The Impact of Poverty on First Nations Mothers Attending a Parenting Program

Urban Aboriginal mothers’ experiences with Family Preservation Services indicate that while such interventions ameliorate the challenges they face, poverty is not adequately addressed. Prominent are the importance of prevention; attention to process; cultural context; and attention to actual needs,...

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Main Authors: Harris, Barbara, Russell, Mary, Gockel, Annemarie
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society 2007
Subjects:
First Nations
Online Access:https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/47
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spelling ftjfpcfr:oai:fpcfr.journals.sfu.ca:article/47 2024-06-23T07:52:48+00:00 The Impact of Poverty on First Nations Mothers Attending a Parenting Program Harris, Barbara Russell, Mary Gockel, Annemarie 2007-08-13 application/pdf https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/47 eng eng First Nations Child and Family Caring Society https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/47/85 https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/47 First Peoples Child & Family Review; Vol. 3 No. 3 (2007); 21-30 Revue des enfants et des familles des Premiers peuples; Vol. 3 No 3 (2007); 21-30 2293-6610 1708-489X info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2007 ftjfpcfr 2024-05-31T03:00:59Z Urban Aboriginal mothers’ experiences with Family Preservation Services indicate that while such interventions ameliorate the challenges they face, poverty is not adequately addressed. Prominent are the importance of prevention; attention to process; cultural context; and attention to actual needs, however, First Nations mothers (a) feel lucky when they get things they need, (b) feel ‘inadequate’ about the inability to manage finances, and, (c) perceive the lack of support in meeting needs to be a result of racism. As well, poverty often leads to forced compromises which can perpetuate risk of coming to the attention of child welfare. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations First Peoples Child & Family Review
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description Urban Aboriginal mothers’ experiences with Family Preservation Services indicate that while such interventions ameliorate the challenges they face, poverty is not adequately addressed. Prominent are the importance of prevention; attention to process; cultural context; and attention to actual needs, however, First Nations mothers (a) feel lucky when they get things they need, (b) feel ‘inadequate’ about the inability to manage finances, and, (c) perceive the lack of support in meeting needs to be a result of racism. As well, poverty often leads to forced compromises which can perpetuate risk of coming to the attention of child welfare.
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author Harris, Barbara
Russell, Mary
Gockel, Annemarie
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Russell, Mary
Gockel, Annemarie
The Impact of Poverty on First Nations Mothers Attending a Parenting Program
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Russell, Mary
Gockel, Annemarie
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title The Impact of Poverty on First Nations Mothers Attending a Parenting Program
title_short The Impact of Poverty on First Nations Mothers Attending a Parenting Program
title_full The Impact of Poverty on First Nations Mothers Attending a Parenting Program
title_fullStr The Impact of Poverty on First Nations Mothers Attending a Parenting Program
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Poverty on First Nations Mothers Attending a Parenting Program
title_sort impact of poverty on first nations mothers attending a parenting program
publisher First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
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