Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Attitude to Health"”.
-
Conceptual clarification of the structure of social support.
The purpose of this study was to contribute to the clarification of the phenomenon, social support, using a precise definition and a major theoretical perspective as a descriptive guide for the concept, structure; one of the three less abstract representations of social support. Social comparison …
-
Psychosocial Predictors of Survival in Persons with HIV or AIDS
… living with HIV or AIDS diagnoses in the world today. Great strides have been made in the treatment of HIV and AIDS. Combination therapy of drugs has been shown to keep viral replication at very low levels. The result of drug therapies has resulted in keeping persons with HIV from progression to …
-
How Peruvian Mothers Appraise Pneumonia and the Predictors of their Intention to seek Medical Care when their Children have Signs of Pneumonia
<p>Pneumonia ranks first in health problems demanding attention, and second in the cause of mortality for children under five years old in Peru (Toledo, & Minaya, 1999). Studies about behavioral determinants that influence mothers to seek medical help for their child with signs of pneumonia do not …
-
Aligning Patients' Defibrillator Status with their Goals of Care: A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Project at Parkland Hospital
BACKGROUND: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) are life-prolonging devices that prevent death from life-threatening arrythmias. Over 150,000 devices are implanted in the US each year. Given the possibility of patient goals evolving over their life course, current national guidelines …
-
The Lived Experience of Aging: Listening to the Oldest-Old
… embraced as desirable by most, living into very old age is largely unexplored as a distinct season of life, with increased, varied, and cumulative changes during a unique time of vulnerability and frailty. The purpose of this study was to listen to the oldest-old, and to explore their …
-
Attributions for Interpersonal Healthcare Mistreatment and Continuity of Care
… 2001). Such disparities may be due, in part, to interpersonal healthcare mistreatment (Smedley, Stith, & Nelson, 2003), as well as mistreatment-related attributions and emotions (Betancourt, Flynn, & Ormseth, 2011; Tucker, 2008). Therefore, according to Weiner's model of attribution and …
-
The Association of Religious Coping on Reports of Low Back Pain and Inflammatory Markers
… co-morbidly. The purpose of the study was to explore how religion may modulate the frequency of back pain, influence inflammatory markers, influence the use of medications, and impact functional ability.</p> <p>Participants were from the Biological Manifestations of Religion Study (BioMRS; …
-
Association Between Obesity, Depression, and Inflammation Among Seventh-day Adventists in the Biopsychosocial Religion and Health Study
… and mortality may be mediated by inflammatory processes. Homeostasis within the immune system depends on a balance of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine molecules, so chronic inflammatory diseases may result from cytokine dysregulation. The target population consisted of 508 …
-
Cultural Beliefs and Self-Efficacy in Diet Adherence among Type 2 Diabetics
… Chile, shifted from the lowest incidence of T2D to equal rates in comparison to mainstream Chileans within a decade (King & Rewers, 1991; Perez-Bravo et al., 2001). This may be due to economic growth and rapid nutritional shifts (Yu & Zinman, 2007). Previous research has identified the importance …
-
Prostate Cancer Screening of Heterosexual Caribbean American and African American Men and their Partners
… framework within a family systems approach towards evaluating and understanding the experience of prostate cancer screening decision making among heterosexual Caribbean American men and their partners. A family systems approach is a comprehensive approach that considers important concepts …
-
Body Image Satisfaction in Infant and Pediatric Cardiac Transplant Recipients as Adolescents
… entering adolescence. Although psychological factors thought to be associated with pediatric heart transplant have reached clearer delineation in the literature, few studies have been conducted. Given the emphasis on development typically seen in adolescence combined with the unique experience of …
-
Psychological Profiles in a Female Bariatric Surgery Sample
… suggests that people with morbid obesity tend to show increased levels of psychological dysfunction. This is especially pertinent to the clinicians who work with morbidly obese patients who seek bariatric surgery as the method for weight control. Surgery should be performed on patients who are …
-
The Effect of an Educational Intervention on the Sexual Perceptions and Practices of Adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago
… diseases in the Caribbean, and is second only to Sub-Sahara Africa in the prevalence of HIV/AIDS cases. Trinidad and Tobago is the southernmost twin island republic in the Caribbean. In 1999, the 5<sup>th</sup> leading cause of death among individuals ages 15-34 in Trinidad and Tobago was …
-
Perceived Empathy and Continuity of Cancer Screening Care Among Latino and Anglo Women
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine whether patient perceived healthcare professional empathy impacts continuity of cancer screening care among non-Latino white (Anglo) and Latin American (Latino) women after perceiving health care mistreatment. A total of 225 Latino and Anglo women …
-
Effects of Photovoice on Youth Perceptions of Healthy Food Access in the Built Environment
… at a higher risk for chronic diseases related to obesity because they lack access to stores that have affordable, fresh, nutritious foods that are necessary for a healthy diet. Photovoice can serve as a tool to engage youth in positive health behaviors and behavior change. Healthy food access …
-
Cultural and Psychological Predictors of Adolescent Smoking Behaviors
… unclear why this is the case or what unique factors predict smoking behaviors in each group. No studies have examined the role culture plays in smoking behaviors in the context of other commonly cited predictors of behaviors. Participants included 42 students recruited from De Anza 9th grade …
-
Getting to the Doctor: BPSS Factors of Health Care Utilization in Fragile Families
… number of fragile families where a child is born to unwed parents has increased greatly over the past half-century and now represents a diverse population in the United States (Ventura, 2009). These families, who are predominantly African American and Hispanic (Hummer & Hamilton, 2010) and are …
-
Use of Multi-Informants in Predicting Adolescent Treatment Dropout
… among adolescents in therapy making efforts to reduce adolescent psychopathology and behavioral problems challenging. The present study examined archival data from multiple informants who enrolled in a 16-week intensive outpatient treatment program for self-harming youth. The purpose of this …
-
The Role of Unrealistic Optimism in Explaining Preventive Behaviors in High Versus Low Endemic Malaria Settings in Belize
… 2007). When people estimate their risk relative to others, they are most often unrealistically optimistic, which may explain why those at risk often fail to perform behaviors, such as using a bednet that will reduce their risk. However, one study showed that people at high risk for malaria held …
Page 1 of 2