"Ageing Out": When Policy and Social Orders Intrude on the "Disordered" Realities of Young Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Shoveller, Jean; Chabot, Cathy; Johnson, Joy L.; Prkachin, Ken
Titel	"Ageing Out": When Policy and Social Orders Intrude on the "Disordered" Realities of Young Mothers
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 43 (2011) 4, S.1355-1380 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X10386079
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Public Health; Ethnography; Early Parenthood; Foreign Countries; Social Environment; Adolescents; Public Policy; Rural Areas; Females; Intervention; Well Being; Sociocultural Patterns; Welfare Services; Social Differences; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Gesundheitswesen; Ethnografie; Ausland; Soziales Umfeld; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Öffentliche Ordnung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Weibliches Geschlecht; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Sozialer Unterschied; Kanada
Abstract	Despite a general decline, early-age motherhood continues to manifest disproportionately among young women living in rural/remote Canada. Although public health interventions exist to ameliorate the negative impacts, key determinants of young mothers' well-being exist in sectors outside of health. Moreover, there is no clear understanding of how social context interacts with policy to enhance/detract from interventions. We undertook an ethnographic study in a northern Canadian city to investigate the impacts of sociocultural conditions and policy interventions on young mothers. "Ageing out" was identified as an important example of the intersection between social context and policy. "Ageing out" occurs when State-provided educational/income supports are removed because a young mother reaches the age of majority. Ageing out within unsupportive social contexts compounds negative consequences for young mothers, especially in relation to housing, parenting, and employment. The findings illustrate how some policy interventions have negative consequences that exacerbate health and social inequities. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10