The power of storytelling: Using narrative in the healthcare context

Gray, Jennifer B.

doi:10.1179/cih.2009.2.3.258

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“…This study provided mental health students with access to a range of first-person media narratives recounting aspects of a person's lived dementia experience. Narrative communication allows service users and health professionals to understand and constitute illness experiences (Gray, 2009). This reflects Bruner's (1991) view of narratives representing individuals' personal and collaborative construction of reality.…”

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Developing awareness and understanding amongst mental health nursing students of the lived experience of dementia with the aid of selected first-person media resources

Morris

2014

Journal of Research in Nursing

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This study examines the influence that first-person media products (film, television, internet, books and newspapers) have upon promoting empathic understanding of the dementia experience amongst mental health nursing students. A designated mental health nursing learning group (n¼36) was provided with a series of media products where personal dementia narratives were expressed. A grounded theory approach was used with focus group interviews conducted following each of the five designated media activities. This generated a variety of themes and concepts which were analysed in conjunction with responses from a subsequently distributed questionnaire and module evaluation. The first-person narratives were viewed as having a strong emotive impact upon students as well as promoting a broader understanding of how dementia impacts upon a person's day-to-day life and the experience of family and carers. This facilitated the reframing of behaviours commonly considered 'challenging' with more of a person's internal experience being recognised. A common concern, despite the stated value of these resources regarded the potential in becoming overwhelmed by informational and emotional content. This study highlighted the need for facilitators to carefully select first-person products with consideration shown to the expressiveness of narrators and the range and type of experience recounted. It also indicated the importance of adequately preparing students for what they were accessing and subsequently assisting them in processing the lived dementia experience. Whilst only accessing a small sample of narratives, all students expressed feeling better prepared for practice and having a more questioning and reflective approach towards the internal experience of those they were engaged with. This approach has much to offer Downloaded from from an attitudinal perspective and could form the base for training packages involved with dementia learning, especially given the current drive towards person-centred, compassionate and 'caring' practice. Further study in this area is required.

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Developing awareness and understanding amongst mental health nursing students of the lived experience of dementia with the aid of selected first-person media resources

Morris

2014

Journal of Research in Nursing

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“…Researchers who frame their scholarship in an interpretive narrative approach see people as storytelling beings and stories themselves as a mechanism by which people communicate a self that is becoming and incomplete, as opposed to a self that is fixed (Bamberg and Georgakopoulou 2008;Koenig Kellas 2018). Thus, there is power in the performance of narrative and implications for how people create, repair, or destroy their sense of selves (Nelson 2001) particularly in the healthcare context (Gray 2009). Given the importance and potential of narrative in identity construction and the importance of those identities in making sense of health behaviour, we pose the following question: What types of identities do people who have HL and consistently use HAs construct in their stories about diagnosis and treatment?…”

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Narratives of identity: understanding the experiences of adults with hearing loss who use hearing aids

Barker

Scharp

Long

et al. 2019

International Journal of Audiology

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Objective: We aimed to determine the identities that adults with hearing loss construct when telling stories about their experiences with hearing loss and hearing aids. Determining and understanding these identities is important because research shows that who a person believes themselves to be has implications for how they approach their healthcare, along with their emotional and physical wellbeing. Design: We employed a qualitative narrative approach. We then used thematic narrative analysis to identify emergent identities across stories gathered from hearing aid users. These themes allowed us to assign emergent identities to the hearing-aid users. Study Sample: Thirty adults with hearing loss who reported using their hearing aids during all waking hours. Results: Five identities emerged from the hearing-aid users' narratives: (1) the satisfied user, (2) the overcomer, (3) the dispassionate user, (4) the frustrated and resigned user, and (5) the griever. Conclusion: These findings are a first step to improving theoretical and clinical insights into the perspectives and experiences of satisfied hearing-aid users following diagnosis of their hearing loss and their hearing aid fittings. Such insights could ultimately improve hearing healthcare providers' abilities to employ person-centered care while helping adults with hearing loss seek out, implement, and adhere to treatment. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Being that individuals represent and act upon the interests of organizations, it should be relatively easy to understand the actions of an organization using the same principles. Understanding the actions of individuals and organizations is a step towards building relationships (Gray, 2009). In all cases, the narratives themselves must be rational to be understood.…”

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Narrative In Police Communication: The Art Of Influence And Communication For The Modern Police Organization

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The power of storytelling: Using narrative in the healthcare context

Cited by 39 publications

References 36 publications

Developing awareness and understanding amongst mental health nursing students of the lived experience of dementia with the aid of selected first-person media resources

Developing awareness and understanding amongst mental health nursing students of the lived experience of dementia with the aid of selected first-person media resources

Narratives of identity: understanding the experiences of adults with hearing loss who use hearing aids

Narrative In Police Communication: The Art Of Influence And Communication For The Modern Police Organization

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