African american grandmothers' perceptions of caregiver concerns associated with rearing adolescent grandchildren

Brown, Emma; Jemmott, Loretta Sweet; Outlaw, Freida H.; Wilson, Greer; Howard, Monique; Curtis, Saleema

doi:10.1016/s0883-9417(00)80022-9

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“…In a qualitative study by Brown and colleagues (2000), a 4-day health-promotion intervention was implemented through a focus group to empower grandmothers (n=28) with knowledge, skills, and confidence in raising grandchildren. Cox (2002) provided a twice a week empowerment training program for 6 weeks for 15 African-American grandmothers (one did not complete the sessions), and Collins (2011) conducted a 4-month faith-based support program with monthly group meeting for 10 elderly African American grandmothers.…”

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Resourcefulness Training for Grandmothers: Feasibility and Acceptability of Two Methods

Zauszniewski

Musil

2013

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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Grandmothers raising grandchildren may benefit from interventions to minimize stress and promote mental health. This pilot intervention trial with 40 grandmothers examined acceptability and feasibility of resourcefulness training (RT) using expressive writing (EW) or verbal disclosure (VD). Grandmothers in RT-EW reported challenges with the daily journaling, facing reality, and not using names; those in RT-VD listed daily recording, sharing feelings, and device failures. Word counts were greater with VD than EW but EW was used more frequently than VD. However, both EW and VD were found acceptable and feasible for practicing RT skills in grandmothers raising grandchildren and warrant further evaluation.

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Resourcefulness Training for Grandmothers: Feasibility and Acceptability of Two Methods

Zauszniewski

Musil

2013

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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“…The reasons why grandparents assume the parenting role vary, but all result in additional responsibilities. One responsibility that grandparents are increasingly challenged with is sexuality communications (Brown et al, 2000; Goyer, 2005). …”

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“…Research on grandparents raising grandchildren has examined stress with the caregiving role (Hayslip & Kaminski, 2005; Wiscott & Kopera-Frye, 2000), grandparent well-being (Goodman & Silverstein, 2002; Sands et al, 2000), and the mental and physical health and socioeconomic situation of these families (United States Bureau of the Census, 2000), but basically few studies have looked at how grandparents communicate about sexuality issues with their adolescent grandchildren (Brown et al, 2000; Mangxola, 2007). Yet youth of color who are living with grandparents are at particularly high risk for adoption of risky sexual behaviors and are vulnerable to HIV infection (Gillespie, Kadiyala, & Greener, 2007).…”

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African American Grandparents' and Adolescent Grandchildren's Sexuality Communication

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This exploratory study uses survey methodology to generate data on grandparent–grandchild sexuality communications and attitudes and feelings about these processes. The sample includes 40 African American grandparent–grandchild dyads for a total of 80 participants recruited from five churches. One open-ended question asks the participants about their willingness to use churches as venues in HIV prevention. Grandparents have more positive attitudes and feelings about sexuality communications than their adolescent grandchildren. Both grandparents and their adolescent grandchildren are receptive to the idea of using churches as venues in HIV prevention and provide recommendations about how a church-based sexuality program could be developed. The role of grandparents is constantly being redefined; therefore, we must continue to examine the needs of this population and the grandchildren they are raising. Nurses can build on the study's findings to develop church-based sexuality programs.

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“…Few studies have explored specific grandparent caregiver needs for information about resources (Binette & Cicero, 2003;Brown et al, 2000;Cox, 2002;King et al, 2006;Liu & Anderson, 2010), and, in this context, research that empowers grandmother caregivers through the provision of such information to increase self-care and self-efficacy in their caregiving role is critical (Cox, 2002). Binette and Cicero (2003) found that grandparents desired information about grandchild health care and insurance coverage (49% of the sample), financial services (48%), legal issues (47%), talking with grandchildren (42%), and affordable child care and community activities (41%).…”

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Needs for Information About Supportive Resources: A Predictor of Needs for Service and Service Use in African American Grandmother Caregivers

Carr¹,

Gray²,

Hayslip³

2012

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

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This study's purpose was to explore relationships among perceived needs for information about resources, service needs, and service use. Ninety-three African-American grandmothers aged 36 to 78 who were primary caregivers for their biological grandchildren participated. Relationships among variables were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression, controlling for grandmothers' demographic characteristics. While grandmother age and number of grandchildren predicted needs for information about resources, such needs predicted both perceived service need and service use. Findings not only underscore the importance of sensitivity to variation across persons in needs for information about services among African American grandmother caregivers but also emphasize the key roles that such needs play in predicting both needs for services and the use of a variety of social, medical, and legal services.

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African american grandmothers' perceptions of caregiver concerns associated with rearing adolescent grandchildren

Cited by 24 publications

References 9 publications

Resourcefulness Training for Grandmothers: Feasibility and Acceptability of Two Methods

Resourcefulness Training for Grandmothers: Feasibility and Acceptability of Two Methods

African American Grandparents' and Adolescent Grandchildren's Sexuality Communication

Needs for Information About Supportive Resources: A Predictor of Needs for Service and Service Use in African American Grandmother Caregivers

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