Household, family and intergenerational interaction of rural Arab elderly in Israel
The rural Arab elderly in Israel live in a society undergoing rapid social, political and economic change. Family relations, as expressed in intergenerational interaction, are intensive, frequent and mutually supporting, and probably not motivated by the overt needs of the old. The findings on the household history of the investigated population indicate that the establishment of separate household by young couples, at marriage, is not a “modern” phenomenon. This fact helps to explain the positive attitude toward the single generation household found in this study. The data indicate that family structure and household structure, as well as intergenerational interaction basically have not been affected by the rapid changes occurring in the political and economic structure of the rural areas.
To the Editor.—I regret that paragraphs in my article, “What is the role of a Grandmother in a Malawian society and how can we as health care workers support her?,”1 published in the September, 2007, issue of the Malawi Medical Journal, were taken from another source without proper attribution. I should have cited the following article as the original source of the information: ::: ::: Judi Aubel. Grandmothers Promote Maternal and Child Health: the Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems' Managers, published in Feb. 2006.World Bank newsletter, IK Notes. ::: ::: I regret any problems my article1 may have caused and I retract it from the literature. ::: ::: ::: Solomon Jonasi ::: ::: College of Medicine ::: ::: Malawi