Lived experiences of Ghanaian community psychiatric nurses resilience strategies in combating stigma: an interpretive phenomenology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs) deliver healthcare services to people with mental illness, offering in-home, personalized care. However, stigma surrounding mental illness in both rural and urban communities complicates service delivery. Stigma refers to a social construct involving the devaluation and discrimination against individuals based on perceived undesirable characteristics or attributes. This study aimed to explore how community psychiatric nurses employ resilience strategies to combat stigma.

Methods

This study used an interpretive phenomenological framework to examine community psychiatric nurses' experiences with stigma. Participants were purposefully sampled, and interviews were audio-taped and manually transcribed. Thematic analysis was conducted

SUBMITTER: Buertey AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834248 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature