Abstract
This ethnographic study examined caregiving practices of Korean-American families, using interpretive approach and analysis. The findings were categorized into caregiving as burden, stress, career, and cultural caregiving. The identified themes of caregiving as burden, stress, and career invariably impacted the caregiving; but the undercurrent and persistent main theme in those aspects of Korean-American caregiving was their cultural context of caregiving. The cultural context in which one functions as a caregiver had an important influence in the practice of family caregiving.
In this study, the cultural caregiving in seven Korean-American caregivers was influenced by immigration to the US as well as their traditional values and belief systems. Uniqueness related to the Korean-American immigrant status in caregiving involved their experiences of acculturation stress, marginality, language barrier, and their roles as the "bridgebuilders" to healthcare. These components distinguished this sample of Korean-American caregivers from Korean caregivers in the existent cultural literature.
Sigma Membership
Alpha Zeta
Lead Author Affiliation
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Ethnography
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Korean-Americans, Family Caregivers, Bridgebuilders to Healthcare, Immigration
Advisor
Keville Frederickson
Second Advisor
Christine B. Coughlin
Degree
Doctoral-Other
Degree Grantor
Teachers College, Columbia University
Degree Year
2002
Recommended Citation
Yu, Boas J., "The caregiving practices of Korean-American families: A descriptive study using an ethnographic approach" (2023). Dissertations. 747.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/747
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2023-03-27
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3052937; ProQuest document ID: 304794900. The author still retains copyright.