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摘要
More African American grandmothers are becoming caregivers for their grandchildren when the parents are unable or unwilling to provide care. This qualitative study used hermeneutic phenomenology based on in-depth interviews with 15 African American women who have assumed the role of caregiver. The following themes, with subthemes, emerged regarding this new role for the grandmothers: Finding a Voice to Match Medical Needs, The Role of the Confidante: The Power of the Group, The Relationship with the Biological Parents, and Legal Issues. These findings provide rich understanding of the African American women and the challenges they face related to culture, race, lack of political voice and power, and limited resources-in essence, the impact of marginalization in society. The underlying point is the potential impact on this population and the degree to which the health care profession can draw on an interdisciplinary model to frame, analyze, and address future health care problems in marginalized African American women.
- 出版日期2010-8
