title: Mexican American women aging with childhood-onset paralytic polio.
abstract: In this study the life histories of 11 Latinas of Mexican American descent aging with permanent impairment related to childhood-onset paralytic polio were explored. These women, age 45 to 62 years, were interviewed 3 times each. Field notes, audiotaped interviews, life course charts, and demographic data were used to collect data chronicling childhood to present day. In the results we present a thematic representation of the societal and cultural influences on the life course trajectories of these women.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas School of Nursing at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Tracie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Angel
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008016:Life Change Events; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011287:Prejudice; D013781:Texas; D016387:Women's Health