Reflection on Healthcare Providers’ Gender Mainstreaming Experiences with Tuberculosis
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Objectives: This study is conducted to study healthcare providers’ experiences with mainstreaming gender in health cares to patients suffering from tuberculosis (TB).
Research Design: The study is carried out on the basis of participatory action research (PAR) approach.
Research Methodology: The informants participating in this study include 78 healthcare providers in total, who have had experiences with giving health cares to TB patients. These healthcare providers are selected through a purposive sample technique from public hospitals in 5 provinces. Tools used for collecting data in this study involve observations, in-depth interviews, and focus groups. Open coding is used as a key method in the stage of data analysis.
Research Results: Healthcare providers’ experiences based on gender mainstreaming in giving health cares to TB patients can be grouped as followings; 1) Experiences with using gender analysis upon their home visit to TB patients. 2) Experiences with using gender analysis in the relation between healthcare providers and TB patients, which helps the healthcare providers exercise less power with the patients and, on the contrary, patient empowerment. 3) Experiences with mainstreaming gender with community service to reduce stigma upon TB patients in the community. 4) Experiences with using gender mainstreaming in providing health care services to TB patients.
Summary: This study shows that healthcare providers’ experiences with applying gender mainstreaming and gender analysis in giving health services to TB patients in every stage are greatly important and can be used for designing proper nursing care to patients with tuberculosis and other health problems in the future.
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