@article{ref1,
title="Respect, Protection, Faith, and Love: Major Care Constructs Identified Within the Subculture of Selected Urban African American Adolescent Gang Members",
journal="Journal of transcultural nursing",
year="2012",
author="Morris, Edith J.",
volume="23",
number="3",
pages="262-269",
abstract="PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to discover universal and diverse care meanings and expressions of the selected urban African American adolescent gang culture within a qualitative paradigm. DESIGN: The study was conducted using ethnonursing research methodology and was guided by Leininger's theory of culture care. Thirteen key participants and 28 general participants were selected from a school setting in a Midwestern city. Data were collected and analyzed over a 12-month period, in which the researcher participated daily in school and extracurricular activities of the gang members. Leininger's Data Analysis Guide included collection of raw data and maintenance of a field journal, coding and examining of the data for behavioral patterns and structural meanings, and finally formulation of major themes. FINDINGS: Culture care constructs that emerged from the major themes were respect, being listened to/accepted, worthiness, concern for others, protection, surveillance, trust, and faith. Conclusions: Nurses may promote health and well-being through collaborative partnerships with gang members and working with other caregivers to encourage more healthy lifestyles. Nurses should assume a leadership role in restructuring health policy that would give equal voice to underprivileged members of American society.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1043-6596",
doi="10.1177/1043659612441014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043659612441014"
}