The lived experience of Puerto Rican single mothers raising children in a violent community
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Title
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The lived experience of Puerto Rican single mothers raising children in a violent community
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:5b1147dba1ac:11225
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identifier
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11539
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Creator
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Zavala, Mirian,
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Contributor
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Keville Frederickson
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Date
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2012
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Nursing | Individual & family studies | Puerto Rican | qualitative | Single mothering | violent community
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Abstract
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The prevalence of single mothers in the United States continues to increase. Adding to the pressures of single mothering is raising their children in a violent community. In the Bronx, where this study was conducted, Hispanics now represent more than 51% of the population up from 48.4% in 2000. In 2004, nation-wide, 26.6% of the Hispanics of Puerto Rican descent lived in single parent households. The lived experience of Puerto Rican single mothers was examined using qualitative research based on van Manen's method. Each of the five participants were interviewed and told their story about living as a Puerto Rican single mother raising their children in a violent community. The six themes that emerged were: protection, family and friends, portending doom, belief in God, carrying extra loads, and turning points. The transformed essence that emerged was that Puerto Rican single mothers raised their children in a violent community by: protecting and monitoring their children's whereabouts through portending doom. They cope with bad situations by relying on family and friends, believing in God, carrying extra loads, and creating turning points. The nursing model, the RAM, was integrated into the essence statement, which stated that these women were able to adapt to a life of needing to protect their children, and the use of family and/or trusted neighbors in order to raise their children in a violent community by making positive choices at turning points. By portending doom rather than denying the events of the environment, they were able to protect themselves and their children. The belief in God, as a philosophical approach to their reality, provided a link between the Puerto Rican single mothers who were raising their children in a violent community and the concept of adaptation.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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D.N.S.
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Program
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Nursing Studies
