A Mixed Methods Approach to the Definition of Family Health Promotion Practices for Mexican Sonoran Mothers

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dc.contributor.advisorSue Lurie
dc.creatorMontiel-Carbajal, Maria Martha
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T20:05:51Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T20:05:51Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-01
dc.date.submitted2013-05-15T14:12:06-07:00
dc.description.abstractMontiel-Carbajal, Maria M., A Mixed Methods Approach to the Definition of Family Health Promotion Practices for Mexican Sonoran Mothers. Doctor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), December 2006, 143 pp., 14 tables, 1 illustration, bibliography, 55 titles. The purpose of this research was to study the family health promotion practices of a sample of Mexican mothers living in the state of Sonora Mexico through a concurrent mixed method approach that included (1) a qualitative component with face to face and in-depth interviews, investigator observations, and analysis of content; (2) a quantitative component consisting of statistical analysis of data from selected selections of the National Survey for the Evaluation of Health Services 2002-2003. For the qualitative component 15 mothers, with mean age of 40 years, mean years of education of 10 years, living with their families were selected to form a purposive sample, and assigned to one of three groups: married working mothers, non-married working mothers, or married non-working mothers. The qualitative component was naturalistic and descriptive using semi-structured interviews with the mothers, and individual questionnaires to collect demographic and housing information. The quantitative component used the survey responses provided by the database of the National Survey for the Evaluation of Health Services 2002-2003, from 404 female adults age 18 and older, living in the urban zone of Sonora. The qualitative component showed that mothers conceptualize the health status of the family as a priority. The specific practices they use depend on the set of external resources and internal strengths of the family in order to overcome the physical, environmental, relational, or economic barriers they found to the promotion of health practices. The participants also reported being unsatisfied with the access and quality of the social health care system. The data from the quantitative component showed that Mexican Sonoran women living in the urban area reported having good health and felt satisfied with their health status; their satisfaction with the social health care system was fair. The group of non-married working mothers was detected to be more at risk for cardiovascular diseases due to a greater proportion of smokers and drinking paired with low amount of exercise. The results provided valuable information to formulate health promotion programs and future policies to be implemented with the target population.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/27780
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectCommunity Health
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectHealth Communication
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectInequality and Stratification
dc.subjectInternational Public Health
dc.subjectLatin American Studies
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMaternal and Child Health
dc.subjectMedical Education
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectMental and Social Health
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectPublic Health Education and Promotion
dc.subjectSonora Mexico
dc.subjectfamily health promotion
dc.subjectparenting
dc.subjectmothers
dc.subjectsocial health care system
dc.titleA Mixed Methods Approach to the Definition of Family Health Promotion Practices for Mexican Sonoran Mothers
dc.typeDissertation
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial and Behavioral Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Public Health

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