Women's Experiences of the Effect of Financial Strain on Parenting and Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a conceptual theory to describe how financial strain affects women with young children to inform clinical care and research.

Design

Qualitative, grounded theory.

Setting

Participants were recruited from the waiting area of a pediatric clinic and an office of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children embedded within the largest safety-net academic medical center in New England. Participants were interviewed privately at the medical center or in the community.

Participants

Twenty-six English-speaking women, mostly single and African American/Black, with at least one child 5 years old or younger, were sampled until thematic saturation was met.

Methods

We used grounded theory methodology to conduct in-de

SUBMITTER: Marcil LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8114171 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature