Amazing grace [[electronic resource] ] : African American grandmothers as caregivers and conveyers of traditional values / / Dorothy Smith Ruiz ; foreword by Bert Hayslip

• Autore: Ruiz Dorothy S (Dorothy Smith)
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (152 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.874/5/08996073
• Soggetto topico: Grandparents as parents - United States; African American grandmothers
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-126) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Slavery, family, and religion : the traditional roles of older African American women in the antebellum south during the nineteenth cerntury -- Related research : grandparent caregiving -- Methodolgy : the custodial African American grandmother study -- Social and demographic characteristics -- Factors influencing life satisfaction among -- Social facrors, health status, and depression -- Voices of custodial grandmothers : dominant themes.
• Sommario/riassunto: Intergenerational African families in which the grandmother is the primary caregiver of grandchildren and great-grandchildren are increasing rapidly in American society. Over the past decade, researchers and policy makers have shown considerable concern over the increases in grandparent-maintained households. This concern has stimulated a proliferation of research on grandparent caregiving on a wide range of issues. Among these are the impact of multiple roles on health, reasons for the rapid increase, problems and needs, social structure and extended family relationships, social support, role
• Titolo autorizzato: Amazing grace
• ISBN: 1-280-46985-4; 9786610469857; 0-313-05200-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777414703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II