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Mexican American Women Aging With Childhood-Onset Paralytic Polio

Tracie Harrison

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

Jacqueline Angel

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

Alison Mann

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

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.

Key Words: aging with disability • disability • gerontology • Mexican Americans • midlife • minorities • poliomyelitis • women's health

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 18, No. 6, 767-774 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308318751
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