African American parents' experiences navigating breast cancer while caring for their children

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1260-1270

  Davey, Maureen P ^a   Niño, Alba ^a   Kissil, Karni ^a   Ingram, Mary ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; cancer, breast; focus groups; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864708742     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312449211     Document Type: Article

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