Practitioners' Views of Family Strengths: A Delphi Study

Reported is a research study to assess the opinions of family practitioners on the status of families in Oklahoma. Researchers employed the Delphi method to achieve consensus among key informants in the family practice field about the strengths and weaknesses of Oklahoma families, threats facing fam...

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Published inJournal of family strengths Vol. 11; no. 1
Main Authors Romero, Kathleen, Crowder, Jessica, Wedel, Kenneth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Houston Children at Risk 23.11.2011
Subjects
Delphi method
Families & family life
Poverty
Resilience
Spirituality
Substance abuse
Support networks
United States > US
Oklahoma
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Summary:Reported is a research study to assess the opinions of family practitioners on the status of families in Oklahoma. Researchers employed the Delphi method to achieve consensus among key informants in the family practice field about the strengths and weaknesses of Oklahoma families, threats facing families in the state, and means to strengthening family life in Oklahoma. The study yielded qualitative data from the key informants, which the researchers then condensed into response categories to feed back to informants to rate. Family practitioners identified resilience, spirituality, and access to support systems as the greatest strengths, and listed substance abuse, poverty, and generational cycles of dysfunction as the greatest weaknesses of Oklahoma families. Recommendations by these practitioners are given for improvements in addressing family needs.
ISSN:2168-670X
2168-670X
DOI:10.58464/2168-670X.1045