A Life Course Perspective on Stress and Health Among Caregivers of Children With Asthma in Detroit

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dc.contributor.authorCheezum, Rebecca R.
dc.contributor.authorSampson, Natalie R.
dc.contributor.authorParker, Edith A.
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Toby C.
dc.contributor.authorO’Toole, Ashley
dc.contributor.authorPatton, Jean
dc.contributor.authorZuniga, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorRobins, Thomas G.
dc.contributor.authorKeirns, Carla C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-02T19:42:23Z
dc.date.available2019-01-02T19:42:23Z
dc.date.issued2013-01
dc.description.abstractLow-income caregivers raising children with asthma experience many obstacles to their own health, including stress. To understand and describe their daily experiences, researchers conducted 40 qualitative interviews supplemented with descriptive quantitative surveys in Detroit, Michigan, as part of a community-based participatory research partnership of Community Action Against Asthma. Prevalence of chronic illness is noticeably higher among participants than the general US population. Caregivers identified stress processes that may influence disproportionate health outcomes and risk-related behaviors over their lifetime. Applying a life course perspective, findings suggest that public health interventions should address family-level comorbidities, increase instrumental social support, and acknowledge practical coping mechanisms.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program conducted as part of Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA), an academic-community partnership. CAAA also receives funding from NIEHS for a related exposure study.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSampson, N., Parker, E. A., Cheezum, R. R., O’Toole, A., Patton, J., Lewis, T. C., Robins, T. G., Keirns, C. C. (2013) “I wouldn’t look at it as stress”: Conceptualizations of caregiver stress among low-income families of children with asthma. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 24(1), 275-288.en_US
dc.identifier.grantnumberRWJF Award #56940 and Award #64332; NIEHS # K23-ES013242en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10323/6476
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.journalFamily & Community Healthen_US
dc.subjectCaregiversen_US
dc.subjectChildhood asthmaen_US
dc.subjectLife stressorsen_US
dc.subjectChronic diseaseen_US
dc.titleA Life Course Perspective on Stress and Health Among Caregivers of Children With Asthma in Detroiten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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