Perinatal Loss in Low-Income African American Parents

To date, investigators have not demonstrated a clear relationship between a parent's history of prior perinatal losses and intensity of grief response following a subsequent perinatal loss. Examining this relationship for low-income, African-American parents is important because they are a vulnerable population due to the high incidence of perinatal mortality in Blacks and their other life stressors that can impact on grief response and caring needs. The purpose of this case study was to examine the impact of recurrent perinatal loss on a low-income African-American parent. The research design for this study was case report, using interview data collected from a mother who had recently experienced her fourth perinatal loss, which occurred at twenty-five weeks of gestation. Transcripts from two open-ended interviews were analyzed. The theoretical framework used to guide analysis of this case study was Lazarus and Folkman's stress and coping theory. Results demonstrated that the prior perinatal losses did not appear as critical components of the way the mother responded to her most recent loss. Instead, perception of the care she received from healthcare providers and how that care related to her experiences with her one living child who was born at the same gestational age was an important determinant in how she responded to her loss. The results of this case study demonstrate the importance assessing a person's perception of their experience and those factors which contribute to the way they respond.

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Evaluation of the Factor Structure of the Obstacles to Engagement Scale with Low-Income African American Parents

Frontiers in Pediatrics ◽

10.3389/fped.2014.00139 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Deborah Winders Davis ◽

Robert Dempster ◽

John A. Myers ◽

Veronnie Faye Jones ◽

Lesa Ryan ◽

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Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Low Income ◽

African American Parents ◽

Engagement Scale

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Teasing apart the child care conundrum: A factorial survey analysis of perceptions of child care quality, fair market price and willingness to pay by low-income, African American parents

Early Childhood Research Quarterly ◽

10.1016/j.ecresq.2005.10.002 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 393-416 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Anne B. Shlay ◽

Henry Tran ◽

Marsha Weinraub ◽

Michelle Harmon

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Child Care ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Low Income ◽

Market Price ◽

Care Quality ◽

African American Parents ◽

Factorial Survey ◽

Survey Analysis ◽

Fair Market

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Lessons from the Research Field on Partnership in Pediatric Primary Care with Urban, Low-Income African American Parents

Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership ◽

10.24926/ijps.v6i3.2183 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Kara Koschmann ◽

Mary C. Hooke

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

African American ◽

Data Collection ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Low Income ◽

Research Field ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

African American Parents ◽

Care Providers ◽

Research Findings

Qualitative data collection offers a unique opportunity to partner with research participants. Lessons learned through the process of data collection with urban, low-income, African American parents are reflective of the research findings themselves. Carefully designed research studies can remove barriers and empower participants, broadening the reach and results. Recruitment within communities develops trust, and focus groups offer a more empowering method for interviewing marginalized populations. Parents desire to have solid partnerships with their children’s health-care providers so that with their providers’ guidance, their children can flourish. The process of implementing the research itself, and not just the results, reveals strategies for improving partnership between parents and health-care providers.

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