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TABLE OF CONTENTS DO I MATTER, OR AM I JUST A NAME ON A CHART? CANCER PATIENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Oluwademilade Adediran ’13 ENHANCING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN: EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES FOR INCORPORATING MONTESSORI METHODS WITHIN THE HEAD START PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Kesha Berg ’13 EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF HIV-1 RESISTANT CONFERRING MUTATIONS ON ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUG RESISTANCE IN HIV-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Mondraya Howard ’13 WASTE(LESS): A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TOWARD REDUCING FOOD WASTE . . . . . . . . 47 Bridgette Kelly ’12 HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA HMONG COMMUNITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chia Lee ’13 A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS HMONG AMERICAN STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MINNESOTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Mai-Eng Lee ’12
ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study is to explore what female musicians, who were 1-5 years post-treatment for breast cancer, had to say about their experience of mattering within the context of their health care. According to Tucker, Dixon and Griddine (2010), mattering is defined as “the experience of moving through life being noticed by and feeling special to others who also matter to us” (p. 134). In 1890, William James reflected on mattering by saying “one of the worst injustices in the world would be to live life being unnoticed by others” (as cited in Tucker, Dixon & Griddine, 2010, p. 135). Although the concept of mattering has been around for more than a hundred years, it has only recently been studied more systematically. Research related to mattering has been applied to multiple subjects such as relationship fulfillment, education, and workplace satisfaction (Kawamura & Brown, 2008; Connolly, 2002; Tucker et al., 2010). The current study examines the experience of mattering within a health care context. Common themes identified from 38 interview transcripts indicated patients felt they did not matter when the doctors treated them as merely a cancer patient and a name on a chart. This meant the doctors did not collaborate with the patients and did not individualize their care. The results also state women disliked when they were given their diagnosis over the phone by nurses who did not have sufficient information. Patients felt they mattered when physicians seemed to care about their livelihood. When doctors explained treatment options allowing for patient input, the patient felt they mattered. Patients reported extreme approval of their doctors when they received something such as a call from them to see how they were coping with treatments. Further research with doctors is needed in order to understand how health care professions perceive patients. In the 19 th Century the father of modern psychology, William James, stated “one of the worst injustices in the world would be to live life being unnoticed by others” (as cited in Tucker, Dixon, & Griddine, 2010, p. 135). Mattering, as William James believed, is essential in order for an individual’s healthy development (Tucker et al., 2010). Mattering to others in our lives is the “experience of moving through life being noticed by and feeling special to others who also matter to us” (Tucker et al., 2010, p. 135). It can also be thought of, however, as a feeling that “we make a difference in the lives of other people and that we are significant to the world around us” (France & Finney, 2009, p.104). Though the concept of mattering has been around since the 19th Century, it has only begun to be studied systematically in recent years, being applied to multiple subjects such as relationships, education, and workplace satisfaction. For example, it has been found that college students are more likely to stay at a particular college if they feel they matter to the institution (Tucker et al., 2010). In addition, workers are more satisfied with their place of employment if they feel like they matter to the company (Connolly, 2002). Kawamura and Brown (2008) examined relationship satisfaction by looking at division of housework data collected from homemakers and exploring how much women perceived that they mattered to their husbands. The researchers measured how much the women reported the division of housework to be equal. What was DO I MATTER, OR AM I JUST A NAME ON A CHART? CANCER PATIENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS Oluwademilade Adediran ’13 University of St. Thomas Mentor Jean Giebenhain, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of St. Thomas 1
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