Dorothy Smith-Ruiz
Biographic Data
| ID | 135268 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorothy Smith-Ruiz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorothy |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith-Ruiz |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH-RUIZ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A typology of caregiver burden for custodial Black grandmothers
Previous studies of custodial grandparenting tend to aggregate population data or not distinguish custodial grandparenting experiences by race, even though research demonstrates that custodial grandparenting for Black grandmothers is compounded by intersectional disadvantages. Our aim is to contribute to the gerontologic health literature with a nuanced understanding of caregiver burden that captures the strains and joys of custodial grandparenti…
Addressing the Needs of African American Grandparents: An Intersectionality Perspective
This study seeks to demonstrate the intersecting structural and compounding challenges African American custodial grandparents experience collectively, rather than as separate non-competing factors, which has been modeled in prior studies. Using a mixed-method research design, the study explored the challenges faced by African American and white custodial grandparents. These challenges included difficulties attaining different types of support, r…
Criminal Justice Involvement, Drug Use, and Depression Among African American Children of Incarcerated Parents
The incarcerated population in the United States is disproportionately African American and many inmates are parents of children under the age of 18. Recent reports show that African American children were significantly more likely than White children to have a parent in prison. Emerging research has also begun to investigate some of the effects that parental incarceration can have on children, but little has focused exclusively on the population…
African American Grandmothers Providing Extensive Care to their Grandchildren: Socio-demographic and Health Determinants of Life Satisfaction
The article explores the relationships between grandmothers' socioeconomic and health characteristics in relation to life satisfaction. Reasons for caregiving, assumption of the caregiver role, and grandmothers'attitudes and experiences in custodial caregiving were discussed qualitatively from data gathered in detailed interviews of a convenience sample of 99 custodial African American grandmothers caringf or one or more grandchildreny ounger tha…
Amazing Grace: African American Grandmothers as Caregivers and Conveyors of Traditional Values
Intergenerational African families in which the grandmother is the primary caregiver of grandchildren and great-grandchildren are increasing rapidly in American society. Over the past decade, researchers and policy makers have shown considerable concern over the increases in grandparent-maintained households. This concern has stimulated a proliferation of research on grandparent caregiving on a wide range of issues. Among these are the impact of …
Criminal Justice Involvement, Drug Use, and Depression Among African American Children of Incarcerated Parents
The incarcerated population in the United States is disproportionately African American and many inmates are parents of children under the age of 18. Recent reports show that African American children were significantly more likely than White children to have a parent in prison. Emerging research has also begun to investigate some of the effects that parental incarceration can have on children, but little has focused exclusively on the population…
African American Grandmothers Providing Extensive Care to their Grandchildren: Socio-demographic and Health Determinants of Life Satisfaction
The article explores the relationships between grandmothers' socioeconomic and health characteristics in relation to life satisfaction. Reasons for caregiving, assumption of the caregiver role, and grandmothers'attitudes and experiences in custodial caregiving were discussed qualitatively from data gathered in detailed interviews of a convenience sample of 99 custodial African American grandmothers caringf or one or more grandchildreny ounger tha…
Amazing Grace: African American Grandmothers as Caregivers and Conveyors of Traditional Values
Intergenerational African families in which the grandmother is the primary caregiver of grandchildren and great-grandchildren are increasing rapidly in American society. Over the past decade, researchers and policy makers have shown considerable concern over the increases in grandparent-maintained households. This concern has stimulated a proliferation of research on grandparent caregiving on a wide range of issues. Among these are the impact of …
African American Grandmothers Providing Extensive Care to their Grandchildren: Socio-demographic and Health Determinants of Life Satisfaction
The article explores the relationships between grandmothers' socioeconomic and health characteristics in relation to life satisfaction. Reasons for caregiving, assumption of the caregiver role, and grandmothers'attitudes and experiences in custodial caregiving were discussed qualitatively from data gathered in detailed interviews of a convenience sample of 99 custodial African American grandmothers caringf or one or more grandchildreny ounger tha…
Criminal Justice Involvement, Drug Use, and Depression Among African American Children of Incarcerated Parents
The incarcerated population in the United States is disproportionately African American and many inmates are parents of children under the age of 18. Recent reports show that African American children were significantly more likely than White children to have a parent in prison. Emerging research has also begun to investigate some of the effects that parental incarceration can have on children, but little has focused exclusively on the population…
Addressing the Needs of African American Grandparents: An Intersectionality Perspective
This study seeks to demonstrate the intersecting structural and compounding challenges African American custodial grandparents experience collectively, rather than as separate non-competing factors, which has been modeled in prior studies. Using a mixed-method research design, the study explored the challenges faced by African American and white custodial grandparents. These challenges included difficulties attaining different types of support, r…
A typology of caregiver burden for custodial Black grandmothers
Previous studies of custodial grandparenting tend to aggregate population data or not distinguish custodial grandparenting experiences by race, even though research demonstrates that custodial grandparenting for Black grandmothers is compounded by intersectional disadvantages. Our aim is to contribute to the gerontologic health literature with a nuanced understanding of caregiver burden that captures the strains and joys of custodial grandparenti…
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works) · African american (2 works) · Grandparent (2 works) · Intervention (counseling (2 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (2 works)