Janelle F Palacios1, Carolyn J Strickland2, Catherine A Chesla3, Holly P Kennedy4, Carmen J Portillo5. 1. Center for Vulnerable Populations/Health Disparities, University of California-Los Angeles School of Nursing, California, USA. 2. Psychosocial & Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing, District of Columbia, USA. 3. Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California-San Francisco School of Nursing, California, USA. 4. Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 5. Department of Community Health Systems, University of California-San Francisco School of Nursing, California, USA.
Abstract
AIMS: The aim of this study was to explore the mothering experience and practice among reservation-based adult American Indian women who had been adolescent mothers. BACKGROUND: Adolescent American Indian women are at an elevated risk for teen pregnancy and poor maternal/child outcomes. Identifying mothering practices among this population may help guide intervention development that will improve health outcomes. DESIGN: A collaborative orientation to community-based participatory research approach. METHODS: Employing interpretive phenomenology, 30 adult American Indian women who resided on a Northwestern reservation were recruited. In-depth, face-to-face and telephone interviews were conducted between 2007-2008. FINDINGS: Women shared their mothering experience and practice, which encompassed a lifespan perspective grounded in their American Indian cultural tradition. Four themes were identified as follows: mother hen, interrupted mothering and second chances, breaking cycles and mothering a community. Mothering originated in childhood, extended across their lifespan and moved beyond mothering their biological offspring. CONCLUSION: These findings challenge the Western construct of mothering and charge nurses to seek culturally sensitive interventions that reinforce positive mothering practices and identify when additional mothering support is needed across a woman's lifespan.
AIMS: The aim of this study was to explore the mothering experience and practice among reservation-based adult American Indian women who had been adolescent mothers. BACKGROUND: Adolescent American Indian women are at an elevated risk for teen pregnancy and poor maternal/child outcomes. Identifying mothering practices among this population may help guide intervention development that will improve health outcomes. DESIGN: A collaborative orientation to community-based participatory research approach. METHODS: Employing interpretive phenomenology, 30 adult American Indian women who resided on a Northwestern reservation were recruited. In-depth, face-to-face and telephone interviews were conducted between 2007-2008. FINDINGS:Women shared their mothering experience and practice, which encompassed a lifespan perspective grounded in their American Indian cultural tradition. Four themes were identified as follows: mother hen, interrupted mothering and second chances, breaking cycles and mothering a community. Mothering originated in childhood, extended across their lifespan and moved beyond mothering their biological offspring. CONCLUSION: These findings challenge the Western construct of mothering and charge nurses to seek culturally sensitive interventions that reinforce positive mothering practices and identify when additional mothering support is needed across a woman's lifespan.
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