Adult caregiving among American Indians: The role of cultural factors

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-320

  Goins, R Turner ^a   Spencer, S Melinda ^b   McGuire, Lisa C ^c   Goldberg, Jack ^d   Wen, Yang ^e   Henderson, Jeffrey A ^e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Black Hills Center for American Indian Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping model; Cultural identity; Sociocultural stress; Traditional healing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH DAKOTA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957452065     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq101     Document Type: Article

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