Living with Stigma: Depressed Elderly Persons’ Experiences of Physical Health Problems by Anne Lise Holm, Anne Lyberg, Elisabeth Severinsson

“…The aim of this paper is to deepen the understanding of depressed elderly persons’ lived experiences of physical health problems. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 depressed elderly persons who suffer from physical health problems. …”
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The Harmonic Walk: An Interactive Physical Environment to Learn Tonal Melody Accompaniment by Marcella Mandanici, Antonio Rodà, Sergio Canazza

“…The Harmonic Walk, through the body movement in space, can provide all these users a live experience of tonal melody structure, chords progressions, melody accompaniment, and improvisation. …”
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Addressing stigma and discrimination towards school re-entry of teenage mothers in Ghana by Anthony Kwame Morgan, Prisca Ama Anima, Bernice Wadei, Daniel Katey

“…Through a thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 55 teenage mothers, 18 teachers, and 10 school management committee members, we identified three key themes: lived experiences, assessment of interventions, and strategies for creating an inclusive school environment. …”
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Experiences and Impact of Stigma and Discrimination among People on Antiretroviral Therapy in Dar es Salaam: A Qualitative Perspective by Maisara Mhode, Tumaini Nyamhanga

“…A phenomenological approach was used to gather information on the lived experiences of stigma and discrimination. The sample size was determined according to the saturation principle. …”
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Un/Seeing Campus Carry: Experiencing Gun Culture in Texas by Benita Heiskanen

“…The article dem­onstrates a tension between seeing and unseeing—remembering and forgetting—the armed campus space and the range of visual metaphors through which firearms are discussed without ever exhibiting the actual, physical object of a gun. The focus on lived experiences that explicate the ramifications of the Campus Carry legislation in Texas contributes an important case for broader analysis of U.S. gun politics and senses of security and insecurity within educational establishments.…”
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Gender-based violence committed by women against men in the Kingdom of Eswatini by Phumuzani Mpofu, Lungile Goodness Mamba

“…Using a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews, the research aimed to understand the lived experiences of these men, alongside insights from individuals knowledgeable about the issue. …”
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“A glass half full” or “a breastless dwarf”: Metaphorical talk in women’s accounts of Turner syndrome by Kamila Ciepiela

“… This paper examines body-related metaphors used by Polish women to describe lived experiences associated with Turner syndrome (TS), and highlights the contribution this form of analysis can make to the study of health, emotional well-being, and social identity. …”
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Frontline mobilisation as border thinking: redefining just transitions through decolonial praxis and community organising by Cleovi C. Mosuela

“…My contribution is twofold: first, to allow reflexivity and to acknowledge that I share some sense of the lived experiences with the people I speak with in my research, I have approached our encounter through pakikipagkapwa, a Filipino indigenous concept that evokes concepts of communal support, solidarity and equality. …”
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Barriers to and impacts of hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs in Kenya: A qualitative study. by Hannah N Manley, Lindsey R Riback, Mercy Nyakowa, Matthew J Akiyama, Peter Cherutich, John Lizcano, Ann Kurth, Abbe Muller

“…Understanding the lived experiences of PWID in these settings who have undergone treatment provides the opportunity to gain insight into how to implement treatment programs that meet the needs of this population. …”
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The impact of virtual exchange on East–West social relations: lessons from a China-Portugal foreign language exchange by Rienties Bart, Rets Irina

“…The study compared the perceived development of technological and foreign language skills between the two groups of students, the extent to which their reported lived experiences in VE were positive for all students, as well as looked at the kind of relations the students developed with each other over the length of the exchange. …”
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Acculturation of International Single Students of Higher Education in the Philippines: A Phenomenological Study by Godwin Kato, Istiarti Berci Sarempaa, Naw Ei Phyu Sin Lay, Prema Gaikwad

“…This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of international acculturated single students of higher education in Philippine international schools. …”
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Expert advice from ResearchMatch volunteers: Recruitment Innovation Center use cases and innovation by Maeve Tischbein, Sarah K. Cook, Cathy Shyr, Katelyn Benhoff, Amna Baig, Kaysi Quarles, Leslie R. Boone, Loretta M. Byrne, Mariela Rodriguez, Terri Edwards, Consuelo H. Wilkins, Paul A. Harris

“…To address this need, we developed an innovative mechanism called the “ResearchMatch Expert Advice Tool” that quickly obtains volunteer perspectives from populations with specific health conditions or lived experiences using the national recruitment registry, ResearchMatch. …”
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Analysing Informal Governance Arrangements in Small-Scale Fisheries: A Case Study of Norton, Zimbabwe by Tawanda Jimu, Samantha Williams, Manfred Spocter

“…This study used an Interactive Governance Approach to analyse the governance of the Norton SSF and their lived experiences. A total of 113 respondents were sampled using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. …”
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Towards more effective leadership communication by Lucrezea de Lange, Dalmé Mulder

“…Thereafter, a phenomenological study was undertaken among communication professionals exposed to leadership communication to explore their lived experiences of the phenomenon. The data from the phenomenological study were used to enhance the conceptual analysis. …”
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A framework to support the development of empathetic games by Vinicius Ferreira Galvão, Cristiano Maciel, Eunice Pereira dos Santos Nunes, Kamila Rios da Hora Rodrigues

“…These games diverge from the conventional pursuit of entertainment only, opting instead to immerse players in the lived experiences of others and confront the challenges encountered in their daily lives. …”
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Emotional Experiences of Mental Health First Aid Trainees: A Qualitative Study by Alexander E. Chan, Emma T. Kniola, Raya Francis

“…Personal and professional experiences with mental health or substance use disorders were identified as motivators for taking the training. Participants’ lived experiences when applying MHFA knowledge are key elements to consider. …”
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Liberating the open and distance learning model from the chains of oppressive education theories by Mackenzie Ishmael Chibambo, Joseph Jinja Divala, Aggripa Chingombe

“…Methodologically, this study utilized a qualitative research design using critical hermeneutics, along with discourse analyses, observations, and lived experiences. Critical hermeneutics was chosen for its ability to reveal power relations and ideologies that perpetuate hegemony, domination, exploitation, and control over powerless individuals.…”
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Putting the broken pieces of life together, Baloch family caregivers’ confrontation with schizophrenia: a phenomenological study by Nastaran Heydarikhayat, Fatemeh Darban, Jamileh Farokhzadian

“…This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of family caregivers who are caring for a family member with schizophrenia within the Baloch ethnicity. …”
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Disruptively regional: How women in Regional, Rural and Remote communities ‘imagine’ with and through digital and social media by Tara BRABAZON, Jacqueline EWART

“…The objective of this article probes how women leaders in the media industries deploy their lived experiences to re/shape, reimagine and sustain regional, rural and remote life through digitizing community leadership. …”
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Game-Based Learning: Alternative Approaches to Teaching and Learning Strategies in Health Sciences Education by Zijing Hu

“…This study aimed to explore acupuncture students’ lived experiences with game-based learning at an identified South African university. …”
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