Studies on the workplace protection of social workers indicate that this group is at high risk being subjected to client violence during their careers. In article, we report qualitative phase a larger study investigating among South African workers. The objective was explore workers’ experiences violence. We used purposively selected sample identify participants for semi-structured interviews. ...

Loneliness in adolescents is related to common mental health issues, and as a major global concern it important investigate loneliness from their own perspectives. The aim of this study was explore how experience describe negative positive sides loneliness. Data collected through interviews with fifteen young Swedish-speaking Finns. Two main themes seven subthemes were found. Negative experienc...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To investigate the lived experience of prostate cancer from a patient perspective. RESEARCH APPROACH Descriptive, qualitative. SETTING Community setting. PARTICIPANTS 10 men with prostate cancer aged 62-70 years. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH A hermeneutic phenomenologic method using semistructured, open-ended questions addressing the lived experience. DATA SYNTHESIS Phenom...

In this paper we report findings of the first phase of an investigation, which explored the experience of learning amongst high-level managers, project leaders and visitors in Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) “Cube”. “The Cube” is a giant, interactive, multi-media display; an award-winning configuration that hosts several interactive projects. The research team worked with three grou...

OBJECTIVE To describe the lived experiences of people subject to community treatment orders (CTOs) and their carers. METHOD We recruited 11 participants (five mental health consumers and six carers) through consumer and carer networks in NSW, Australia, to take part in interviews about their experiences. We analysed the interview data set using established qualitative methodologies. RESULTS...