Abstract
Session presented on: Thursday, July 25, 2013:
Purpose: The purpose of this proposed pilot study was to explore the caregiver experiences of African American and Hispanic/Latino mothers of children with asthma in an effort to understand how specific cultural influences have an effect on the care of these children and subsequent health outcomes.
Methods: A qualitative, descriptive design was used to examine the experiences, functioning and needs of low income African American and Hispanic/Latino mothers of children with asthma.
Sample: The participants (mothers) were recruited from a Child Development Center in North Carolina. A purposive sampling technique was used to enroll a sample of 10 low income, African American and 10 low income, Hispanic or Latino mothers of children with asthma. Purposive sampling involves deliberate sampling for maximal variation (Blankertz, 1998; Patton, 2002) on factors considered important to the concepts being studied (e.g., family configurations, acuity of asthma, age of child).
Procedure: One semi-structure interview lasting 60-90 minutes was conducted by the principal investigator with mothers in their homes.
Analysis: The audio recorded tapes were transcribed into electronic text and analyzed using content analysis techniques with the aid of a text-based analysis computer software program (ATLAS.TI version 7). The interview data was analyzed to discover regularities and to identify and categorize patterns (Miles & Huberman, 1994).
Results: The caregiver experiences, functioning, and needs of low income African American and Latino mothers of children with asthma provided information on cultural adaptation to the health care system.
Conclusion: Future research needs to focus cultural competency measures that correlate with these mothers cultural experiences.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Lead Author Affiliation
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Cultural Competency, Asthma, Caregiver Experiences
Recommended Citation
Dowell, Jo A., "Caregiver experiences, functioning, and needs of low-income African-American and Latino mothers of children with asthma" (2013). INRC (Congress). 159.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2013/presentations_2013/159
Conference Name
24th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Conference Year
2013
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Caregiver experiences, functioning, and needs of low-income African-American and Latino mothers of children with asthma
Prague, Czech Republic
Session presented on: Thursday, July 25, 2013:
Purpose: The purpose of this proposed pilot study was to explore the caregiver experiences of African American and Hispanic/Latino mothers of children with asthma in an effort to understand how specific cultural influences have an effect on the care of these children and subsequent health outcomes.
Methods: A qualitative, descriptive design was used to examine the experiences, functioning and needs of low income African American and Hispanic/Latino mothers of children with asthma.
Sample: The participants (mothers) were recruited from a Child Development Center in North Carolina. A purposive sampling technique was used to enroll a sample of 10 low income, African American and 10 low income, Hispanic or Latino mothers of children with asthma. Purposive sampling involves deliberate sampling for maximal variation (Blankertz, 1998; Patton, 2002) on factors considered important to the concepts being studied (e.g., family configurations, acuity of asthma, age of child).
Procedure: One semi-structure interview lasting 60-90 minutes was conducted by the principal investigator with mothers in their homes.
Analysis: The audio recorded tapes were transcribed into electronic text and analyzed using content analysis techniques with the aid of a text-based analysis computer software program (ATLAS.TI version 7). The interview data was analyzed to discover regularities and to identify and categorize patterns (Miles & Huberman, 1994).
Results: The caregiver experiences, functioning, and needs of low income African American and Latino mothers of children with asthma provided information on cultural adaptation to the health care system.
Conclusion: Future research needs to focus cultural competency measures that correlate with these mothers cultural experiences.