Alaska Native Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren
We used community-based participatory research with four tiers of governance and grounded theory methods to examine the lives of Alaska Native grandparents rearing grandchildren in a rural community. We explored the reasons Native grandparents reared or are rearing their grandchildren, challenges re...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0192513x15597292 2024-06-23T07:50:18+00:00 Alaska Native Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren A Rural Community Story Henderson, Tammy L. Dinh, Minh Morgan, Kerry Lewis, Jordan 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x15597292 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0192513X15597292 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0192513X15597292 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Family Issues volume 38, issue 4, page 547-572 ISSN 0192-513X 1552-5481 journal-article 2016 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513x15597292 2024-06-11T04:31:29Z We used community-based participatory research with four tiers of governance and grounded theory methods to examine the lives of Alaska Native grandparents rearing grandchildren in a rural community. We explored the reasons Native grandparents reared or are rearing their grandchildren, challenges rearing grandchildren, and the joys of grandparenthood. We used their words to broaden the grandparenting research by focusing solely on Native People living in a rural, arctic climate. Culture, values, and traditions explain the unique reasons grandparents cared for their grandchildren; values and common concerns of all grandparents describe the challenges of grandparenthood; pride and joy, the value of love, and traditional ways of living made clear the joys of Alaska Native grandparents rearing their grandchildren. After the discussion, we offer considerations for future research. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska SAGE Publications Arctic Journal of Family Issues 38 4 547 572 |
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We used community-based participatory research with four tiers of governance and grounded theory methods to examine the lives of Alaska Native grandparents rearing grandchildren in a rural community. We explored the reasons Native grandparents reared or are rearing their grandchildren, challenges rearing grandchildren, and the joys of grandparenthood. We used their words to broaden the grandparenting research by focusing solely on Native People living in a rural, arctic climate. Culture, values, and traditions explain the unique reasons grandparents cared for their grandchildren; values and common concerns of all grandparents describe the challenges of grandparenthood; pride and joy, the value of love, and traditional ways of living made clear the joys of Alaska Native grandparents rearing their grandchildren. After the discussion, we offer considerations for future research. |
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