Abstract
Cancer disparities among American Indian (AI) women are alarming, yet a dearth of research focuses on the role of family support for such women. The purpose of this research was to examine the composition of AI women cancer survivors' family support networks and the types of support that they provided. We used a qualitative descriptive methodology with 43 AI women cancer survivors and qualitative content analysis, which indicated that 38 participants (approximately 90%) reported that their families provided integral and varied forms of support, especially instrumental support throughout cancer experiences. Families were the bedrock of support for AI women cancer survivors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 246-254 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Family and Community Health |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2020 |
Funding
Author Affiliations: School of Social Work, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (Dr McKinley and Ms Liddell); Department of Social Work, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls (Dr Roh); and School of Social Work, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California (Dr Lee). This research was supported by funding from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54MD008164 by Elliott) from the National Institutes of Health to Soonhee Roh, PhD. This work was also supported, in part, by Award K12HD043451 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (Krousel-Wood-PI; Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health [BIRCWH]). This research was supported in part by U54 GM104940 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, which funds the Louisiana Clinical & Translational Science Center. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The authors declare no conflict of interest. Correspondence: Catherine E. McKinley, PhD, LMSW, School of Social Work, Tulane University, 127 Elk Place, #8906, New Orleans, LA 70112 ([email protected]) or Soonhee Roh, PhD, Department of Social Work, University of South Dakota, 365 Health Science Center, 1400 West 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 (Soonhee [email protected]). Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000263
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| U54 GM104940 |
| K12HD043451 |
| U54MD008164 |
Keywords
- American Indian and Alaska Native
- cancer survivors
- culture and diversity
- extended family
- family support
