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Autoethnography and severe perineal trauma—an unexpected journey from disembodiment to embodiment

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Women's Health, October 2015
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Title
Autoethnography and severe perineal trauma—an unexpected journey from disembodiment to embodiment
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BMC Women's Health, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12905-015-0249-3
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Holly S. Priddis

Abstract

There is a lack of research reporting on the physical and emotional experiences of women who sustain severe perineal trauma (third and fourth degree tears). When the researcher identifies with the group being researched, autoethnography can allow an insight into the experiences of the marginalised group through the telling of a personal story. The aim of this paper is to share the journey travelled by an autoethnographer who on examining the issue of severe perineal trauma came to understand the challenges and rewards she experienced through this reflective and analytic process. A transformative emancipatory approach guided the design, data collection and analysis of findings from this study. For this paper, a multivocal narrative approach was taken in presenting the findings, which incorporated the words of both the autoethnographer and the twelve women who were interviewed as a component of the study, all of whom had sustained severe perineal trauma. As an autoethnographer, being a member of the group being researched, can be confronting as the necessary reflection upon one's personal journey may lead to feelings of vulnerability, sadness, and emotional pain. The transformation from disembodied to embodied self, resulted in a physical and emotional breakdown that occurred for this autoethnographer. Autoethnographers may experience unexpected emotional and physical challenges as they reflect upon their experiences and research the experiences of others. When incorporating a transformative emancipatory framework, the hardships are somewhat balanced by the rewards of witnessing 'self-transformation' as a result of the research.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Australia 1 2%
Unknown 61 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 21%
Student > Bachelor 10 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Other 3 5%
Other 9 14%
Unknown 17 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 16 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 14%
Psychology 8 13%
Social Sciences 7 11%
Philosophy 1 2%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 19 30%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 October 2016.
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#7,411,214
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Outputs from BMC Women's Health
#789
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#94,741
of 283,225 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Women's Health
#19
of 34 outputs
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