TY - JOUR
T1 - Mothering in public
T2 - a meta-synthesis of homeless women with children living in shelters.
AU - Meadows-Oliver, Mikki
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - ISSUES AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the current qualitative literature on homeless women with children living in shelters. METHODS: Eighteen qualitative studies on homeless women with children living in shelters were included in the synthesis. The meta-synthesis was conducted using the meta-ethnographic approach of Noblit and Hare (1988). RESULTS: Six reciprocal translations (themes) of homeless mothers caring for their children in shelters emerged: On becoming homeless, protective mothering, loss, stressed and depressed, survival strategies, and strategies for resolution. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The results may be used by healthcare workers as a framework for developing intervention strategies directed toward helping mothers find new solutions to dealing with shelter living and innovative ways to resolve their homelessness.
AB - ISSUES AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the current qualitative literature on homeless women with children living in shelters. METHODS: Eighteen qualitative studies on homeless women with children living in shelters were included in the synthesis. The meta-synthesis was conducted using the meta-ethnographic approach of Noblit and Hare (1988). RESULTS: Six reciprocal translations (themes) of homeless mothers caring for their children in shelters emerged: On becoming homeless, protective mothering, loss, stressed and depressed, survival strategies, and strategies for resolution. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The results may be used by healthcare workers as a framework for developing intervention strategies directed toward helping mothers find new solutions to dealing with shelter living and innovative ways to resolve their homelessness.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1088-145X.2003.00130.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1088-145X.2003.00130.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 14677319
AN - SCOPUS:1542602242
SN - 1539-0136
VL - 8
SP - 130
EP - 136
JO - Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPN
JF - Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPN
IS - 4
ER -