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South Asian Women (south + asian_woman)
Selected AbstractsHealth Promotion and Participatory Action Research with South Asian WomenJOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP, Issue 1 2002U.K. Choudhry Purpose: To examine South Asian immigrant women's health promotion issues and to facilitate the creation of emancipatory knowledge and self-understanding regarding health-promoting practices; to promote health education and mobilization for culturally relevant action. Method: The study was based on critical social theory; the research model was participatory action research (PAR). Two groups of South Asian women (women from India and of Indian origin) who had immigrated to Canada participated in the project. The qualitative data were generated through focus groups. Reflexive and dialectical critique were used as methods of analyzing qualitative data. The data were interpreted through reiterative process, and dominant themes were identified. Findings: Three themes that were extracted from the data were: (a) the importance of maintaining culture and tradition, (b) placing family needs before self, and (c) surviving by being strong. An issue for action was the risk of intergenerational conflicts leading to alienation of family members. Over a period of 3 years, the following action plans were carried out: (a) workshops for parents and children, (b) sharing of project findings with the community, and (c) a presentation at an annual public health conference. Conclusions and Implications: The project activities empowered participants to create and share knowledge, which was then applied toward action for change. Health and health promotion were viewed as functions of the women's relationships to the world around them. [source] Dreams, Questions and Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain , By A. WilsonTHE BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, Issue 2 2007Aisha Gill No abstract is available for this article. [source] Screening tools for depressed mood after childbirth in UK-based South Asian women: a systematic reviewJOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, Issue 6 2007Soo M. Downe Abstract Aim., This paper is a report of a systematic review to answer the question: what is the relevance, acceptability, validity and effectiveness of tools designed to screen for postnatal depressed mood for South Asian women living in the UK? Background., Standard methods to screen women for postnatal depressed mood were developed with Caucasian populations. This study reviews postnatal screening tools adapted or developed for United Kingdom-based South Asian women. Method., A structured systematic review of English language studies initially was completed between 1980 and May 2003, and later updated to January 2005. The review was based on an a priori search strategy with inclusion and exclusion criteria and analysis included a quality assessment tool. Findings were tabulated against criteria for acceptability and effectiveness of diagnostic tools. Results., Seven papers were included in the review. None addressed all preset quality criteria. Four papers among them reported on translations of two existing tools (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and General Household Questionnaire). Two new tools were reported between the remaining three papers (Punjabi Postnatal Depression Scale and ,Doop Chaon'©). Doop Chaon is a visual tool. The other tools used either Bengali or Punjabi, based on written scales. The General Household Questionnaire did not appear to be appropriate for this population. None of the studies were rigorous enough to demonstrate generalizable sensitivity or specificity. Qualitative data indicated that women preferred face-to-face interviews to self-complete questionnaires. Conclusions., None of the tools are currently sufficiently evaluated for clinical practice. Questions are raised specifically about use of language-based tools to measure postnatal depressed mood in this population and about the extent to which focused interviews could be used as an alternative for specific sub-sections of population groups. [source] Health Promotion and Participatory Action Research with South Asian WomenJOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP, Issue 1 2002U.K. Choudhry Purpose: To examine South Asian immigrant women's health promotion issues and to facilitate the creation of emancipatory knowledge and self-understanding regarding health-promoting practices; to promote health education and mobilization for culturally relevant action. Method: The study was based on critical social theory; the research model was participatory action research (PAR). Two groups of South Asian women (women from India and of Indian origin) who had immigrated to Canada participated in the project. The qualitative data were generated through focus groups. Reflexive and dialectical critique were used as methods of analyzing qualitative data. The data were interpreted through reiterative process, and dominant themes were identified. Findings: Three themes that were extracted from the data were: (a) the importance of maintaining culture and tradition, (b) placing family needs before self, and (c) surviving by being strong. An issue for action was the risk of intergenerational conflicts leading to alienation of family members. Over a period of 3 years, the following action plans were carried out: (a) workshops for parents and children, (b) sharing of project findings with the community, and (c) a presentation at an annual public health conference. Conclusions and Implications: The project activities empowered participants to create and share knowledge, which was then applied toward action for change. Health and health promotion were viewed as functions of the women's relationships to the world around them. [source] Exploring the barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in black and minority ethnic groups and young mothers in the UKMATERNAL & CHILD NUTRITION, Issue 3 2008Jenny Ingram Abstract UK health policy for many years has been to increase rates of breastfeeding because of the health benefits conferred on mothers and babies. World Health Organization recommends that babies should be breastfed exclusively for 6 months (without water or other fluids) and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence promotes the provision of peer supporters or breastfeeding support groups to increase breastfeeding rates. This study aimed to explore the barriers to exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months with black and minority ethnic groups and with young mothers, and the strategies for overcoming these barriers, including peer support. Twenty-two mothers from Somali, Afro-Caribbean and South Asian communities or young mothers groups attended five focus groups. Transcripts were analysed using thematic and framework methods. There was enthusiasm for breastfeeding support groups, but with a wider remit to discuss other baby-related issues and provide general social support as well as support for breastfeeding. The Somali and South Asian women preferred the groups to be for their ethnic group, Afro-Caribbean women were keen that they should be open to all cultures and young mothers would like groups for their peers only. Encouraging mothers to breastfeed exclusively to 6 months should be promoted more and emphasized by health professionals when supporting women post-natally, and good support with breastfeeding management should be given to enable mothers to achieve this goal. Breastfeeding support groups may play a part in increasing breastfeeding continuation of breastfeeding, but for the groups studied this was not the greatest influence, with families and older women in the community having more influence in changing practice. [source] Patients as teachers: a new approach to patient involvementMUSCULOSKELETAL CARE, Issue 2 2005BSc(Hons), Jill Firth RGN Abstract Patients as Teachers is an approach to patient involvement which involves bringing together a key sub-group for a speciality with a facilitator to focus on particular aspects of the service. This approach was used by the rheumatology team in Bradford to elicit feedback from South Asian women for whom English is not the first language. The focus groups generated constructive feedback about issues relating to, the hospital environment, information giving and service provision. This was fed back to clinicians at an educational meeting attended by lay representatives, and agreed actions were determined. Progress made on the recommendations was evaluated at six months. Copyright © 2005 Whurr Publishers Ltd. [source] Brown Girls, White Worlds: Adolescence and the Making of Racialized Selves,CANADIAN REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY/REVUE CANADIENNE DE SOCIOLOGIE, Issue 2 2006MYTHILI RAJIVA Jusquà récemment, les recherches sur les femmes venant de l'Asie du Sud portaient presque entièrement sur les immigrantes de première génération; cependant, les chercheurs commencent à explorer les différences qui existent entre les immigrantes de premiére et celles de deuxiéme génération. Ce qui reste peu clair, c'est comment l'âge, en tant que relation de puissance, se manifeste dans le contexte d'une diaspora. Par exemple, quel est l'apport de l'expérience occidentale de l'adolescence dans le processus identitaire ? l'auteure s'appuie sur le concept de Twine appeléévénement frontalier, qui s'adresse spéci-fiquement à l'expérience de racialisation de l'adolescente. Elle se penche également sur la culture des pairs et enfin sur les families et les com-munautés particulières pour évaluer comment celles-ci réussissent à convaincre les jeunes filles de deuxième génération de leur exclusion permanente de la normalité. Until recently, research on South Asian women has focussed almost exclusively on the immigrant experience; however, scholars have now begun to explore the differences between immigrant and second-generation identities. What remains unclear is how age, as a relation of power, asserts itself in diasporic contexts. For instance, how is modern Western adolescence a key period of racialized identity development? Building on Twine's concept of the "boundary event," I analyse second-generation South Asian girls' stories of difference making during adolescence, examining the work done by peer culture, friends and even family/community to remind girls of their racial and cultural difference. [source] Dermatological signs in South Asian women induced by sari and petticoat drawstringsCLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, Issue 5 2010S. B. Verma Summary The sari, the elegant garment worn by Indian and many South Asian women, is associated with many cutaneous signs. With millions of South Asians settled all over the world, it is important for clinicians to be aware of the cutaneous associations of wearing a sari that is tied tightly around the waist with a drawstring. Lichenified linear hyperpigmented grooves, vitiligo, postinflammatory depigmentation, lichen planus and superficial cutaneous infections are some of the conditions seen in women wearing this garment. This review is one of the very few detailed reports of this widely worn garment and its dermatological associations. [source] | |||||||||||||