,Prenatal Group for Soviet Immigrants

Prenatal Group for Soviet Immigrants


 

Publication Date: September 1979

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America)

Author(s): Marina Cunningham; Nina Dorf

Research Area: Health; Population and demographics

Keywords: Culture; Family; Social Services

Type: Report

Coverage: Illinois

Abstract:

The authors discuss their experience conducting a prenatal education and support group for Soviet Jewish immigrants. They discuss cultural differences between the Russian participants and American staff members present in relation to group dynamics, deference to authority, ease of sharing personal feelings in public, and gender roles.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.56 no.1, Fall 1979.