Jordanian Mothers’ Beliefs About the Causes of Cancer in Their Children and Their Impact on the Maternal Role

Abstract

Cultural beliefs helped assign meaning to their children's illness. The maternal role of Jordanian women was partially fulfilled or inadequately performed, which in turn affected the functioning and coping abilities of the entire household.

Experience of chronic sorrow in mothers of children with cancer: A phenomenological study

“…Such improved interpersonal relations might be experimental outcomes of chronic sorrow (Borkon, 2008). It can be deduced that mothers' interpersonal relations could both be positive in some ways and also be directed toward isolation and negligence in other ways, findings in agreement with results of Researchers on Jordanian mothers of children with cancer, demonstrating that cancer had both improved the relations in some mothers and their families and disturbed the familial structure and processes in others (Arabiat et al, 2013). The changes in relations and roles are directly related to mothers' methods for managing chronic sorrow that occur over disease process and the chronic sorrow experienced while caring for the child with cancer.…”

“…Feelings of guilt in parents of children with chronic diseases have been mentioned as a common state of mood relevant to chronic sorrow (Hobdell, 2004;Teel, 1991). According to another study cancer might have a metaphysical sense for some mothers, who seek the religious sense of the disease and try to find a cause for the disease other than biomedical causes in their deep cultural and religious beliefs (Arabiat et al, 2013). It seems that the religious context of Shia Muslim population can make the interpretation of adaption process to chronic disease somehow ambiguous.…”

Psychosocial functioning and risk factors among siblings of children with cancer: An updated systematic review

“…Thirty papers reported on family functioning (3 quantitative, 25 qualitative, 2 mixed‐methods) . Seven qualitative papers were low in sibling‐specific scientific merit …”

Folk Remedies in Children and its Reflection on Child?s Welfare

“…Folk medicine practices consists of alternative practices and therapies including herbs, food products, ritualistic behaviors or household items that are recommended by members of the lay community or religious group. Folk medicine remains a popular choice for some minorities for many reasons, including health beliefs, lack of professional care, economic factors and its availability [3][4][5]. The use of folk medicine for children is also documented.…”

“…However, it has been and still is relied on by different ethnic minorities such as Southeast Asian, African, Middle Eastern and Hispanic groups [1][2][3][4]. Folk medicine practices consists of alternative practices and therapies including herbs, food products, ritualistic behaviors or household items that are recommended by members of the lay community or religious group.…”