Abstract
Advances in technology and knowledge have contributed to a growing population of children with chronic illness. Nurses caring for chronically ill children and their families in the home environment have witnessed a rapid increase in the occurrence and complexity of care that children receive at home. A challenge for pediatric nurses is to develop, teach, and deliver health care that is sensitive to a multicultural population. There is a lack of research regarding the experience of caring for a chronically ill child from a cultural perspective. The purpose of this study was to examine how African-American, Hispanic, and Caucasian families dealt with chronic illness of a child in the home. The study explains how family caregivers perceived the stresses of caregiving and how they managed the delivery of care for a child with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
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Kappa Eta
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Grounded Theory
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Chronically Ill Children, Multicultural Population, Pediatric Nursing
Advisor
Audrey Faulker
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
The Union Institute
Degree Year
1998
Recommended Citation
Joffe, Patricia D., "African-American, Hispanic, and Caucasian parents' perception and management of chronically ill children in the home" (2019). Dissertations. 1814.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1814
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-03-08
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9910826; ProQuest document ID: 304478344. The author still retains copyright.