Social Networks and Health

Moren-Cross, Jennifer L.; Lin, Nan

doi:10.1016/b978-012088388-2/50010-9

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“…The majority of research in the area of social networks and health has portrayed the relationship as static over the life course (Moren-Cross & Lin, 2006). However, the process of care-getting is dynamic, shaped by different adaptive tasks, family relationships, and illness trajectory across the lifespan, including childhood and adulthood (King & Elder, 1997; Moren-Cross & Lin, 2006).…”

Section: Care-getting Through the Life Coursementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the process of care-getting is dynamic, shaped by different adaptive tasks, family relationships, and illness trajectory across the lifespan, including childhood and adulthood (King & Elder, 1997; Moren-Cross & Lin, 2006). In the next portion of our paper we present a brief overview of issues shaping care-getting during different stages of the life course (see Table 1).…”

Section: Care-getting Through the Life Coursementioning

confidence: 99%

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Marshalling Social Support: A Care-Getting Model for Persons Living With Cancer

Kahana

Wykle

et al. 2009

Journal of Family Social Work

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This paper offers a stress theory based conceptual framework for understanding proactive options for care-getting for patients living with cancer that is also relevant to patients living with other chronic or life threatening illnesses. Barriers and facilitators to active efforts for obtaining responsive care from both informal and formal sources are discussed. This "Care-Getting" model explores benefits of proactive care-getting for diminishing physical discomfort/suffering, burden of illness and disability, and psychological distress. We highlight unique issues in care-getting that patients face at different stages of the life course. Implications of prior research related to the model for practice and intervention are discussed. KEY TERMSCare-getting; life course; cancer care; marshalling care; activated patient In this paper, the special needs of patients as care recipients will be highlighted by focusing on challenges of patients facing serious chronic illness, as exemplified by cancer. Such illnessrelated challenges are normative for the very old, but also apply to all individuals who face life-threatening illness throughout the life course. The discussion considers proactive adaptations by patients, throughout the life course, who deal with life threatening illness such as cancer. Care-getting refers to active efforts by patients to obtain responsive care from both informal and formal sources. The former include family and friends, while the latter involve health care professionals. Care-getting is distinct from the commonly studied phenomenon of caregiving that describes provision of assistance, often provided by family members in the context of major illness situations. The timeliness of focusing on care-getting is underscored by the virtual absence of discourse on the challenges of care-getting among the chronically ill, despite extensive focus on issues of caregiving. Accordingly, successful care-getting may be viewed as a critical goal during a disabling illness (Wagner, Austin, Davis, Hindmarsh, Schaefer, & Bonomi, 2001). An understanding of the maintenance of good quality of life among chronically ill patients has been limited by the lack of systematic theoretical attention to caregetting throughout the life course. This paper synthesizes orientations from the fields of sociology, social work, nursing, and psychology to expand conceptual understanding of this critical area. We build on a stress theoretical framework (Pearlin, 1989) to help appreciate the unique challenges faced by chronically ill patients. Mastery of the adaptive tasks of care-getting involves marshalling informal and formal support, which allows for obtaining the best medical

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Section: Care-getting Through the Life Coursementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Care-getting Through the Life Coursementioning

confidence: 99%

Marshalling Social Support: A Care-Getting Model for Persons Living With Cancer

Kahana

Wykle

et al. 2009

Journal of Family Social Work

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“…Different definitions of social network have been developed, on the basis of various theoretical frameworks to identify social relationships that surround a person, their characteristics and the individual's perception of them (Victor, Scambler, Bond, & Bowling, 2000). Social networks refer to the structural aspects of social relationships-they are the channels through which pragmatic help as well as emotional and psychological supports can be exchanged between individuals (Achat, Kawachi, Levine, Berkey, & Coakley, 1998) as set of nodes that are tied to one another by the types of relations between them (Moren-Cross & Lin, 2006).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Validity of the Instrument to Evaluate Social Network in the Ageing Population: The Collaborative Research on Ageing in Europe Social Network Index

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Gałaś

Tobiasz–Adamczyk

et al. 2013

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…Also, in countries with low gender equity in the economy, women often have few weak ties with others in their community that can provide valuable social capital for migration, while men's higher economic position strategically places them to meet different kinds of people and integrate them into their networks. This leads men to have more weak ties, especially to other men who are coworkers, friends, and advisors (Erickson 2004;Hagan 1998;Moren-Cross and Lin 2006). For example, research on Mayan culture has revealed that women's confinement to domestic roles limits their weak ties with others in their community, while men benefit from weak ties that they develop through work and extracurricular activities (Hagan 1998).…”

Section: Gender and Network Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 94%

The Effects of Gendered Social Capital on U.S. Migration: A Comparison of Four Latin American Countries

et al. 2015

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This article contributes to understandings of gendered social capital by analyzing the effects of gendered ties on the migration of men and women from four Latin American countries (Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic) to the United States. The research theorizes the importance of strong and weak ties to men and women in each sending country as a product of the gender equity gap in economic participation (low/high) and incidence of female-led families (low/high). The findings reveal that ties to men increase the odds of migration from countries where gender equity and incidence of female-led families are low, while ties to women are more important for migration from countries where gender equity and female-led families are high. Previous research on migration and social capital details the importance of network ties for providing resources and the role of gender in mediating social capital quality and access to network support. Results reveal that not only are different kinds of ties important to female and male migration, but migrants from different countries look to different sources of social capital for assistance.

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Social Networks and Health

Cited by 60 publications

References 45 publications

Marshalling Social Support: A Care-Getting Model for Persons Living With Cancer

Marshalling Social Support: A Care-Getting Model for Persons Living With Cancer

The Validity of the Instrument to Evaluate Social Network in the Ageing Population: The Collaborative Research on Ageing in Europe Social Network Index

The Effects of Gendered Social Capital on U.S. Migration: A Comparison of Four Latin American Countries

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