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Family and community support of urban pregnant students: Support person, function, and parity
Author(s) -
Chen ShuPi C.,
Telleen Sharon,
Chen Edwin H.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(199501)23:1<28::aid-jcop2290230104>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - social support , parity (physics) , family support , urban community , psychology , public support , developmental psychology , medicine , nursing , social psychology , environmental health , political science , physics , particle physics , physical therapy , public relations
Family and community support resources available to 200 primiparous and 44 multiparous pregnant students were examined. All pregnant students included in the study were unmarried, African American, and enrolled in urban public high schools of a large midwestern city from 1986 to 1989. Results showed that (a) support persons in the family system were mentioned more frequently than those in the community system in all support functions and by all pregnant students; (b) at least two thirds of all available support involved the baby's father and the student's mother, but their support functions differed; and (c) parity tended to be related to the interplay between the support person and the support function. Health professionals must identify appropriate support persons for the pregnant student and include them in the care process.