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Transnational Motherhood: Health of Hispanic Mothers in the United States Who Are Separated From Children.

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McCabe, BE; Mitchell, EM; Gonzalez-Guarda, RM; Peragallo, N; Mitrani, VB
Published in: Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society
May 2017

Immigration often results in the separation of families, and in particular transnational parenting, which is the separation of mothers from children. Transnational mothers may have greater risks for poor mental health and behavioral conditions such as substance abuse, violence, sexual risk, and depression. This study was a secondary analysis of self-reported data from 425 Hispanic mothers (328 with no separations, 60 separated from an adult child, and 37 separated from a minor child) enrolled in a randomized trial of a sexual health group intervention in South Florida (USA). Separations were related to mother's age, years in the United States, family income, number of people living on income, acculturation to the United States, occupational/economic stress, immigration stress, and lifetime exposure to abuse. A follow-up analysis described the types of childhood or adulthood abuse experienced by mothers with separations. These findings provide new information for nurses about the experience of immigrant mothers.

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Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society

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EISSN

1552-7832

ISSN

1043-6596

Publication Date

May 2017

Volume

28

Issue

3

Start / End Page

243 / 250

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychometrics
  • Physical Abuse
  • Nursing
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Health Status
  • Florida
 

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McCabe, B. E., Mitchell, E. M., Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M., Peragallo, N., & Mitrani, V. B. (2017). Transnational Motherhood: Health of Hispanic Mothers in the United States Who Are Separated From Children. Journal of Transcultural Nursing : Official Journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society, 28(3), 243–250. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659616644960
McCabe, Brian E., Emma M. Mitchell, Rosa Maria Gonzalez-Guarda, Nilda Peragallo, and Victoria B. Mitrani. “Transnational Motherhood: Health of Hispanic Mothers in the United States Who Are Separated From Children.Journal of Transcultural Nursing : Official Journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society 28, no. 3 (May 2017): 243–50. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659616644960.
McCabe BE, Mitchell EM, Gonzalez-Guarda RM, Peragallo N, Mitrani VB. Transnational Motherhood: Health of Hispanic Mothers in the United States Who Are Separated From Children. Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society. 2017 May;28(3):243–50.
McCabe, Brian E., et al. “Transnational Motherhood: Health of Hispanic Mothers in the United States Who Are Separated From Children.Journal of Transcultural Nursing : Official Journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society, vol. 28, no. 3, May 2017, pp. 243–50. Epmc, doi:10.1177/1043659616644960.
McCabe BE, Mitchell EM, Gonzalez-Guarda RM, Peragallo N, Mitrani VB. Transnational Motherhood: Health of Hispanic Mothers in the United States Who Are Separated From Children. Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society. 2017 May;28(3):243–250.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society

DOI

EISSN

1552-7832

ISSN

1043-6596

Publication Date

May 2017

Volume

28

Issue

3

Start / End Page

243 / 250

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychometrics
  • Physical Abuse
  • Nursing
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Health Status
  • Florida