Gadamerian Hermeneutics with Intersectionality as an Analytical Lens

Haghiri-Vijeh, Roya; McDonald, Carol

doi:10.11575/jah.v2022i2022.74902

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“…One form of migration is immigration to a new country, and another form of migration is the gender transition process. These intertwined experiences of migration that was felt by other trans and nonbinary participants are discussed in detail in our other publications (Haghiri-Vijeh, 2022;Haghiri-Vijeh & McDonald, 2022).…”

Section: "I Never Went Back": Experiences Of Stigma As Exclusionarymentioning

confidence: 70%

“…We applied intersectionality as an analytic lens to uncover structural conditions, and cultural practices in which power functions to privilege and/or disadvantage social groups based on multiple identity categories lived by LGBTQI+ migrants. Using GH and intersectionality, we aimed to understand the factors that shaped health and social care encounters to support and promote mental health and to produce knowledge for social change (Haghiri-Vijeh & McDonald, 2022).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We used GH to understand how participants were making sense and meaning of their experiences based on cultural, social and historical contexts (Tuohy et al, 2013). Interpretations and dialogical engagement started during the interview and additional questions were asked to further deepen understanding of contextual experiences of LGBTQI+ migrants (Haghiri-Vijeh & McDonald, 2022). Interviews were re-read multiple times to 'look' for the said and not said.…”

Section: Data Collection and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first author, highlighted, made notes on each interview and used a journal to reinterpret participant's experiences (Moules & Taylor, 2021). Transcriptions were then re-read to note keywords, phrases, and experiences that arose for participants and how systems of power contextualized their positionality (Haghiri-Vijeh & McDonald, 2022;Moules & Taylor, 2021). Following this, themes were reviewed and discussed with the second author to strengthen the interpretive analysis and key intersecting constructs related to health and social care practices.…”

Section: Data Collection and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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“If You Can Just Break the Stigma Around It”: LGBTQI+ Migrants’ Experiences of Stigma and Mental Health

Haghiri-Vijeh

Clark

2022

Qual Health Res

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Migrants, that is people who experience forced displacement or move based on being lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+), experience increased trauma and stigma when compared to heterosexual and cisgender people. The aim of this paper is to highlight LGBTQI+ migrants’ experiences of health and social care encounters in Canada. Gadamerian hermeneutics and an intersectionality lens was used to understand LGBTQI+ migrants’ experiences. A total of 16 semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with LGBTQI+ migrants. Themes of stigma and discrimination were identified as (1) “I never went back”: Stigma as an exclusionary experience, (2) “Is [your country of birth] really that bad”: Fear, safety, and cultural stigma, and (3) “The circle … is not going to fix my life”: LGBTQI+ migrants’ call for affirming care. Results suggest that health and social care practices are stigmatizing and discriminatory which negatively impacts LGBTQI+ migrant mental health. Salient practices for promoting mental health included affirming LGBTQI+ identities and orientations through health and social care practices that are culturally safe as well as trauma and violence informed.

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Section: "I Never Went Back": Experiences Of Stigma As Exclusionarymentioning

confidence: 70%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Data Collection and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Data Collection and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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“If You Can Just Break the Stigma Around It”: LGBTQI+ Migrants’ Experiences of Stigma and Mental Health

Haghiri-Vijeh

Clark

2022

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“…Dialogue and language are not neutral, and the process of understanding has prejudice and pre understanding. 19 This discussion of prejudices is aligned with intersectionality as an analytical lens because researchers may use preunderstandings to deepen current understanding rather than attempting to be passive to their past experiences. 20 To ensure that the participants' experiences were validated, the pseudonyms and pronouns were selected by the participants themselves.…”

Section: Data Collection and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiences of LGBTQIA+ migrants with nurses and other healthcare professionals in Canada

Haghiri-Vijeh

2022

Nursing Forum

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Background:LGBTQIA+ migrants may have experienced discrimination and victimization related to ethnicity, culture, and race over the course of their migration journey, as well as in relation to their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. Despite the work of some nurses in education, practice, policy, and research, there is a scarcity of literature investigating the experiences of LGBTQIA+ migrants with nurses and healthcare professionals in Canada. Methods: By utilizing Gadamerian hermeneutics research methodology with intersectional analysis, this study draws on 16 semi-structured individual interviews with LGBTQIA+ migrants who received care from nurses and other healthcare professionals (NHCPs) in Canada. Results: Two overarching areas of intersecting experiences were identified: (a) challenges and (b) supports. Four interwoven interpretations emerged from experiences of challenges: (a) unwanted visibility, (b) hearing a dead name and being misgendered, (c) cultural stigma, and (d) being asked intrusive hetero-cis-normative questions. Supportive experiences were evident when NHCPs accepted the unique needs of LGBTQIA+ migrants and acted as advocates.Conclusions: Nursing interactions should not be traumatic for LGBTQIA+ migrants, but rather should be encounters where care providers ask relevant nonhetero-cisnormative questions, offer inclusive safe sex education for people's diverse identities, avoid dead naming and misgendering, and provide supportive and affirming care. To support the provision of safe care and mitigate trauma, systemic changes in nursing practice must include the experiences of LGBTQIA+ migrants.

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