A5026244537- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Global Socioeconomic and Political Dynamics
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends
- Risk Perception and Management
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Soviet and Russian History
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Sex work and related issues
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Ethics in medical practice
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Economic Analysis and Policy
- Russia and Soviet political economy
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Economic Systems and Logistics Management
University of Latvia
2011-2023
Abstract Background Public awareness and engagement are among the main prerequisites for protecting rights of research participants successful sustainable functioning biobanks. The aim our study was to analyse public attitudes towards biobanks in Latvia, compare these data with results 2010 Eurobarometer study. We also analysed influence on willingness participate biobank studies preferred type informed consent. Methods developed a 12-question survey repeating seven questions about from...
Relational aspects, such as involvement of donor’s relatives or friends in the decision-making on participation a research biobank, providing relatives’ health data to researchers, sharing findings with should be considered when reflecting ethical aspects biobanks. The aim this paper is explore what role and process becoming being biobank donor which issues arise context. We performed qualitative analysis 40 semi-structured interviews donors researchers. results show that relatedness other...
The aim of this article is to analyse the role metaphors for infertile body in context assisted reproduction, using conceptual metaphor theory as a framework, and evaluate moral significance these metaphors. This sub-study part larger study examining biosafety practices new biotechnologies Latvia. In sub-study, special attention was paid used by reproductive technology users, egg donors experts. It can be concluded that not only does infertility experience influence choice metaphors, but use...
A mediated tolerance of violence: an analysis online newspaper articles and “below-the-line” comments in the Latvian media This article analyses framing violence published reader response to these how frames may negatively present impact those who suffer violence. It makes visible language used concepts employed such cases where someone supports, justifies, or positively perceives The text is based on qualitative content 3,166 documents Latvian, Russian English languages from news sources...
Institutional actors in urban areas Latvia are increasingly concerned about reducing violence on multiple scales and temporalities. Imagining such achievements, however, often too easily focuses the aesthetics of security infrastructure public space that obscure social causes effects this has unequal development marginalization. Drawing fieldwork practices domestic prevention three Latvian during autumn winter 2019, paper examines how geographical imagination where resides connects spatial...
‘Women-protective’ language is broadly used as a frame in political discussions on women’s reproductive healthcare and labour rights. This article addresses the use of ‘women-protective’ online news articles Latvian media about proposed prohibition oocyte donation for nulliparous women. The main focus recent debate has not been technology itself, but rather female body rationality decision-making capacity. results analysis show that positions women victims, increases control over restricts...
The aim of this paper is to analyze the process risk communication in context assisted reproduction Latvia. based on a qualitative methodology and two types data: media analysis 30 semi-structured interviews (11 patients, 4 egg donors, 15 experts). study explores broad definition three risks: health, psychosocial, moral. We ask (1), who involved communication, (2), how risks are discussed using different channels (3), what ethical problems arise during process. In analysis, we identified...
Purpose The digital age requires people of all ages to communicate and organise their lives through technologies. project EQualCare investigates how the growing population older living alone is managing this transition, it shapes (non-)digital social networks what changes on a local level need be brought about. This paper aims give insight into process participatory action research (PAR) with in community across four countries reflects experiences made by academic co-researchers....