| 8441. |
- Samarasinghe, Kerstin, 1950-, et al.
(författare)
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Primary health care nurses' conceptions of involuntarily migrated families' health
- 2006
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Ingår i: International Nursing Review. - : Blackwell Publishing. - 0020-8132 .- 1466-7657. ; 53:4, s. 301-307
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Involuntary migration and adaptation to a new cultural environment is known to be a factor of psychological stress. Primary Health Care Nurses (PHCNs) frequently interact with refugee families as migrant health needs are mainly managed within Primary Health Care. Aim: To describe the health of the involuntary migrated family in transition as conceptualized by Swedish PHCNs. Method: Thirty-four PHCNs from two municipalities in Sweden were interviewed and phenomenographical contextual analysis was used in analysing the data. Findings: Four family profiles were created, each epitomizing the health characteristics of a migrated family in transition: (1) a mentally distressed family wedged in the asylum-seeking process, (2) an insecure family with immigrant status, (3) a family with internal instability and segregated from society, and (4) a stable and wellfunctioning family integrated in society. Contextual socio-environmental stressors such as living in uncertainty awaiting asylum, having unprocessed traumas, change of family roles, attitudes of the host country and social segregation within society were found to be detrimental to the well-being of the family. Conclusion: Acceptance and a clear place in society as well as clearly defined family roles are crucial in facilitating a healthy transition for refugee families. Primary Health Care Nursing can facilitate this by adopting a family system perspective in strengthening the identity of the families and reducing the effects of socio-environmental stressors.
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| 8442. |
- Samarasinghe, Kerstin, et al.
(författare)
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Primary Health Care Nurses' conceptions of involuntarily migrated families' health
- 2006
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Ingår i: International Nursing Review. - : Wiley. - 0020-8132 .- 1466-7657. ; 53:4, s. 301-307
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Involuntary migration and adaptation to a new cultural environment is known to be a factor of psychological stress. Primary Health Care Nurses (PHCNs) frequently interact with refugee families as migrant health needs are mainly managed within Primary Health Care. Aim: To describe the health of the involuntary migrated family in transition as conceptualized by Swedish PHCNs. Method: Thirty-four PHCNs from two municipalities in Sweden were interviewed and phenomenographical contextual analysis was used in analysing the data. Findings: Four family profiles were created, each epitomizing the health characteristics of a migrated family in transition: (1) a mentally distressed family wedged in the asylum-seeking process, (2) an insecure family with immigrant status, (3) a family with internal instability and segregated from society, and (4) a stable and well-functioning family integrated in society. Contextual socio-environmental stressors such as living in uncertainty awaiting asylum, having unprocessed traumas, change of family roles, attitudes of the host country and social segregation within society were found to be detrimental to the well-being of the family. Conclusion: Acceptance and a clear place in society as well as clearly defined family roles are crucial in facilitating a healthy transition for refugee families. Primary Health Care Nursing can facilitate this by adopting a family system perspective in strengthening the identity of the families and reducing the effects of socio-environmental stressors.
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| 8443. |
- Samarasinghe, Kerstin, et al.
(författare)
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Primary health care nurses' promotion of involuntary migrant families' health
- 2010
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Ingår i: International Nursing Review. - Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0020-8132 .- 1466-7657. ; 57:2, s. 224-231
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Involuntary migrant families in cultural transition face a number of challenges to their health and to family cohesion. Primary health care nurses (PHCNs) therefore play a vital role in the assessment and promotion of their health.Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the promotion of health in involuntary migrant families in cultural transition as conceptualized by Swedish PHCNs.Method: Interviews were conducted with 34 strategically chosen PHCNs covering the entire range of the primary health care sector in two municipalities of Southern Sweden. A contextual approach with reference to phenomenography was used in interpreting the data.Findings: There are three qualitatively different descriptive categories epitomizing the characteristics of the PHCNs' promotion of health: (1) an ethnocentric approach promoting physical health of the individual, (2) an empathic approach promoting mental health of the individual in a family context, and (3) a holistic approach empowering the family to function well in everyday life.Conclusions: For nurses to promote involuntary migrant families'health in cultural transition, they need to adopt a holistic approach. Such an approach demands that nurses cooperate with other health care professionals and community authorities, and practise family-focused nursing; it also demands skills in intercultural communication paired with cultural self-awareness in interacting with these families. Adequate knowledge regarding these skills should therefore be included in the education of nurses, both at under- and at post-graduate level. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 International Council of Nurses
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| 8444. |
- Samarasinghe, Kerstin, 1950-, et al.
(författare)
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Primary health care nurses' promotion of involuntary migrant families' health
- 2010
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Ingår i: International Nursing Review. - Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0020-8132 .- 1466-7657. ; 57:2, s. 224-231
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Involuntary migrant families in cultural transition face a number of challenges to their health and to family cohesion. Primary health care nurses (PHCNs) therefore play a vital role in the assessment and promotion of their health. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the promotion of health in involuntary migrant families in cultural transition as conceptualized by Swedish PHCNs. Method: Interviews were conducted with 34 strategically chosen PHCNs covering the entire range of the primary health care sector in two municipalities of Southern Sweden. A contextual approach with reference to phenomenography was used in interpreting the data. Findings: There are three qualitatively different descriptive categories epitomizing the characteristics of the PHCNs' promotion of health: (1) an ethnocentric approach promoting physical health of the individual, (2) an empathic approach promoting mental health of the individual in a family context, and (3) a holistic approach empowering the family to function well in everyday life. Conclusions: For nurses to promote involuntary migrant families'health in cultural transition, they need to adopt a holistic approach. Such an approach demands that nurses cooperate with other health care professionals and community authorities, and practise family-focused nursing; it also demands skills in intercultural communication paired with cultural self-awareness in interacting with these families. Adequate knowledge regarding these skills should therefore be included in the education of nurses, both at under- and at post-graduate level.
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| 8445. |
- Samarasinghe, Kerstin, et al.
(författare)
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The promotion of family wellness for refugee families in cultural transition : a phenomenographic study
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. - Toronto : Sciedu Press. - 1925-4040 .- 1925-4059. ; 2:4, s. 92-104
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To illustrate how nurses can promote family wellness and facilitate acculturation for involuntary migrant families as conceptualized by bilingual interpreters and cultural mediators with own past refugee experience. Due to the nature of involuntary migration and accompanying acculturation, refugee families face a complex transition, exposing them to vulnerability in cohesion and family function. Involuntary migrant health needs are largely managed within the Primary Health Care sector where Primary Health Care Nurses (PHCN) play an important role. Additionally, bilingual interpreters and cultural mediators with personal experience of being refugees and subsequent acculturation play a critical role in bridging the language and cultural gap between migrant families and PHCNs. Methods: The study is descriptive and explorative in design with a phenomenographic approach. Data was collected in Southern Sweden utilizing in-depth interviews with ten bilingual interpreters and cultural mediators originating from the Balkans, Kurdistan, Eritrea and Somalia. A contextual analysis with reference to phenomenography was used in interpreting the data material. Results: Three separate themes illustrated the meaning of family wellness: a sense of belonging to the new homeland, the maintenance of self-esteem and stable family interrelationships. The analysis demonstrated that the way ex-refugee bilingual interpreters and cultural mediators perceived of how to promote family wellness, fell into three qualitative different conceptions: (1) Promotion of family wellness is the responsibility of the family itself, manifested in its attitude in wanting to adjust to change, (2) Promotion of family wellness is the consideration of those outside the family and is marked by understanding and respectful attitudes, (3) Promotion of family wellness is a societal responsibility to which successful integration is a prerequisite. Conclusions: The promotion of health of involuntary migrant families in cultural transition is complex due to families, other members of the society and society at large all contributing to family wellness in the process of acculturation. For nurses to facilitate a healthy transition for involuntary migrant families, a holistic approach working with the entire family in a psychosocial way and cooperating with other health care professionals, community authorities and ethnic organizations maybe a future direction in encounters with involuntary migrant families with health problems. Adopting a family system approach will enable nurses to provide culturally and transition-competent quality care by enabling stabilizing interfamily relationships through supportive conversations about changes and its subsequent reactions and possible coping of the family as a unit. Further research in order to enhance health promotion would preferable take on a participatory approach.
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| 8446. |
- Samareh-Jahani, Mahsa, et al.
(författare)
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Low-Redundant Unsupervised Feature Selection based on Data Structure Learning and Feature Orthogonalization
- 2024
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Ingår i: Expert systems with applications. - Oxford : Elsevier. - 0957-4174 .- 1873-6793. ; 240
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An orthogonal representation of features can offer valuable insights into feature selection as it aims to find a representative subset of features in which all features can be accurately reconstructed by a set of features that are linearly independent, uncorrelated, and perpendicular to each other. In this paper, a novel feature selection method, called Low-Redundant Unsupervised Feature Selection based on Data Structure Learning and Feature Orthogonalization (LRDOR), is presented. In the first stage, the suggested LRDOR method makes use of the QR factorization over the whole set of features to find the orthogonal representation of the feature space. Then, LRDOR utilizes the directional distance based on the matrix factorization in order to determine the distance among the set of considered features and the orthogonal set obtained from the original features. Moreover, LRDOR simultaneously takes into account the local correlation of features and the data manifold as dual information into the feature selection process, which can lead to a low level of redundancy and maintain the geometric data structure when reducing the data dimension. In addition to providing a proficient iterative algorithm, the convergence analysis is also included to solve the objective function of LRDOR. The results of the experiments demonstrate that for clustering purposes, LRDOR works better than other related state-of-the-art unsupervised feature selection methods on ten real-world datasets. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd
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| 8447. |
- Samuel, Roy David, et al.
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Adaptation to change : a meta-model of adaptation in sport
- 2023
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Ingår i: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. - New York : Taylor & Francis. - 1612-197X .- 1557-251X. ; , s. 1-25
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to integrate several theoretical perspectives into a novel Meta-model of Adaption in Sport (MAS model) and (2) to support the MAS model with a narrative literature review on change-provoking events and related adaptation processes, factors involved, and outcomes. The MAS model is designed to account for two potential tracks of adaptation – fast and prolonged – that are situated along the continuum of adaptation experiences in sport. In each track, sport performers experience various types of sport-related events (i.e., acute events or change events) that are associated with specific sets of demands and perceptions related to self-efficacy beliefs and challenge-threat appraisal. Accordingly, the performer responds to these events by using the mechanisms which determine his/her adaptation process and outcomes. We present a narrative review of the literature related to both adaptation tracks that provide empirical support to the MAS model and conclude by offering reflections on the MAS model and its potential applications in sport psychology research and practice.
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| 8448. |
- Samuel, Roy D., et al.
(författare)
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Cultural transition forbprofessional development : case study of the Israeli men’s U18 national handball team migrated to Germany
- 2019
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Ingår i: Abstract book. ; , s. 104-104
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The globalisation of sport culture has led athletes to engage in short-term cultural transitions for professional development (e.g., Ryba, Haapanen, Mosek, & Ng, 2012). This case study describes the cultural transition of the Israeli men’s U18 national handball team to train and compete in Germany for a full competitive season, as part of a specialised Training Abroad Program (TAP). Qualitative and quantitative data were collected longitudinally as part of sport psychology services offered to the team. Data analysis was guided by an integrated career change and transition framework (ICCT; Samuel, Stambulova, & Ashkenazi, in press). The transition demands covered on-court (e.g., increased training load) and off-court (e.g., a foreign culture, residing at a hotel) issues. Players perceived this transition as significant and positive, although they varied in emotional responses due to differences in professional progress and feelings of loneliness. In response to selection for the TAP, most players relied on consulting with others. The transition barriers were also related to on-court (e.g., injuries) and off-court (e.g., cultural differences, difficulties in studying) issues. Players varied in their conscious decision to change (i.e., apply all necessary adjustments) and coping effectiveness. High athletic identity, external support, and coping strategies facilitated the transition coping and positive perception of the transition outcome. Players exhibited several transition pathways, as suggested by the ICCT. This is the first case study of a national team that migrated for such a long period for professional development purposes. Our findings illustrate the dynamics and multifaceted nature of the cultural transition.
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| 8449. |
- Samuel, Roy D., et al.
(författare)
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Cultural transition of the Israeli men’s U18 National handball team migrated to Germany : a case study
- 2020
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 23:4, s. 697-716
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This case study describes the cultural transition of the Israeli men’s U18 national handball team to train and compete in Germany for a competitive season. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected longitudinally as part of sport psychology services provided to the team. Data analysis was guided by an integrated career change and transition framework (ICCT). Results indicated that the transition demands covered on-court (e.g., increased training load) and off-court (e.g., residing at a hotel) issues. Players perceived this transition as significant and positive. In response to selection for this program, most players relied on consulting with others. The transition barriers were also related to on-court (e.g., injuries) and off-court (e.g., cultural differences) issues. Players varied in their conscious decision to change (i.e., apply all necessary adjustments) and coping effectiveness. Players exhibited several transition pathways, as suggested by the ICCT. Findings illustrate the dynamics and multifaceted nature of the cultural transition. © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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| 8450. |
- Samuelsson, Jim, et al.
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Modular, scriptable and automated analysis tools for high-throughput peptide mass fingerprinting
- 2004
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Ingår i: Bioinformatics. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 1367-4803 .- 1367-4811. ; 20:18, s. 3628-3635
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A set of new algorithms and software tools for automatic protein identification using peptide mass fingerprinting is presented. The software is automatic, fast and modular to suit different laboratory needs, and it can be operated either via a Java user interface or called from within scripts. The software modules do peak extraction, peak filtering and protein database matching, and communicate via XML. Individual modules can therefore easily be replaced with other software if desired, and all intermediate results are available to the user. The algorithms are designed to operate without human intervention and contain several novel approaches. The performance and capabilities of the software is illustrated on spectra from different mass spectrometer manufacturers, and the factors influencing successful identification are discussed and quantified.
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