Journal article
“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, Vol.24(1), pp.275-288
02/01/2013
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0021
PMCID: PMC3984898
PMID: 23377734
Abstract
Low-income caregivers of children with asthma experience multiple stressors, likely worsening family health. As part of Community Action Against Asthma’s community-based participatory research partnership, researchers conducted 40 qualitative semi-structured interviews and quantitative surveys with low-income caregivers of children with asthma in Detroit, Michigan. Participants described daily childhood asthma experiences and completed scales including the Peds Quality of Life Family Impact Module and Zarit Burden Caregiver Scale. Quantitative scale findings suggested participants are moderately stressed or affected by their child’s illness. While there was some accordance between qualitative and quantitative findings, qualitative findings additionally captured many relevant life stressors, seemingly overlooked or conflated in scale responses. Many participants described asthma as part of childrearing, rather than as a stressor or burden. Findings encourage improvement of clinical, psychometric assessments used to measure and address stressors that shape health for many families with children with asthma.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- “I wouldn’t look at it as stress”: Conceptualizations of Caregiver Stress among Low-Income Families of Children with Asthma
- Creators
- Natalie R Sampson - A doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Behavior Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM-SPH) in Ann ArborEdith A Parker - University of Iowa, Community and Behavioral HealthRebecca R Cheezum - Assistant Professor in the School of Health Sciences at Oakland University in Rochester, MichiganToby C Lewis - University of Michigan Medical SchoolAshley O’Toole - Center Manager for the Detroit Urban Research Center at the UM-SPHAdriana Zuniga - University of MichiganJean Patton - University of MichiganThomas G Robbins - Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at UM-SPHCarla C Keirns - Director of the Program on the History of Medicine and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, Vol.24(1), pp.275-288
- DOI
- 10.1353/hpu.2013.0021
- PMID
- 23377734
- PMCID
- PMC3984898
- NLM abbreviation
- J Health Care Poor Underserved
- ISSN
- 1049-2089
- eISSN
- 1548-6869
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984214710902771
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