scholarly journals The Perceptions of Mexican-American Men as Fathers

10.18060/212 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-352
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Shears ◽  
Rich Furman ◽  
Nalini Junko Negi
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Being There ◽  
Biological Fathers ◽  
Mexican Men ◽  
Evaluation Project

This qualitative study explores the lived experience of self-identified Mexican men as fathers. The sample consists of 47 biological fathers of children residing in Denver, Colorado, all whom are participating in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. The data suggests that these fathers engaged in traditionally conceptualized fathering roles. These men expressed the importance of being there, teaching, meeting the child’s needs, being a role model, offering emotional support, and giving affection and love. The fathers reported taking more responsibility, decreasing substance use, and limiting their leisure activities as a result of becoming a parent. The results suggest that, fathering in and of itself, may create resiliency and may have powerful positive influences on the lives of fathers.

scholarly journals Understanding Fathering among Native-American Men

10.18060/468 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Shears ◽  
Roe Bubar ◽  
Ronald C. Hall
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Early Head Start ◽  
Father Figure ◽  
Being There ◽  
Evaluation Project

This study explores fathering among self identified Native American men who have been identified as father or father figure to children involved in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. This research study highlights United States policies and their effects on Native American families particularly fathers. In addition, Native American fathers in this study reported that “being there” for their child was important and described how the manifestation of being there ranged from traditional to contemporary models of fathering. The article concludes with a discussion of specific issues that are important when working with Native fathers that may be of interest to social workers and social service practitioners.

scholarly journals Reconceptualizing civic education for young children: Recognizing embodied civic action

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
Katherina A. Payne ◽  
Jennifer Keys Adair ◽  
Kiyomi Sanchez Suzuki Colegrove ◽  
Sunmin Lee ◽  
Anna Falkner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Civic Action ◽  
Civic Skills ◽  
Early Childhood Settings

Traditional conceptions of civic education for young children in the United States tend to focus on student acquisition of patriotic knowledge, that is, identifying flags and leaders, and practicing basic civic skills like voting as decision-making. The Civic Action and Young Children study sought to look beyond this narrow vision of civic education by observing, documenting, and contextualizing how young children acted on behalf of and with other people in their everyday early childhood settings. In the following paper, we offer examples from three Head Start classrooms to demonstrate multiple ways that young children act civically in everyday ways. When classrooms and teachers afford young children more agency, children’s civic capabilities expand, and they are able to act on behalf of and with their community. Rather than teaching children about democracy and citizenship, we argue for an embodied, lived experience for young children.

Mixed Approach Programs in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project: An In-Depth View

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 893-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
JoAnn L. Robinson ◽  
Mary M. Klute ◽  
Richard Faldowski ◽  
Barbara Pan ◽  
Fredi Staerkel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Early Head Start ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Evaluation Project ◽  
Depth View

Mexican American Women’s Alternative Archive

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen R. Roybal
Keyword(s):  
Mexican American ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Mexican Women ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Mexican Men ◽  
The U.S

This chapter discusses the ways in which the U.S. government created an alternative archive when it recorded Mexicanas/os' voices in the "official" record during land grant adjudication proceedings in the mid- to late nineteenth century. The testimonio of landowner María Cleofas Bóne de López serves as a prime focus in the chapter to emphasize the ways in which marriage to Mexican women was one way that both Anglo and Mexican men gained access to and amassed material property. Through this and other key cases, the chapter emphasizes that males' land ownership was often predicated on relationships to and with Mexican women and the ways Mexican men were effeminized within the U.S. legal system. The depositions serve as testimonials to the integral role of gender in the history of property ownership and dispossession.

Quick Socio-Emotional Screening of Mexican-American and Other Ethnic Head Start Children

1983 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Roberto Flores De Apodaca ◽  
Bonnie Lowenthal ◽  
Nancy Linden ◽  
Alan S. Lowenthal
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Head Start Children

scholarly journals The lived experience of late midlife hemodialysis patients with diabetic nephropathy

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Hui-Man Huang ◽  
Ting-Ju Lin ◽  
Lee-Jen Wu Suen
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Nephropathy ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Aged Patients ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Physical Suffering

Background: Diabetic nephropathy is the primary reason that patients receive hemodialysis (HD), a frequent and lifelong treatment. However, HD is burdensome for middle–aged individuals, who still have personal and professional responsibilities, and can have a significant and disruptive impact on their lives.Aim: This study seeks to better understand the daily life experiences of middle-aged patients with diabetic nephropathy who are receiving HD.Methods: This qualitative study used purposive sampling to recruit participants from a teaching hospital in southern Taiwan from November 2014 to May 2015. The data was collected through in-depth interviews from 12 middle-aged diabetic nephropathy patients receiving HD. Data analysis was performed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method.Results: The significant statements were categorized into four themes and 10 subthemes: (1) Mental and physical suffering: shock and refusing HD, loss of control in certain aspects of life, burdened with complications from diabetes and HD conditions. (2) Social isolation: barriers to normal life and leisure activities, financial hardship resulting in reduced self-esteem. (3) Moving toward a new adjusted lifestyle: acknowledging illness and accepting HD, changing their perspective towards HD, learning to improve their own health, and (4) End-of-life evaluation: appreciation of life and death, coming to terms with mortality, and increased time spent with their families.Conclusions: The findings of this study showed that middle-aged patients receiving HD typically underwent a process of mental and physical suffering to adaptation and end-of-life reflection. These findings can help health care providers and family members better understand the experiences and hardships of patients receiving HD, which allows for better support and improved nursing care.

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