TY - JOUR
T1 - Intersectionality in informal care research
T2 - a scoping review
AU - Hengelaar, Aldiene H.
AU - Wittenberg, Yvette
AU - Kwekkeboom, Rick
AU - Van Hartingsveldt, Margo
AU - Verdonk, Petra
N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: They were able to conduct this scoping review with the support of (a) the doctoral grant for teachers from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), Project Numbers 023.011.009 and 036.003.1757; and (b) the Grant from the Centre of Expertise Urban Vitality of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Aim: Informal caregivers share common experiences in providing care to someone with health and/or social needs, but at the same time their experiences differ across diverse backgrounds such as gender, age, culture, as these aspects of diversity co-shape these experiences. This scoping review aims to explore how aspects of diversity, across their intersections, are currently incorporated in informal care research and discusses how an intersectional perspective can further develop our understanding of informal care. Methods: A scoping review was performed to map relevant caregiving literature from an intersectionality perspective. Key terms ‘informal care’ and ‘intersectionality’ were used for a search in four databases resulting in the inclusion of 28 articles. All 28 studies were analysed based on a scoping review created intersectionality informed coding scheme. Results: Aspects of diversity are largely understudied in informal care research, in particular across their intersections and from a critical perspective. This intersectional informed analysis revealed that when studying diverse caregiving experiences the use of intersections of dimensions of diversity provides a nuanced understanding of these experiences. Conclusions: Adopting an intersectional perspective ensures that not only different categories or social identities of caregivers are included in future studies, but the mutual relationships between these categories embedded in their specific context are actually studied.
AB - Aim: Informal caregivers share common experiences in providing care to someone with health and/or social needs, but at the same time their experiences differ across diverse backgrounds such as gender, age, culture, as these aspects of diversity co-shape these experiences. This scoping review aims to explore how aspects of diversity, across their intersections, are currently incorporated in informal care research and discusses how an intersectional perspective can further develop our understanding of informal care. Methods: A scoping review was performed to map relevant caregiving literature from an intersectionality perspective. Key terms ‘informal care’ and ‘intersectionality’ were used for a search in four databases resulting in the inclusion of 28 articles. All 28 studies were analysed based on a scoping review created intersectionality informed coding scheme. Results: Aspects of diversity are largely understudied in informal care research, in particular across their intersections and from a critical perspective. This intersectional informed analysis revealed that when studying diverse caregiving experiences the use of intersections of dimensions of diversity provides a nuanced understanding of these experiences. Conclusions: Adopting an intersectional perspective ensures that not only different categories or social identities of caregivers are included in future studies, but the mutual relationships between these categories embedded in their specific context are actually studied.
KW - care networks
KW - collaboration
KW - diversity
KW - informal care
KW - intersectionality
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211027816
DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211027816
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34232094
SN - 1403-4948
VL - 51
SP - 106
EP - 124
JO - Scandinavian journal of public health
JF - Scandinavian journal of public health
IS - 1
ER -