Maternal Support and Cultural Influences among Mexican Immigrant Mothers
| Autor: | Rossana E. Barrera, Margaret S. Sherraden |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
Cultural influence Policy development Pregnancy business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Family support 05 social sciences Immigration 050109 social psychology Cultural issues medicine.disease 0506 political science 050602 political science & public administration Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Demography media_common Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. 77:298-313 |
| ISSN: | 1945-1350 1044-3894 |
| Popis: | The proportion of low-birth-weight infants born to women of Mexican descent is consistently low despite adverse social and economic conditions. This is particularly true among immigrant Mexican women, who have better birth outcomes than do women of Mexican descent bom in the United States. This qualitative study explores pregnancy and childbearing among a sample of 41 Mexican immigrants in Chicago, including women with low-birth-weight babies and women with normal-birth-weight babies. In-depth interviews focused on social, economic, and cultural contexts of childbearing. Family support, especially support of a woman's mother, may help explain why women of Mexican descent have relatively few low-birth-weight infants compared with other groups. Implications for future research and policy development are suggested. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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