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Mötet med människor som uttrycker skam vid akut behov av mat: Informella strategier bland professionella

Linde, Stig LU and Söderberg, Maria LU (2025) In Diakonian tutkimus -aikakauskirja 2025(1). p.30-54
Abstract
The aim of this study was to reveal how social workers and deacons in Sweden describe and reason their approach to people expressing an experience of shame when in need of food aid. Ten food aid professionals participated in individual semi-structured interviews. Prominent features in the "ndings are three strategies based on argumentation, attitude, and action in the meeting with visitors, and, additionally, a fourth strategy guided by the need for collegial support outside the meeting with the visitors. !e analysis showed that professionals repeatedly deal with experiences of shame among visitors and that they as professionals develop informal strategies to reduce the elements of shame - for the sake of the visitors and for themselves.
Abstract (Swedish)
Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur socialarbetare och diakoner i Sverige beskriver och resonerar kring sitt förhållningssätt till personer som uttrycker skam i samband med behov av mathjälp. Tio professionella som arbetar med mathjälp deltog i individuella semistrukturerade intervjuer. Framträdande drag i resultaten är tre strategier baserade på argumentation, bemötande och handling i mötet med besökare, samt en fjärde strategi som visar på behovet av kollegialt stöd utanför mötet med besökarna. Analysen visade att de yrkesverksamma återkommande hanterar upplevelser av skam hos besökarna och att de utvecklar informella strategier för att minska inslagen av skam – för besökarnas skull och för sin egen.
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Encounters with Individuals Expressing Shame in Situations of Acute Food Need: Informal Strategies Employed by Professionals
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diakoner, socialarbetare inom ekonomiskt bistånd, erkännande, skam, mathjälp, matfattigdom, food assistance, food aid professionals, deacons, recognition, shame, food poverty
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Diakonian tutkimus -aikakauskirja
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2025
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1
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25 pages
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1795-5270
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10.37448/dt.145992
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Multiple languages
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