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Delimiting Family in Syntheses of Research on Childhood Chronic Conditions and Family Life

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Synthesis of family research presents unique challenges to investigators who must delimit what will be included as a family study in the proposed review. In this paper, the authors discuss the conceptual and pragmatic challenges of conducting systematic reviews of the literature on the intersection between family life and childhood chronic conditions. A proposed framework for delimiting the family domain of interest is presented. The framework addresses both topical salience and level of relevance and provides direction to future researchers, with the goal of supporting the overall quality of family research synthesis efforts. For users of synthesis studies, knowledge of how investigators conceptualize the boundaries of family research is important contextual information for understanding the limits and applicability of the results.

Source: Family Process

DOI: 10.1111/famp.12101

Authors: Kathleen Knafl, Jennifer Leeman, Nancy Havill, Jamie Crandell, Margarete Sandelowski

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Family Support in Illness

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Nursing Research