Narrative analysis as a feminist method: The case of genetic ancestry tests

Oikkonen, Venla

doi:10.1177/1350506812471026

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“…Narrative analysis was used to analyse the women’s stories, using story telling as the basis for exploration of a phenomenon [31, 32]. The narrative includes both the obvious story that is told and the underlying influences that frame the narrative [33]. Stories can be sequential and structured using timelines during analysis [34].…”

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A narrative analysis of women's experiences of planning a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) in Australia using critical feminist theory

Keedle

Schmied

Burns

et al. 2019

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background Most women who have a caesarean can safely have a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) for their next birth, but more women have an elective repeat caesarean than a VBAC. Methods The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of women planning a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) in Australia, the interactions with their health care providers and their thoughts, feelings and experiences after an antenatal appointment and following the birth. The study explored the effect of different models of care on women’s relationships with their health care provider using a feminist theoretical lens. Eleven women who had previously experienced a caesarean section and were planning a VBAC in their current pregnancy used the ‘myVBACapp’ to record their thoughts after their antenatal appointments and were followed up with in-depth interviews in the postnatal period. Results Fifty-three antenatal logs and eleven postnatal interviews were obtained over a period of eight months in 2017. Women accessed a variety of models of care. The four contextual factors found to influence whether a woman felt resolved after having a VBAC or repeat caesarean were: ‘having confidence in themselves and in their health care providers’, ‘having control’, ‘having a supportive relationship with a health care provider’ and ‘staying active in labour’. Conclusions The findings highlight that when women have high feelings of control and confidence; have a supportive continual relationship with a health care provider; and are able to have an active labour; it can result in feelings of resolution, regardless of mode of birth. Women’s sense of control and confidence can be undermined through the impact of paternalistic and patriarchal maternity systems by maintaining women’s subordination and lack of control within the system. Women planning a VBAC want confident, skilled, care providers who can support them to feel in control and confident throughout the birthing process. Continuity of care (CoC) provides a supportive relationship which some women in this study found beneficial when planning a VBAC. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12884-019-2297-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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A narrative analysis of women's experiences of planning a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) in Australia using critical feminist theory

Keedle

Schmied

Burns

et al. 2019

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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“…The study used a feminist narrative inquiry (Oikkonen 2013) with face-to-face research conversations with women who had received ECT. The narrative approach, as suggested by Connelly and Clandinin (2006), enabled women's stories to be gathered in a way that honoured their different voices and the subjective nature of their experiences.…”

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I had no other option: Women, electroconvulsive therapy, and informed consent

Clarke

Barnes

Ross

2017

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a controversial procedure used in the management of depression. Whilst it may be administered under mental health legislation, it is usually given to people who voluntarily consent. At the practice level, the consent process for ECT requires a detailed explanation of the procedure. The person consenting must have capacity to make this decision, and consent must be given freely and without coercion. Research using a feminist narrative approach unexpectedly highlighted the issue of potential coercion in the context of explaining the procedure. In-depth interviews were used to understand seven women's accounts of deciding to receive ECT. A thematic analysis of their narratives uncovered a shared concern with how they consented to the treatment. Four subthemes were identified that related to the way in which they provided their consent: (i) 'Not enough information'; (ii) 'I had no other choice'; (iii) 'Just go along with it'; and (iv) 'Lacking capacity'. A consent process that includes elements of passive coercion and a lack of timely and appropriate information influences the way some women make decisions. These factors can disempower women at the point of decision-making. A practice shift is needed where women are enabled to have control over decisions. Further, there is a need to adhere more rigorously to noncoercive practice when obtaining consent.

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“…From Kavoori (2015), Lange (2008), and Vonderau (2016) I gained a deeper understanding of YouTube as a digital platform, pairing nicely with Couldry (2008), who explained that digital narratives (that is, narratives in a digital form) have patterns and logics consistent with the digital platform they are upon, which suggests that these videos should exhibit some commonalities. This leads into Gubrium and Holstein (1995;1998), who identify multiple common components to narratives, which are supported by Nayar (2016), Oikkonen (2013), andO'Riordan's (2011) understanding of genetic testing offering distinct opportunities for narrative construction, thus bridging the path from the Reveal genre into the genre of the Reveal as part of a larger narrative.…”

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Witnessing the Genetic Self: How Non-Specialists use Reveal Videos to Approach Genetics and Race Through Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Ancestry Testing

Berry¹

2023

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This paper investigates the interpretation and expression at work when those without a higher education in genetics take a direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic ancestry test (i.e. AncestryDNA) and then communicate this experience through online video on YouTube, most commonly through the Reveal genre of videos. Through non-random quota sampling a diverse corpus for analysis was created and then analyzed through the lenses of critical race theory, intersectionality, and María Lugones’s concepts of transparency and thickness, with focusing guidance from Gubium and Holstein’s narrative components to uncover how the test-takers approached genetics and race. The variations in how individuals approach their DTC genetic ancestry test results and communicate them through the videos, touching on topics such as race, family, self-identity, and stories, were discovered to work well alongside Roth and Ivemark’s recently presented genetic options theory.

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Narrative analysis as a feminist method: The case of genetic ancestry tests

Cited by 12 publications

References 26 publications

A narrative analysis of women's experiences of planning a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) in Australia using critical feminist theory

A narrative analysis of women's experiences of planning a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) in Australia using critical feminist theory

I had no other option: Women, electroconvulsive therapy, and informed consent

Witnessing the Genetic Self: How Non-Specialists use Reveal Videos to Approach Genetics and Race Through Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Ancestry Testing

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