Natural Helping Networks in Alleviating Family Stress

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ID9768871
AuthorsEunice L Watson (corresponding author), Alice H Collins
Year1982
Volume461
Issue1
Pages102-112
Publication date1982-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716282461000011
OpenAlexW2163885537
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

As they have for generations, natural helping networks act as family support systems in many different social and cultural settings. The value of natural helping networks in assisting working parents with young children to find and maintain family day care has been documented. The resources these networks provide in alleviating or intervening in family stress that otherwise might lead to neglect and abuse is beginning to be recognized, explored, and utilized. We pioneered a method for professionals to identify and recruit natural helpers in these networks, to collaborate in the matching of needs and resources in neighborhoods, and to link with the formal agency system as needed. In this article, the method is described with mainland and Hawaiian applications. It is suggested that policymakers should recognize the value of natural helping networks as a financially feasible method of reaching parents in ways that prevent or ameliorate child abuse and neglect and that offer ongoing social support to families

Agency (philosophy · Child abuse · Environmental health · Geography · Natural (archaeology · Natural disaster · Neglect · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Computer Science · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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