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Cultural attitudes and caregiver service use — lessons from focus groups with racially and ethnically diverse family caregivers
Author(s)	Andrew E Scharlach, Roxanne Kellam, Natasha Ong
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 47, nos 1/2, 2006
Pages	pp 133-156
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; Attitude ; Family care ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Focus groups were conducted with caregivers from eight racial-specific or ethnic-specific populations: African-Americans, Chinese, Filipinos, Hispanics, Koreans, Native Americans, Russians, and Vietnamese. The aim was to examine cultural variations in caregiving experiences, care-related beliefs and values, care practices, and factors contributing to decisions about the use of caregiver support services. Analysis of focus group transcripts revealed three cross-cutting constructs: familism, group identity, and attitudinal and structural barriers to service use. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for existing knowledge regarding family responsibility, resource utilisation, and programme development for racially and ethnically diverse family caregivers. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070110016 A
Classmark	TK: DP: P6:SJ: I: QLD: 3F: 7T
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