...Behice Humeyra Kara; Jaimee Stuart Purpose Understanding the effects trauma has on refugee parents and consequently, their children, is the first step in interrupting the intergenerational transmission of trauma. This study aims to investigate the impacts of parental exposure to trauma pre...

...Akiko Kamimura; Jeanie Ashby; Maziar Nourian; Nushean Assasnik; Jason Chen; Jennifer Tabler; Guadalupe Aguilera; Natalie Blanton; Allison Jess; Justine Reel Purpose Little is known about low-income immigrant parents’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) associated with their parenting...

...Kia Ditlevsen; Annemette Nielsen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide knowledge on barriers to preventive action on early childhood overweight in non-western migrant families. It investigates the underlying understandings of the parental role in relation to weight control present...

...Roberta Raffaetà Purpose – The term “parenting” has come to assume a specific sociological meaning: it defines parents’ role and agency not only with regard to their children, but also to the state, medical doctors, psychologists and educators. How normative stances toward parenting affect...

... and parenting practices, together with differential intergenerational rates and styles of acculturation, can affect nutritional and lifestyle choices and be associated with high rates of childhood obesity. Using African cultures as an example, this paper examines these issues. It concludes that, in designing...