From migrant worker to family support worker: A case study of changing parenting beliefs and practices among Hispanic home visitors in Immokalee, Florida
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Title
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From migrant worker to family support worker: A case study of changing parenting beliefs and practices among Hispanic home visitors in Immokalee, Florida
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:6d717b719fb1:11468
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identifier
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11854
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Creator
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Keizs, Sonji,
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Contributor
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Barbara Katz Rothman
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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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Individual & family studies | Social work | Hispanic American studies | Hispanic | Integration | Migrants | Parenting | Second Generation Immigrants | Social Mobility
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Abstract
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This dissertation studied evolving parenting beliefs and practices among Hispanic women residing in the rural Southwest Florida town of Immokalee, who are currently employed as paraprofessional home visitors in parent education programs targeted towards new immigrants from Latin America. As styles of parenting and the manner in which individuals interact with children under their care are closely linked to class status, parenting beliefs and practices are the central variables examined in this study. This research sought to uncover transformations in participants' parenting belief systems and practices that occurred as they engaged in the work of socializing recent immigrant families to accept and adopt American middle class standards of mothering. The in-depth focus on the intersection of their traditionally held parenting beliefs and practices, with institutionalized expectations and practices found in the occupation of parent education/home visiting, provides novel insights into the dynamic processes of assimilation, acculturation, and identity development unfolding amongst second and third generation Hispanic women in contemporary American society. Qualitative research methods were used in this study including participant observation, content analysis, and in-depth interviews with study participants.
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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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Ph.D.
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Program
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Sociology
