Goldina Smirthwaite
Biographic Data
| ID | 4142170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Goldina Smirthwaite |
| GIVEN NAMES | Goldina |
| FAMILY NAME | Smirthwaite |
| SIGNATURE | SMIRTHWAITE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karlstad University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4210-4054 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Being a Swedish university student in a country far away
Swedish exchange students described stress and casual alcohol consumption as common experiences. They emphasized the importance of STI protection as well as safety measures to avoid exposure to violence. Reports of alcohol consumption, casual sex, violence, minor illnesses, and homesickness highlight the challenges faced during exchange studies. These findings indicate potential risks associated with being an exchange student
Mental health, self-rated health, risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use, and drug use among students who intend to spend a semester abroad – a cross-sectional study
Aim: Our aim was to investigate potential differences in mental health, self-rated health, risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use, and drug use between (1) Prospective exchange students and campus students separated by sex, and (2) male and female students as a group. Method: Comparative cross-sectional design using an online survey containing the following instruments: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Behaviour in Young People in Sweden; Self-Rated…
Doctors Doing Gender at Eye Clinics—Gender Constructions in Relation to Waiting Times for Cataract Extractions in Sweden
Why do eye clinics differ in their waiting times for women’s and men’s access to cataract extraction (CE)/“grå starroperation”? Taking a doing-gender perspective as the starting point, this study explores how gender constructions embedded in Swedish eye clinics contribute to longer waiting times for women than for men. Focus group interviews were conducted with doctors at two Swedish eye clinics: one with a larger and another with a smaller than …
Comparing Critical Realism and the Situated Knowledges Approach in Research on (In)equity in Health Care
This article compares knowledge claims within critical realism and the situated knowledges approach, and will discuss the implications of adopting these two perspectives in research on inequity in health care. The concept of medical gender bias, as well as two empirical studies on inequity among patients waiting for cataract extractions in Sweden, will be used in order to illustrate the different implications of adopting a critical realist or a s…
Inequity in waiting for cataract surgery - an analysis of data from the Swedish National Cataract Register
The differences between groups defined, for example, by gender, age, native country, income, education and retirement are statistically significant. We do not consider them as clinically significant, but we consider the consistent pattern that we have found noteworthy in relation to the principle of equity in health care
Uppbrottstrappan. En modell för intersektionellt socialt arbete med våldsutsatta kvinnor
The Breaking Up Stairs (BUS) is a model for intersectional social work with women who live in abusive relations and in intersections between different power orders. BUS focuses on the different steps women encounter when leaving, or trying to leave, a violent relationship. This article develops and applies BUS to two groups of women, women living in lesbian relationships and women living with drug abuse. The analysis simultaneously shows the comm…
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Uppbrottstrappan. En modell för intersektionellt socialt arbete med våldsutsatta kvinnor
The Breaking Up Stairs (BUS) is a model for intersectional social work with women who live in abusive relations and in intersections between different power orders. BUS focuses on the different steps women encounter when leaving, or trying to leave, a violent relationship. This article develops and applies BUS to two groups of women, women living in lesbian relationships and women living with drug abuse. The analysis simultaneously shows the comm…
Comparing Critical Realism and the Situated Knowledges Approach in Research on (In)equity in Health Care
This article compares knowledge claims within critical realism and the situated knowledges approach, and will discuss the implications of adopting these two perspectives in research on inequity in health care. The concept of medical gender bias, as well as two empirical studies on inequity among patients waiting for cataract extractions in Sweden, will be used in order to illustrate the different implications of adopting a critical realist or a s…
Inequity in waiting for cataract surgery - an analysis of data from the Swedish National Cataract Register
The differences between groups defined, for example, by gender, age, native country, income, education and retirement are statistically significant. We do not consider them as clinically significant, but we consider the consistent pattern that we have found noteworthy in relation to the principle of equity in health care
Doctors Doing Gender at Eye Clinics—Gender Constructions in Relation to Waiting Times for Cataract Extractions in Sweden
Why do eye clinics differ in their waiting times for women’s and men’s access to cataract extraction (CE)/“grå starroperation”? Taking a doing-gender perspective as the starting point, this study explores how gender constructions embedded in Swedish eye clinics contribute to longer waiting times for women than for men. Focus group interviews were conducted with doctors at two Swedish eye clinics: one with a larger and another with a smaller than …
Mental health, self-rated health, risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use, and drug use among students who intend to spend a semester abroad – a cross-sectional study
Aim: Our aim was to investigate potential differences in mental health, self-rated health, risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use, and drug use between (1) Prospective exchange students and campus students separated by sex, and (2) male and female students as a group. Method: Comparative cross-sectional design using an online survey containing the following instruments: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Behaviour in Young People in Sweden; Self-Rated…
Being a Swedish university student in a country far away
Swedish exchange students described stress and casual alcohol consumption as common experiences. They emphasized the importance of STI protection as well as safety measures to avoid exposure to violence. Reports of alcohol consumption, casual sex, violence, minor illnesses, and homesickness highlight the challenges faced during exchange studies. These findings indicate potential risks associated with being an exchange student
Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism (2 works) · Optometry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Alcohol consumption (1 work) · Biostatistics (1 work) · Casual (1 work) · Cataract surgery (1 work)