Andrew Estefan
Biographic Data
| ID | 124360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Estefan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Estefan |
| SIGNATURE | ESTEFAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5309-1685 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
You Have Some Questions for Me?' considering Qualitative Interviewing
Interviewing, as a way of collecting research data, has emerged and been developed within the transition from modernist ideals to more postmodern perspectives about what constitutes knowledge. Interviewing practices range from standardized structured interviews to collect data in large-scale studies, to interviews that are more characteristic of a conversation that allow for a more expansive venture into an area of inquiry. While there are times …
Unable to Feed My Hungry Child”
Mothers' experiences of caring for children with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is largely unknown. With no treatment for PWS, parents undertake (extra)ordinary care practices to keep children safe from overeating and self harm. Knowledge of these care practices could lead to effective interventions. Narrative inquiry was used to study everyday experience with Canadian mothers. Participants cared for a child 3 to 17 years old who had hyperphagia. Pa…
Mothering a Child With Complexity and Rarity
Daily experiences of mothers caring for children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are largely unknown and unvoiced. Knowledge of PWS has generally focused on pathology of the disorder. This emphasis overlooks the challenging moments of everyday life caring for children with PWS. Storied accounts of mothers caring for children with PWS offer expanded narratives to medicalized descriptions of experience. An understanding of everyday challenges in m…
The Relationship Between Critical Social Theory and Interpretive Description in Nursing Research
This paper is an examination of the methodological and theoretical perspectives of a study with an inquiry focus on the experiences and perspectives of staff who worked at an injectable opiate assisted (iOAT) clinic. Twenty-two staff members, including nurses, social workers, and peer support workers, were interviewed. The goal of the study was to uncover how the clinic staff provided care to the clients who attend the clinic, their perspectives …
Being Uncertain
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Secondary prevention strategies reduce disease progression to heart failure. Rural cardiac patients typically have less access to health care resources to support them in managing secondary prevention, and services to improve quality of life tend to be lacking in rural settings. The study aim was to examine the process that rural cardiac patients go through to a…
Words, Camera, Music, Action
In this technological age, storytelling is moving from oral and written to digital formats, creating many methodological opportunities for researchers and practitioners. This article explores a specific genre of participatory media production, digital storytelling (DST), which could be a valuable research tool to describe, analyze, and understand the experiences of research participants. Digital stories (DS) are short movies that use images, vide…
Selecting a Grounded Theory Approach for Nursing Research
Grounded theory is a commonly used research methodology. There are three primary approaches to grounded theory in nursing research: those espoused by Glaser, Strauss and Corbin, and Charmaz. All three approaches use similar procedures, yet there are important differences among them, which implies that researchers need to make careful choices when using grounded theory. Researchers new to grounded theory need to find the most appropriate approach …
Mothers' Experiences of Supporting Adolescent Children Through Long-Term Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
Substance use disorder is a complex phenomenon that affects people in many different contexts. Adolescent substance abuse within families is a particular problem that merits ongoing study. In particular, the experiences of mothers in this context are not fully explored. In this narrative inquiry study, we explored the experiences of four mothers parenting children through long-term substance abuse treatment. Participants were recruited from a fam…
Exploring the Purposes of Fictionalization in Narrative Inquiry
Drawing on several studies we take up question about fictionalization in this article. In particular, we are interested in the intentions and purposes of fictionalization and discus these within the context of narrative inquiry. We draw attention to how fictionalizing has become a common and often unquestioned part of responding to concerns about anonymity raised by research ethics boards. We see three purposes for fictionalization: (a) protectio…
A Return to Methodological Commitment
In the 25 years since narrative inquiry emerged as a social science research methodology, it has been rapidly taken up in the social sciences. In what is sometimes called a “narrative revolution,” researchers with diverse understandings have co-opted the concept of narrative inquiry and used narrative inquiry or narrative research to name their methodology. In this paper, we lay out more clearly the ontological and epistemological commitments tha…
The Experience of Waiting
Researchers' experiences as narrative inquirers remind them that stories are important; they sustain and remind people that lives are lived, told, retold, and relived in storied ways. Stories are what people know, how people know, and stories are how people live. Stories are people's obligation to others, and stories create obligations for these authors as researchers. There are two starting points for narrative inquiry: listening to individuals …
Exploring the Purposes of Fictionalization in Narrative Inquiry
Drawing on several studies we take up question about fictionalization in this article. In particular, we are interested in the intentions and purposes of fictionalization and discus these within the context of narrative inquiry. We draw attention to how fictionalizing has become a common and often unquestioned part of responding to concerns about anonymity raised by research ethics boards. We see three purposes for fictionalization: (a) protectio…
The Experience of Waiting
Researchers' experiences as narrative inquirers remind them that stories are important; they sustain and remind people that lives are lived, told, retold, and relived in storied ways. Stories are what people know, how people know, and stories are how people live. Stories are people's obligation to others, and stories create obligations for these authors as researchers. There are two starting points for narrative inquiry: listening to individuals …
Words, Camera, Music, Action
In this technological age, storytelling is moving from oral and written to digital formats, creating many methodological opportunities for researchers and practitioners. This article explores a specific genre of participatory media production, digital storytelling (DST), which could be a valuable research tool to describe, analyze, and understand the experiences of research participants. Digital stories (DS) are short movies that use images, vide…
Mothers' Experiences of Supporting Adolescent Children Through Long-Term Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
Substance use disorder is a complex phenomenon that affects people in many different contexts. Adolescent substance abuse within families is a particular problem that merits ongoing study. In particular, the experiences of mothers in this context are not fully explored. In this narrative inquiry study, we explored the experiences of four mothers parenting children through long-term substance abuse treatment. Participants were recruited from a fam…
You Have Some Questions for Me?' considering Qualitative Interviewing
Interviewing, as a way of collecting research data, has emerged and been developed within the transition from modernist ideals to more postmodern perspectives about what constitutes knowledge. Interviewing practices range from standardized structured interviews to collect data in large-scale studies, to interviews that are more characteristic of a conversation that allow for a more expansive venture into an area of inquiry. While there are times …
The Experience of Waiting
Researchers' experiences as narrative inquirers remind them that stories are important; they sustain and remind people that lives are lived, told, retold, and relived in storied ways. Stories are what people know, how people know, and stories are how people live. Stories are people's obligation to others, and stories create obligations for these authors as researchers. There are two starting points for narrative inquiry: listening to individuals …
A Return to Methodological Commitment
In the 25 years since narrative inquiry emerged as a social science research methodology, it has been rapidly taken up in the social sciences. In what is sometimes called a “narrative revolution,” researchers with diverse understandings have co-opted the concept of narrative inquiry and used narrative inquiry or narrative research to name their methodology. In this paper, we lay out more clearly the ontological and epistemological commitments tha…
Exploring the Purposes of Fictionalization in Narrative Inquiry
Drawing on several studies we take up question about fictionalization in this article. In particular, we are interested in the intentions and purposes of fictionalization and discus these within the context of narrative inquiry. We draw attention to how fictionalizing has become a common and often unquestioned part of responding to concerns about anonymity raised by research ethics boards. We see three purposes for fictionalization: (a) protectio…
Selecting a Grounded Theory Approach for Nursing Research
Grounded theory is a commonly used research methodology. There are three primary approaches to grounded theory in nursing research: those espoused by Glaser, Strauss and Corbin, and Charmaz. All three approaches use similar procedures, yet there are important differences among them, which implies that researchers need to make careful choices when using grounded theory. Researchers new to grounded theory need to find the most appropriate approach …
Mothers' Experiences of Supporting Adolescent Children Through Long-Term Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
Substance use disorder is a complex phenomenon that affects people in many different contexts. Adolescent substance abuse within families is a particular problem that merits ongoing study. In particular, the experiences of mothers in this context are not fully explored. In this narrative inquiry study, we explored the experiences of four mothers parenting children through long-term substance abuse treatment. Participants were recruited from a fam…
Words, Camera, Music, Action
In this technological age, storytelling is moving from oral and written to digital formats, creating many methodological opportunities for researchers and practitioners. This article explores a specific genre of participatory media production, digital storytelling (DST), which could be a valuable research tool to describe, analyze, and understand the experiences of research participants. Digital stories (DS) are short movies that use images, vide…
Being Uncertain
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Secondary prevention strategies reduce disease progression to heart failure. Rural cardiac patients typically have less access to health care resources to support them in managing secondary prevention, and services to improve quality of life tend to be lacking in rural settings. The study aim was to examine the process that rural cardiac patients go through to a…
The Relationship Between Critical Social Theory and Interpretive Description in Nursing Research
This paper is an examination of the methodological and theoretical perspectives of a study with an inquiry focus on the experiences and perspectives of staff who worked at an injectable opiate assisted (iOAT) clinic. Twenty-two staff members, including nurses, social workers, and peer support workers, were interviewed. The goal of the study was to uncover how the clinic staff provided care to the clients who attend the clinic, their perspectives …
Unable to Feed My Hungry Child”
Mothers' experiences of caring for children with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is largely unknown. With no treatment for PWS, parents undertake (extra)ordinary care practices to keep children safe from overeating and self harm. Knowledge of these care practices could lead to effective interventions. Narrative inquiry was used to study everyday experience with Canadian mothers. Participants cared for a child 3 to 17 years old who had hyperphagia. Pa…
Mothering a Child With Complexity and Rarity
Daily experiences of mothers caring for children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are largely unknown and unvoiced. Knowledge of PWS has generally focused on pathology of the disorder. This emphasis overlooks the challenging moments of everyday life caring for children with PWS. Storied accounts of mothers caring for children with PWS offer expanded narratives to medicalized descriptions of experience. An understanding of everyday challenges in m…
You Have Some Questions for Me?' considering Qualitative Interviewing
Interviewing, as a way of collecting research data, has emerged and been developed within the transition from modernist ideals to more postmodern perspectives about what constitutes knowledge. Interviewing practices range from standardized structured interviews to collect data in large-scale studies, to interviews that are more characteristic of a conversation that allow for a more expansive venture into an area of inquiry. While there are times …
Psychology (9 works) · Narrative (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Narrative inquiry (6 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)