Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Family Dynamics on Health in Low Income Communities Undergoing Rapid Socioeconomic Change

博士论文研究：家庭动态对经历快速社会经济变革的低收入社区健康的影响

• 批准号: 1357278
• 负责人: Stephen Schensul
• 金额: $ 2.52万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-05-15 至 2015-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1357278&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Impact; Family

University of Connecticut doctoral student Marie A. Brault, under the guidance of Dr. Stephen L. Schensul will undertake research on the impact of family dynamics on marriage and outcomes for young women in low income communities undergoing rapid socioeconomic change. The research will take place among adolescent women (ages 15-25) in Mumbai, India, a group who, like the 600 million adolescent girls who marry soon after menarche in low- and middle-income settings, are often limited in their education, social mobility, access of health knowledge and health care. The aims of this project are to: describe young women's birth family dynamics and pre-marital social networks and the impact of these on their mobility and knowledge before marriage; examine how young women's birth family experiences impact transitions to and relationships with their husbands and in-laws; and identify the ways sociocultural and biological factors impact health in a globalizing urban community. The project will employ qualitative (in-depth interviewing with young women and key informants, content analysis, and social network analysis ) and quantitative (survey and biomarker) methods. The multi-level perspectives and unique methodological approaches used will provide an understanding of the individual, socio-cultural, and global factors impacting the transition through adolescence and marriage in the context of the rapid socioeconomic changes.The data obtained will provide the basis for a doctoral student's training as well as presentations and publications that can elucidate the challenges for married adolescents in India and elsewhere, and contribute to improving their quality of life. Results will be communicated to researchers in India, providing the opportunity for national dissemination of research results. Findings will also be presented in the study communities. Thus, research will be disseminated to multiple audiences.

康涅狄格大学博士生玛丽·A·布劳特将在斯蒂芬·L·申塞尔博士的指导下，研究家庭动态对正在经历快速社会经济变化的低收入社区年轻女性的婚姻和结果的影响。这项研究将在印度孟买的青春期女性(年龄在15岁到25岁之间)中进行。和中低收入群体中6亿初潮后不久结婚的青春期女孩一样，这一群体在教育、社会流动性、获得健康知识和医疗保健方面往往受到限制。该项目的目的是：描述年轻妇女的生育家庭动态和婚前社会网络及其对她们的流动性和婚前知识的影响；审查年轻妇女的生育家庭经历如何影响她们向丈夫和姻亲过渡以及与丈夫和姻亲的关系；以及确定在全球化的城市社区中，社会文化和生物因素如何影响健康。该项目将采用定性(对年轻妇女和主要信息提供人的深入访谈、内容分析和社会网络分析)和定量(调查和生物标记)方法。所使用的多层次视角和独特的方法方法将提供对在快速社会经济变化的背景下影响青春期和婚姻过渡的个人、社会文化和全球因素的理解。所获得的数据将为博士生的培训以及能够阐明印度和其他地方已婚青少年面临的挑战的演讲和出版物提供基础，并有助于提高他们的生活质量。结果将被传达给印度的研究人员，为全国传播研究成果提供机会。研究结果也将在研究社区中公布。因此，研究将向多个受众传播。