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from 2012 NCFR Annual Conference

124

Noon - 1:15 pm | All posters are in the Atrium. At 12:45 pm Poster Symposium posters 124-01 - 124-03 will move to Curtis A, and poster symposium posters 124-04 - 124-05 move to Curtis B.

Poster Session 2

POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Beyond Stress: Custodial Grandparent Health, Resourcefulness and Resiliency. POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Employment and Finances. POSTER TOPICS: Health Policy; Military Families; Work and Families; GLBT Issues; Family Science; Media and Families; How Age Differences Affect Marital Quality; Technology/Internet and Families

for Members ONLY

Policies and Life Pathways of Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren in a Shifting Economy - Audio Recording

This symposium examines the issues facing grandparents rearing grandchildren within a shifting economy using an ecological perspective beginning with a microsystem view of the family and ending with a macrosystem discussion of public policy.

for Members ONLY

Aging and Kinship- Audio Recording

Overall Wellbeing of Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren in Southwest Virginia

Dr. Tammy Henderson, Associate Professor, CFLE, Oklahoma State University

Dr. Eboni Baugh, Assistant Professor, CFLE, University of Florida

The presenters will cover details of their study Overall Wellbeing of Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren in Southwest Virginia, with attention given to factors such as personal health, diet, and health care and related public policy issues.

Kinship Relations in Cross-Cultural Comparison

Dr. Bernard Nauck, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Dr. Nauck will speak on Kinship Relations in Cross-Cultural Comparison and how the institutional structure of family and kinship systems have a stronger effect on kinship relationships than socio-structural factors or individual family-related attitudes.

Facilitator/Presider: Christine Price