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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2001): |
Empowering African American custodial grandparents.
Full Abstract
The increase in grandparent-headed households is receiving much attention as the needs and concerns of these grandparents become more widely known. However, to the extent that services focus on the problems of this population, there is an inherent danger in overlooking their unique strengths and abilities. Empowerment training builds on these strengths to enable people to develop self-efficacy and their own problem-solving skills. In so doing, those empowered grandparents further empower the communities in which they live. This article describes an empowerment training project and its curriculum that was developed for a group of African American grandparents. The program resulted in strengthened parenting skills, and development of the participants into community peer educators.
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Author information
Author/s: Cox, Carole B (CB);
Affiliation: Graduate School of Social Services, Fordham University, New York, NY 10023, USA. ccox(-atsign-)fordham.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Social work (Soc Work), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jan; vol 47 (issue 1) : pp 45-54
Dates: Created 2002/02/06; Completed 2002/03/28; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 11829244, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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