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"It Takes a Village to Get Through Cancer,” A Photo-Elicitation Study Exploring Lived Experiences of Community Cancer Survivors

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Ragle, Amy, et al. "it Takes a Village to Get Through Cancer,” A Photo-elicitation Study Exploring Lived Experiences of Community Cancer Survivors. Dale, Lucinda.University of Indianapolis. 2019. uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/8a2e713b-8b38-4c5a-bece-8ec986d17439.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

R. Amy, P. K. M, W. Taylor, I. Gabrielle, S. Nicole, & M. Tamzyn. (2019). "It Takes a Village to Get Through Cancer,” A Photo-Elicitation Study Exploring Lived Experiences of Community Cancer Survivors. https://uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/8a2e713b-8b38-4c5a-bece-8ec986d17439

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Ragle, Amy, Polo, Katie M., Welch, Taylor, Ingram, Gabrielle, Scholl, Nicole, and Mather, Tamzyn. "it Takes a Village to Get Through Cancer,” A Photo-Elicitation Study Exploring Lived Experiences of Community Cancer Survivors. University of Indianapolis. 2019. https://uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/8a2e713b-8b38-4c5a-bece-8ec986d17439.

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Introduction: Cancer survivors continue to experience complications that last months to years following diagnosis and treatment which can impact daily life. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of adult community cancer survivors related to daily activities and occupational performance.
Methods: Phenomenology study design and photo elicitation, types of qualitative visual methodology were utilized to blend photos and words from survivors. Thirteen adult cancer survivors were recruited for this study at a community-based cancer support organization incentral Indiana. Open coding, axial coding and constant comparative analysis approach was utilized to achieve trustworthiness and conceptual saturation.
Result: Investigators identified that participants experienced a shift in cultural context, wherein they took on a new context defined by their cancer survivorship. This shift of cultural context is dynamic, inter-related, and ultimately paralleled by the experiences of the researcher identified themes, of distress, changes in perspective, client factors, and in occupational performance. The themes of distress, changes in perspectives and client factors dynamically influenced occupational performance and engagement.
Conclusion: In order for occupational therapists to provide client-centered, holistic, and evidence-based practice into cancer survivorship care, occupational therapists need to understand the unique changes in roles, routines, and occupations and consider how this cultural context shift, along with distress, changes in survivors perspective, and client factors, lead to changes in occupational performance.

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