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BLACK RURAL AND URBAN CAREGIVERS--MENTAL HEALTH/FUNCTION

农村和城市黑人看护者——心理健康/功能

基本信息

批准号：
6695162
负责人：
LETHA A CHADIHA
金额：
$ 10.75万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
1999
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1999-08-01 至 2004-10-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

African-American women caregivers are vulnerable to poor mental health and social functioning due to their minority status and the high levels of care they provide to disabled elders. Moreover, African-American women provide such care in the context of less formal service. Research and theory suggest that rural and urban African-American women caregivers differ in their mental health, social functioning, and service use; however, virtually no systematic research has addressed these issues. This study will assess the mental health and social functioning of rural and urban African-American women who provide unpaid care to an elder (65 years and older) and will identify factors related to their service use. Using a cross-sectional research design and random sample of elders, this study will yield data on 300 rural and 300 urban African-American women caregivers living in the St. Louis metropolitan and southeastern Missouri Bootheel area. Three years of funding are requested to address four specific aims: (1) To assess and compare caregivers' mental health and functioning; (2) To identify type and quality of caregivers' formal and informal service use; (3) To determine caregiver and care recipient factors associated with caregivers' mental health and social functioning; and (4) To determine caregiver and care recipient factors associated with caregivers' service use. Data will be obtained through personal interviews. Trained African-American female interviewers will screen elders by telephone for caregiver referrals and conduct face-to-face interviews through a structured questionnaire in their home. Data analysis and interpretation will be guided by a stress and coping framework with elements of a life course perspective model. Study results will guide development of policy, programs and services promoting African-American women caregivers' mental health, social functioning, and service use.

非裔美国妇女照顾者容易受到心理健康和社会功能不佳，由于他们的少数民族地位和高水平的照顾，他们提供给残疾老人。此外，非裔美国妇女在不太正规的服务中提供这种护理。研究和理论表明，农村和城市的非洲裔美国妇女照顾者在他们的心理健康，社会功能和服务的使用不同，但是，几乎没有系统的研究已经解决了这些问题。这项研究将评估农村和城市非洲裔美国妇女的心理健康和社会功能，她们为老年人（65岁及以上）提供无偿护理，并确定与她们使用服务相关的因素。采用横断面研究设计和随机抽样的老年人，这项研究将产生300个农村和300个城市非洲裔美国妇女照顾者生活在圣路易斯大都市和东南部密苏里州Bootheel地区的数据。要求提供三年的资金，以实现四个具体目标：（1）评估和比较照顾者的心理健康和功能;（2）确定照顾者使用正式和非正式服务的类型和质量;（3）确定与照顾者心理健康和社会功能有关的照顾者和接受照顾者因素;（4）评估和比较照顾者的心理健康和功能;（5）评估和比较照顾者使用正式和非正式服务的类型和质量。及（4）探讨照顾者与照顾对象对照顾服务使用的相关因素。数据将通过个人访谈获得。受过训练的非洲裔美国女性访谈员将通过电话筛选老年人，以便照顾者转介，并通过结构化问卷在他们家中进行面对面的访谈。数据分析和解释将遵循一个压力和应对框架，其中包括生命过程视角模型的要素。研究结果将指导政策，计划和服务的发展，促进非洲裔美国妇女照顾者的心理健康，社会功能和服务使用。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（8）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Likelihood of African American Primary Caregivers and Care Recipients Receiving Assistance From Secondary Caregivers: A Rural-Urban Comparison.

DOI：
10.1177/0733464810371099
发表时间：
2011-08
期刊：
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
影响因子：
0
作者：
Chadiha LA;Feld S;Rafferty J
通讯作者：
Rafferty J

The Relationship of Social Support to African American Caregivers' Help-Seeking for Emotional Problems.

社会支持与非裔美国护理人员寻求情感问题帮助的关系。