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An escape from agony: A qualitative psychological autopsy study of women's suicide in a post-conflict Northern Uganda

We set out to investigate suicide among women in a post-conflict context in Northern Uganda using qualitative psychological autopsy interviews. Three to five relatives and friends for each of the three suicides recruited were interviewed (N=11). Through interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)...

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Autores principales: Kizza, Dorothy, Knizek, Birthe Loa, Kinyanda, Eugene, Hjelmeland, Heidi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22989691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v7i0.18463
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description We set out to investigate suicide among women in a post-conflict context in Northern Uganda using qualitative psychological autopsy interviews. Three to five relatives and friends for each of the three suicides recruited were interviewed (N=11). Through interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) we found that the women all had been through traumatic experiences attributable to the protracted war/conflict between the rebel groups and Ugandan Government armed forces. Nevertheless, the decision of self-inflicted death seemed to have been due to a combination of unpleasant experiences/events that prevailed within the last 3 months prior to the suicide. These experiences are summarized in two broad themes: No control in life and No care. Changes in the traditional gender roles, men's quest for their lost masculinity, and women's attempt to fight for their rights that was perceived as a cultural transgression contributed to the women's suicides.
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spelling pubmed-34355082012-09-07 An escape from agony: A qualitative psychological autopsy study of women's suicide in a post-conflict Northern Uganda Kizza, Dorothy Knizek, Birthe Loa Kinyanda, Eugene Hjelmeland, Heidi Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Empirical Study We set out to investigate suicide among women in a post-conflict context in Northern Uganda using qualitative psychological autopsy interviews. Three to five relatives and friends for each of the three suicides recruited were interviewed (N=11). Through interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) we found that the women all had been through traumatic experiences attributable to the protracted war/conflict between the rebel groups and Ugandan Government armed forces. Nevertheless, the decision of self-inflicted death seemed to have been due to a combination of unpleasant experiences/events that prevailed within the last 3 months prior to the suicide. These experiences are summarized in two broad themes: No control in life and No care. Changes in the traditional gender roles, men's quest for their lost masculinity, and women's attempt to fight for their rights that was perceived as a cultural transgression contributed to the women's suicides. Co-Action Publishing 2012-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3435508/ /pubmed/22989691 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v7i0.18463 Text en © 2012 D. Kizza et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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An escape from agony: A qualitative psychological autopsy study of women's suicide in a post-conflict Northern Uganda
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title_full_unstemmed An escape from agony: A qualitative psychological autopsy study of women's suicide in a post-conflict Northern Uganda
title_short An escape from agony: A qualitative psychological autopsy study of women's suicide in a post-conflict Northern Uganda
title_sort escape from agony: a qualitative psychological autopsy study of women's suicide in a post-conflict northern uganda
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22989691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v7i0.18463
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