J Mendoza
Biographic Data
| ID | 40991 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Mendoza |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mendoza |
| SIGNATURE | MENDOZA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Philippines Manila |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8063-290X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
More-than-parental care: Exploring the roles of significant others in nurturing young Filipino children
Discourse, policy, and research on early childhood care and development have largely focused on parents—their roles, knowledge, and practices. Yet raising a child is inherently collective and intergenerational. Historical and evolving sociocultural contexts highlight the growing involvement of diverse “significant others” in nurturing young children. This study explores the childcare experiences of Filipino parents during their children’s early y…
Assessing Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on essential diabetes care in Manila, the Philippines: A mixed methods study
The COVID-19 pandemic directly increased mortality and morbidity globally. In addition, it has had extensive indirect ill effects on healthcare service delivery across health systems worldwide. We aimed to describe how patient access to diabetes care was affected by the pandemic in Manila, the Philippines. We used an explanatory, sequential mixed method approach including a cross-sectional survey (n = 150) and in-depth interviews of patients (n =…
Deciphering a Non-meal: Pantawid-Gutom and the Everyday Negotiation of Hunger in the Philippines
Pantawid-gutom literally means "to bridge hunger" and refers to a range of food and non-food products and practices in the Philippines that allow people to survive in between "serious meals." What does its existence as a liminal category between food/non-food or serious/non-serious meal signify, particularly for millions of Filipino families who regularly experience hunger? Drawing on fieldwork in low-income urban communities on Luzon Island, and…
Online qualitative research with vulnerable populations in the Philippines: Ethical and methodological challenges during Covid-19
Our article draws on two multi-sited studies to present the ethical and methodological challenges of conducting online qualitative research among vulnerable populations in the Philippines—specifically, among people who use drugs—during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the global scholarship has long articulated the difficulties inherent to pursuing research on such populations, we show how the specific milieu of the Philippines in the last three year…
Strong structuration analysis of patterns of adherence to hypertension medication
Achieving blood pressure control is among the highest priorities for reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases globally. Control is poor in the Philippines, especially in socioeconomically marginalised communities. This paper explores long-term adherence to anti-hypertensive medication in these communities, identifying 4 distinct medication adherence patterns. We draw on Strong Structuration Theory to explore motivations of action for those …
(De)constructing 'therapeutic itineraries' of hypertension care: A qualitative study in the Philippines
Hypertension, a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases, remains poorly controlled in many countries. In the Philippines, it is still one of the leading causes of preventable deaths despite the accessibility and availability of essential technologies and medicine to detect and treat hypertension. This paper characterizes the 'therapeutic itineraries' of people with hypertension from poor communities in rural and urban settings in the Phil…
Participant Use of Digital Diaries in Qualitative Research: A Strong Structuration Analysis
Lived experiences of chronic conditions are marked by fluidity and change, which should be considered if care is to be truly patient-centered. Seeking to capture this fluidity, we used digital diaries via mobile phones to communicate with hypertensive patients in the Philippines over approximately 12 months. This paper draws on Strong Structuration Theory to conceptualize the complex array of factors shaping participants' usage (and non-usage) of…
Doing' hypertension: Experiential knowledge and practice in the self-management of 'high blood' in the Philippines
Patients' embodied experiences do not always correspond to the biomedical concepts of particular diseases. Drawing from year-long fieldwork in the Philippines that involved semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and digital diaries, we examine how individuals 'do' hypertension through their embodied experiences and the knowledge and practice that emerge from them. Drawing inspiration from Annemarie Mol's work on the notion of 'multip…
Strengths and Weaknesses of Digital Diaries as a Means to Study Patient Pathways: Experiences With a Study of Hypertension in the Philippines
The rise of digital mobile communications has made possible novel research methods that can provide a better understanding of patients' experience of non-communicable diseases. This study explores the opportunities and challenges in employing 'digital diaries' via mobile phones to track the lived experiences of people with hypertension in the Philippines. Following in-depth interviews, 40 hypertensive adults were invited to submit digital diaries…
Nasa dugo (‘It’s in the blood’): Lay conceptions of hypertension in the Philippines
INTRODUCTION: Understanding explanatory models is important for hypertension, a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke. This article aims to determine what adult patients with hypertension in the Philippines attribute their condition to, how these views might be explained and what the implications are for hypertension management. METHODS: This is a qualitative study drawing on 71 semistructured interviews (40 initial and 31 fol…
Taking matters into our own hands: Reflections on the Covid‐19 pandemic in the Philippines
Child-Sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms. Sara L. Schwebel
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Strengths and Weaknesses of Digital Diaries as a Means to Study Patient Pathways: Experiences With a Study of Hypertension in the Philippines
The rise of digital mobile communications has made possible novel research methods that can provide a better understanding of patients' experience of non-communicable diseases. This study explores the opportunities and challenges in employing 'digital diaries' via mobile phones to track the lived experiences of people with hypertension in the Philippines. Following in-depth interviews, 40 hypertensive adults were invited to submit digital diaries…
(De)constructing 'therapeutic itineraries' of hypertension care: A qualitative study in the Philippines
Hypertension, a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases, remains poorly controlled in many countries. In the Philippines, it is still one of the leading causes of preventable deaths despite the accessibility and availability of essential technologies and medicine to detect and treat hypertension. This paper characterizes the 'therapeutic itineraries' of people with hypertension from poor communities in rural and urban settings in the Phil…
Participant Use of Digital Diaries in Qualitative Research: A Strong Structuration Analysis
Lived experiences of chronic conditions are marked by fluidity and change, which should be considered if care is to be truly patient-centered. Seeking to capture this fluidity, we used digital diaries via mobile phones to communicate with hypertensive patients in the Philippines over approximately 12 months. This paper draws on Strong Structuration Theory to conceptualize the complex array of factors shaping participants' usage (and non-usage) of…
Doing' hypertension: Experiential knowledge and practice in the self-management of 'high blood' in the Philippines
Patients' embodied experiences do not always correspond to the biomedical concepts of particular diseases. Drawing from year-long fieldwork in the Philippines that involved semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and digital diaries, we examine how individuals 'do' hypertension through their embodied experiences and the knowledge and practice that emerge from them. Drawing inspiration from Annemarie Mol's work on the notion of 'multip…
Program and Conference Schedule
Child-Sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms. Sara L. Schwebel
Nasa dugo (‘It’s in the blood’): Lay conceptions of hypertension in the Philippines
INTRODUCTION: Understanding explanatory models is important for hypertension, a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke. This article aims to determine what adult patients with hypertension in the Philippines attribute their condition to, how these views might be explained and what the implications are for hypertension management. METHODS: This is a qualitative study drawing on 71 semistructured interviews (40 initial and 31 fol…
Taking matters into our own hands: Reflections on the Covid‐19 pandemic in the Philippines
Strengths and Weaknesses of Digital Diaries as a Means to Study Patient Pathways: Experiences With a Study of Hypertension in the Philippines
The rise of digital mobile communications has made possible novel research methods that can provide a better understanding of patients' experience of non-communicable diseases. This study explores the opportunities and challenges in employing 'digital diaries' via mobile phones to track the lived experiences of people with hypertension in the Philippines. Following in-depth interviews, 40 hypertensive adults were invited to submit digital diaries…
Strong structuration analysis of patterns of adherence to hypertension medication
Achieving blood pressure control is among the highest priorities for reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases globally. Control is poor in the Philippines, especially in socioeconomically marginalised communities. This paper explores long-term adherence to anti-hypertensive medication in these communities, identifying 4 distinct medication adherence patterns. We draw on Strong Structuration Theory to explore motivations of action for those …
(De)constructing 'therapeutic itineraries' of hypertension care: A qualitative study in the Philippines
Hypertension, a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases, remains poorly controlled in many countries. In the Philippines, it is still one of the leading causes of preventable deaths despite the accessibility and availability of essential technologies and medicine to detect and treat hypertension. This paper characterizes the 'therapeutic itineraries' of people with hypertension from poor communities in rural and urban settings in the Phil…
Participant Use of Digital Diaries in Qualitative Research: A Strong Structuration Analysis
Lived experiences of chronic conditions are marked by fluidity and change, which should be considered if care is to be truly patient-centered. Seeking to capture this fluidity, we used digital diaries via mobile phones to communicate with hypertensive patients in the Philippines over approximately 12 months. This paper draws on Strong Structuration Theory to conceptualize the complex array of factors shaping participants' usage (and non-usage) of…
Doing' hypertension: Experiential knowledge and practice in the self-management of 'high blood' in the Philippines
Patients' embodied experiences do not always correspond to the biomedical concepts of particular diseases. Drawing from year-long fieldwork in the Philippines that involved semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and digital diaries, we examine how individuals 'do' hypertension through their embodied experiences and the knowledge and practice that emerge from them. Drawing inspiration from Annemarie Mol's work on the notion of 'multip…
Online qualitative research with vulnerable populations in the Philippines: Ethical and methodological challenges during Covid-19
Our article draws on two multi-sited studies to present the ethical and methodological challenges of conducting online qualitative research among vulnerable populations in the Philippines—specifically, among people who use drugs—during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the global scholarship has long articulated the difficulties inherent to pursuing research on such populations, we show how the specific milieu of the Philippines in the last three year…
Assessing Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on essential diabetes care in Manila, the Philippines: A mixed methods study
The COVID-19 pandemic directly increased mortality and morbidity globally. In addition, it has had extensive indirect ill effects on healthcare service delivery across health systems worldwide. We aimed to describe how patient access to diabetes care was affected by the pandemic in Manila, the Philippines. We used an explanatory, sequential mixed method approach including a cross-sectional survey (n = 150) and in-depth interviews of patients (n =…
Deciphering a Non-meal: Pantawid-Gutom and the Everyday Negotiation of Hunger in the Philippines
Pantawid-gutom literally means "to bridge hunger" and refers to a range of food and non-food products and practices in the Philippines that allow people to survive in between "serious meals." What does its existence as a liminal category between food/non-food or serious/non-serious meal signify, particularly for millions of Filipino families who regularly experience hunger? Drawing on fieldwork in low-income urban communities on Luzon Island, and…
More-than-parental care: Exploring the roles of significant others in nurturing young Filipino children
Discourse, policy, and research on early childhood care and development have largely focused on parents—their roles, knowledge, and practices. Yet raising a child is inherently collective and intergenerational. Historical and evolving sociocultural contexts highlight the growing involvement of diverse “significant others” in nurturing young children. This study explores the childcare experiences of Filipino parents during their children’s early y…
Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Health care (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (3 works) · Disease (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Pandemic (3 works)