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- Björk Brämberg, Elisabeth, et al.
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Lack of individualized perspective: A qualitative study of diabetes care for immigrants in Sweden
- 2012
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Ingår i: Nursing & Health Sciences. - : Wiley. - 1441-0745 .- 1442-2018. ; 14:2, s. 244-249
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study describes the care provided by a diabetes nurse specialist, and the care needs expressed by people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and an immigrant background. Clinical encounters between a diabetes nurse specialist and 10 people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus were observed and analyzed by means of qualitative content analysis. One theme, the diabetes nurse specialist as the conductor of the visit, and four categories emerged from the findings, illustrating the power imbalance between the patients and the diabetes nurse specialist, as well as the lack of an individual perspective. Shifting from a medical perspective to one of openness towards the people's experiences provides a possibility for caregivers to empower patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus. The medical perspective seemed to steer the visit towards curative activities. Thus, technique-centered care should be developed by including individualized care.
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- Berg, Linda, et al.
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Students’ learning as the focus for shared involvement : an action research project
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this participatory action research project was to develop a didactic model for specialist nursing students' postgraduate degree projects within the second cycle of higher education. The specific focus was on nurturing shared involvement between universities and practice. A series of activities at five Swedish universities and their regional practice settings was performed and a number of data sources secured before proposing a model. Tensions and conflicting views during the process of change were identified. Meaningful academic learning was found as a major concern for students. The proposed didactic model is general and can be applied in various profession-oriented programmes.
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- Berg, Linda, 1961, et al.
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Tensions during a process of change - implementation of the Bologna educational reform in Swedish specialist nursing programmes
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. - : Sciedu Press. - 1925-4040 .- 1925-4059. ; 4:5, s. 64-72
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background/Objective: This study is an enquiry into the process of change during the implementation of the European educational reform, the Bologna process. The aim was to critically elaborate tensio ns during the process, focusing on the implementation of the degree project into Swedish specialist nursing programmes. Methods: Data were collected in a multi-centre participatory research project during the period August 2007 to January 2011, and consisted of memorandums kept by the project members and written vignettes from questionnaires answered by students. Eighteen faculty members from five universities, 69 male and 268 female students participated. The data were analysed according to a theoretical framework of thesis: the prevailing perspective, antithesis; a challenging perspective, and synthesis: an amalgamated perspective opening for constructive development. Main findings: The findings revealed conflicting views on research-based versus clinical development-based degree projects, and deductive versus inductive didactic development. The tensions consisted of lack of trust and confidence and were expressed as excluding and supercilious behaviour from the defenders of the traditional model. Conclusions: The implementation process, addressing conflicting views, resulted in a synthesized perspective between research and clinical development, paving the way for shared involvement between students, faculty members and clinicians in regard to the students’ degree projects.
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- Björk Brämberg, Elisabeth, et al.
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Communication through in-person interpreters : a qualitative study of home care providers' and social workers' views
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of Clinical Nursing. - : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. - 0962-1067 .- 1365-2702. ; 22:1-2, s. 159-167
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To describe the experiences of home care providers and social workers in communication, via in-person interpreters, with patients who do not share a common language, and to offer suggestions for practice based on this description. BACKGROUND: The use of interpreters is essential for successful communication to provide equal access to health care for patients not sharing a common language with care providers. Successful bilingual communication is probably even more complex within the home care services with its focus on medical treatment, care and daily support in relation to the more exclusive focus on medical treatment within hospital care. DESIGN: An explorative, qualitative, descriptive study. METHODS: Data were collected in seven focus group interviews. A total of 27 persons, working as registered nurses, assistant nurses and social workers in municipal home care, participated. The analysis was inspired by inductive content analysis. RESULTS: The results express a traditional view on interpretation where the in-person interpreter is supposed to act to a greater or lesser extent as an objective and neutral conduit or communicator of what is said. The interpreter is also expected to observe when medical terms and other concepts need to be explained, which thus exceeds the basic role as a communicator of what was said. CONCLUSIONS: This study emphasises the need to view the interpreter as an active and explicit party in a three-way communication. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Viewing the interpreter as an active and explicit party in a three-way communication and as an essential part of the care team might reduce the possible threat to patient confidentiality, and could contribute to solve the problem of interpreting the patient's non-verbal signs.
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- Björk Brämberg, Elisabeth, et al.
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Interpreters in Cross-Cultural Interviews: A Three-Way Coconstruction of Data
- 2013
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Ingår i: Qualitative Health Research. - : SAGE Publications. - 1049-7323 .- 1552-7557. ; 23:2, s. 241-247
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Our focus in this article is research interviews that involve two languages. We present an epistemological and methodological analysis of the meaning of qualitative interviewing with an interpreter. The results of the analysis show that such interviewing is not simply exchanging words between two languages, but means understanding, grasping the essential meanings of the spoken words, which requires an interpreter to bridge the different horizons of understanding. Consequently, a research interview including an interpreter means a three-way coconstruction of data. We suggest that interpreters be thoroughly introduced into the research process and research interview technique, that they take part in the preparations for the interview event, and evaluate the translation process with the researcher and informant after the interview.
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- Björk Brämberg, Elisabeth, et al.
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Patient participation : A qualitative study of immigrant women and their experiences
- 2010
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Ingår i: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. - : Informa Healthcare. - 1748-2623 .- 1748-2631. ; 5:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Patient participation in healthcare is a neglected area of interest in the rather extensive amount of research on immigrant so-called Selma patients in Swedish health care as well as worldwide. The aim is to explore the phenomenon ‘‘patient participation’’ in the context of the Swedish health care from the perspective of immigrants non-fluent in Swedish. A phenomenological lifeworld approach was chosen. Data were collected from patients within a municipal home care setting in Sweden. Eight women agreed to participate. In seven interviews, an interpreter was necessary for the translation of the interview. Five authorized interpreters were used. Data were analysed in accordance to a descriptive phenomenological method for caring research. The analysis led to an essence of the phenomenon with three constituents, ‘‘to experience participation,’’ ‘‘to refrain from participation,’’ and ‘‘to be deprived of participation.’’ Patient participation from the perspective of immigrant women means that patients are involved and active in their own health and caring processes. For these women, it is particularly important to have the opportunity to express themselves. Patient participation presupposes professional caregivers who act in a way that increases the patients’ opportunities to take part. A skilled interpreter is often necessary in order to enable the patient participation.
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- Björk Brämberg, Elisabeth, et al.
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Suggestions for strategies when communicating via in-person interpreters : A qualitative study on communication within home care services in Sweden.
- 2014
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Ingår i: Clinical Nursing Studies. - : Sciedu Press. - 2324-7940 .- 2324-7959. ; 2:3, s. 34-44
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to explore and suggest strategies for communicating via in-person interpreters, based on experiences of professional home care providers (i.e. nurses and nurse assistants) and social workers. Home care services with its multifaceted emphasis on physical, psychological, social aspects of care and focus on quality of life for the patients presents a challenge for successful interpreted communication as the communication have to cover a wide variety of topics. Previous studies have shown that non-medical issues tend to be less communicated about when using interpreters. The study has an interpretative design, and data were collected in seven focus groups interviews with registered nurses, assistant nurses and social workers in home care services. Data were analysed by means of inductive content analysis. The results reveal suggestions for strategies: making preparations for structure and transparency, creating a flowing conversation on multifaceted topics, forming an understanding of the patient’s voice and limiting the information content. This study concludes that the home care providers and social workers need to be prepared for communication via an interpreter about complex phenomena, that communicating information via an interpreter requires preparation prior to the meeting, as well as being an active part in the conversation. Infrequent use of professional interpreters could threaten the possibilities for care providers and social workers to communicate with linguistic diverse patients in an optimal way.
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- Björk Brämberg, Elisabeth, et al.
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To be an immigrant and a patient in Sweden : A study with an individualised perspective
- 2010
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Ingår i: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. - : Co-Action Publishing. - 1748-2623 .- 1748-2631. ; 5:3, s. 1-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim is to describe how experiences of being an immigrant can influencethe situation when becoming a patient in Swedish health care. A hermeneutic approach was used. Sixteen persons born in non-Nordic countries were interviewed. The data was analysed with an empirical hermeneutical method. The findings indicate that positive experiences (i.e., establishing oneself in a new home country) enhance the possibilities of taking part in caring situations and vice versa. Hence, there is a need for individually adapted care that takes one's whole life situation into consideration. Consequently, it is suggested that the concept, “cultural competence” merely serves the purpose of illuminating caregivers’ need for categorisation. It does not illuminate individual needs in a caring situation.
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