Family Support Networks, Welfare, and Work among Young Mothers

1991 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
William L. Parish ◽  
Lingxin Hao ◽  
Dennis P. Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Young Mothers

scholarly journals Participatory social network map making with family carers of people living with dementia

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 205979911984444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Campbell ◽  
Andrew Clark ◽  
John Keady ◽  
Agneta Kullberg ◽  
Kainde Manji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Network Mapping

This article focuses on the use of a participatory social network mapping method with family carers. This is one of a suite of methods developed in a 5-year qualitative multi-centre project exploring how neighbourhoods support, enable or disable people with dementia and their families to live well in their communities. The article considers how mapping provides insights into family support networks, revealing the fluidity of support and care within relationships as well as providing opportunity for individuals to represent the complexities of their relationships with more and less significant others. However, the potential offered by the approach goes beyond those of visual representations of networks and contacts. Paying attention to the co-production process, as well as the reflexive dialogue that emerges in the exchange between researcher, participants, and the maps themselves, we consider how the maps emerge as affective artifacts, weighted with emotion.

Elderly Persons without Family Support Networks and Use of Health Services

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney M. Coe ◽  
Fredric D. Wolinsky ◽  
Douglas K. Miller ◽  
John M. Prendergast
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Use Of Health Services

scholarly journals Childlessness, geographical proximity and non-family support in 12 European countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Fihel ◽  
Małgorzata Kalbarczyk ◽  
Anna Nicińska
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Informal Support ◽  
Geographical Proximity ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Share Data ◽  
Living Children

Abstract The number of relatives and geographical proximity between them affects informal support provided to older persons. In this study, we investigate whether (a) childless persons and parents living remotely from their adult children experience similar shortages in informal support, and (b) whether neighbours, friends and other non-family helpers compensate for these shortages. On the basis of Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) data for 12 European countries, we estimate the probability and amount of informal non-financial support received by persons aged 65 and over who remain childless or live at different distances to their children. The contribution of non-family individuals is rather complementary to the help from family. Parents residing in the proximity of their children rely almost exclusively on family; as the geographical distance between adult children and older parents increases, the probability and amount of non-family support increase as well. But childless individuals differ from parents of remotely living children: the former rely on smaller support networks and resort more often to other relatives than the latter. Non-family individuals compensate for the scarcity of informal support only in the case of parents of distant children, but not in the case of childless individuals.

Effects of outlaw motorcycle gang membership and the support needs of former members

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Boland ◽  
Anthony Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Gang Membership ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs ◽  
Flexible Response ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Stable Employment

Drawing on interviews with 39 former members of outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCGs), we identify consequences associated with leaving the club and the effects of membership experienced before and after leaving. This evidence is important in helping to inform efforts to promote and facilitate disengagement from clubs. While some members experienced adverse consequences from leaving the club, less hostile separations were not uncommon. Poor mental health, the breakdown of relationships with family and friends outside the club, and problems finding employment post-disengagement were common effects described by former members. Therapeutic interventions, access to stable employment, and the availability of peer and family support networks were common themes in the transition away from clubs. But, importantly, experiences of former members varied, highlighting the need for a flexible response.

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