background: a few studies have addressed the impact of stoma on patients’ social life. this study aimed to understand the problems leading to social isolation of patients undergoing ostomy. methods: a conventional qualitative content analysis by unstructured interviews was conducted on 27 patients with intestinal or urinary diversion ostomy recruited from the iranian ostomy association (ioa) wi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of implementing a clinical decision aid called the CLEAR Toolkit that helps front-line health workers ask their patients about social determinants of health, refer to local support resources, and advocate for wider social change. DESIGN A mixed-methods study using quantitative (online self-completed questionnaires) and qualitative (in-depth interviews, focu...

BACKGROUND Social capital has been shown to be a valuable resource for improving health outcomes. However, it has received little attention in the prison setting. Dimensions of social capital in mainstream society are likely to function differently among inmates in prison. This study seeks to identify and understand social capital dimensions among incarcerated men living with hepatitis C. MET...

OBJECTIVE To explore physicians' awareness of and responses to type 2 diabetic patients' social and emotional difficulties. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews with 19 physicians. Interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS Three themes emerged: 1) physicians' awareness of patients' social and emotional difficulties: physi...

Abstract:Background: Despite high prevalence of mental problems among elderly migrants in The Netherlands, the use of psychosocial care services by this group is low. Scientific evidence points at the crucial role of social support for mental health and the use of psychosocial services. We therefore explored the role of social networks in the access to psychosocial care among elderly migrants i...

Abstract This article reports social workers’ attitudes and approaches to working with people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness (MEH) who self-neglect, whether these receive services, including safeguarding, differently from other populations. It draws on telephone interviews in 2020 twenty-two workers adults a range of statutory local authority National Health Service hospital roles...

the present study aims to examine how to create alternative methodology in social sciences by using qualitative approach of grounded theory and implementing focus group workshops and performing semi-structured interviews with expert professors in social science methodology. the method of the present research is qualitative approach of grounded theory; focus group workshops were held and semi-st...