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Weller, Wivian; Bassalo, Lucélia de Moraes Braga; Pfaff, Nicolle

doi:10.4135/9781526416070.n31

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“…As some of the main themes of the questionnaire were broad and encompassed many variables while others were narrow and encompassed a single question, we explored ways to group them into more specific themes. We grouped the questions that thematically fitted well together to identify areas in order to develop subjectively cohesive themes – a common method for probing similarity in development of typologies [ 30 ]. We ended up using 14 questions from the questionnaire to create four modes of service delivery.…”

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Modes and models of care delivery in municipal long-term care services: a cross-sectional study from Norway

Rostad,

Skinner,

Wentzel-Larsen

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Numerous forces drive the evolution and need for transformation of long-term care services. Decision-makers across the globe are searching for models to redesign long-term care to become more responsive to changing health and care needs. Yet, knowledge of different care models unfolding in the long-term care service landscape is limited. The objective of this article is twofold: 1) to identify and characterise models of care in Norwegian municipal long-term care services based on four different modes of service delivery: Specialised municipal services, Assistive technology, Planning and coordination, and Health Promotion and Activity, and 2) to analyse whether the identified care models vary with regard to municipal characteristics, more specifically ‘population size’ and ‘income’. Methods We adopted a cross-sectional approach and used data from a web-based survey conducted in 2019 to identify and characterize models of care in Norwegian long-term care services, based on four modes of service delivery. The questionnaire was developed through a comprehensive review of national healthcare policy documents and previous research and amended in collaboration with a user panel. A set of questions from the questionnaire were used to create four modes of service delivery. Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to cluster the municipalities based on the mean scores of the modes to identify care models. Results In total, 277 municipalities (response rate 66%) completed the survey. The four modes made it possible to identify four care models that differ on the level of Specialised municipal services, Assistive technology, Planning and coordination, and Health Promotion and Activity. Additionally, the models differed regarding municipal population size (p < 0.001) and income (p = 0.006). Conclusions We put forward a theoretical description of the variety of ways long-term care services are provided, offering a way of simplifying complex information which can assist care providers and policymakers in analysing and monitoring their own service provision and making informed decisions. This is important to the development of services for current and future care needs.

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Modes and models of care delivery in municipal long-term care services: a cross-sectional study from Norway

Rostad,

Skinner,

Wentzel-Larsen

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…Once people from a community start responding in similar ways, using similar concepts, we can infer it is because they share a similar culture. Weller and the authors mentioned above have all noted that a sample of 30 interlocutors is typically sufficient to reach data saturation (i.e., no new data are likely to be fund by adding one or more interlocuters) and have confidence that the data collected is reliable and valid for cultural analysis (Weller & Romney, 1988, pp. 71–72).…”

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Is there a cultural grammar to courtship: A comparison of different courtship styles in the United States?

de Munck

2023

Qualitative Psychology

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Courtship is an intimate process that, on the one hand, feels unique to its practitioners and, on the other hand, has a collectively shared goal—marriage or at minimum cohabitation. In this study, I seek to find, describe, and analyze the courtship prototype and the culturally feasible variations from the prototype that accommodate the inherent intra-cultural diversity among people. Courtship consists of diverse events intended to culminate in marriage. Studies of the courtship sequence in America are sparse. This is, to my knowledge, the first systematic study of the sequence of emically perceived, important events that constitute the courtship process. Through a series of cognitive mixed-method tasks, three studies were conducted: the first was to elicit the main events of the courtship process; second, to find the perceived prototypical sequence of courtship events; and third to compare the prototype with other feasible variations provided by interlocutors. The findings show that the most prototypical sequence entails initial events in which a couple get to know each other well. This is followed by a declaration of love and then meeting parents and cohabiting. We also found a “traditional” sequence, which entailed “having sex” after marriage. We found two “postmodern” types of sequences in which sexual intercourse occurred before any “getting to know you” event. In a t-test 1, “early sex” event series was found to be as common as the prototype. The main difference was that the prototype was the preferred courtship sequence while the “early sex” process was viewed as common among peers but not preferred. The results of this research show how different cultural beliefs and values influence the placement of events along this sequence. It also supports the importance of the prototype as a source for comparing different courtship styles as reflecting different cultural norms.

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“…This methodology is supported by evidence that individuals tend to list ideas in order of familiarity, and not those that are scarcely encountered. 26,28,29 Participants were asked to generate a Freelist using the prompt: “ List all the words that come to mind when you think about your [ your family member's ] illness .” The resulting Freelists lent to a salience analysis to understand what items comprised the domain of interest (illness concerns during cancer treatments), how items were ranked within the domain, and the boundaries of the domain (differences in domain items by subgroups). 26,28,29…”

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“…Based on previous studies, 20-30 participants are sufficient for salience analysis. 26,29 To address the secondary objective, salient (ie, prioritized) concerns among the patients and caregivers were each grouped according to its relevant supportive oncology domain using the definitions set forth by Hui et al, 13 and then domain priorities descriptively compared across participant groups.…”

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“It's Rougher on Me Than It Is on Him”: Family Caregiver–Generated and Prioritized Illness Concerns While Patients Undergo Cancer Treatments

Levoy

Wool

Ashare

et al. 2022

JCO Oncology Practice

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PURPOSE: Research eliciting patients' illness concerns has typically focused later in the cancer continuum, rather than during cancer treatments. Family caregiver concerns are overlooked during this time. Less is known about how patients and caregivers prioritize concerns during cancer treatments, which holds potential for improving supportive oncology care (ie, primary palliative care). The purpose of this study was to elicit and compare which domains of supportive oncology are of highest importance to patients and caregivers during cancer treatments. METHODS: Freelisting, a cognitive anthropology method, was used to elicit concerns in order of importance. Freelist data were analyzed using Smith's salience index. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a caregiver subsample to add explanatory insights. RESULTS: In descending order, pain, death, fear, family, and awful were salient Freelist items for patients (n = 65), whereas sadness, time-consuming, support, anger, tired, death, and frustration were salient for caregivers (n = 24). When integrated with supportive oncology domains, patients' concerns reflected a prioritization of the physical (pain) and emotional (death, fear, and awful) domains, with less emphasis on social (family) aspects. Caregivers' prioritized the emotional (sadness, anger, death, and frustration) and social (time-consuming and support) domains, with less emphasis on the physical (tired) aspects. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that enhancing primary palliative care delivery by oncology teams requires systems thinking to support both the patient and caregiver as the primary unit of care. Primary palliative care may be improved by prioritizing interventions that address physical concerns among patients as well as key social concerns among caregivers to support the complex caregiving role while patients undergo cancer treatments.

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Collecting Data for Analyzing Blogs

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Modes and models of care delivery in municipal long-term care services: a cross-sectional study from Norway

Modes and models of care delivery in municipal long-term care services: a cross-sectional study from Norway

Is there a cultural grammar to courtship: A comparison of different courtship styles in the United States?

“It's Rougher on Me Than It Is on Him”: Family Caregiver–Generated and Prioritized Illness Concerns While Patients Undergo Cancer Treatments

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