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Discourse of folk literature on healthy ageing: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan during the pandemic crisis

Due to COVID-19 and the repeated imposition of lockdowns in Pakistan's Sindh province, the life of senior citizens has become challenging. Given the scarcity of health care policies targeted at Sindh's aged persons, the use of folk literature as therapy has increased to support against iso...

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Main Authors: David, Maya Khemlani, Ali, Ameer
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Published: MDPI 2021
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spelling my.um.eprints.349112022-05-26T03:23:18Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/34911/ Discourse of folk literature on healthy ageing: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan during the pandemic crisis David, Maya Khemlani Ali, Ameer H Social Sciences (General) Due to COVID-19 and the repeated imposition of lockdowns in Pakistan's Sindh province, the life of senior citizens has become challenging. Given the scarcity of health care policies targeted at Sindh's aged persons, the use of folk literature as therapy has increased to support against isolation, depression, and distress caused by COVID-19 and lockdowns. Although research on healthy ageing from medical and health care perspectives has been increasingly conducted in different contexts, there is a need to explore how folk literature can contribute to psychological, spiritual, and social wellbeing. Therefore, this research, conducted by collecting data from 15 aged participants through interviews and conversations, seeks to explore how senior Sindhis have used folk literature such as poetry, proverbs, and tales as therapy for their healing. Findings show that the participants' use of Sindhi folk literature contributes to their psychological (eudemonic, evaluative, and hedonic) wellbeing, spiritual healing, and social satisfaction. MDPI 2021-09 Article PeerReviewed David, Maya Khemlani and Ali, Ameer (2021) Discourse of folk literature on healthy ageing: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan during the pandemic crisis. SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL, 10 (9). ISSN 2076-0760, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090350 <https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090350>. 10.3390/socsci10090350
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David, Maya Khemlani
Ali, Ameer
Discourse of folk literature on healthy ageing: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan during the pandemic crisis
description Due to COVID-19 and the repeated imposition of lockdowns in Pakistan's Sindh province, the life of senior citizens has become challenging. Given the scarcity of health care policies targeted at Sindh's aged persons, the use of folk literature as therapy has increased to support against isolation, depression, and distress caused by COVID-19 and lockdowns. Although research on healthy ageing from medical and health care perspectives has been increasingly conducted in different contexts, there is a need to explore how folk literature can contribute to psychological, spiritual, and social wellbeing. Therefore, this research, conducted by collecting data from 15 aged participants through interviews and conversations, seeks to explore how senior Sindhis have used folk literature such as poetry, proverbs, and tales as therapy for their healing. Findings show that the participants' use of Sindhi folk literature contributes to their psychological (eudemonic, evaluative, and hedonic) wellbeing, spiritual healing, and social satisfaction.
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author David, Maya Khemlani
Ali, Ameer
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Ali, Ameer
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title Discourse of folk literature on healthy ageing: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan during the pandemic crisis
title_short Discourse of folk literature on healthy ageing: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan during the pandemic crisis
title_full Discourse of folk literature on healthy ageing: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan during the pandemic crisis
title_fullStr Discourse of folk literature on healthy ageing: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan during the pandemic crisis
title_full_unstemmed Discourse of folk literature on healthy ageing: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan during the pandemic crisis
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