Perceived Mood, Health, and Burden in Female Mexican American Family Cancer Caregivers
Female family caregivers of various global cultures provide basic care in health, social, emotional, and financial domains for family members with cancer and may sacrifice their own health to do so. To learn about role-related mood, health status self-perceptions, and burden of one cultural group, we used qualitative and quantitative approaches to study 34 Mexican American (MA) women who provided care for an ill family member with cancer. We report quantitative data on study variables and make comparisons with caregiver qualitative reports. Implications for health planning, service delivery, and future research with underserved, minority female caregivers are presented.
This chapter is an introduction to the edited book of Family, Work and Wellbeing in Asia. It begins with a brief review of current research on family-work issues in this region, specifically focusing on four domains: the experiences of work and family lives; work organizations’ response to employees’ work-family concerns; the impact of the above two domains on family life, relationships and wellbeing ; and public policy concerning work-family life . Then, each chapter is summarized before it concludes with suggestions for future researchers.