1. Supporting Adoptive Parents: A Study on Personal Self-Care.
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Miller, J. Jay, Niu, Chunling, Womack, Rachel, and Shalash, Nada
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ADOPTIVE parents , *HEALTH , *HEALTH behavior , *HEALTH education , *HEALTH status indicators , *HEALTH self-care , *SELF-evaluation , *SOCIAL support , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors - Abstract
This study explored the personal self-care practices of adoptive parents (N = 229) in one southeastern state. Overall, findings indicate that adoptive parents only engage in moderate modest self-care practices. Significant differences in self-care practices were detected by health status (self-report) and current financial status. In summary, the healthier one perceived themselves to be and the more financially stable they were, the more they tended to engage in self-care practices. Data suggest the need for entities involved with potential and/or adoptive parents need to explicitly engage adoptive parents in education about self-care and training in support of self-care practices. As well, data indicate the need for reframing self-care from an ancillary activity to an integrated tool to assuage the challenges facing adoptive parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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