The objective of this study is to reveal the experience process of the mothers who are facing with the difficulties in caring children with food allergies, and to consider the supports they require from the medical personnel and staff of nurseries and schools. As we conducted semi-structured interviews on 9 mothers, and analyzed with modified grounded theory approach, 6 categories and 22 concepts were extracted.
Mothers were desperately seeking an ‘anchorage in lack of medical reliability’ and were exposed to the [anxieties of unpredictable futures] with ‘deep concerns to their children’ and ‘ceaseless tensions of daily life’. It revealed their process of finding the point for mutual agreement between the ‘anchorage they had found’ and ‘nurseries or schools’, and accepting themselves ‘who must live on, looking forward’.
In order to lighten mothers’ burden of childcare difficulties, supports by medical health professionals are much required, such as early diagnosis, initiation of appropriate treatment, persuadable explanation and encouragement to join in parents association. The supports required from the personnel of nurseries and schools are cooperative supports based on the accurate understandings on food allergies.
食物アレルギーの子どもの養育困難に立ち向かう母親の体験プロセス
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