title: Resourcing: An approach used by foreign-born parents struggling on in childhood cancer care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To gain knowledge about foreign-born parents' experiences of dealing with their child's illness and treatment in the context of pediatric cancer care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 11 individual interviews with foreign-born parents were analyzed using qualitative inductive constant comparative analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  To struggle on in childhood cancer care, foreign-born parents engaged in resourcing using various strategies including: information-monitoring, staying strong, support-seeking and concern-focusing. Parents experienced obstacles to information-monitoring and support-seeking related to their foreign background.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results provide a framework for understanding how foreign-born parents try to deal with childhood cancer care and can be used by health care staff to support their resourcing. Even though preconditions might differ, the strategies presented might also be used by native-born parents however further studied are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: pernilla.pergert@ki.se.
authors.forename: Pernilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pergert
authors.affiliation: Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Solvig
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ekblad
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Olle
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Björk
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Enskär
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Science Complex, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Childhood cancer; Comparative analysis; Foreign-born; Parent; Psychosocial aspects