Brenda Beagan
Biographic Data
| ID | 121663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brenda Beagan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brenda |
| FAMILY NAME | Beagan |
| SIGNATURE | BEAGAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 131 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Substance Use and Professional Identity
Processes of professional socialization influence types of substances used, patterns of use, and estimation of normalization. This project explores psychoactive substance use among professionals and students in professional programs in Canada, rationales for use, strategies to manage use and potential consequences, and factors within professional education and culture that influence decisions about use. The intent of this study is to uncover soci…
Beyond bare bones: Critical, theoretically engaged qualitative research in public health
‘Unlike Vancouver … here there’s nothing’: Imagined geographies of idealized health care for LGBTQ women
This article explores imagined geographies of health care among Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) women in Halifax and Vancouver. In expressing the possibilities and limitations of accessing care, participants frame their own experiences through spatialized narratives of how LGBTQ people are thought to be treated elsewhere. Participants’ explicit connections and distinctions between Halifax and Vancouver gave insight into how …
Occupational Transition of Smoking Cessation in Women: “You're Restructuring Your Whole Life”
This qualitative study used interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the transition from smoking to non-smoking as an occupational transition. Face-to-face, in-depth interviews were conducted with seven women, aged 35–55, living in New Brunswick, Canada, who had quit smoking 12–24 months prior to recruitment. Five major themes emerged from data analysis, three of which are explored here. Smoking was shown to be a valued and meaningful …
Making Assumptions, Making Space: An Anthropological Critique of Cultural Competency and Its Relevance to Queer Patients
Despite increased attention to "culturally competent" practice with diverse populations, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people remain relatively invisible within medicine and other health professions. Health care providers (HCPs) frequently dismiss sexual and gender identity as irrelevant to care. This study uses interviews with 24 physicians and 38 LGBTQ-identified women to explore how routine practices in health care can…
The Lives of Transgender People
This mixed methods study of transgender persons in the United States includes an online survey with 3,474 respondents plus 419 follow-up interviews. One strength is the attention to complex heterog
Setting the table. Theoretical and methodological approaches to studying family food practices in relation to place and social location
I don’t want to be sexist with my food”. The continued salience of gender in food choice
It's Just Easier for Me to Do It: Rationalizing the Family Division of Foodwork
While women continue to do the lion's share of foodwork and other housework, they and their families appear to perceive this division of labour as fair. Much of the research in this area has focused on families of European origin, and on the perceptions of women. Here we report findings of a qualitative study based on interviewing multiple family members from three ethno-cultural groups in Canada. Women, men and children employed similar rational…
Values Concerning Employment-Related and Family-Related Occupations: Perspectives of Young Canadian Male Medical Students
Based on qualitative interviews with 11 male medical students at one Canadian university, this paper explores the values influencing current and anticipated participation in family- and employment-related occupations. Men increasingly express desire for greater family involvement, yet participation has not necessarily altered. In this study we found men's occupational participation is shaped by their values concerning gender roles, a commitment t…
Ways of knowing about healthy eating in three ethnocultural groups in Canada
Food-related health concerns of Punjabi British Columbians: Postcolonial perspectives on nutrition and health education
Occupations of Masculinity: Producing Gender through What Men Do and Don't Do
While gender shapes engagement in occupations, occupations are also means through which we construct gender. Based on qualitative interviews with 11 young men in Newfoundland, Canada, this paper explores the ways they produce masculinity through particular occupations focused on bodies. They strive to construct muscular bodies through cardiovascular exercise, weight‐training, and ‘eating right.’ These occupations hold explicit meanings for them, …
Disability, Society, and the Individual
Micro Inequities and Everyday Inequalities: "Race," Gender, Sexuality and Class in Medical School
Brenda Beagan, Micro Inequities and Everyday Inequalities: "Race," Gender, Sexuality and Class in Medical School, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Autumn, 2001), pp. 583-610
It's Just Easier for Me to Do It: Rationalizing the Family Division of Foodwork
While women continue to do the lion's share of foodwork and other housework, they and their families appear to perceive this division of labour as fair. Much of the research in this area has focused on families of European origin, and on the perceptions of women. Here we report findings of a qualitative study based on interviewing multiple family members from three ethno-cultural groups in Canada. Women, men and children employed similar rational…
Making Assumptions, Making Space: An Anthropological Critique of Cultural Competency and Its Relevance to Queer Patients
Despite increased attention to "culturally competent" practice with diverse populations, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people remain relatively invisible within medicine and other health professions. Health care providers (HCPs) frequently dismiss sexual and gender identity as irrelevant to care. This study uses interviews with 24 physicians and 38 LGBTQ-identified women to explore how routine practices in health care can…
Beyond bare bones: Critical, theoretically engaged qualitative research in public health
Occupational Transition of Smoking Cessation in Women: “You're Restructuring Your Whole Life”
This qualitative study used interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the transition from smoking to non-smoking as an occupational transition. Face-to-face, in-depth interviews were conducted with seven women, aged 35–55, living in New Brunswick, Canada, who had quit smoking 12–24 months prior to recruitment. Five major themes emerged from data analysis, three of which are explored here. Smoking was shown to be a valued and meaningful …
Occupations of Masculinity: Producing Gender through What Men Do and Don't Do
While gender shapes engagement in occupations, occupations are also means through which we construct gender. Based on qualitative interviews with 11 young men in Newfoundland, Canada, this paper explores the ways they produce masculinity through particular occupations focused on bodies. They strive to construct muscular bodies through cardiovascular exercise, weight‐training, and ‘eating right.’ These occupations hold explicit meanings for them, …
Micro Inequities and Everyday Inequalities: "Race," Gender, Sexuality and Class in Medical School
Brenda Beagan, Micro Inequities and Everyday Inequalities: "Race," Gender, Sexuality and Class in Medical School, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Autumn, 2001), pp. 583-610
Substance Use and Professional Identity
Processes of professional socialization influence types of substances used, patterns of use, and estimation of normalization. This project explores psychoactive substance use among professionals and students in professional programs in Canada, rationales for use, strategies to manage use and potential consequences, and factors within professional education and culture that influence decisions about use. The intent of this study is to uncover soci…
I don’t want to be sexist with my food”. The continued salience of gender in food choice
Values Concerning Employment-Related and Family-Related Occupations: Perspectives of Young Canadian Male Medical Students
Based on qualitative interviews with 11 male medical students at one Canadian university, this paper explores the values influencing current and anticipated participation in family- and employment-related occupations. Men increasingly express desire for greater family involvement, yet participation has not necessarily altered. In this study we found men's occupational participation is shaped by their values concerning gender roles, a commitment t…
Micro Inequities and Everyday Inequalities: "Race," Gender, Sexuality and Class in Medical School
Brenda Beagan, Micro Inequities and Everyday Inequalities: "Race," Gender, Sexuality and Class in Medical School, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Autumn, 2001), pp. 583-610
Disability, Society, and the Individual
Occupations of Masculinity: Producing Gender through What Men Do and Don't Do
While gender shapes engagement in occupations, occupations are also means through which we construct gender. Based on qualitative interviews with 11 young men in Newfoundland, Canada, this paper explores the ways they produce masculinity through particular occupations focused on bodies. They strive to construct muscular bodies through cardiovascular exercise, weight‐training, and ‘eating right.’ These occupations hold explicit meanings for them, …
Values Concerning Employment-Related and Family-Related Occupations: Perspectives of Young Canadian Male Medical Students
Based on qualitative interviews with 11 male medical students at one Canadian university, this paper explores the values influencing current and anticipated participation in family- and employment-related occupations. Men increasingly express desire for greater family involvement, yet participation has not necessarily altered. In this study we found men's occupational participation is shaped by their values concerning gender roles, a commitment t…
Ways of knowing about healthy eating in three ethnocultural groups in Canada
Food-related health concerns of Punjabi British Columbians: Postcolonial perspectives on nutrition and health education
It's Just Easier for Me to Do It: Rationalizing the Family Division of Foodwork
While women continue to do the lion's share of foodwork and other housework, they and their families appear to perceive this division of labour as fair. Much of the research in this area has focused on families of European origin, and on the perceptions of women. Here we report findings of a qualitative study based on interviewing multiple family members from three ethno-cultural groups in Canada. Women, men and children employed similar rational…
Setting the table. Theoretical and methodological approaches to studying family food practices in relation to place and social location
I don’t want to be sexist with my food”. The continued salience of gender in food choice
The Lives of Transgender People
This mixed methods study of transgender persons in the United States includes an online survey with 3,474 respondents plus 419 follow-up interviews. One strength is the attention to complex heterog
Occupational Transition of Smoking Cessation in Women: “You're Restructuring Your Whole Life”
This qualitative study used interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the transition from smoking to non-smoking as an occupational transition. Face-to-face, in-depth interviews were conducted with seven women, aged 35–55, living in New Brunswick, Canada, who had quit smoking 12–24 months prior to recruitment. Five major themes emerged from data analysis, three of which are explored here. Smoking was shown to be a valued and meaningful …
Making Assumptions, Making Space: An Anthropological Critique of Cultural Competency and Its Relevance to Queer Patients
Despite increased attention to "culturally competent" practice with diverse populations, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people remain relatively invisible within medicine and other health professions. Health care providers (HCPs) frequently dismiss sexual and gender identity as irrelevant to care. This study uses interviews with 24 physicians and 38 LGBTQ-identified women to explore how routine practices in health care can…
‘Unlike Vancouver … here there’s nothing’: Imagined geographies of idealized health care for LGBTQ women
This article explores imagined geographies of health care among Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) women in Halifax and Vancouver. In expressing the possibilities and limitations of accessing care, participants frame their own experiences through spatialized narratives of how LGBTQ people are thought to be treated elsewhere. Participants’ explicit connections and distinctions between Halifax and Vancouver gave insight into how …
Substance Use and Professional Identity
Processes of professional socialization influence types of substances used, patterns of use, and estimation of normalization. This project explores psychoactive substance use among professionals and students in professional programs in Canada, rationales for use, strategies to manage use and potential consequences, and factors within professional education and culture that influence decisions about use. The intent of this study is to uncover soci…
Beyond bare bones: Critical, theoretically engaged qualitative research in public health
Sociology (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)