Authors
Cheryl Pritlove, Lisa V Dias
Publication date
2022/12
Journal
Supportive Care in Cancer
Volume
30
Issue
12
Pages
10051-10065
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Description
Purpose
A cancer diagnosis poses unique challenges for moms with young children who must balance illness-management alongside existing paid (e.g., employment) and unpaid (e.g., domestic/caregiving) work. The goal of this study was to improve understanding of the support needs of mothers living with cancer and their experiences receiving psychosocial and childcare support from a community organization, the Nanny Angel Network (NAN).
Methods
Mothers who accessed NAN services during their cancer treatment and/or recovery (N = 20) participated in qualitative semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was used to inductively and deductively identify emerging patterns in the data and theoretical abduction was applied to further interpret participants’ accounts using a feminist political economy framework.
Results
Participants expressed how balancing the demands of patienthood and parenthood …
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