An ethnography of low-income mothers' safeguarding efforts

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 609-616

  Olsen, L ^a   Bottorff, J L ^b   Raina, P ^c   Frankish, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child safety; Ethnography; Injury prevention; Mothering; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

CHILD SAFETY; ETHNOGRAPHY; INJURY PREVENTION; MOTHERING; QUALITATIVE METHODS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 57149118206     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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