Midwestern Farm Widows: Adaptation Following Spousal Loss.

The purpose of this descriptive study was to co-create oral histories of Midwestern farm widows. Rural widows constitute a vulnerable population due to issues of bereavement and depression compounded by emotional and geographical isolation. A farm widow is often forced to maintain viability of the farm for the family's livelihood.

Primigravid and multigravid women: prenatal perspectives.

A paucity of prenatal data is available concerning prenatal experiences of primigravid women compared with those of multigravid women. Therefore, the objectives of this study were twofold: to compare prenatal personal (demographic and other descriptive elements, including self-esteem) and psychosocial variables (maternal-fetal attachment, marital satisfaction) and to describe perceived pregnancy experiences for both primigravid and multigravid women. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected using a descriptive mixed-methods design.

Maternal perspectives on postpartum return to the workplace.

Objective: To describe maternal perceptions about postpartum return to the workplace.

Design And Setting: The research framework was McCubbin and McCubbin's Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation. Employed, postpartum women, who resided in six different states, were recruited from day care and primary care settings to participate in this descriptive study.

Health beliefs and practices in rural El Salvador: an ethnographic study.

Objective: To investigate the health practices and lifeways of rural villagers in a remote area of El Salvador who had been displaced by the recent civil war. The purpose of the study was to explore their view on health and experiences of loss during the war.

Design: Ethnography (Spradley, 1980, 1999; Agar, 1996).