The ‘Loita Rite of Passage’: An alternative to the alternative rite of passage?
SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2021 Since the late 1990s, so-called ‘alternative rites of passage’ (ARP) have gained popularity in Kenya as a strategy to end female genital mutilation (FGM).
Hannelore Van Bavel, PhD
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The impact of community led alternative rite of passage on eradication of female genital mutilation/cutting in Kajiado County, Kenya: A quasi-experimental study. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Introduction In Kenya, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is highly prevalent in specific communities such as the Maasai and Somali. With the intention of curtailing FMG/C prevalence in Maasai community, Amref Health Africa, designed and ...
Muhula S +11 more
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The first pelvic examination: A rite of passage for the women. A qualitative study about French women. [PDF]
Eur J Gen Pract, 2020 Background French general practitioners (GP) and gynaecologists can make use of recommendations when performing a patient’s first pelvic examination. The indications and techniques for this examination are clear.
Million E +7 more
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Crossing the threshold. Emerging adulthood as an elaborate liminal phase of the rite of passage
Fides et Ratio, 2021 The article contains a comparison of emerging adulthood (EA) to the rite of passage by van Gennep and Turner. The authors argue that EA is a far and residual equivalent of the liminal phase of the rite of passage, in its extended form.
Anna Lipska, Wanda Zagórska
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A rite of passage: a mixed methodology study about knowledge, perceptions and practices of menstrual hygiene management in rural Gambia. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2019 BackgroundAppropriate menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is impeded by taboos and secrecy surrounding menstruation. Unhygienic menstrual practices and unpreparedness for managing menstruation has been associated with adverse health and social outcomes ...
Shah V +6 more
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"It's Kind of a Rite of Passage": An Exploration Into Residents' Experience of Learning in a Critical Care Setting. [PDF]
J Grad Med EducBackground Many trainees complete rotations in intensive care units (ICUs), but little is known about how ICU rotations impact learners. Understanding residents' experiences in ICU rotations is a crucial step toward improving resident education and ...
Kopstick AJ +4 more
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Images From a Jointly-Arousing Collective Ritual Reveal Affective Polarization [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 Collective rituals are biologically ancient and culturally pervasive, yet few studies have quantified effects on participants. We assessed two plausible models from qualitative anthropology: ritual empathy predicts affective convergence among all ritual ...
Joseph A. Bulbulia +6 more
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The rite of passage of becoming a humanitarian health worker: experiences of retention in Sweden. [PDF]
Glob Health Action, 2018 Background: Low retention of humanitarian workers poses constraints on humanitarian organisations’ capacity to respond effectively to disasters. Research has focused on reasons for humanitarian workers leaving the sector, but little is known about the ...
Albuquerque S, Eriksson A, Alvesson HM.
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Dawno, dawno temu na przedmieściach. Baśniowość w filmie Edward Nożycoręki Tima Burtona [PDF]
Images, 2015 Once Upon a Time in the Suburbs. The Use of Fairy Tales in Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands In the article, Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands is analyzed.
Adrianna Fiłonowicz
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