A constructivist approach to HIV/AIDS education for women within the Maritime Provinces of Canada

Bulman, Donna

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“…While Nova Scotia still tends to be framed as a closed, peripheral place in terms of HIV/ AIDS diffusion (Bulman 2005) and understandings of Canada more generally (Tomblin 1995;Moreira 2012), men's personal narratives show that the epidemic permeates their lives in complex, sometimes unexpected ways. Their accounts reveal the relative silence over both gay men's sexualities and HIV/sexual health in the region, resulting potentially in both a lack of self-care tools and the internalization of anti-gay and anti-HIV stigma among men living there.…”

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“…The ecological account of place adopted here demonstrates the distinct risk contexts and health promotion challenges for gay men living in a smaller city‐region and challenges the more containerized conceptions of place often adopted within HIV/AIDS discourses. While Nova Scotia still tends to be framed as a closed, peripheral place in terms of HIV/AIDS diffusion (Bulman ) and understandings of Canada more generally (Tomblin ; Moreira ), men's personal narratives show that the epidemic permeates their lives in complex, sometimes unexpected ways. Their accounts reveal the relative silence over both gay men's sexualities and HIV/sexual health in the region, resulting potentially in both a lack of self‐care tools and the internalization of anti‐gay and anti‐HIV stigma among men living there.…”

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“…At first glance, the Halifax region fits some of the stereotypes employed in epidemiological studies of rural gay men and HIV/AIDS. At the national level, it sits within an Atlantic Canadian periphery described as resource‐dependent, gender‐normative, and organized around the kinship of heteronormative extended families and communities (Tomblin ; Bulman ; Moreira ). Locally, the mid‐sized service hub of Halifax is joined both politically and discursively with a 2,000 square mile (5,000 square kilometer) area known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).…”

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Placing HIV beyond the metropolis: Risks, mobilities, and health promotion among gay men in the Halifax, Nova Scotia region

Lewis

2015

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Research on HIV/AIDS among gay men in North America has departed from pure disease diffusion models to consider the social and environmental contexts where transmission may take place. Most of this work, however, focuses on large metropolitan areas and operationalizes the concept of place with only some degree of nuance. Large cities-and the bars, bathhouses, and gay villages within them-are often treated as containers of attributes that contribute to and concretize HIV risk. This article therefore seeks to apply a critical, ecological conception of place to understanding HIV risk, education, and prevention among gay men in the small city-region of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Using in-depth interviews with HIV/AIDS-related service providers and self-identified gay men, the study highlights four dynamics of HIV risk potentially affecting gay men in smaller cities and rural areas: (1) institutional ambivalence toward HIV education and messaging, (2) narrow conceptions of risk, (3) migrations into unfamiliar social and sexual environments, and (4) social and structural barriers to health service utilization. Keywords: HIV/AIDS, gay men, Nova Scotia, sexual health, health promotionSituer le VIH au-del a de la m etropole : les risques, les mobilit es, et la promotion de la sant e chez les hommes gais dans la r egion d'Halifax, NouvelleEcosseLes travaux de recherche men es sur le VIH/sida chez les hommes gais en Am erique du Nord ont rompu avec les mod eles limit es a la diffusion de la maladie afin de tenir compte davantage des contextes sociaux et environnementaux de transmissions possibles. Cependant, ce corpus scientifique est consacr e aux grandes r egions m etropolitaines et applique la notion de lieu de faS con peu nuanc ee. Les grandes villes, les bars, les saunas, et les villages gais qu'on y retrouve sont souvent d esign es comme des milieux caract eris es par les attributs qui favorisent et concr etisent le risque de transmission du VIH. S'appuyant sur une conception ecologique critique du lieu, cet article a pour objet de mettre en lumi ere le risque, les programmes d' education et la pr evention en mati ere de VIH chez les hommes gais a Halifax, NouvelleEcosse, une viller egion de petite taille. Au moyen d'entrevues r ealis ees aupr es de fournisseurs de services sp ecialis es dans le VIH/sida et aupr es d'hommes s' etant d eclar es gais, l' etude montre combien les dynamiques sociales et institutionnelles particuli eres ont une influence sur la faS con dont les gais de la r egion conS coivent et se pr eoccupent du risque de transmission du VIH. Leurs r ecits mettent en evidence l'ambivalence institutionnelle envers les programmes d' education et la communication de messages portant sur le VIH, les n egociations individuelles complexes entourant l'identit e sexuelle et l'acte sexuel proprement dit, et les obstacles a l'acc es aux services de sant e sexuelle. Il en ressort un agencement particulier de discours sur le VIH et des risques potentiels que courent les hommes gais dans les petites villes et les autres ...

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Lewis

2015

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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“…From the education field, constructivist learning theory draws on developmental theories of Piaget () and Kelly () and suggests that learners develop ways of understanding the world and making sense of new information by associating it with what they already know. What they already know has been constructed from life experiences and may differ from that taught in formal settings (Bulman, ). If new information cannot be assimilated into existing knowledge, the new information must be altered to fit, or the old way of thinking must be reconstructed to accommodate it (Lattuca, ; Ubbes, Black, & Ausherman, ).…”

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Imagined Anatomy and Other Lessons from Learner Verification Interviews with Mexican Immigrant Women

Hunter

Kelly

2012

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

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Objective To identify clearer, learner-preferred, educational approaches for aspects of cervical cancer education found to be difficult to understand for low literacy, Mexican, immigrant women. Setting Kansas City, Kansas; Garden City, Kansas; San Antonio, Texas. Participants Forty-five Mexican immigrant women in the United States for five years or less, ninth grade education or less, and predominantly Spanish speaking. Methods Interviews were conducted to evaluate preference and best comprehension among options for specific cervical cancer educational elements, including reproductive system terminology, the purpose of Pap tests and meaning of results, Human Papilloma Virus, and illustrations of anatomy and PAP procedure. Results We identified terminology, translation, content, and illustrations preferred by participants and areas of inadequate existing knowledge needed for comprehension of concepts being taught. Analogies, illustrations, and introduction of medical terms in conjunction with equivalent common Spanish terms were effective ways of building bridges from existing knowledge to new knowledge. Participants desired detailed information and shared new information with others Conclusion We learned the importance of assessing patients’ existing body knowledge. The detail desired by participants challenged common simplification approaches to teaching low literacy learners. Participant willingness to share information challenged ideas of cultural taboo. Results provide evidence for more effective delivery of women’s health education and call for further research on best approaches to teaching low literacy learners.

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“…In other words, individuals develop ways of understanding the world and making sense of new information by associating with what they already know. What learners already know has been constructed from life experiences and may differ from what is taught in formal settings (M. G. Brooks, 1984;Bulman, 2005). Aspects of constructivist thought in education include inquiry into and sensitivity to learners' previous experiences, appreciation for multiple perspectives, awareness of possible differences between learners' and instructors' goals, and the importance of embedding learning in social context (Ernest, 1995;Honebein, 1996;Jonassen, 1991Jonassen, , 1994Jonassen, Davidson, Collins, Campbell, & Haag, 1995).…”

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Applying Constructivism to Nursing Education in Cultural Competence

Hunter

2008

J Transcult Nurs

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A graduate course on culture, diversity, and cultural competence was developed based on constructivist learning theory and Campinha-Bacote's constructs of cultural awareness, knowledge, skill, and encounters. The epistemology, structure, assignments, and activities used in both online and classroom courses were highly effective and well received by the students. Student course evaluations and outcome assessments of students' cultural competence levels, as compared to precourse levels, provided supportive evidence that the course design produced intended outcomes. Course resources are shared, making them available for use by others in cultural competence education.

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A constructivist approach to HIV/AIDS education for women within the Maritime Provinces of Canada

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Placing HIV beyond the metropolis: Risks, mobilities, and health promotion among gay men in the Halifax, Nova Scotia region

Placing HIV beyond the metropolis: Risks, mobilities, and health promotion among gay men in the Halifax, Nova Scotia region

Imagined Anatomy and Other Lessons from Learner Verification Interviews with Mexican Immigrant Women

Applying Constructivism to Nursing Education in Cultural Competence

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