M Mayan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5611 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | M Mayan |
| NOMBRES | M |
| APELLIDO | Mayan |
| FIRMA | MAYAN M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7623-1230 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Strategies to Change Systems Toward an Inclusive Economy
Poverty is a complex issue that requires systemic and collaborative responses. This article examines the systems change strategies implemented by the Inclusive Economy Team at EndPovertyEdmonton (EPE) to address poverty through inclusive economic development. Using community-based participatory and strategic learning approaches, data were drawn from internal documents, learning debriefs, and 26 interviews with EPE staff and network members. Five …
What happens when someone reports a hate crime or incident
Police-reported hate crimes in Canada doubled from 2019 to 2023. Hate crimes and incidents significantly harm survivors of hate crimes and incidents and their communities. While research documents the underreporting of hate crimes and incidents, what is less understood are the experiences of survivors who report hate crimes and incidents. To explore this matter, we conducted a qualitative descriptive Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) …
A qualitative study of how young women in a rural Canadian community plan their futures
Education and employment are well-acknowledged social determinants of health. However, little is known about how young women in rural, resource-dependent communities make decisions about postsecondary education, employment, and other aspects of their futures. To address this gap, we conducted a qualitative study with young women (ages 16–19) in a rural, oil and gas town in Alberta, Canada. Our overarching research question was, how do young women…
Exploring Youths’ Experiences of Attending a Rural Outreach School in Alberta
Outreach schools have existed for decades as an alternative for students who have struggled in mainstream education. Students at outreach schools have been cast as “failures” or “dropouts” due to their lack of success in mainstream schooling. Drawing on critical theoretical traditions in qualitative research, this article challenges these hegemonic discourses. This study uses semi-structured interviews with 25 young people (aged 14–19 years) who …
Opening the Tent for the Scholarship of Hope
The contributions of Norman Denzin to qualitative inquiry are vast, meaningful, and humbling. His wish for his memorial, however, was not for people to simply “say nice things” about him; he wanted people to challenge the field and question where we are going as a qualitative community. This address asks the reader to consider the “qualitative tent” and the dangers of staying within its confines. It challenges the qualitative community to open th…
How do oil and gas workers cope with a changing economy? Economic vulnerability among rural Canadians in the oil and gas sector
Significant changes in the energy sector are needed to remedy the growing threat of climate change. Oil and gas workers are a critical social actor in this problem; however, further research is needed to understand the nuances of their perspectives on transitioning to renewable energies. We generated qualitative data with oil and gas workers in a Canadian oil capital to explore their perceptions about economic diversity and answer the research qu…
Motivation, collaboration, and challenges
Edmonton’s Race-based Data Table
Exploring collaboration within Edmonton's City Table on Household Food Insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been unprecedented attention and funding toward addressing household food insecurity (HFI) in Canada. In Edmonton, a virtual "City Table" was developed to coordinate the myriad of HFI responses and begin to explore and address systemic issues underlying HFI. In this qualitative descriptive study, we asked: what are the opportunities for and challenges to collaboratively addressing HFI within Edmonton's City…
Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry
The second edition of Maria J. Mayan’s Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry is written for newcomers interested in applied research, regardless of discipline. It provides what the reader needs to begin to explore, appreciate, and deeply understand our social world. The new edition maintains the straightforward, conversational style and passionate support for qualitative work of the first edition while addressing numerous changes in the field. Mayan …
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Who are Canada’s Working Poor
Working poverty in Canada is shrouded in mystery and misconception due to the little attention given to this area in research and policy-making. We performed an analysis of working poverty in Canada by using data from the Canadian Income Survey and conducted a binomial logistic regression to discuss the general profile of the working poor and the determinants of working poverty. We found that the working poor have high rates of post-secondary edu…
Attempting to Address Conditions of Poverty through an Inclusive Economic Approach in Alberta
This article responds to the call to alter current economic and social systems in light of COVID-19 by documenting initial efforts by a community-university partnership to build an inclusive economy. First, the effects of neoliberalism and oil ex- traction are examined to highlight the inequality that existed in Alberta long before the pandemic began. The paper then outlines four key areas of change: employment and training; social procurement an…
Community Setting as a Determinant of Health for Indigenous Peoples Living in the Prairie Provinces of Canada
Indigenous Peoples in Canada experience disproportionately high tuberculosis (TB) rates, and those living in the Prairie Provinces have the most advanced TB presentations (Health Canada, 2009). The community settings (i.e., urban centres, non-remote reserves, remote reserves, and isolated reserves) where Indigenous Peoples live can help explain high TB rates. Through qualitative description, we identify how community setting influenced Indigenous…
Supporting family caregiver engagement in the care of old persons living in hard to reach communities
Today, 8.5% of the world's population is 65 and over, and this statistic will reach 17% by 2050 (He et al., U.S. Census Bureau, international population reports, P95/16-1, An ageing world: 2015, U.S., 2016). They are the people who, with increasing age, will find themselves more closely interfacing with the national health system, which in many countries shows strong imbalances between rural and urban areas. In this context, a fundamental role is…
Reflection/Commentary on a Past Article
Peyakohewamak-Needs of Involved Nehiyaw (Cree) Fathers Supporting Their Partners During Pregnancy
We sought to understand the needs of involved Nehiyaw (Cree) fathers who supported their partners during pregnancy. We used qualitative description and a community-based participatory research approach. We carried out in-depth semi-structured interviews with six Nehiyaw fathers. Four also participated in photovoice and follow-up interviews. All data were content analyzed qualitatively. Fathers felt they had to support their partners and overcome …
“Finally when I started falling down”
This paper adds evidence to a growing body of literature seeking to understand the disproportionate occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) in Indigenous populations of Canada and reveals insights that may inform effective interventions. As a disease, TB is recognized as a disorder of the body, for which there are successful treatments. Its persistence in some populations, however, requires an understanding of TB as an illness, whereby disease is shaped …
Contrasting “back home” and “here”
A complex network of factors seem to influence Northeast African women's health during pregnancy and postpartum upon migration to Canada. It is of the utmost importance to provide these women with the immediate sociocultural and environmental factors they need to successfully thrive during pregnancy and postpartum, especially while establishing social and support networks "here
Community-Based Participatory Research
When new partners join an established CBPR partnership, it is important to begin by getting to know the new partner rather than with the tasks that need to be accomplished. Furthermore, when conflict is pervasive, partners should move away from discussions and work together on a concrete task together
Worth the Risk? Muddled Relationships in Community-Based Participatory Research
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative research approach that has two purposes: (a) to generate knowledge about and (b) to take action to improve the lives of people facing health, social, economic, political, and environmental inequities. The foundation of all CBPR projects is its partnership-its cooperative relationship between community members, service providers, program planners, policy makers, and academics. It is …
Engaging Young Fathers in Research through Photo-Interviewing
Although conducting interviews is the most popular research strategy in qualitative research, we question whether it is the best strategy to use with young fathers and other populations who may be less willing to share personal experiences and thoughts with an unknown researcher. The reluctance of young fathers to engage in research leads to the omission of important perspectives and inadvertently results in young fathers' being understudied and …
Different Approaches to Cross-Lingual Focus Groups
Focus groups are a useful data-generation strategy in qualitative health research when it is important to understand how social contexts shape participants' health. However, when cross-lingual focus groups are conducted across cultural groups, and in languages in which the researcher is not fluent, questions regarding the usefulness and rigor of the findings can be raised. In this article, we will discuss three different approaches to cross-lingu…
Exploring the process of capacity-building among community-based health promotion workers in Alberta, Canada
Community capacity-building is a central element to health promotion. While capacity-building features, domains and relationships to program sustainability have been well examined, information on the process of capacity-building as experienced by practitioners is needed. This study examined this process as experienced by coordinators working within a community-based chronic disease prevention project implemented in four communities in Alberta (Ca…
Cultural continuity, traditional Indigenous language, and diabetes in Alberta First Nations
First Nations that have been better able to preserve their culture may be relatively protected from diabetes
Diabetes in Pregnancy Among First Nations Women
We conducted a focused ethnography with 12 First Nations women who had had diabetes in pregnancy to understand their real-life experiences and find ways to improve care for those with diabetes in pregnancy. We carried out unstructured interviews that were recorded, transcribed, and subject to qualitative content analysis. The experience of diabetes in pregnancy is one wrought with difficulties but balanced to some degree by positive lifestyle cha…
Worth the Risk? Muddled Relationships in Community-Based Participatory Research
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative research approach that has two purposes: (a) to generate knowledge about and (b) to take action to improve the lives of people facing health, social, economic, political, and environmental inequities. The foundation of all CBPR projects is its partnership-its cooperative relationship between community members, service providers, program planners, policy makers, and academics. It is …
Different Approaches to Cross-Lingual Focus Groups
Focus groups are a useful data-generation strategy in qualitative health research when it is important to understand how social contexts shape participants' health. However, when cross-lingual focus groups are conducted across cultural groups, and in languages in which the researcher is not fluent, questions regarding the usefulness and rigor of the findings can be raised. In this article, we will discuss three different approaches to cross-lingu…
Identifying Signals of Suffering by Linking Verbal and Facial Cues
Here, the authors describe microanalytically the two main behavioral states in suffering (enduring and emotional suffering) so that in subsequent research, appropriate comforting responses to ease and relieve suffering can be identified for each behavioral state. Their objectives were to describe the facial expressions of enduring and emotional suffering, and to link them with verbal narrative and thus develop a microanalytic description of each …
Peyakohewamak-Needs of Involved Nehiyaw (Cree) Fathers Supporting Their Partners During Pregnancy
We sought to understand the needs of involved Nehiyaw (Cree) fathers who supported their partners during pregnancy. We used qualitative description and a community-based participatory research approach. We carried out in-depth semi-structured interviews with six Nehiyaw fathers. Four also participated in photovoice and follow-up interviews. All data were content analyzed qualitatively. Fathers felt they had to support their partners and overcome …
Diabetes in Pregnancy Among First Nations Women
We conducted a focused ethnography with 12 First Nations women who had had diabetes in pregnancy to understand their real-life experiences and find ways to improve care for those with diabetes in pregnancy. We carried out unstructured interviews that were recorded, transcribed, and subject to qualitative content analysis. The experience of diabetes in pregnancy is one wrought with difficulties but balanced to some degree by positive lifestyle cha…
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Who are Canada’s Working Poor
Working poverty in Canada is shrouded in mystery and misconception due to the little attention given to this area in research and policy-making. We performed an analysis of working poverty in Canada by using data from the Canadian Income Survey and conducted a binomial logistic regression to discuss the general profile of the working poor and the determinants of working poverty. We found that the working poor have high rates of post-secondary edu…
Community-Based Participatory Research
When new partners join an established CBPR partnership, it is important to begin by getting to know the new partner rather than with the tasks that need to be accomplished. Furthermore, when conflict is pervasive, partners should move away from discussions and work together on a concrete task together
Building a Multicultural Coalition
An extensive body of literature on participation and civic engagement documents the underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in the political processes of their adoptive countries and the systemic causes for this occurrence. However, there remains a critical need to understand how to address this issue for the benefit of ethnic minority communities, governments, and society. In this article, the authors describe the development of a multicultural…
Linking Trajectories of Illness and Dying
Despite the large number of theories regarding illness and dying, there is an absence of theoretical work that follows the trajectory from the onset of illness to death. This qualitative study expanded the illness constellation model to include the experience of dying. Following unstructured interviews with 41 individuals (15 ill individuals receiving palliative care, 13 family members of individuals receiving palliative care, and 13 palliative c…
Identifying Signals of Suffering by Linking Verbal and Facial Cues
Here, the authors describe microanalytically the two main behavioral states in suffering (enduring and emotional suffering) so that in subsequent research, appropriate comforting responses to ease and relieve suffering can be identified for each behavioral state. Their objectives were to describe the facial expressions of enduring and emotional suffering, and to link them with verbal narrative and thus develop a microanalytic description of each …
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Old Keyam – A Framework for Examining Disproportionate Experience of Tuberculosis Among Aboriginal Peoples of the Canadian Prairies
On the Canadian Prairies, First Nations and Métis peoples are disproportionately affected by tuberculosis (TB) compared to other Canadians. Statistics show enduring transmission and high rates of active TB disease. Despite awareness of the social determinants of TB transmission—such as substance abuse, comorbidities, and basic needs being unmet—transmission and outbreaks continue to occur among Aboriginal people. The Determinants of Tuberculosis …
Sanitoriums and the Canadian Colonial Legacy
Sanitoriums served a much-needed purpose in the age prior to antituberculosis drugs: They removed the infected patient from wider society and created an environment that promoted recovery. We aimed to (a) describe sanitoriums from the perspective of a First Nations reserve community in northern Canada and (b) understand the impact of the sanitorium experience at a community level. Semistructured interviews ( n = 15) were conducted in a First Nati…
Building a Multicultural Coalition
An extensive body of literature on participation and civic engagement documents the underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in the political processes of their adoptive countries and the systemic causes for this occurrence. However, there remains a critical need to understand how to address this issue for the benefit of ethnic minority communities, governments, and society. In this article, the authors describe the development of a multicultural…
Exploring the process of capacity-building among community-based health promotion workers in Alberta, Canada
Community capacity-building is a central element to health promotion. While capacity-building features, domains and relationships to program sustainability have been well examined, information on the process of capacity-building as experienced by practitioners is needed. This study examined this process as experienced by coordinators working within a community-based chronic disease prevention project implemented in four communities in Alberta (Ca…
Cultural continuity, traditional Indigenous language, and diabetes in Alberta First Nations
First Nations that have been better able to preserve their culture may be relatively protected from diabetes
Diabetes in Pregnancy Among First Nations Women
We conducted a focused ethnography with 12 First Nations women who had had diabetes in pregnancy to understand their real-life experiences and find ways to improve care for those with diabetes in pregnancy. We carried out unstructured interviews that were recorded, transcribed, and subject to qualitative content analysis. The experience of diabetes in pregnancy is one wrought with difficulties but balanced to some degree by positive lifestyle cha…
Engaging Young Fathers in Research through Photo-Interviewing
Although conducting interviews is the most popular research strategy in qualitative research, we question whether it is the best strategy to use with young fathers and other populations who may be less willing to share personal experiences and thoughts with an unknown researcher. The reluctance of young fathers to engage in research leads to the omission of important perspectives and inadvertently results in young fathers' being understudied and …
Different Approaches to Cross-Lingual Focus Groups
Focus groups are a useful data-generation strategy in qualitative health research when it is important to understand how social contexts shape participants' health. However, when cross-lingual focus groups are conducted across cultural groups, and in languages in which the researcher is not fluent, questions regarding the usefulness and rigor of the findings can be raised. In this article, we will discuss three different approaches to cross-lingu…
Contrasting “back home” and “here”
A complex network of factors seem to influence Northeast African women's health during pregnancy and postpartum upon migration to Canada. It is of the utmost importance to provide these women with the immediate sociocultural and environmental factors they need to successfully thrive during pregnancy and postpartum, especially while establishing social and support networks "here
Community-Based Participatory Research
When new partners join an established CBPR partnership, it is important to begin by getting to know the new partner rather than with the tasks that need to be accomplished. Furthermore, when conflict is pervasive, partners should move away from discussions and work together on a concrete task together
Worth the Risk? Muddled Relationships in Community-Based Participatory Research
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative research approach that has two purposes: (a) to generate knowledge about and (b) to take action to improve the lives of people facing health, social, economic, political, and environmental inequities. The foundation of all CBPR projects is its partnership-its cooperative relationship between community members, service providers, program planners, policy makers, and academics. It is …
“Finally when I started falling down”
This paper adds evidence to a growing body of literature seeking to understand the disproportionate occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) in Indigenous populations of Canada and reveals insights that may inform effective interventions. As a disease, TB is recognized as a disorder of the body, for which there are successful treatments. Its persistence in some populations, however, requires an understanding of TB as an illness, whereby disease is shaped …
Reflection/Commentary on a Past Article
Peyakohewamak-Needs of Involved Nehiyaw (Cree) Fathers Supporting Their Partners During Pregnancy
We sought to understand the needs of involved Nehiyaw (Cree) fathers who supported their partners during pregnancy. We used qualitative description and a community-based participatory research approach. We carried out in-depth semi-structured interviews with six Nehiyaw fathers. Four also participated in photovoice and follow-up interviews. All data were content analyzed qualitatively. Fathers felt they had to support their partners and overcome …
Community Setting as a Determinant of Health for Indigenous Peoples Living in the Prairie Provinces of Canada
Indigenous Peoples in Canada experience disproportionately high tuberculosis (TB) rates, and those living in the Prairie Provinces have the most advanced TB presentations (Health Canada, 2009). The community settings (i.e., urban centres, non-remote reserves, remote reserves, and isolated reserves) where Indigenous Peoples live can help explain high TB rates. Through qualitative description, we identify how community setting influenced Indigenous…
Supporting family caregiver engagement in the care of old persons living in hard to reach communities
Today, 8.5% of the world's population is 65 and over, and this statistic will reach 17% by 2050 (He et al., U.S. Census Bureau, international population reports, P95/16-1, An ageing world: 2015, U.S., 2016). They are the people who, with increasing age, will find themselves more closely interfacing with the national health system, which in many countries shows strong imbalances between rural and urban areas. In this context, a fundamental role is…
Attempting to Address Conditions of Poverty through an Inclusive Economic Approach in Alberta
This article responds to the call to alter current economic and social systems in light of COVID-19 by documenting initial efforts by a community-university partnership to build an inclusive economy. First, the effects of neoliberalism and oil ex- traction are examined to highlight the inequality that existed in Alberta long before the pandemic began. The paper then outlines four key areas of change: employment and training; social procurement an…
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Who are Canada’s Working Poor
Working poverty in Canada is shrouded in mystery and misconception due to the little attention given to this area in research and policy-making. We performed an analysis of working poverty in Canada by using data from the Canadian Income Survey and conducted a binomial logistic regression to discuss the general profile of the working poor and the determinants of working poverty. We found that the working poor have high rates of post-secondary edu…
Exploring collaboration within Edmonton's City Table on Household Food Insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been unprecedented attention and funding toward addressing household food insecurity (HFI) in Canada. In Edmonton, a virtual "City Table" was developed to coordinate the myriad of HFI responses and begin to explore and address systemic issues underlying HFI. In this qualitative descriptive study, we asked: what are the opportunities for and challenges to collaboratively addressing HFI within Edmonton's City…
Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry
The second edition of Maria J. Mayan’s Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry is written for newcomers interested in applied research, regardless of discipline. It provides what the reader needs to begin to explore, appreciate, and deeply understand our social world. The new edition maintains the straightforward, conversational style and passionate support for qualitative work of the first edition while addressing numerous changes in the field. Mayan …
Edmonton’s Race-based Data Table
A qualitative study of how young women in a rural Canadian community plan their futures
Education and employment are well-acknowledged social determinants of health. However, little is known about how young women in rural, resource-dependent communities make decisions about postsecondary education, employment, and other aspects of their futures. To address this gap, we conducted a qualitative study with young women (ages 16–19) in a rural, oil and gas town in Alberta, Canada. Our overarching research question was, how do young women…
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