TY - JOUR
T1 - Parenting self-efficacy in the context of poverty and HIV in Eastern Uganda
T2 - A qualitative study
AU - Augustinavicius, Jura L.
AU - Familiar-Lopez, Itziar
AU - Winch, Peter J.
AU - Murray, Sarah M.
AU - Ojuka, Caesar
AU - Boivin, Michael J.
AU - Bass, Judith K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge Veronic Abbo, Lillian Ekapel, David Opua, and Joseph Otim, who conducted the interviews and led the focus groups described in this study. The authors also thank all Global Health Uganda staff in Tororo for their assistance with transcription and translation. This study was approved by the Michigan State University Institutional Review Board and the Makerere University College School of Medicine Research Ethics Committee. The qualitative research described in this study was funded by the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health. This research was carried out within the broader infrastructure of a study entitled “Enhancing Ugandan HIV-affected child development with caregiver training” funded by the National Institutes of Health (RO1 HD070723, PIs: Boivin, Bass).
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge Veronic Abbo, Lillian Ekapel, David Opua, and Joseph Otim, who conducted the interviews and led the focus groups described in this study. The authors also thank all Global Health Uganda staff in Tororo for their assistance with transcription and translation. This study was approved by the Michigan State University Institutional Review Board and the Makerere University College School of Medicine Research Ethics Committee. The qualitative research described in this study was funded by the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health. This research was carried out within the broader infrastructure of a study entitled ?Enhancing Ugandan HIV-affected child development with caregiver training? funded by the National Institutes of Health (RO1 HD070723, PIs: Boivin, Bass).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - We sought to understand social representations of effective parenting and parenting self-efficacy among female HIV-affected caregivers in rural Eastern Uganda. We conducted in-depth interviews (n = 21) to describe parenting experiences and caregivers’ perceptions of their own parenting abilities and to create vignettes for use in directed focus groups. We carried out open focus groups (n = 2) to gain social perspectives on parenting, and directed focus groups (n = 2) concentrated on parenting self-efficacy. Analysis involved memoing and inductive and deductive coding of transcripts. Caregivers’ perceptions of their own parenting were grounded in parenting values such as providing children with basic needs, having well-behaved children, and having good relationships with children. Caregivers’ perceptions were influenced by challenges, including single parenthood, living with HIV, limited family resources, and mental health problems. When facing challenges, caregivers relied on social support and faith as well as their own parenting confidence. Caregivers’ perceptions of their parenting abilities were influenced by how they felt others perceived them, their satisfaction in the parenting role, their perseverance despite challenges, and the extent to which they had a vision for their family. Our findings contextualize parenting self-efficacy within parenting values, challenges, and social perceptions among HIV-affected caregivers in rural Uganda.
AB - We sought to understand social representations of effective parenting and parenting self-efficacy among female HIV-affected caregivers in rural Eastern Uganda. We conducted in-depth interviews (n = 21) to describe parenting experiences and caregivers’ perceptions of their own parenting abilities and to create vignettes for use in directed focus groups. We carried out open focus groups (n = 2) to gain social perspectives on parenting, and directed focus groups (n = 2) concentrated on parenting self-efficacy. Analysis involved memoing and inductive and deductive coding of transcripts. Caregivers’ perceptions of their own parenting were grounded in parenting values such as providing children with basic needs, having well-behaved children, and having good relationships with children. Caregivers’ perceptions were influenced by challenges, including single parenthood, living with HIV, limited family resources, and mental health problems. When facing challenges, caregivers relied on social support and faith as well as their own parenting confidence. Caregivers’ perceptions of their parenting abilities were influenced by how they felt others perceived them, their satisfaction in the parenting role, their perseverance despite challenges, and the extent to which they had a vision for their family. Our findings contextualize parenting self-efficacy within parenting values, challenges, and social perceptions among HIV-affected caregivers in rural Uganda.
KW - HIV-affected families
KW - caregiver mental health
KW - caregiver well-being
KW - parenting
KW - parenting self-efficacy
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U2 - 10.1002/imhj.21774
DO - 10.1002/imhj.21774
M3 - Article
C2 - 30919471
AN - SCOPUS:85063585126
VL - 40
SP - 422
EP - 438
JO - Infant Mental Health Journal
JF - Infant Mental Health Journal
SN - 0163-9641
IS - 3
ER -