Pad Leaks

In the third episode of Pad Leaks (recorded over a year ago), Tiina Vaittinen discuss with Dr Christopher Chatterton. Chris is our colleague in the Pad Project, but also a coauthor in the International Continence Society (ICS) report on the terminology for "single‐use body worn absorbent incontinence products” that was published in Neurourology and Urodynamics in 2020. In this episode, we discuss with Chris, what this report was about, and what the term "single-use body worn absorbent incontinence products" refers to. We also discuss the power of stigma in talking about continence products, and how the stigma operates differently in different contexts - and different languages.

ässä englannin kielisessä podcastissa juttelemme Dr Christopher Chattertonin kanssa siitä, miksi "sitä" - eli inkontinenssisuojaa - tulisi kutsua, ja miksi. Juttelemme International Continence Societyn julkaisemasta terminologiasuosituksesta, jota Chris oli mukana kirjoittamassa. Pohdimme myös sitä, miten stigma vaikuttaa terminologiavalintoihin eri tilanteissa ja eri kielissä, ja kulttuureissa. Jakso on nauhoitettu jo yli vuosi sitten.

Faecal incontinence is a common and perhaps one of the most stigmatising health conditions. The stigma gains it's power largely from the lack of knowledge on what it is to live with faecal leakages, and how to treat and manage. Societies just don't talk anough about poo, and pooing practices. In this episode, we discuss with Dr Lesley Dibley from the University of Greenwhich, about a whole range of issues on why we need to talk more about poo, and how societies could be restructured to make life with faecal leakages easier.

Incontinence is a common health condition, but why don't we know anything about it? In this first episode of the Pad Leaks podcast, the researcher Tiina Vaittinen introduces the show and leaks the reasons for making it.