2023
Navigating and manipulating childbirth services in Afar, Ethiopia: A qualitative study of cultural safety in the birthing room
Hagaman A, Rodriguez H, Egger E, Bitewulign B, Case H, Alemayehu A, Rhodes E, Estifanos A, Singh K, Keraga D, Zahid M, Magge H, Barrington C. Navigating and manipulating childbirth services in Afar, Ethiopia: A qualitative study of cultural safety in the birthing room. Social Science & Medicine 2023, 331: 116073. PMID: 37481879, PMCID: PMC10410251, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCultural safetyPower dynamicsSafety frameworkSemi-structured interviewsDistinct cultural traditionsHealth systemRich cultural diversityGovernment health facilitiesCultural diversityCultural traditionsThematic analysisQualitative studyMaternal health servicesChildbirth servicesHealth facilitiesHealth servicesAfar regionPast decadeEthiopiaFrameworkGovernmentWieldWomenServicesAfar
2018
Suicide in Nepal: Qualitative Findings from a Modified Case-Series Psychological Autopsy Investigation of Suicide Deaths
Hagaman AK, Khadka S, Wutich A, Lohani S, Kohrt BA. Suicide in Nepal: Qualitative Findings from a Modified Case-Series Psychological Autopsy Investigation of Suicide Deaths. Culture, Medicine, And Psychiatry 2018, 42: 704-734. PMID: 29881930, PMCID: PMC6286252, DOI: 10.1007/s11013-018-9585-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic health gapsAnthropological scholarshipMigrant labourFamily membersCross-cultural researchAnthropological approachPower dynamicsSpousal abuseCircumstances of suicidePsychological autopsy approachLack of educationCultural narrativesFamily disputesSouth AsiaQualitative findingsSocial stigmaSuicide narrativesImmediate family membersResearch approachSuicide deathsRural NepalSurvivors of suicideNarrative reconstructionHealth gapAutopsy approach