Internet access and empowerment

Masi, Christopher M.; Suárez-Balcázar, Yolanda; Cassey, Margaret Z; Kinney, Leah; Piotrowski, Z

doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20344.x

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“…The benefits of peer groups include sharing experiences ( 83 ), comparing one another in similar circumstances ( 84 ), and feeling less lonely ( 85 ). Information exchange ( 86 ), helping others and resulting mental health ( 87 ) all help empower patients.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Empowerment Needs of Women With Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study

Taleghani

Bahrami

Loripoor

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Background:Due to the increasing number of women suffering from breast cancer worldwide, promoting the empowerment of these patients is an important factor affecting their survival.Objectives:Few studies have investigated the empowerment needs of the breast cancer women, especially in Iran. Therefore, this study was performed to explain the empowerment needs of women with breast cancer in Iran.Patients and Methods:In this qualitative study, 19 women with breast cancer were interviewed regarding their empowerment needs using the individual open-ended and, in-depth interviews and then the qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis.Results:Three main categories of empowerment needs from the participants’ perspectives were as follows: 1- information: the initial empowerment plans (timely and comprehensive information, coordination and continuity of information, easy and full-time access to information), 2- beliefs: the approval of the empowerment plans for execution (actuality, trust and hope and new beliefs), and 3- skills: efficient execution of the empowerment plans (communication skills, expression the needs, emotions, questions and use of the internet).Conclusions:It seems that promoting the empowerment of women with breast cancer is essential. Factors found in this study and also in similar studies, in which empowerment needs are explained in-depth through the experiences of the patients, should be considered and used in the treatment, educational and counseling programs to promote the empowerment of women with breast cancer.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Empowerment Needs of Women With Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study

Taleghani

Bahrami

Loripoor

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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“…Telecentre users' reactions towards the improvement of their socioeconomic well-being (Masi et al, 2003).…”

Section: Perceived Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Perceived control refers to telecentre users' reaction towards the improvement of their socioeconomic well-being (Masi et al, 2003). The computer literacy course offered at the telecentre improved perceived control in various ways.…”

Section: Perceived Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Telecentre Components on the Psychological Empowerment of Underserved Community Members in the Western Cape, South Africa

Osman

Tanner

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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ICTs and ICT4Ds are powerful socio-economic enablers within developing countries and provide members of "underserved" communities within these countries with tools for selfempowerment and circumvention of inequalities. Telecentres provide public access to ICTs to meet the educational, social, psychological and economic needs of a community. However, few studies have focused on the influence that telecentres have on the psychological empowerment of members of "underserved" communities in which they are situated. This study addresses this gap by investigating the perceived influence of telecentre components on the psychological empowerment of "underserved" community members in Cape Town, South Africa. This study is interpretive and has been executed through the use of a qualitative case study. Deductive in nature, the research was guided by a conceptual model depicting constructs (intrapersonal factors, interactional factors and behavioural factors) related to the psychological empowerment of telecentre users. The research findings confirm that the various components of telecentres such as services, computer training and entrepreneurial support can positively influence and contribute to the perceived psychological empowerment of "underserved" community members. The findings could improve our understanding of the relevance of various components of telecentres towards leveraging psychological empowerment. In practice, emphasis could be placed on the implementation and elaboration of the most significant components of telecentres within "underserved" communities.

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“…Advocacy clearly works and can reduce technology intervention, but nurses and midwives are not outside the system. Empowerment can be measured at individual, organizational, and community levels, and is associated with the ability to make independent decisions and maintain individual autonomy (Masi et al, 2003). Manojlovich (2007) differentiated three available areas of empowerment for nursing: control over the content of our practice; the context(s) of practice; and competence.…”

Section: Technology Empowerment and Advocacymentioning

confidence: 99%

Radical nursing and the emergence of technique as healthcare technology

Barnard

2015

Nursing Philosophy

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The integration of technology in care is core business in nursing and this role requires that we must understand and use technology informed by evidence that goes much deeper and broader than actions and behaviours. We need to delve more deeply into its complexity because there is nothing minor or insignificant about technology as a major influence in healthcare outcomes and experiences. Evidence is needed that addresses technology and nursing from perspectives that examine the effects of technology, especially related to increasing demands for efficiency, the relationship of technology to nursing and caring, and a range of philosophical questions associated with empowering people in their healthcare choices. Specifically, there is a need to confront in practice the ways technique influences care. Technique is the creation of a kind of thinking that is necessary for contemporary healthcare technology to develop and be applied in an efficient and rational manner. Technique is not an entity or specific thing, but rather a way of thinking that seeks to shape and organize nursing activity, and manage efficiently individual difference(s) in care. It emphasizes predetermined causal relationships, conformity, and sameness of product, process, and thought. In response is needed a radical vision of nursing that attempts in a real sense to ensure we meet the needs of individuals and their community. Activism and advocacy are needed, and a willingness to create a certain detachment from the imperatives that technique demands. It is argued that our responsibility as nurses is to respond in practice to the errors, advantages, difficulties, and temptations of technology for the benefit of those who most need our assistance and care.

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Internet access and empowerment

Cited by 47 publications

References 14 publications

Empowerment Needs of Women With Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study

Empowerment Needs of Women With Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study

The Influence of Telecentre Components on the Psychological Empowerment of Underserved Community Members in the Western Cape, South Africa

Radical nursing and the emergence of technique as healthcare technology

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