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Adapting to parents in crisis: tracing experiences of having a child with chronic kidney disease
Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Philosophy, History, Arts and Religion. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
2018 (English)In: Messy ethnographies in action / [ed] Alexandra Plows, Vernon Press , 2018, 1, p. 131-139Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter addresses the challenges involved in understanding parents’ concrete experiences of managing a child with a chronic kidney disease (CKD). This disease causes suffering for the child, disrupts daily routines and transforms the everyday life of the family. On the basis of ethno-graphic methodology, participant observations and interviews with primary caregivers were conducted at a major paediatric hospital in Portugal. However, the stressful environment at the hospital led the researcher to seek access to the parents’ home environment. The multisited approach of this investigation revealed a typical trajectory involving back and forth visits to the hospital and in addition, parents had to manage a variety of practices depending on the setting. Attending to the parents’ emotions rather than avoiding them was vital in understanding how their lives became stressed and in how they grew as individuals. The challenges involved in carrying out fieldwork among families in crisis can work as openings for discovering the multifaceted realities the families encounter.  

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Vernon Press , 2018, 1. p. 131-139
Series
Vernon Series in Anthropology
Keywords [en]
Multi-sited ethnography, child, chronic kidney disease (CKD), parents, expe-riences, managing
National Category
Clinical Medicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-180997Libris ID: n3z3v074lg17sg4wISBN: 9781622733293 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-180997DiVA, id: diva2:1611316
Available from: 2021-11-15 Created: 2021-11-15 Last updated: 2025-02-18Bibliographically approved
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1. A parental perspective on  child chronic kidney disease: The lived experience of caregiving in Portugal
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A parental perspective on  child chronic kidney disease: The lived experience of caregiving in Portugal
2021 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Paediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) requires complex care and radically transforms the everyday life of the child’s family. This thesis examines parents’ lived experience of dealing with a child’s CKD; how social and economic circumstances impact on families’ opportunities to manage the care; and how parents view and practise their parenthood. The thesis takes inspiration from the phenomenology of practice, material culture studies and parenting culture studies. The research is based on ethnographic fieldwork in a paediatric hospital in Portugal and in the participating families’ home environments. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the empirical material. 

The first study addresses the ethnographic methods used in the study and the challenges involved in examining parents’ lived experiences of managing caregiving. It demonstrates that the challenges involved in carrying out fieldwork among families in crisis can function as openings for discovering the multifaceted and complicated realities the families encounter. The second study shows that parents use all the available financial and human resources to manage the technically demanding care and create normality. It also shows that, while parents experience becoming confined and close relationships as strained, the mundane practices and social relations of care bring hope and meaning to the family. The third study demonstrates that good parenthood for the participants means focusing on the child’s survival and well-being, and requires constant vigilance and readjustments, what I term “readiness parenting”. 

This research contributes to creating knowledge about the complexity of caring for a chronically ill child, the relational and material aspects of caregiving and how norms about responsible parenthood are negotiated. It also demonstrates the need for qualitative research methods to understand parents’ lived experiences and create knowledge about their meaning- making, needs and competencies. 

Abstract [sv]

Vården av barn med kronisk njursjukdom (CKD) är mycket komplex och förändrar en familjs vardag radikalt. Denna avhandling undersöker föräldrars levda erfarenhet av att vårda ett barn med kronisk njursjukdom: hur både sociala och ekonomiska omständigheter påverkar en familjs möjlighet att hantera vården och hur föräldrarna uppfattar och utövar sitt föräldraskap. Avhandlingen hämtar inspiration från praktisk fenomenologi, studier av materiell kultur och föräldraskapsstudier. Forskningen bygger på ett etnografiskt fältarbete på ett barnsjukhus i Portugal och i de deltagande familjernas hem. Tematisk analys används för att analysera det empiriska materialet. 

Den första studien behandlar etnografisk metod och vilka svårigheter det kan innebära att undersöka föräldrars erfarenheter av att hantera vården av ett njursjukt barn. Studien visar att utmaningarna i att genomföra ett fältarbete bland familjer i kris kan fungera som ingångar till att upptäcka de mångfacetterade och komplicerade verkligheter som familjerna möter. Den andra studien visar att föräldrarna använder tillgängliga ekonomiska och mänskliga resurser för att hantera den tekniskt krävande vården och samtidigt skapa normalitet. Studien visar också att medan föräldrarna upplever stora begränsningar och att deras nära relationer får utstå påfrestningar, skapar vardagliga göromål och nya sociala nätverk hopp och mening för dem. Den tredje studien visar att ett gott föräldraskap för deltagarna innebär ett fokus på barnets överlevnad och välbefinnande, och kräver ständig vaksamhet och anpassning, vilket jag benämner “readiness parenting”. 

Avhandlingen bidrar till att skapa förståelse för komplexiteten i vården av kroniskt sjuka barn, de relationella och materiella aspekterna av vårdandet och hur normer om ett ansvarsfullt föräldraskap förhandlas. Avhandlingen visar också på behovet av kvalitativa forskningsmetoder för att kunna förstå föräldrars situation och skapa kunskap om deras behov och kompetenser.  

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2021. p. 71
Series
Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences, ISSN 0282-9800 ; 815
Keywords
child chronic kidney disease, ethnography, phenomenology of practice, material culture studies, parenting culture studies., kronisk njursjukdom hos barn, etnografi, praktisk fenomenologi, materiell kultur, föräldraskapsstudier.
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Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified Nursing
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-181001 (URN)10.3384/diss.diva-181001 (DOI)9789179290412 (ISBN)
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2021-12-14, TEMCAS, T-building, Campus Valla, Linköping, 13:15 (English)
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Funding agencies: This research received funding from the Phoenix Erasmus – Erasmus MundusJoint Doctoral Programme in Dynamics of Health and Welfare of the EuropeanUnion

Available from: 2021-11-15 Created: 2021-11-15 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved

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