Abstract
The military has implemented policies and programs to support military members in dealing with child care issues. The current study examines dual-military parents’ attitudes toward child care issues in the military. Using qualitative data from 17 focus groups conducted at 6 military installations, the authors review dual-military parents’ perceptions of the Family Care Plan and on-post child care services. The results suggest 3 key issues related to the Family Care Plan (organization-related stressors, care-related stressors, and noncompliance stressors) and two key issues related to on-post child care (structural obstacles to using on-post child care, and dual-military personnel strategies).
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 186-197 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Military Behavioral Health |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Child care
- Family Care Plan
- child care stressors
- dual-military parents
- military
- on-post child care
- qualitative
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- General Psychology
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