Anne Neufeld
Biographic Data
| ID | 90019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne Neufeld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Neufeld |
| SIGNATURE | NEUFELD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 145 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Employed Mothers' Worker Ideology and Social Support Network Composition
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to examine employed mothers' social support network composition in relation to their orientation to worker ideology. A reanalysis of data from two longitudinal, interview studies was conducted. Ecomaps were developed to depict women's social support network composition, revealing five types of support sources: household family, nonhousehold family, friends and neighbors, workplace, and formal services. A…
The Significance of Social Engagement in Relocated Older Adults
Social networks and social support are recognized as important determinants of health. Relocation is a common transition in older adults’ lives that can disrupt existing social networks and challenge seniors to reconstitute these networks. Social engagement is a required component of the process of reconstituting social relationships and of feeling connected. The purpose of this focused ethnographic study was to develop an understanding of the ex…
Advocacy of Women Family Caregivers: Response to Nonsupportive Interactions With Professionals
Support from health and social service professionals assists women in caring for a relative with a chronic condition. However, nonsupportive interactions coexist with supportive interactions and might have unanticipated consequences. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to examine advocacy as a proactive response to nonsupportive interactions with professionals among women family caregivers in four caregiving situations. Data generation inc…
Multicultural Meanings of Social Support among Immigrants and Refugees
Canada continues to be a prominent immigrant and refugee‐receiving country in worldwide migration, resettlement, and search for refuge, yet there is a gap in our understanding of these newcomers’ views of the specific meanings of social support and their support needs and resources. The purpose of this study was to understand the meanings of social support for immigrants and refugees in Canada, and to explore the types and adequacy of formal supp…
Researching reducing health disparities: Mixed-methods approaches
Non-supportive interactions in the experience of women family caregivers: Non-supportive interactions while caregiving
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to identify and describe types of non-supportive interactions perceived by 59 women family caregivers in four diverse situations. Participants included 15 mothers of infants born prematurely, 14 mothers of a child with a chronic disease (asthma or diabetes), and women caring for an adult family member with either cancer (15) or dementia (15). Data collection methods included an initial in-depth interview…
Immigrant women family caregivers in Canada: Implications for policies and programmes in health and social sectors
Migration has become a profound global phenomenon in this century. In Canada, uncoordinated policies, including those related to immigration, resettlement, employment, and government funding for health and social services, present barriers to immigrant women caregivers. The purpose of this paper is to share relevant insights from individual and group interviews with immigrant women family caregivers, service providers and policy influencers, and …
Practical Issues in Using a Card Sort in a Study of Nonsupport and Family Caregiving
The authors successfully used the card sort data collection technique with 17 female family caregivers in a large ethnographic study of nonsupport. In this article, they describe the practical issues they addressed. Initially, they developed strategies to construct meaningful statements that reflected key themes and were manageable in an interview. Later, to address challenges for participants, they developed approaches to assist women in moving …
Caregiving In Transnational Context: My Wings Have Been Cut; Where Can I Fly
Migration often requires the renegotiation of familial and gender roles as immigrants encounter potentially competing values and demands. Employing ethnographic methods and including in-depth interviewing and participant observation, the authors explore the experiences of 29 South Asian and Chinese Canadian female family caregivers. Caregiving was central to their role as women and members of their ethnocultural community. The women were often en…
Immigrant Women: Making Connections to Community Resources for Support in Family Caregiving
Immigrant Women: Making Connections to Community Resources for Support in Family Caregiving
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to understand how immigrant women caregivers accessed support from community resources and identify the barriers to this support. The study included 29 Chinese and South Asian women caring for an ill or disabled child or adult relative. All experienced barriers to accessing community services. Some possessed personal resources and strategies to overcome them; others remained isolated and unconnected. Fam…
Evaluation of Client Satisfaction in a Community Health Centre: Selection of a Tool
Community health centres (CHCs) have emerged as sites in which services based on a primary health care (PHC) model are delivered. In the evaluation of the newly established Northeast CHC in Edmonton, Alberta, client satisfaction was a significant part of the evaluation component on community participation. A reliable and valid tool was sought to measure the dimensions of client satisfaction appropriate for a CHC that is based on the principles of…
Public Support for Poverty-related Policies
Public Perceptions of the Relationship between Poverty and Health
Women's experiences of barriers to support while caregiving
This qualitative study explored women's perceptions of barriers to support during family caregiving in a Canadian setting. Twenty mothers of premature infants and twenty women caring for an older person who is cognitively impaired were interviewed in-depth over 18 months. Both groups of women preferred that support be offered to them and identified numerous barriers to requesting support. Perceived barriers included an obligation to provide care,…
Reciprocity and Social Support in Caregivers' Relationships: Variations and Consequences
Support from family and friends is important in caregiving and has been associated with positive health of the caregiver. Reciprocity is a dimension of support that may be restricted in the relationships of caregivers. The purpose of this study was to examine whether reciprocity exists in relationships with friends and family as well as with the care recipient. Two groups of women were included: 20 mothers of premature infants and 20 women caring…
Fourth-Generation Evaluation
Naturalistic program evaluation strategies are gaining acceptance within the evaluation profession. They are especially useful in the examination of the transaction, or process, components of programs. One of their disadvantages is that they demand extensive quantities of evaluator time and effort which are difficult to arrange. Guba refers to evaluation conducted within the naturalistic paradigm (as distinct from the use of naturalistic techniqu…
Multicultural Meanings of Social Support among Immigrants and Refugees
Canada continues to be a prominent immigrant and refugee‐receiving country in worldwide migration, resettlement, and search for refuge, yet there is a gap in our understanding of these newcomers’ views of the specific meanings of social support and their support needs and resources. The purpose of this study was to understand the meanings of social support for immigrants and refugees in Canada, and to explore the types and adequacy of formal supp…
Researching reducing health disparities: Mixed-methods approaches
Caregiving In Transnational Context: My Wings Have Been Cut; Where Can I Fly
Migration often requires the renegotiation of familial and gender roles as immigrants encounter potentially competing values and demands. Employing ethnographic methods and including in-depth interviewing and participant observation, the authors explore the experiences of 29 South Asian and Chinese Canadian female family caregivers. Caregiving was central to their role as women and members of their ethnocultural community. The women were often en…
Immigrant women family caregivers in Canada: Implications for policies and programmes in health and social sectors
Migration has become a profound global phenomenon in this century. In Canada, uncoordinated policies, including those related to immigration, resettlement, employment, and government funding for health and social services, present barriers to immigrant women caregivers. The purpose of this paper is to share relevant insights from individual and group interviews with immigrant women family caregivers, service providers and policy influencers, and …
Public Perceptions of the Relationship between Poverty and Health
Non-supportive interactions in the experience of women family caregivers: Non-supportive interactions while caregiving
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to identify and describe types of non-supportive interactions perceived by 59 women family caregivers in four diverse situations. Participants included 15 mothers of infants born prematurely, 14 mothers of a child with a chronic disease (asthma or diabetes), and women caring for an adult family member with either cancer (15) or dementia (15). Data collection methods included an initial in-depth interview…
Public Support for Poverty-related Policies
Employed Mothers' Worker Ideology and Social Support Network Composition
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to examine employed mothers' social support network composition in relation to their orientation to worker ideology. A reanalysis of data from two longitudinal, interview studies was conducted. Ecomaps were developed to depict women's social support network composition, revealing five types of support sources: household family, nonhousehold family, friends and neighbors, workplace, and formal services. A…
Fourth-Generation Evaluation
Naturalistic program evaluation strategies are gaining acceptance within the evaluation profession. They are especially useful in the examination of the transaction, or process, components of programs. One of their disadvantages is that they demand extensive quantities of evaluator time and effort which are difficult to arrange. Guba refers to evaluation conducted within the naturalistic paradigm (as distinct from the use of naturalistic techniqu…
Reciprocity and Social Support in Caregivers' Relationships: Variations and Consequences
Support from family and friends is important in caregiving and has been associated with positive health of the caregiver. Reciprocity is a dimension of support that may be restricted in the relationships of caregivers. The purpose of this study was to examine whether reciprocity exists in relationships with friends and family as well as with the care recipient. Two groups of women were included: 20 mothers of premature infants and 20 women caring…
Women's experiences of barriers to support while caregiving
This qualitative study explored women's perceptions of barriers to support during family caregiving in a Canadian setting. Twenty mothers of premature infants and twenty women caring for an older person who is cognitively impaired were interviewed in-depth over 18 months. Both groups of women preferred that support be offered to them and identified numerous barriers to requesting support. Perceived barriers included an obligation to provide care,…
Public Perceptions of the Relationship between Poverty and Health
Immigrant Women: Making Connections to Community Resources for Support in Family Caregiving
Immigrant Women: Making Connections to Community Resources for Support in Family Caregiving
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to understand how immigrant women caregivers accessed support from community resources and identify the barriers to this support. The study included 29 Chinese and South Asian women caring for an ill or disabled child or adult relative. All experienced barriers to accessing community services. Some possessed personal resources and strategies to overcome them; others remained isolated and unconnected. Fam…
Evaluation of Client Satisfaction in a Community Health Centre: Selection of a Tool
Community health centres (CHCs) have emerged as sites in which services based on a primary health care (PHC) model are delivered. In the evaluation of the newly established Northeast CHC in Edmonton, Alberta, client satisfaction was a significant part of the evaluation component on community participation. A reliable and valid tool was sought to measure the dimensions of client satisfaction appropriate for a CHC that is based on the principles of…
Public Support for Poverty-related Policies
Caregiving In Transnational Context: My Wings Have Been Cut; Where Can I Fly
Migration often requires the renegotiation of familial and gender roles as immigrants encounter potentially competing values and demands. Employing ethnographic methods and including in-depth interviewing and participant observation, the authors explore the experiences of 29 South Asian and Chinese Canadian female family caregivers. Caregiving was central to their role as women and members of their ethnocultural community. The women were often en…
Practical Issues in Using a Card Sort in a Study of Nonsupport and Family Caregiving
The authors successfully used the card sort data collection technique with 17 female family caregivers in a large ethnographic study of nonsupport. In this article, they describe the practical issues they addressed. Initially, they developed strategies to construct meaningful statements that reflected key themes and were manageable in an interview. Later, to address challenges for participants, they developed approaches to assist women in moving …
Immigrant women family caregivers in Canada: Implications for policies and programmes in health and social sectors
Migration has become a profound global phenomenon in this century. In Canada, uncoordinated policies, including those related to immigration, resettlement, employment, and government funding for health and social services, present barriers to immigrant women caregivers. The purpose of this paper is to share relevant insights from individual and group interviews with immigrant women family caregivers, service providers and policy influencers, and …
Non-supportive interactions in the experience of women family caregivers: Non-supportive interactions while caregiving
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to identify and describe types of non-supportive interactions perceived by 59 women family caregivers in four diverse situations. Participants included 15 mothers of infants born prematurely, 14 mothers of a child with a chronic disease (asthma or diabetes), and women caring for an adult family member with either cancer (15) or dementia (15). Data collection methods included an initial in-depth interview…
Advocacy of Women Family Caregivers: Response to Nonsupportive Interactions With Professionals
Support from health and social service professionals assists women in caring for a relative with a chronic condition. However, nonsupportive interactions coexist with supportive interactions and might have unanticipated consequences. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to examine advocacy as a proactive response to nonsupportive interactions with professionals among women family caregivers in four caregiving situations. Data generation inc…
Multicultural Meanings of Social Support among Immigrants and Refugees
Canada continues to be a prominent immigrant and refugee‐receiving country in worldwide migration, resettlement, and search for refuge, yet there is a gap in our understanding of these newcomers’ views of the specific meanings of social support and their support needs and resources. The purpose of this study was to understand the meanings of social support for immigrants and refugees in Canada, and to explore the types and adequacy of formal supp…
Researching reducing health disparities: Mixed-methods approaches
The Significance of Social Engagement in Relocated Older Adults
Social networks and social support are recognized as important determinants of health. Relocation is a common transition in older adults’ lives that can disrupt existing social networks and challenge seniors to reconstitute these networks. Social engagement is a required component of the process of reconstituting social relationships and of feeling connected. The purpose of this focused ethnographic study was to develop an understanding of the ex…
Employed Mothers' Worker Ideology and Social Support Network Composition
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to examine employed mothers' social support network composition in relation to their orientation to worker ideology. A reanalysis of data from two longitudinal, interview studies was conducted. Ecomaps were developed to depict women's social support network composition, revealing five types of support sources: household family, nonhousehold family, friends and neighbors, workplace, and formal services. A…
Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)