Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
16 p.
Publication Date
5-2000
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Source Publication
Journal of Family Nursing
Source ISSN
1074-8407
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1177/107484070000600203
Abstract
This study describes a group of six African American grandmothers parenting their grandchildren secondary to cocaine abuse on the part of the parents. It explores the manner in which such parenting affected the grandmothers’ health. Data for this ethnography design were collected through participant observation, field notes, taped interviews, and supplementary data sources. The identification of cultural themes evolved from domain and taxonomic analyses. The themes—parenting a second time around, sacrifice, and God’s presence in daily life—expressed aspects of the grandmothers’ culture. The effects on health varied from none to exacerbation of chronic illnesses. The study results, and its picture of life from the grandmothers’ perspectives, suggest areas of nursing assessment and intervention that otherwise might be left unexplored.
Recommended Citation
Haglund, Kristin, "Parenting a Second Time Around: An Ethnography of African American Grandmothers Parenting Grandchildren Due to Parental Cocaine Abuse" (2000). College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications. 42.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/nursing_fac/42
Comments
Accepted version. Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 2000):120-135. DOI. © 2000 SAGE Publications. Used with permission.
Kristin Haglund was affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin at the time of publication.