title: Seeking life balance: the perceptions of health of Cambodian women in resettlement.
abstract: This grounded theory study in California, United States was an inquiry into the perceptions of health of Cambodian women in resettlement. The sequelae of significant life trauma on the health of women who escaped political conflict have received little attention in the nursing literature. Thirty-nine Cambodian women were recruited through a social service organization and verbal referrals. Open-ended questions and a conversational approach to dialogue and data gathering facilitated the interview process. Women were interviewed at home or the local temple. Seeking life balance emerged as the core perspective of this study. The relationships between thematic categories of seeking life balance, patterns of knowing, and caring for self were salient. Outcomes of these interrelationships further moved women's health toward disharmony or harmony. The findings of this study are limited by sampling participants in a tightly networked community and may serve as a pilot for future research.
authors.affiliation: Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA 94901-2298, USA. olivia.catolico@dominican.edu
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Catolico
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D002140:California; D002160:Cambodia / Q000208:ethnology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cambodian women; grounded theory; health; migration; perceptions; qualitative method; refugee; resettlement; transcultural health