The Young Carers’ Journey: A Systematic Review and Meta Ethnography

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 10; p. 5826
• Main Authors: Saragosa, Marianne, Frew, Melissa, Hahn-Goldberg, Shoshana, Orchanian-Cheff, Ani, Abrams, Howard, Okrainec, Karen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 10.05.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anthropology, Cultural; Caregivers; Caregivers - psychology; Chronic illnesses; Delivery of Health Care; Empirical Research; Ethnography; Families & family life; Humans; Mental disorders; Mental health; Peers; Qualitative Research; Roles; Subject heading schemes; Systematic Review; Young adults; meta-ethnography; qualitative; caregiving; youth; young carer

Despite growing international interest, the caregiving body of literature lacks a recent understanding of young carers’ experiences and their contact with the health care system. We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies to (1) synthesize more recent qualitative evidence on young carer...