TY - JOUR
T1 - Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic among young parents with foster care backgrounds
T2 - A participatory action PhotoVoice study
AU - Aparicio, Elizabeth M.
AU - Shpiegel, Svetlana
AU - Martinez-Garcia, Genevieve
AU - Sanchez, Alexander
AU - Jasczynski, Michelle
AU - Ventola, Marissa
AU - Channell Doig, Amara
AU - Robinson, Jennifer L.
AU - Smith, Rhoda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on many vulnerable populations, including youth in foster care and parents of young children. In this study, we worked with nine parenting current and former foster youth to share their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic through photography. Data were collected between January and March 2021 during a series of three virtual PhotoVoice sessions, then transcripts of PhotoVoice sessions and participant-selected captioned photographs were analyzed using thematic analysis. Themes in participants’ photographs included 1) Pandemic Parenting and 2) Making the Best of It. Findings indicate the need to expand mental health services, protect essential workers, and ensure young parents receive support navigating medical and social welfare systems and the process of receiving pandemic relief-related benefits.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on many vulnerable populations, including youth in foster care and parents of young children. In this study, we worked with nine parenting current and former foster youth to share their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic through photography. Data were collected between January and March 2021 during a series of three virtual PhotoVoice sessions, then transcripts of PhotoVoice sessions and participant-selected captioned photographs were analyzed using thematic analysis. Themes in participants’ photographs included 1) Pandemic Parenting and 2) Making the Best of It. Findings indicate the need to expand mental health services, protect essential workers, and ensure young parents receive support navigating medical and social welfare systems and the process of receiving pandemic relief-related benefits.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Foster youth
KW - Teen parenting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148598328&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106872
DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106872
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148598328
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 148
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
M1 - 106872
ER -
