1.The lived experiences of stay-in nurses and nursing aides in a private hospital in Quezon City during the coronavirus pandemic.
Helen Grace D. Manuel ; Angelica Janina M. De Guzman ; Sean Melnor P. Losbañ ; es ; Markell Daniel E. Padua ; Mary Bernadine C. Utana ; Mildred G. Glinoga
Health Sciences Journal 2022;11(1):74-82
INTRODUCTION:
The COVID-19 pandemic caused traumatic events among health care workers. They are the ones who are exposed to the virus as frontliners. The study aimed to explore the experiences and impact of the pandemic on the physical, psychological and emotional aspects of both nurses and nursing aides.
METHODS:
This was a qualitative interpretative phenomenological study, focused on describing the individual nurse’s and nursing aide’s lived experiences as stay-in personnel in a private hospital in Quezon City catering to COVID-19 patients. Participants were selected by purposive sampling. They were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire on how the pandemic affected their physical, psychological and emotional well-being. The qualitative data collected was coded and categorized according to themes that described their lived experiences.
RESULTS:
The three themes derived were: impact of a pandemic, strategies and coping, and psychological outcome for the three interview questions. Impact of a pandemic included isolation from the family (loneliness/sadness and lack of family interaction) and adequate preparation for a pandemic (preparation for COVID-19, pandemic restrictions, health protocol compliance). Strategies and coping included comfort and convenience (living conditions, independent living), adapting to new normal (coping mechanisms, strategies; exploration), and family safety. Psychological outcome included the emotional impact (fear, anxiety).
CONCLUSION
The nurses and nursing aides had both negative and positive experiences, with different outcomes depending on the participant. Most of the experiences were positive, thus the investigators concluded that a change in the participants’ current lives has led to a voluntary decision to be separated from their loved ones while still being happy and content because of the assurance that their families were safe at home.
2.A checklist for assessing gender responsiveness in TB control program in the community
Marita V. T. Reyes ; Lorna L. Jandoc ; Rebecca M. Ramos ; Helen A. de Guzman
Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development 2024;28(2):72-74
Unrecognized gender issues in TB prevention and management in the community and the resulting lack of mechanisms to address
these poses as barrier in the success of TB control. Results from two projects on gender responsiveness in TB prevention and
management in the community conducted in 2020-2023 contributed to the development of a checklist that can be used as guide to make
TB control measures gender-responsive. The checklist used the basic elements of a public health program as framework. This was
enhanced by measures to address gender issues which surfaced from KAPcommunity surveys on TB and Gender, in-depth interviews
of TB program implementers, and FGDs with women and men who had lived with TB, including their families.
Public Health
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Sexism