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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Societal Narratives on Caregivers in Asia.

Reuben Ng, Nicole Indran

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Patients', carers' and healthcare providers' views of patient-held health records in Kerala, India: A qualitative exploratory study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023
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  10. '24/7' Caregiving: A Qualitative Analysis of an Emerging Phenomenon of Interest in Caregiving.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  13. Ageism on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Journal of social issues · 2022
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2 authors.

Reuben NgLee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-1186-0570
Nicole IndranLee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-3095-2988

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although there has been an increase in awareness of the struggles experienced by caregivers, discourse on caregiving remains confined mostly to academia, policy circles or the family unit. There have been suggestions that public discourse on informal caregiving dwells overwhelmingly on the outsize toll it takes on the health of caregivers. However, few studies have examined societal narratives on caregivers-a gap our study aims to fill. We leveraged an online media database of 12 billion words collated from over 30 million articles to explore societal narratives on caregivers in six Asian countries. Computational linguistics and statistical analysis were applied to study the content of narratives on caregivers. The prevalence of societal narratives on caregivers was highest in Singapore-five times higher than Sri Lanka, which evidenced the lowest prevalence. Findings reveal that the inadequacies of institutional care as well as the need to train and empower caregivers are pressing issues that need to be prioritized on the policy agenda in Asia. Of broader significance, the diverse capabilities across Asia present opportunities for cross-country learning and capacity-building.

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CaregiversNarrationHumansSingaporeSri Lankaaging policycaregiverscaregivingdigital humanitiesnarrativespsychomicspublic policyquantitative social sciencesocial gerontologytext as data

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