Marilyn Swinton
Biographic Data
| ID | 247981 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marilyn Swinton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marilyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Swinton |
| SIGNATURE | SWINTON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Medical students’ experiences with goals of care discussions
Using Qualitative Methods to Assess the Measurement Property of a New HIV Disability Questionnaire
The purpose of this article is to describe our experience using a qualitative team approach and predetermined theoretical framework to assess sensibility of a newly developed HIV disability questionnaire. Two interviewers conducted structured qualitative interviews with 22 adults living with HIV, asking participants how well the questionnaire characterized the disability they experienced living with HIV. Data collection and analysis occurred over…
Women's Care-Seeking Experiences After Referral for Postpartum Depression
This qualitative descriptive study explored women's care-seeking experiences after referral for postpartum depression. Interviews with 18 participants revealed individual-, social network-, and health system-related factors that hindered and facilitated care seeking. Women's normalizing of symptoms, limited understanding of postpartum depression, waiting for symptom improvement, discomfort discussing mental health concerns, and fears deterred car…
The Health and Well-Being of Caregivers of Children With Cerebral Palsy
Objective. Most children enjoy healthy childhoods with little need for specialized health care services. However, some children experience difficulties in early childhood and require access to and utilization of considerable health care resources over time. Although impaired motor function is the hallmark of the cerebral palsy (CP) syndromes, many children with this development disorder also experience sensory, communicative, and intellectual imp…
Caregiving process and caregiver burden
BACKGROUND: Parental care for a child with a developmental disability is an enormous responsibility, one that can far exceed that of typical parental care. While most parents adapt well to the situation of caring for a child with a disability, some do not. To understand parents' adaptations to their children's disabilities, the complex nature of stress processes must be accounted for and the constructs and factors that play a role in the caregivi…
Using Qualitative Methods to Assess the Measurement Property of a New HIV Disability Questionnaire
The purpose of this article is to describe our experience using a qualitative team approach and predetermined theoretical framework to assess sensibility of a newly developed HIV disability questionnaire. Two interviewers conducted structured qualitative interviews with 22 adults living with HIV, asking participants how well the questionnaire characterized the disability they experienced living with HIV. Data collection and analysis occurred over…
Women's Care-Seeking Experiences After Referral for Postpartum Depression
This qualitative descriptive study explored women's care-seeking experiences after referral for postpartum depression. Interviews with 18 participants revealed individual-, social network-, and health system-related factors that hindered and facilitated care seeking. Women's normalizing of symptoms, limited understanding of postpartum depression, waiting for symptom improvement, discomfort discussing mental health concerns, and fears deterred car…
Caregiving process and caregiver burden
BACKGROUND: Parental care for a child with a developmental disability is an enormous responsibility, one that can far exceed that of typical parental care. While most parents adapt well to the situation of caring for a child with a disability, some do not. To understand parents' adaptations to their children's disabilities, the complex nature of stress processes must be accounted for and the constructs and factors that play a role in the caregivi…
The Health and Well-Being of Caregivers of Children With Cerebral Palsy
Objective. Most children enjoy healthy childhoods with little need for specialized health care services. However, some children experience difficulties in early childhood and require access to and utilization of considerable health care resources over time. Although impaired motor function is the hallmark of the cerebral palsy (CP) syndromes, many children with this development disorder also experience sensory, communicative, and intellectual imp…
Women's Care-Seeking Experiences After Referral for Postpartum Depression
This qualitative descriptive study explored women's care-seeking experiences after referral for postpartum depression. Interviews with 18 participants revealed individual-, social network-, and health system-related factors that hindered and facilitated care seeking. Women's normalizing of symptoms, limited understanding of postpartum depression, waiting for symptom improvement, discomfort discussing mental health concerns, and fears deterred car…
Using Qualitative Methods to Assess the Measurement Property of a New HIV Disability Questionnaire
The purpose of this article is to describe our experience using a qualitative team approach and predetermined theoretical framework to assess sensibility of a newly developed HIV disability questionnaire. Two interviewers conducted structured qualitative interviews with 22 adults living with HIV, asking participants how well the questionnaire characterized the disability they experienced living with HIV. Data collection and analysis occurred over…
Medical students’ experiences with goals of care discussions
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Context (archaeology) (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works)