Carr Gloria F
Loewenberg School of Nursing, The University of Memphis, 610 Goodman Street, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
ISRN Nurs. 2011;2011:531717. doi: 10.5402/2011/531717. Epub 2011 May 19.
Purpose. Based on a review of the literature, this paper presents a unique and innovative model that offers an empowerment framework, which may be used to develop advocacy in African American (AA) grandmother caregivers. This proposed framework centers on education as a catalyst to the empowerment process in these grandmothers. Application of this model has potential to guide the practice of healthcare providers as they assist these caregivers in managing their own lives. Methodology. Various empowerment definitions and research were used to develop this empowerment framework. Discussion. This framework offers an empowerment education program for AA grandmothers providing care for their grandchildren on topics that they feel are necessary to appropriately care for themselves and their grandchildren. Outcomes of this empowerment education are to develop skills within these grandmothers so that they will be able to advocate for themselves, their grandchildren, and others within their communities. This education will ultimately produce skillful AA grandmothers who will develop abilities to empower themselves and other AA grandmothers who are in similar circumstances.
目的。基于对文献的回顾，本文提出了一个独特且创新的模型，该模型提供了一个赋权框架，可用于在非裔美国（AA）祖母照料者中开展倡导活动。这个提议的框架以教育为核心，将其作为这些祖母赋权过程的催化剂。该模型的应用有可能指导医疗保健提供者在协助这些照料者管理自身生活时的实践。方法。运用了各种赋权定义和研究来制定这个赋权框架。讨论。这个框架为照顾孙辈的非裔美国祖母提供了一个赋权教育项目，内容涉及她们认为对妥善照顾自己和孙辈所必需的主题。这种赋权教育的成果是在这些祖母中培养技能，使她们能够为自己、孙辈以及社区中的其他人进行倡导。这种教育最终将培养出有能力的非裔美国祖母，她们将发展出自我赋权的能力，并能够帮助处于类似情况的其他非裔美国祖母。
