Thursday, November 02, 2006

Participants Needed for Italian American Online Survey of Family Dynamics

The ANNOTICO Report

 

The Survey will be conducted by Dr. Angela Danzi, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology/Anthropology. Dr. Danzi has been a member of the Farmingdale State community since 1990. She earned her B.A. from SUNY Old Westbury and her M.A. and Ph.D. at New York University.

 

Dr. Danzi is the author of  "From Home to Hospital (Jewish and Italian American Women and Childbirth, 1920-1940) (Hardcover)
Published by University Press of America (November 28, 1997) ISBN: 0761809112

 

Book Description
Employing seventy-eight in-depth interviews with Italian and Jewish American women, this study presents the subjective voices of women caught up in an important social change: the pre-1940 transformation of childbirth. Italian women were more varied in their choices--some were more likely to prefer home birth with a midwife, while others used a hospital clinic or private physician. A significant number moved from home to hospital over their birth careers, while nearly all Jewish women selected physician-assisted hospital birth. These differences are explained by looking at the structure and context of women's family and friendship networks and their personal links to varying childbirth caretakers. 

 

 

 

Your participation is needed in a comparative study about family dynamics and the ways in which Italian American families deal with interpersonal issues..

 

A survey is available on-line and is completely confidential, or if you prefer, a hard copy can be mailed to you or your group for consideration.

 

Your participation is important and appreciated. Please go to the following link to complete the survey.

 

 

For more information about the study please contact:

 

 

The ANNOTICO Reports

Can be Viewed, and are Archived at:

Italia USA: http://www.ItaliaUSA.com (Formerly Italy at St Louis)

Annotico Email: annotico@earthlink.net