Leiha Edmonds
Biographic Data
| ID | 4249823 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leiha Edmonds |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leiha |
| FAMILY NAME | Edmonds |
| SIGNATURE | EDMONDS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-3195-5526 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘In my own zone … ’
This article explores the connections between place, care and resilience through the everyday geographies of ‘caregiving youth’ (young carers) in Florida, USA. We draw from a multi-method, multi-year study of 48 caregiving youth, who support family or kin due to chronic illness, disability, age-related decline, and other conditions. Bringing together mapping and interview data on young people's experiences of place and emotion, we contribute a ge…
I care for my grandma because she's one of my best friends
Researching everyday geographies of caregiving youth
Caregiving happens in time and place, but geographers' methodologies to explore where care happens receive scant attention in the literature on caregiving. In this article, we explain our development of a methodological approach to recording and analyzing the dynamics of everyday family caregiving by children and adolescents and how caregiving produces places and spaces that are invested with experiences and emotions. The methodology, which we ca…
In placement, not just dis placement
Caregiving Youth” and the Patchwork History of Recognition in the United States
This article examines the U.S. legislative and policy landscape and its historical and contemporary recognition of young people as caregivers and their importance to public health, both as care providers and as a category of special concern for overall wellbeing. Drawing on feminist geographies of health to situate a historical analysis, we aim to answer two key questions: First, what is the history of recognition of caregiving youth in key momen…
Caregiving Youth” and the Patchwork History of Recognition in the United States
This article examines the U.S. legislative and policy landscape and its historical and contemporary recognition of young people as caregivers and their importance to public health, both as care providers and as a category of special concern for overall wellbeing. Drawing on feminist geographies of health to situate a historical analysis, we aim to answer two key questions: First, what is the history of recognition of caregiving youth in key momen…
In placement, not just dis placement
I care for my grandma because she's one of my best friends
Researching everyday geographies of caregiving youth
Caregiving happens in time and place, but geographers' methodologies to explore where care happens receive scant attention in the literature on caregiving. In this article, we explain our development of a methodological approach to recording and analyzing the dynamics of everyday family caregiving by children and adolescents and how caregiving produces places and spaces that are invested with experiences and emotions. The methodology, which we ca…
‘In my own zone … ’
This article explores the connections between place, care and resilience through the everyday geographies of ‘caregiving youth’ (young carers) in Florida, USA. We draw from a multi-method, multi-year study of 48 caregiving youth, who support family or kin due to chronic illness, disability, age-related decline, and other conditions. Bringing together mapping and interview data on young people's experiences of place and emotion, we contribute a ge…
Sociology (4 works) · Everyday life (3 works) · Family Support in Illness (3 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work)