Lifestyles and Generativity of Childless Older Women

无子女老年妇女的生活方式和生育能力

• 批准号: 8038740
• 负责人: Robert L. Rubinstein
• 金额: $ 22.18万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-30 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8038740
• 关键词: Lifestyles; Generativity; Childless; Older; Women

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revision is submitted in response to NOT-OD-10-032: NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications (R01, R03,R15,R21,R21/R33, and R37) through the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet). The proposed revision grant, which focuses on a unique sample of Russian-born women age 65 and over, will expand the current research in several important ways. In the current research, we are exploring the concept of generativity, the meaning of childlessness and the future long- term care needs of 210 mostly childless older women. This will fill in an important gap in the aging research literature which has rarely researched these persons. In the Revision Application, we wish to interview a small sample of childless older women who have emigrated from Russia to the United States after 1989 (the fall of State Communism). The parent study has four specific aims: 1) to examine issues concerning generativity and lifestyles of the older population of women; 2) to better understand the caregiving needs and resources of this group; 3) to compare these issues among seven different groups of childless and childed older women; and 4) to contrast these issues among two ethnic groups, European-Americans and African- Americans. Based on the unique experiences of those women who lived in the former Soviet Union and have migrated to America in later life, we propose a one-year supplemental study to investigate the meaning of childlessness, views of caregiving and generativity, and healthcare needs in a sample of Russian women, age 65 and over, who have immigrated to the United States within the last 20 years. This proposed supplement builds on the research aims of the parent study and seeks to specifically explore the following: 1) to examine the impact of living in the former Soviet Union on life choices, childlessness, and generativity; 2) to explore the meaning of generativity and its relation to how their native culture will be preserved in a new setting; 3) to better understand the challenges of this aging cohort and their healthcare and caregiving needs as immigrants in a new country facing language and cultural barriers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposed research explores the health and caregiving needs of childless older women who have emigrated from Russia. In America, adult daughters provide the vast majority of care for older parents. Lacking children, the study population must look to alternatives for care: what do they do in anticipation of their care needs?

描述（由申请人提供）：此修订是针对NOT-OD-10-032：NIH提交的，NIH宣布通过NIH基本行为和社会科学机会网络（OPPNET）（R01，R01，R15，R15，R15，R15，R15，R15，R15，R15，R15，R21，R21，R21/R33和R37）宣布可用性。拟议的修订赠款专注于65岁以上俄罗斯出生的妇女的独特样本，将以几种重要的方式扩展当前的研究。在当前的研究中，我们正在探讨210名主要是无子女的老年妇女的生成性概念，无子女的含义以及未来的长期护理需求。这将填补老龄化研究文献中很少研究这些人的重要空白。在修订申请中，我们希望采访一小部分无子女的老年妇女，这些妇女在1989年之后从俄罗斯移民到美国（州共产主义堕落）。父母研究具有四个具体的目的：1）研究有关妇女老年人群的生成性和生活方式的问题； 2）更好地了解该小组的护理需求和资源； 3）在七个不同的无子女和童妇女中比较这些问题； 4）在两个种族中，欧洲裔美国人和非裔美国人中的这些问题。 基于那些生活在前苏联并在以后移民到美国的妇女的独特经历，我们提出了一年的补充研究，以调查无子女的意义，对照料和发作性的看法以及在过去20年内移民到美国的65岁及以上的俄罗斯妇女中的医疗保健需求。这项提出的补充是基于父母研究的研究目的，并试图专门探讨以下内容：1）研究在前苏联生活对生活选择，无子女和发电性的影响； 2）探索生成性的含义及其与在新环境中如何保存其本土文化的关系； 3）更好地了解这个老龄化队列的挑战及其作为一个面临语言和文化障碍的新国家的移民，他们的医疗保健和照料需求。 公共卫生相关性：这项拟议的研究探讨了从俄罗斯移民的无子女老年妇女的健康和护理需求。在美国，成年女儿为年长的父母提供了绝大多数护理。缺乏儿童，研究人群必须寻求替代方案的护理：他们在预期护理需求方面做什么？