Pranee Liamputtong
Biographic Data
| ID | 102241 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pranee Liamputtong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pranee |
| FAMILY NAME | Liamputtong |
| SIGNATURE | LIAMPUTTONG P |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0673-4497 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 87 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 612 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 78 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 9 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
“There was No Alternative Choice” – Australian Migrant Youth’s Abortion Decision-making and Experiences
Introduction Decision-making and experiences of accessing abortion are complex, shaped by myriad intersecting personal, relational, social and structural factors. While abortion is decriminalised in Australia, there is limited information on the experiences of immigrant groups. Migrant youth have lower sexual health knowledge and service uptake than mainstream Australian youth and may have higher rates of unplanned pregnancy and contend with prev…
Western Sydney Migrant and Refugee Youths’ Perspectives about Access and Use of Contraception in Australia: A Qualitative Study
Introduction Access to contraception is an essential component of sexual and reproductive health and rights, yet migrant and refugee youth face significant barriers in accessing contraceptive services. This study examines migrant and refugee youth’s knowledge, beliefs, and experiences regarding contraception access and utilization in Greater Western Sydney. Methods A phenomenological qualitative approach was used to explore participants’ lived ex…
Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines
Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines
Sexual and reproductive health and rights decision-making among Australian migrant and refugee youth: A group concept mapping study
13). GCM involved participants brainstorming statements about how migrant and refugee youth make SRH decisions. Participants then sorted statements into groups based on similarity, and rated statements on importance and impact. Multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis were used to cluster statements into concept maps that represented participants' perspectives. The resulting maps comprised six clusters representing main concepts…
Migrant and Refugee Youth’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: A Gender Comparison of Knowledge, Behaviour, and Experiences
Young adulthood is a crucial life stage, during which major sexual and reproductive health (SRH) development occurs, and gender norms are often entrenched. Australian migrant and refugee youth (MRY) have particular SRH experiences and vulnerabilities such as under-use of services, higher rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unplanned pregnancy, and experiences of community and family stigma. There is limited research on how gender int…
The lived experience of surviving from the Islamic State attack and capture in Iraq and Syria: An arts-based qualitative study with Yazidi young women
BACKGROUND: In August 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attacked the Sinjar district and destroyed several villages and towns and killed several individuals. AIM: In this study, the Yazidi young women who survived the ISIS attack were encouraged to express their lived experiences through paintings following participation in a 6-month art-based intervention program. METHODS: A total of 13 Yazidi Kurdish females aged 18 to 25 years (…
Breast Cancer and Screening Prevention Programmes: Perceptions of Women in a Multicultural Community in Southern Thailand
Public health providers need to be more concerned about the perceptions, beliefs and practices regarding breast cancer and develop prevention practices that work better for women living in more diverse cultural locations so that they may be able to follow preventive practices and reduce their vulnerability to breast cancer
“I Lost My Gift to Him”: The Consequences of Female Sexual Dysfunction on Breast Cancer Survivors in Malaysia
Handbook of Social Inclusion: Research and Practices in Health and Social Sciences
It’s a Man’s World: A Qualitative Study of Gender and Sexuality amongst Australian Gay Men
Currently, research explicitly examining masculinity and internalized homonegativity is sparse, and even sparser studies are those using qualitative methods. To address this, this study aims to explore: how gender norms are constructed and experienced amongst gay men; and how gender and sexual identity are experienced in relation to masculine norms amongst gay men. A sample of 32 self-identified gay men aged 22-72 years ( M = 34.34, SD = 12.94) p…
Psychological response of children to home confinement during Covid-19: A qualitative arts-based research
BACKGROUND: The evidence has shown that children are more susceptible to the emotional effects of traumatic events such as outbreaks with the possible disruption in their daily lives. AIM: In this paper, we discussed the psychological wellbeing of children during the COVID-19 outbreak through the art-based qualitative study using the drawing method among children in Iraqi Kurdistan. METHODS: In this qualitative arts-based research study, 15 child…
Prevalence and risk factors of food insecurity among Libyan migrant families in Australia
This study provides evidence that food insecurity amongst Libyan migrants in Australia is a widespread problem and is associated with a number of sociodemographic and socio-economic factors. The findings of this study serve to contribute to the depth and breadth of food security research among vulnerable communities, in this instance Libyan migrant families
Contraception decision making by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (Cald) Australian youth: An exploratory study
Context Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) youth may become early parents, with some aspiring to parenthood. Yet, the factors that influence CALD youths contraceptive decision-making are less well known, although important for designing appropriate contraception use support programmes for this population. This study aimed to explore the contraception decision-making patterns of CALD Australian youth, in-addition to investigating the fac…
Trans Women’s Responses to Sexual Violence: Vigilance, Resilience, and Need for Support
Transcripts of Unfulfillment: A Study of Sexual Dysfunction and Dissatisfaction among Malay-Muslim Women in Malaysia
The prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), or in everyday notion, sexual dissatisfaction, among Malay women remains high, denoting that there are several influences shaping their experience of sex within marriage. This qualitative study identified the perceived effects of social factors in the development of sexual dysfunction among Malay women. Engaging a phenomenological framework, 26 in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted amon…
Coming of Age in South and Southeast Asia: Youth, Courtship and Sexuality
The Relationship between Masculinity and Internalized Homophobia amongst Australian Gay Men
Due to the heterosexist ideals associated with gender norms, gay men often experience negative attitudes towards their own sexuality-internalized homophobia. As a result, gay men often feel compelled to compensate for their perceived lack of masculinity. The study aimed to investigate the relationship and predictive power of masculinity on gay men's experiences of internalized homophobia. A sample of 489 self-identified Australian gay men 18-72 y…
Provider Perspectives on Sexual Health Services Used by Bangladeshi Women with mHealth Digital Approach: A Qualitative Study
Cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are underreported in Bangladesh. Women in general suffer from poor sexual health outcomes due to a lack of access to sexual health services. mHealth, a digital approach to STI services, is an easier and cheaper way to disseminate health information in Bangladesh. However, women have less autonomy in accessing STI services and it is important to learn if, how and/or why women use mHealth. A qualitati…
Embodying Transgender: An Analysis of Trans Women in Online Forums
This paper discusses the way that trans women embody their transgender identity, focusing on identity questioning, gender dysphoria, clinical gatekeeping and medicalized narratives. Situated within the hermeneutics methodological approach, we adopted the unobtrusive research as our research method, where data was derived from online forums where trans women posted content about their perspectives and experiences of gender and gender transitioning…
Sexual violence and safety: The narratives of transwomen in online forums
An online forum analysis was conducted to explore experiences of sexual violence and safety among transwomen, with a particular focus on transwomen of colour. Four online forums were chosen for the analysis. Three key themes were identified: dating and violence in intimate relationships; fear of violence and safety strategies; and coping after sexual assault. Forum posters faced heightened gender policing and scrutiny, due to not conforming to no…
From Liminality to Vitality: Infant Feeding Beliefs Among Refugee Mothers From Vietnam and Myanmar
Infant feeding in traditional (non-White societies) is imbued within beliefs surrounding the human body and food. This article, framed within the liminality theory, demonstrates perspectives of 38 Vietnamese and Myanmarese refugee mothers. Situated within the postmodern methodological framework, innovative methods of in-depth interviewing and drawing were used to gather participant's subjectivities. As birthing renders the new mother and infant w…
Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences
Research is defined by the Australian Research Council as "the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understandings." Research is thus the foundation for knowledge. It produces evidence and informs actions that can provide wider benefit to a society. The knowledge that researchers cultivate from a piece of research can be adopted for s…
Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences Vol. 1 - 3
There was a struggle between my instinct and my head’: Women’s perception and experience of masturbation in contemporary Vietnam
This paper investigates how masturbation, as one form of non-coital sexual practice, is interpreted and experienced by young married women in contemporary Vietnam. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 20 professional women aged 25-40 living in Hanoi. Thematic analysis suggests that by embracing the pursuit of pleasure and aspiring to achieve this goal, many women stake a claim for modernity by promoting the idea that they a…
Doing sensitive research: What Challenges Do Qualitative Researchers Face
As health researchers we need to investigate a wide range of topics to enhance our understanding of the many issues that affect health and well-being in today's society. Much of the health research undertaken today involves face-to-face encounters with participants using qualitative methodologies. There is a growing recognition that undertaking qualitative research can pose many difficulties for researchers. However, very little research has focu…
Researching sensitive topics: Qualitative Research as Emotion Work
There is a growing awareness that undertaking qualitative research is an embodied experience and that researchers may be emotionally affected by the work that they do. Despite the interest in the emotional nature of qualitative research, there is very little empirical evidence about the researchers' experiences of undertaking qualitative research. A grounded theory analysis of one-on-one interviews with thirty public health researchers working on…
Blurring Boundaries in Qualitative Health Research on Sensitive Topics
Qualitative health researchers immerse themselves in the settings that they are studying. This immersion involves personal interaction with their participants, with the result that the boundaries between the researcher and the group of people under study can easily become blurred. Although health researchers have been undertaking qualitative research for many years, recognition of boundary issues inherent in this type of research have received li…
"Motherhood and "Moral Career: Discourses of Good Motherhood Among Southeast Asian Immigrant Women in Australia
Cultural Insiders and Research Fieldwork: Case Examples From Cross-Cultural Research With Thai People
The status of the insider and outsider is an important concept for cross-cultural research. Being a cultural insider is recognized as a strength that allows the researcher to take part in the everyday lives of local people and to get closer to the participants. We explore these issues using examples from our own research with Thai people in southern Thailand and in Melbourne, Australia. We suggest that insider status has an impact on whether the …
Breast cancer diagnosis: Biographical disruption, emotional experiences and strategic management in Thai women with breast cancer
In this article we draw on Bury's theory of biographical disruption to discuss the meanings of, and emotional experiences related to, being diagnosed with breast cancer among southern Thai women. Qualitative methods, including in-depth interviewing and drawing methods, were used to collect data from 20 women with breast cancer. The women perceived breast cancer to be a rhok raai; an evil or dread disease. They believed that breast cancer would le…
HIV and Aids, stigma and Aids support groups: Perspectives from women living with HIV and Aids in central Thailand
Therapeutic landscapes and living with breast cancer: The lived experiences of Thai women
Online Dating and Mating: The Use of the Internet to Meet Sexual Partners
Australia has experienced a large increase in Internet usage, and online dating is used for seeking romantic and sexual partners. Using a qualitative approach, 15 people who use online dating took part in in-depth, online chat interviews. Nearly all participants used multiple dating sites to seek partners and making use of email, chat and webcam to engage with, assess, validate and qualify their potential sexual partners. They would "filter" the …
Acculturation stress and social support for young refugees in regional areas
Social connectedness and mobile phone use among refugee women in Australia
The aim of this research was to inform the development of mobile phone-assisted health promotion programmes that support social connectedness among refuge women to enhance their mental, physical and social health. For refugees, relationship development during the early stages of resettlement is often difficult. Enhancing personal skills, and resources, can enhance relationships that provide social support. It can also contribute to the developmen…
The views of older Chinese people in Melbourne about their quality of life
This paper reports the findings of a study using both quantitative and qualitative approaches of the quality of life of older Chinese people in Melbourne. A total of 60 participants was recruited: 30 were residents of three Chinese hostels and 30 were members of a Chinese welfare society. Along with the established scales of health status, functioning and self-reported life satisfaction, to give a broader perspective the participants were asked a…
Health, social integration and social support: The lived experiences of young Middle-Eastern refugees living in Melbourne, Australia
The Lived Experiences of Transgender Persons: A Meta-Synthesis
This article synthesises findings from qualitative studies which have explored the lived experiences of transgender persons, using Noblit and Hare's (1998) meta-ethnography method. Thirty-one qualitative studies related to the lived experiences of transgender individuals, published between 1998 and 2013, met the inclusion criteria. A literature search was conducted between November 2012 and September 2013 using computerized searches from nine dat…
Burmese refugee young women navigating parental expectations and resettlement
Young refugee women have to navigate life in a new country, learn a new language and adapt to a new culture while juggling parental role, behavioural and academic expectations. This qualitative study explored how 10 Burmese refugee young women experience parental expectations pre-and post-migration, and the effect of resettlement on the parent–child relationship. The data was gathered using the semi-structured in-depth interview technique and the…
Culture and sex education: The acquisition of sexual knowledge for a group of Vietnamese Australian young women
It is imperative for young people to have adequate and appropriate sexual education so that informed and safe sexual choices can be made. For young people from diverse cultural backgrounds, this education must be culturally appropriate and accessible, taking into consideration cultural mores regarding gender and sexual matters, as well as current beliefs in the 'mainstream' youth culture
Birth and social class: Northern Thai women's lived experiences of caesarean and vaginal birth
This paper, based on in-depth interviews with Thai women in Northern Thailand, contributes to a sociological understanding of women's childbirth discourses. The findings indicate that the lived experiences of birth differ between individual women. It clearly shows that social resources such as financial resources and education play a salient role in shaping the embodied experience of birth among women in Northern Thailand. Because of their 'every…
Living Positively: The Experiences of Thai Women Living With HIV/Aids in Central Thailand
Living with an incurable illness such as HIV/AIDS is a stressful experience. However, many HIV-positive individuals are able to maintain their emotional well-being. This begs the question of what strategies these individuals employ to allow them to do so. In this article, we examine how Thai women living with HIV/AIDS learned about their health status, what feelings they had, and how they dealt with the illness. In-depth interviews were conducted…
Folk healing and health care practices in Britain and Ireland: Stethoscopes, wands and crystals
Moore, R. and McClean, S. Folk healing and health care practices in Britain and Ireland: Stethoscopes, wands and crystals . New York : Berghahn Books , 2010 £50 (hbk ) ix+277 pp . ISBN: 978-1-84545-672-6 Globally, folk healing has been part of histories and cultures. Many people in many parts of the world have been relying on folk healing practices. However, as the editors of this text contend, folk healing often evokes some negative thoughts in …
Trans Women’s Responses to Sexual Violence: Vigilance, Resilience, and Need for Support
Community gardening and health-related benefits for a rural Victorian town
Community gardens are growing in popularity as a strategy to effectively deal with population health at a local level. There is a need to gather information about the health-related benefits of community gardens for people living in a rural locale. This paper discusses the health-related benefits of rural community gardens. We adopted a qualitative approach to examine these issues. Ten participants, eight females and two males, aged between 50 an…
Factors Influencing Contraception Awareness and Use: The Experiences of Young African Australian mothers
The aim of this study was to examine contraception awareness and use among African Australian women in Melbourne, Australia, who have experienced teenage pregnancy, and to explore the social contexts that shape these women's attitudes towards contraception. Among young immigrant and refugee women living in sites of settlement, knowledge and use of contraception are a public health concern. The study used a qualitative research approach and was in…
Caught Between Two Worlds: Sexuality and Young Muslim Women in Melbourne, Australia
Drawing the experience of chronic vaginal thrush and complementary and alternative medicine
This paper demonstrates a method of collaborative drawing‐based enquiry used to elicit experiential narratives in qualitative research. In the health sciences the method, which uses a drawing strategy embedded within in‐depth interviews, can illuminate experiences of illness, treatment and interaction with health practitioners. Here it is applied to the experience of chronic vaginal thrush and associated use of complementary and alternative medic…
Walk a mile in my shoes’: Researching the lived experience of mothers of children with autism
In this paper, we describe the methodology, methods and underlying philosophy for our research project-in-progress, which explores the experiences of mothers who have a child with autism. We begin by presenting background relevant to the study, noting that there is little previous research examining (a) how these mothers perceive themselves as mothers and (b) their lived motherhood experiences. Our study aims to give voice to these women by provi…
Infant Feeding Practices: The Case of Hmong Women in Australia
I discuss infant feeding beliefs and practices among Hmong women in Melbourne, focusing particularly on changed patterns that have occurred since their settlement in Australia. Traditionally, Hmong women breastfeed their newborn infants. Most women can breastfeed successfully in their homeland. However, since their settlement in a new country, some women have changed to bottlefeeding. Reasons given include the need to study English and seek emplo…
Being Female: The Portrayal of Women's Health in Print Media
In this article, we examine the portrayal of women's health issues in two of Melbourne's print media: The Age and the Herald Sun. In particular, we aim to examine the patterns of coverage of women's health and the underlying message in articles on women's health issues. We employed an unobtrusive method, and the study was conducted over a three-month period: May to July 1998. We found that many of the articles and public reactions centred on wome…
Women as mothers: The case of Thai women in northern Thailand
Abortion—it Is for Some Women Only! Hmong Women’s Perceptions of Abortion
In this article, I explore traditional Hmong explanations about abortion and the ethnomedical knowledge and practices that pertain to it. The article derived from in-depth interviews and participant observation with the Hmong who are now living in Melbourne, Australia. Hmong women are knowledgeable about indigenous fertility control methods including abortion. However, only women who are older and have had many children to ensure the continuity o…
Abortion--It Is for Some Women Only! Hmong Women's Perceptions of Abortion
What It Takes to Be a Grandparent in a New Country: The Lived Experience and Emotional Well‐being of Australian‐vietnamese Grandparents
This study attempts to understand the lived experience and emotional well‐being of Australian‐Vietnamese grandparenthood. Thirty‐six grandparents participated in four focus group interviews while three grandparents took part in individual in‐depth interviews where the experiences of the grandparents were further clarified. The findings reveal that Vietnamese grandparents encounter many changes in their lives and their relationships with their chi…
Giving Birth in the Hospital: Childbirth Experiences of Thai Women in Northern Thailand
In this article, I examine how Thai women perceive and experience childbirth in hospitals. The article is based on in-depth interviews with 30 women living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The women's narratives reveal that childbirth was managed within the medical system. The women believed that safety was the primary reason for their choice of birth in the hospital. Women's embodied experiences with hospital birth reveal the "passivity" discourse; wome…
When I become a mother: Discourses of motherhood among Thai women in Northern Thailand
The views of older Chinese people in Melbourne about their quality of life
This paper reports the findings of a study using both quantitative and qualitative approaches of the quality of life of older Chinese people in Melbourne. A total of 60 participants was recruited: 30 were residents of three Chinese hostels and 30 were members of a Chinese welfare society. Along with the established scales of health status, functioning and self-reported life satisfaction, to give a broader perspective the participants were asked a…
Birth and social class: Northern Thai women's lived experiences of caesarean and vaginal birth
This paper, based on in-depth interviews with Thai women in Northern Thailand, contributes to a sociological understanding of women's childbirth discourses. The findings indicate that the lived experiences of birth differ between individual women. It clearly shows that social resources such as financial resources and education play a salient role in shaping the embodied experience of birth among women in Northern Thailand. Because of their 'every…
Knowledge of Contraceptives and Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Contraceptive Practices Amongst Young People in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
In this article, we examine knowledge of contraceptives and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and contraceptive practices amongst young Vietnamese people. We conducted a qualitative study on sexuality and abortion with young people in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Twelve female and 4 male young people were individually interviewed using an in-depth interview technique. We found that condoms and pills were contraceptives known by almost all young …
Blurring Boundaries in Qualitative Health Research on Sensitive Topics
Qualitative health researchers immerse themselves in the settings that they are studying. This immersion involves personal interaction with their participants, with the result that the boundaries between the researcher and the group of people under study can easily become blurred. Although health researchers have been undertaking qualitative research for many years, recognition of boundary issues inherent in this type of research have received li…
"Motherhood and "Moral Career: Discourses of Good Motherhood Among Southeast Asian Immigrant Women in Australia
Online dating and mating: Perceptions of risk and health among online users
In this paper, we examine the behaviours and experiences of people who use online dating and how they may or may not address risk in their use of online dating. Fifteen people who used online dating took part in in-depth, online chat interviews. We found that online daters use a variety of methods for managing and understanding the risks they perceived to be associated with online dating. Online daters compared the risks of online dating with oth…
Researching the Vulnerable
Exploring the considerations and sensitivities of being a researcher faced with a subject group at the margins of society, this text explores the ethical, practical and methodological implications of working with such groups
Doing sensitive research: What Challenges Do Qualitative Researchers Face
As health researchers we need to investigate a wide range of topics to enhance our understanding of the many issues that affect health and well-being in today's society. Much of the health research undertaken today involves face-to-face encounters with participants using qualitative methodologies. There is a growing recognition that undertaking qualitative research can pose many difficulties for researchers. However, very little research has focu…
Doing Cross-Cultural Research: Ethical and Methodological Perspectives
Undertaking Sensitive Research in the Health and Social Sciences: Managing Boundaries, Emotions and Risks
Undertaking qualitative research on sensitive topics often raises a variety of ethical problems. Based on empirical research, this book documents experiences throughout the entire research process: from conceptualization, ethics approval, fieldwork, to analysis and publication. It presents readers with stories from the researcher's perspective and synthesizes these experiences into a conceptual framework that will assist researchers to undertake …
Risk to Researchers in Qualitative Research on Sensitive Topics: Issues and Strategies
Traditionally, risk assessments in research have been limited to examining the risks to the research participants. Although doing so is appropriate and important, there is growing recognition that undertaking research can pose risks to researchers as well. A grounded theory study involving a range of researchers who had undertaken qualitative health research on a sensitive topic was completed. Analysis of the in-depth, face-to-face unstructured i…
Online Dating and Mating: The Use of the Internet to Meet Sexual Partners
Australia has experienced a large increase in Internet usage, and online dating is used for seeking romantic and sexual partners. Using a qualitative approach, 15 people who use online dating took part in in-depth, online chat interviews. Nearly all participants used multiple dating sites to seek partners and making use of email, chat and webcam to engage with, assess, validate and qualify their potential sexual partners. They would "filter" the …
Nyob Nruab Hlis: Thirty Days Confinement in Hmong Culture
Drawing the experience of chronic vaginal thrush and complementary and alternative medicine
This paper demonstrates a method of collaborative drawing‐based enquiry used to elicit experiential narratives in qualitative research. In the health sciences the method, which uses a drawing strategy embedded within in‐depth interviews, can illuminate experiences of illness, treatment and interaction with health practitioners. Here it is applied to the experience of chronic vaginal thrush and associated use of complementary and alternative medic…
Walk a mile in my shoes’: Researching the lived experience of mothers of children with autism
In this paper, we describe the methodology, methods and underlying philosophy for our research project-in-progress, which explores the experiences of mothers who have a child with autism. We begin by presenting background relevant to the study, noting that there is little previous research examining (a) how these mothers perceive themselves as mothers and (b) their lived motherhood experiences. Our study aims to give voice to these women by provi…
Motherhood, risk and responsibility: Infant care in Northern Thailand
The cultural construction of childrearing and infant care in northern Thai society is discussed on the basis of in-depth interviews with 30 women in Northern Thailand. The results indicate that Thai mothers observe and practise many socially and culturally acceptable tasks to ensure the health and wellbeing of their infants. These beliefs and practices tie them not only with their family and their society at large, but also the supernatural world…
HIV and Aids, stigma and Aids support groups: Perspectives from women living with HIV and Aids in central Thailand
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