose from this study, the most salient of which was for health care professionals (HCPs), which included social workers, as well as parents caring for a child living with ASD to educate themselves and others with regards to ASD. Another recommendation was for HCPs to link these parents with affordable and appropriate education and intervention options for their children.
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Opusunju, Ellis Ehizele. "Quality Improvement Through Evidence-Based Education: Advancing Obesity Awareness and Clinical Management Strategies for People Living with Mental Disorders." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3407.
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People living with mental disorders (PLWMDs) are at an increased risk for developing obesity due to poor diet, physical inactivity, and antipsychotic medications. In the United States, the general-population obesity rate is 36% compared to more than 50% for PLWMDs. Mental health professionals (MHPs), focused on addressing psychiatric conditions, seldom recognize and clinically manage obesity. Furthermore, this population is socioeconomically disadvantaged with poor dietary habits while consuming psychiatric medications that stimulate hunger, further exacerbating the risk for obesity. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Healthcare Services (PARISHS) framework guided this quality improvement project to improve obesity awareness and management for PLWMD at a large state psychiatric hospital. An evidence-based education intervention was implemented to positively impact obesity awareness and clinical management or MHPs. The evaluation used a validated instrument with a pre- and posttest design. Paired t test was used to analyze multiple constructs from the MHP participants (N = 50). Overall, the pretest indicated 76% of MHPs were not involved in helping obese PLWMDs manage their weight; however, the posttest data (at 90-days) revealed that 90% were involved in this activity. This represents a positive shift in obesity perceptions and management knowledge. Future research needs to evaluate the impact of the perceptions on process measures and clinical outcomes. This project led to positive social change as MHPs are more likely to address obesity in PLWMD due to their increased awareness and knowledge. This project has broader implications as the program can be duplicated in other psychiatric hospitals.
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Rong, Hu. "Compact Living as a Lifestyle : Scenario-based Interior Design for Chinese Urban Tenants." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-89108.
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This thesis proposes "compact living" as a sustainable lifestyle, enabling dwellers to fulfil theirliving requirements while considering ecological concerns. The idea of this project is derivedfrom a phenomenon that urban immigrants move to smaller houses because of the shortage ofaffordable rental house in dense Chinese urban areas, which causes an issue regarding lack ofwell-functioning small housings for urban tenants. In order to develop suitable compact livingsolutions, this scenario-based design project has developed. The compact living requirementsof Chinese urban tenants were studied through design research. Meanwhile, the studies ofexisting small-space solutions aim to come up with solutions by concluding strategies for thespatial-plan. As a result, the designer came up with a concept of "shared co-living community" second-landlord business model with three feasible interior design proposals.Keywords:interior design; sustainable lifestyle; compact living; small space;scenario-based
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Ndengeyinka, William. "A critical analysis of the poverty reduction strategies and the right to health for people living with HIV and AIDS in Rwanda." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/37358.
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Jawad, Sumaia. "The relationship between quality of life, psychological distress and coping strategies of persons living with HIV/AIDS in Cairo, Egypt." University of the Western cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5622.
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Magister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS)HIV patients face an array of social and psychological problems, such as depression, which can affect their quality of life. Moreover, HIV infection is also linked to psychological distress such as anxiety. In addition, avoidant emotion-focused strategies such as acceptance, wishful thinking and self-blame are associated with higher levels of psychological distress in persons with HIV. Current health services in the city of Cairo, Egypt, are not adapted to provide advice and psychological support to people living with HIV to aid in the development of problem-solving skills to cope with the stress of living with HIV. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between quality of life, psychological distress and the coping strategies of persons living with HIV/AIDS in Cairo, Egypt. A quantitative methodology with a cross-sectional correlational design was adopted in this study. Data collection entailed questionnaires that consisted of four sections: Demographics, Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q), Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales (DASS) and the Cope Inventory. The sample consisted of 202 HIV/AIDS participants who access the National AIDS Program (NAP). The data were analysed using the Statistical Program for Social Science V23 (SPSS). The results are provided using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study show that in terms of the prevalence of psychological distress, the moderate scales were stress and depression, while the severe scale was anxiety. The most prevalent of coping styles was emotion-focused coping, specifically in terms of acceptance and religion. In terms of the prevalence of quality of life, the highest scores were for family and social relationships, while the lowest scores were for sexual drive and leisure time activities. The findings also show that psychological distress and certain coping styles such as substance use negatively predicted quality of life of patients with HIV/AIDS. Positive predictors included coping styles such as venting, positive reframing, humour, acceptance and religion.
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O'Connor, Pamela Margaret. "Stigma and discrimination of Indian women living with HIV/AIDS : perceptions and experiences of women in Mumbai, India." Curtin University of Technology, Centre for International Health, 2008. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=17628.
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Stigma and discrimination are now recognised as major factors in the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). To date, research has focused on how to change individual responses to stigma and discrimination without exploring the social and structural dimensions. Complex community and societal dimensions, such as culture, power and difference need to be explored if progress is to be made in coping with stigma and discrimination. India now has HIV/AIDS prevalence figures to rival sub Saharan Africa. The disease has spread from high-risk populations such as intravenous drug users and commercial sex workers into the general population. Married, monogamous, heterosexual women in slum communities are highly vulnerable. Factors such as caste, class, ethnic group, poverty and social expectations present formidable layers of stigma for these women. They have also faced discrimination since before their birth. HIV/AIDS imposes yet another layer of stigma and discrimination upon their shoulders. The aims of the study were firstly to investigate whether stigma and discrimination existed for these women by documenting and analysing literature on the individual, societal and cultural situation of Indian women living with HIV/AIDS (IWLWHAs). Secondly, the study aimed to identify, evaluate and explore the psychosocial needs and coping strategies of IWLWHAs, to determine the barriers to accessing health services, and describe community perceptions as they were experienced by the participants.This qualitative research study examined the multiple layers of stigma and discrimination experienced by women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in a low socio-economic area of Mumbai, India. This was achieved by interviewing women who were benefiting from a home-based service - Positive Living - An integrated home-based care programme for people living with HIV/AIDS under the auspices of the KJ Somaiya Hospital in Mumbai. This programme provides a nutrition and home-based service to the nearby community slums. The conceptual framework used for this study was developed to evaluate the effects of natural disasters such as tsunamis, floods and earthquakes. HIV/AIDS is no less of a tragedy for individuals, families and communities. Within this framework, human capacity or the ability of individuals to cope is linked to social ecology - the relationship between individuals and their community. This dimension overlaps with culture and values. Three other dimensions affect humans - economic status, the environment and living conditions, and physical health. I have developed this framework further to examine threats and strengths which arise from these dimensions, and which affect human resilience. An exploratory case study was considered the most suitable approach to explore these areas, as it permits more sensitivity and richer data, and enhances rigour. In-depth interviews of 45 women in three different age groups, home visits and observations, focus group discussion, key informants, narratives, vignettes and photographs were supported by documentary data collection in triangulation of the data. A reflective journal recorded observations and perceptions in the field during three months in India.
Results from the combined data indicated that IWLWHAs experienced discrimination in their families, communities and health care settings. Fear of future discrimination ensured secrecy which, in turn, prevented them accessing community services which would provide emotional and physical support. A range of reactions was demonstrated by the affected women, half of whom were also infected which added to their burden. Women who could not disclose their condition were extremely isolated, lacked family and community support, feared the future and felt hopeless. Despite their appalling living conditions of poverty, overcrowding, prevalence of disease and pollution, the women displayed a sense of pride, dignity and resilience. Culturally appropriate strategies are necessary to address the lack of education and awareness as only two of the 45 women had any knowledge of HIV/AIDS before their own diagnosis which often followed their husbands' positive status. In addition, the social and cultural dimensions which affect these women have to be explored and examined in order to strengthen the 'shock absorbers' of the family. The community health workers and co-ordinator of the home-based service were vital in providing emotional support and health information to the women. Finally, no change is possible unless men take responsibility for their sexual mores. Policy makers and programmes have to look further for strategies which would engage men in the process to change their attitudes and thus protect vulnerable women and children.
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Birtwistle, Catherine. "Exploring strategies for fostering optimal sexual health with Aboriginal girls living in rural Canadian commmunities : perspectives from a rapid evidence assessment." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45696.
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This Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) investigated strategies for fostering positive sexual health promotion among Aboriginal girls living in rural Canadian communities. Twenty four research papers oriented to informing and examining sexual and reproductive health of Aboriginal girls' were analysed using established criteria. After comprehensive categorizing, coding and appraisal, seven themes were identified, which outline domains for sexual health promotion with Aboriginal youth. Collectively these themes reflect the complex, intersecting forces shaping reproductive health among Aboriginal youth. Doane and Varcoe’s (2005) approach to relational inquiry, and the concept of cultural safety, provided the theoretical lenses through which to explore and synthesize the literature. The REA analysis resulted in the identification of the following themes: 1) Positive youth development (PYD) which includes peer and mentoring interventions; 2) Health-promotion that reflects diverse approaches to Aboriginal culturally-specific curriculum; 3) Relationship patterns and contextual understanding of risk behaviours; 4) Historic, contextual and structural factors; 5) Protective factors and connectedness; 6) Health practitioner responsibility; and 7) Effective youth skill building.
The literature reviewed for this REA demonstrates how Aboriginal youth require effective reproductive health services and interventions grounded in an integrated understanding of specialized sexual health practices, local cultural knowledge, and a meaningful exchange of cultural knowledge. Public health nurses are responsible for providing culturally competent care that moves beyond sensitivity that and is informed by local cultural safety knowledge when planning and implementing care. From this analysis, and drawing on my experiences in practice, I argue that sexual health decisions are strengthened most significantly by the knowledge, self-esteem and confidence gained from authentic positive relationships between girls and the nurses who support them. A relational practice approach of genuinely connecting and responding to Aboriginal girls needs is significant for nurses to support in ways that ultimately affect better decision-making. Given the findings of this analysis, further research that is grounded in local Aboriginal contextual knowledge will provide insights that can support sexual health promotion.
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Melrose, Margaret. "Living in the shadows : street culture and its role in the development and maintenance of survival strategies of socially marginal young people." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337839.
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This text demonstrates that my work on young people who are exploited through prostitution and young people involved in problematic drug use in Britain at the end ofthe twentieth and beginning ofthe twenty-first century constitutes a significant contribution to advancing our knowledge ofthese inter-related issues. The text demonstrates that, in Britain, at the end of the twentieth and beginning ofthe twenty-first century, young people exploited through prostitution and young people involved in problematic drug use share in common lived experiences in poverty at the margins of society. The common theme demonstrated here is that, as a result ofthe poverty generated by social and economic policies adopted in Britain in response to gIobalisation, 'street cultures' play an important role in the development and maintenance of survival strategies adopted by socially marginalised and economically disadvantaged young people. The discussion argues that these cultures perform important functions in time and space for socially and economically marginal young people. They do so in different ways for different young people. At the same time, however, they serve to further entrench their social and economic exclusion and disadvantage.
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Zeestraten, J. "Strolling to the beat of another drum : living the 'Slow Life'." Diss., Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/833.
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As the pace of life in contemporary Western society accelerates, an increasing number of people are engaging in an alternative lifestyle: ‘Slow Living’. Although popular in the media, Slow Living, which addresses issues of quality of life, is a relatively new area of academic enquiry. Given a lack of empirical research, especially on the realities of the Slow Life in a New Zealand context, this ethnographic study aims to augment the knowledge on this lifestyle by focusing on how families experience Slow Living. The key research question is: How do families live their interpretations of a Slow Life? To answer this question, this study examined the everyday lives of five Slow Living families in Canterbury, New Zealand. Adult family members were given a time-use diary to complete over two days. These diaries were then used as a foundation for in-depth interviews and participant observation. Slow Living families hold to a number of personal values, such as personal agency, conscious living and leading meaningful lives. These comprise their ideal way of living. The families are also faced with a number of challenges and have to employ strategies to balance their ideal and what is possible. The different ways families adapt produces a variety of Slow Living lifestyles.
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Taha, Angela J. "From the Middle East to the United States: Stressors and Coping Strategies of Members of a Sacred Culture Living in a Secular Culture." PDXScholar, 1993. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4756.
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The values and beliefs involved in Islam maintain that religion is embedded in everyday life. Students from countries which subscribe to the tenets of Islam may have a difficult time adjusting to the secular society of the U.S. This study is concerned with the interrelationships among events perceived as stressful, the ways of coping with stress that are reported as most often used, and the reported level of satisfaction with living in the U.S. for the Muslim Arab international students in this study. A four page survey questionnaire was used as the instrument. The questionnaire was filled out by 102 Muslim Arab international students regarding the areas of stressors, coping strategies, satisfaction with living in the U.S., and individual descriptors. None of the hypotheses were supported with statistically significant results. Of the subjects, 83% reported that they did not receive any intercultural pre-sojourn training. Presently, pre-sojourn intercultural training does not aid in reducing the stressful situations experienced by these subjects (Hypothesis 1). The frequency of emotion-focused coping does not decrease when the perceived effectiveness of presojourn intercultural training increases (Hypothesis 2). Limited knowledge and standardized research in this area may contribute to the lack of success of intercultural training. Additional time spent living in the U.S. does not reduce the communication-related stressors Muslim Arab students experience (Hypothesis 3). Although research indicates the longer people live in a foreign culture, the more they learn the rules and norms and therefore become acculturated (Samovar and Porter, 1988), the additional considerations a Muslim Arab international student may have to deal with could override the positive effects of time. The frequency of emotion-focused coping does not substantially decrease the longer amount of time a student has lived in the U.S. (Hypothesis 4). stress is a part of any student's life. For Muslim Arab international students living in the U.S., the basic value system provided by the belief in Islam appears to be related to coping with stressful situations (Hypothesis 5). However, the results were not significant. As the variety of coping strategies increases, the variety of stressors does not decrease (Hypothesis 6). Rather, as the variety of stressors increases, so too does the variety of coping strategies. It appears that students who experience more stressors respond by using more coping strategies. Satisfaction was correlated with neither coping strategies nor stressors. One would expect satisfaction to be positively related to coping strategies (Hypothesis 7), but there was no relationship. One would also expect satisfaction to be inversely related to stressors (Hypothesis 8), but there is no relationship. Satisfaction was measured by the extent to which subjects would want to remain in the U.S., and if they would recommend a loved one to study in the U.S. Based on the highly obligatory social structure that exists in many Middle Eastern countries, contemplating remaining away from one's family and friends may not have been acceptable. Difficulties associated with living in the U.S. as an international student may have also led subjects to report they would not recommend a loved one to study in the U.S. In conclusion, there are three important results that can be drawn from this study. First, with respect, at least, to the Muslim Arab international students in this study, there is no way to empirically discriminate between different categories of stressors or different categories of coping strategies. Second, denial and wishful thinking are not effective coping strategies. Third, direct problem solving is clearly the most effective way for the Muslim Arab international students in this study to cope with stressors while living in the U.S.
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Black, Ross Arthur Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Compensatory strategies in humans performing active and passive gaze fixation and re-fixation tasks after unilateral vestibular deafferentation." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43541.
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The human vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) stabilizes gaze during head movement. The reflex is typically tested in a clinic or laboratory using passive rotations or artificial stimuli which measure the amount of damage the vestibular apparatus has suffered. However, during everyday activities the vestibular system is stimulated by active, self generated head movements. Head movements are often rapid and associated with the goal of achieving either gaze-fixation or re-fixation. Patients who complain of on-going symptoms will typically identify a particular position or movement that aggravates their symptoms in their everyday life. There is a need to identify objective parameters which correlate with the subjective complaints of patients whose symptoms persist after vestibular damage. In the first study, a gaze-refixation task, patients who complain of ongoing symptoms (poorly-compensated), during rapid head turns, after unilateral vestibular de-afferentation (uVD) were compared with those who did not have the same complaints (well-compensated) and normal subjects. Well- and poorly-compensated groups were sorted according to responses on a standardized questionnaire. All subjects were then located in a real-world, non-laboratory environment in which poorly-compensated subjects reported experiencing symptoms. Each subjects head, eye and gaze displacement and velocity, head rotation frequency and blink or eye-lid closure were measured and analysed and compared between ipsi- and contra-lesional head rotations within and between subject groups. When subjects are able to generate their own active head rotations it has been suggested that a number of vestibular and extra-vestibular strategies might be employed to compensate for an impaired VOR. In subsequent studies, high resolution scleral search coils were used to identify the compensatory mechanisms used during active head rotations during a gaze-fixation task. A corrective saccade is typically observed during passive ipsilesional head rotations or impulses and might be potentiated during rapid, active or self-generated head rotations. The conditions which predict or contribute to the generation of the rapid, corrective eye movement were investigated. The results were compared with responses to passive head impulses of matched velocity and acceleration to determine if active head impulses could be used to identify a lesioned vestibular apparatus as is routinely clinically achieved with passive head impulses.
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Mazumdar, Tilottama [Verfasser], Wilhelm [Gutachter] Boland, Erika [Gutachter] Kothe, and Dino P. [Gutachter] McMahon. "Adaptive strategies of Enterococcus mundtii to different living conditions in the microbiome of Spodoptera littoralis larvae / Tilottama Mazumdar ; Gutachter: Wilhelm Boland, Erika Kothe, Dino P. McMahon." Jena : Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 2020. http://d-nb.info/122302315X/34.
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Mitchell, Jamie V. "Psychosocial factors, their correlation with stress and the effects of structured intervention strategies on the stress levels of black female college freshmen living in residence halls." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1986. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3511.
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Assad, Francine Baltazar. "Estratégias de cuidado utilizadas por terapeutas ocupacionais em Centros de Atenção Psicossocial: enfoque nas habilidades de vida independente e no funcionamento ocupacional." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/22/22131/tde-04092015-160208/.
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A reabilitação psicossocial, no contexto da Reforma Psiquiátrica, centrou o cuidado na pessoa com diagnóstico de transtorno mental considerando a sua experiência com o sofrimento, a partir de ações coletivas e intersetoriais, rompendo com a lógica hegemônica do cuidado centrado na doença, e, a terapia ocupacional, apoiou este rompimento, pois, suas ações voltadas para o cotidiano na busca da inserção social e autonomia, faz uma forte relação com esta mudança. O objetivo geral do presente estudo foi verificar como a terapia ocupacional contribui para a reabilitação psicossocial de pessoas com diagnóstico de transtorno mental usuárias de Centros de Atenção Psicossocial. Os objetivos específicos foram identificar as estratégias de cuidado utilizadas pelos terapeutas ocupacionais junto a essas pessoas, avaliar suas habilidades de vida independente e o seu funcionamento ocupacional, e, relacionar as estratégias de cuidado, com as habilidades de vida independente e o funcionamento ocupacional. Para isso, optou-se pelo método misto, por meio da estratégia de triangulação concomitante. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em três Centros de Atenção Psicossocial de três cidades do interior do estado de São Paulo, com a participação de 5 terapeutas ocupacionais, 47 usuários e seus respectivos familiares e/ou responsáveis. Os terapeutas ocupacionais responderam a uma entrevista. Os usuários responderam um questionário sociodemográfico, a Autoavaliação do Funcionamento Ocupacional e foram também entrevistados. Os familiares e/ou responsáveis pelos usuários, responderam ao Inventário de Habilidades de Vida Independente para Pacientes Psiquiátricos. As entrevistas foram gravadas, transcritas, sintetizadas, e, os conteúdos, organizados em categorias conforme analogias e características comuns e analisados a luz do método qualitativo descritivo. Os dados obtidos através dos instrumentos foram organizados na forma de um banco de dados criado para este fim no software SPSS 16.0 e analisados a luz da estatística descritiva. Os resultados mostraram que as estratégias de cuidado utilizadas pelos terapeutas ocupacionais são comuns a outros núcleos profissionais, seguindo a premissa da integralidade, singularidade, interdisciplinaridade e intersetorialidade, e, os usuários, apresentaram um bom nível de habilidades de vida independente e bom funcionamento ocupacional, embora tenham apresentado dificuldade em alguns aspectos, como realizações no trabalho, no lar e no cotidiano, incapacidade física e falta de objetivos para o futuro, entre outros, necessitando assim de assistência focada nesses aspectos. Relataram contribuições da terapia ocupacional nas atividades diárias, destacando auxílio nas atividades cotidianas e possibilidade de inserção social pelo trabalho e no tratamento. Os terapeutas ocupacionais apontaram que suas estratégias contribuem para a compreensão e ampliação do cotidiano dos usuários, transpondo o espaço físico do serviço. Desta forma, pode-se considerar que a terapia ocupacional contribui para a produção de cuidado em saúde mental, tanto para as habilidades de vida independente, quanto para o funcionamento ocupacional, tópicos importantes na busca da reabilitação psicossocialPsychosocial rehabilitation, in the context of the Psychiatric Reform, has centered care into people diagnosed with mental disorder, using collective and intersectoral actions, considering their experience of suffering, thus breaking with the hegemonic logic of disease-focused care. Occupational therapy has supported this break, as its actions targeting the daily life to achieve social inclusion and autonomy, are strongly related to this change. This study aimed to determine how occupational therapy contributes to the psychosocial rehabilitation of people with diagnosis of mental disorder, users of Mental Health Services. The specific objectives were to identify the care strategies used by occupational therapists with these people, evaluate their independent living skills and their occupational functioning, and relate the care strategies with the independent living skills and the occupational functioning. Mixed methods approach was used, through the concurrent triangulation strategy. The research was conducted in three Mental Health Services in three cities in the interior of the São Paulo state, with participation of five occupational therapists, 47 users and their family members and/or guardians. Occupational therapists were interviewed. Users answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Self-Assessment of Occupational Functioning and were also interviewed. Users\" family members and/or guardians responded to the Independent Living Skills for Psychiatric Patients instrument. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and synthesized. The content was organized into categories according to analogies and common characteristics and analyzed using descriptive qualitative method. The data obtained through the instruments were organized in a database created for this purpose in SPSS 16.0 software and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results showed that the care strategies used by occupational therapists are common to other professional groups, following the premise of comprehensiveness, uniqueness, interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach. Users showed a good level of independent living skills and good occupational functioning, although they had difficulties in some respects, as achievements at work, at home and in everyday life, physical disability and lack of goals for the future, among others, thus requiring assistance focused on these aspects. They reported contributions of occupational therapy in daily activities, highlighting benefit in daily activities and possibility of social insertion through the work and treatment. Occupational therapists indicated that their strategies contribute to the understanding and expansion of users\" daily lives, transposing the physical space of the health service. Thus, it can be considered that occupational therapy contributes to the production of care in mental health, both for independent living skills and for the occupational functioning, important topics in the search of psychosocial rehabilitation
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Kaltman, Blaine. "In the shadow of the dragon : a study of the coping strategies employed by the Uighur living in predominantly Han locales in Xinjiang and China's coastal cities /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19114.pdf.
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Ivery, Phyllis. "The moderational effects of coping strategies on the associations of stress, depression, and perceived family conflict with risky sexual behavior among adolescents living with a chronic illness." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0024682.
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Nilsson, Patricia, and Caroline Meyer. "Att leva eller överleva : En studie om åsikter kring riksnormens täckning bland skribenter på internetforumet Flashback." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-61605.
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This study involves a survey of the writers’ opinions on the internet forum Flashback about the national norms coverage. The study also contains the internet forum writers proposed action strategies for supply when living on the national norm. Thereby this study is aiming to visualize the living situation when living on the national standards. Previous research shows how the national norm does not seem to live up to a reasonable standard of living as well as the national norm has not evolved with changes in society. Further the previous research shows how difficult it can be to live on a narrow economy which connects to one of the study’s questions about coping strategies. There are shortcomings in previous research on the study’s topic since previous research focuses little on people’s opinions. Accordingly the authors’ whishes to highlight the writers’ opinions on the internet forum Flashback through a quantitative study content analysis. This study has chosen to analyze the data and the results using Bourdieu´s theories about the social room, field, habitus and the forms of capital. These theories are intended to be useful in interpreting the study’s results. The result shows that the writers believe that the national norm is to narrow and does not fulfill all the needs entries. Despite this result the writers believe it is possible to achieve a reasonable standard of living when living on welfare benefits. These results can be contradictory and therefore interesting which is why the authors question how these views emerged. The contradictory results create an additional finding which is that the writers on the internet forum may not have understood how it is meant to live on the national norm.
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Lang, Vanessa Wanner. "Coresidence and Parent-Adult Child Closeness and Conflict: The Influence of Social Class, Parenting Strategies and Economic Efficacy." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1447965764.
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Cabezas, Pino Angélica. "'This is my face' : audio-visual practice as collaborative sense-making among men living with HIV in Chile." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/this-is-my-face-audiovisual-practice-as-collaborative-sensemaking-among-men-living-with-hiv-in-chile(43b02bdb-70d9-466f-ab41-4cd0ce0d86d1).html.
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The research project 'This is my Face: Audio-visual practice as collaborative sense-making among men living with HIV in Chile' is an interdisciplinary project that explores 'collaborative mise en-scène' as a method to further understand the sense-making processes around the biographical disruption caused by HIV. It combines Anthropology and Arts methods as part of the PhD in Anthropology, Media and Performance, a practice-based program that fosters interdisciplinary approaches to the production of original knowledge, based on self-reflexive and critical research practices (The University of Manchester, 2018). Relying on the specific competences of photography and film and the co-creation of an ethnographic context based in hermeneutic reflexivity, the collaborators on the project created and explored representations of critical life events, in order to make sense of the disruption HIV brought to their lives. The collaborators were highly stigmatised individuals living with HIV, which hindered their possibilities for sharing narratives and for reflection, and as such, made it more difficult for them to come to terms with a diagnosis they described as a 'fracture' in their lives. This project analyses the creative process of 'collaborative mise-en-scène' as a way to provide further opportunities for reflexivity and sense making, a method that departs from their everyday face-to-face encounters as means of understanding what they are going through. Representations of life events emerged from our practice, as well as evocations, which provided a means by which to understand their experiences with HIV, and opened up ways to resignify their past experiences and projections of the future. Photography and film offered their specific expressive competences to the project, but also gave the possibility of making visible the collaborators' experiences in order to promote a dialogue with others, moving beyond our creative encounters. Therefore, their evocations became 'statements' of what it means to live with HIV in Chile, and at the same time, by taking part in its creation, it provided access to the particularities of the sense-making process in which those images were embedded. This collaborative creative process opened up ways to highlight the relevance for sense-making in face-to-face encounters, demonstrating that hermeneutic reflexivity as a practice-based form of mutual questioning can promote a critical engagement with life trajectories and with others beyond our practice.
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Allenstein, Uta [Verfasser], Stefan G. [Akademischer Betreuer] Mayr, Stefan G. [Gutachter] Mayr, and Andrés J. [Gutachter] García. "Interfacing Living Cells and Fe-Pd Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Experiments and Modeling on Different Functionalization Strategies / Uta Allenstein ; Gutachter: Stefan G. Mayr, Andrés J. García ; Betreuer: Stefan G. Mayr." Leipzig : Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1240397836/34.
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Riffer, Helena. "Self-perceived English Proficiency in Relation to Extramural Language Environment : A comparison between Swedish students of English living in the UK and in Sweden." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Avdelningen för utbildningsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-9640.
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Students today encounter a vast amount of English in their free time, outside the walls of school. They watch English films, play English computer games, and keep international contacts through the internet. This present study focuses on mapping the so called Extramural English activities of two groups of upper secondary high school students in order to find out how and if the overall English proficiency of those students can be derived from the English they encounter in their free time. One of the groups is living and studying at a Swedish school in the UK, while the other one is living and studying at a regular high school in the south of Sweden. Both groups participated in a survey where they were asked to answer questions about their free time habits, time spent on different English activities and how they feel that their confidence and overall proficiency in the subject has improved. The results of this study show that the students living in the UK engage in more English activities outside of school and that they claim overall better results and higher confidence in their English. This study contains proof that Extramural English is an important factor in achieving targetlike language proficiency.