Living in the epilepsy treatment gap in rural South India: A focused ethnography of women and problems associated with stigma
| Autor: | Arlene W. Keeling, Jane R. von Gaudecker, Ann Gill Taylor, Janice M. Buelow, Sailas Benjamin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Social stigma media_common.quotation_subject Social Stigma Stigma (botany) Shame India Participant observation Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) medicine Humans Family 030212 general & internal medicine Social isolation Psychiatry Spouses Anthropology Cultural Qualitative Research media_common Epilepsy business.industry Middle Aged Social Isolation Socioeconomic Factors General Health Professions Quality of Life Female Thematic analysis medicine.symptom business Delivery of Health Care 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Health care for women international. 38(7) |
| ISSN: | 1096-4665 |
| Popis: | In India, women with epilepsy face unique challenges. A focused ethnography of six women within the epilepsy treatment gap was conducted in rural South India. Women were asked to describe their day-to-day lives. Data were collected through open-ended, semistructured interview questions, participant observation, and field notes. Thematic analysis was done. The disease-related stigma contributed to the women's physical, psychological, and emotional struggles; the women and their family members made every effort to conceal the disease. Educational interventions to create awareness could help women seek effective treatments for their seizures, thereby reducing the stigma and improving the quality of their lives. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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