Low-income mothers’ descriptions of children’s injury-related events : A discourse analysis
Journal article
Olsen, Lise L., Bottorff, Joan L., Raina, Parminder and Frankish, Jim. (2015). Low-income mothers’ descriptions of children’s injury-related events : A discourse analysis. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. 2, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393614565181
Authors | Olsen, Lise L., Bottorff, Joan L., Raina, Parminder and Frankish, Jim |
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Abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine how mothers with young children who were living in low-income households used discursive strategies to explain their children’s injury and near-miss events. In-person interviews were conducted with 17 mothers and a discourse analytic approach was used to analyze the data. Mothers used a variety of discursive strategies to explain injury events including minimizing the nature of events and expressing tensions between responsibility and resistance. Mothers also described challenges related to predicting children’s behavior and dealing with competing demands. These discursive strategies reflected how societal expectations that mothers are held to in terms of keeping children safe conflicted at times with the constraints experienced by mothers living in economically challenging situations. The findings can be used to inform the design of injury prevention strategies that are sensitive to experiences of mothers of young children who are living with economic challenges. |
Keywords | children; discourse analysis; families; caregiving; mother; mothering |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | Global Qualitative Nursing Research |
Journal citation | 2, pp. 1-12 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc. |
ISSN | 2333-3936 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393614565181 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85060558513 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-12 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 21 Jan 2015 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 19 Nov 2014 |
Deposited | 10 Aug 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w923/low-income-mothers-descriptions-of-children-s-injury-related-events-a-discourse-analysis
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