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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Health-seeking behaviors"”.
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MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIORS IN FORMERLY INCARCERATED BLACK MEN
… the impact of incarceration on mental health, health-related quality of life, and health-seeking behaviors in formerly incarcerated Black men (FIBM). Recognizing the disproportionate effects of incarceration on Black men and the scarcity of research on their mental health needs, this …
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Health Seeking Behaviors: Life Histories of African Americans who are Older, Have a Low Income, and Live in Rural South Alabama
The study provides information on health-seeking behaviors across the lifespan of African Americans who are older, have a low income, and reside in rural south Alabama. A qualitative naturalistic inquiry was conducted utilizing de Chesnay's (2005) life history methodology. The aim of the study was …
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DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR IN GHANA
Health can be described as both a product and a process of life, and is necessary for human wellbeing, overall quality of life and productivity. While health is generally desirable, many factors affect health and health outcomes of individuals and populations the world over. Virtually all …
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Three Essays on Demand-side Health Policies in India
<p>Demand-side health policies, such as conditional cash transfers and public health insurance, aim to increase the utilization of healthcare services by providing financial incentives and higher purchasing power to under-served populations. With their increasing popularity in developing countries, …
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Assessing Socio-stigmatizing Factors Affecting College Students' STI Testing Decisions
<p>While it is known that healthy sexual behaviors should begin early, it is evident that among some populations (minorities and marginalized populations) it is more challenging to achieve optimal sexual health due to the stigma and class status (Barth, Cook, Downs, Switzer, & Fischoff, 2002). …
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The Effects of Limited Health Literacy in the Healthcare Context
Within the health care context, patients’ literacy abilities affect their involvement in informed consent, adherence to prescribed treatment, and health-seeking behaviors. Unaddressed inadequacies in health literacy limit the abilities of patients and potential research participants to provide …
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Attitudes and Beliefs of Christian Denominations Toward Mental Health
… common attitudes and beliefs toward mental health services in the varying denominations of Christian churches. Specifically, the objective of this study was to identify the effects of Christian denomination on attitudes toward seeking mental health treatment and to identify whether there are …
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Psychometric validation of the multidimensional disclosure to health care providers scale (MD-HCPS)
… substantial body of research has identified many health disparities in the gay and lesbian populations, along with a myriad of physical, social, and institutional factors that influence these disparities. The sexual orientation disclosure interaction is a critical component of the health care …
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Three essays on the effects of health policy on health care financing, demand, and provision
… dissertation evaluates the effects of a rural health insurance program in China and tort reforms in the United States. Rural residents’ health status, health-seeking behaviors, financial burden, physicians’ practices, and total hospitalization charges are discussed in the three chapters …
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Project title: The Morbidity associated with Painful Neuropathy in HIV-infected subjects Anti-Retroviral Therapies: An assessment of self-management stratergies
… attending the ART clinic at Woodstock Community Health Centre (CHC). During the three-month study period, 123 patients on anti-retroviral therapy were asked to answer the questionnaire and those who had painful feet, were then asked to complete questions about health- seeking behaviors. All …
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Examining men’s disclosures, influences, and motivations for seeking mental health treatment
… It is suggested that the differences in mental health utilization rates between genders are a function of gender socialization towards general help-seeking behaviors as well as about attitudes towards mental health. Central to understanding men’s mental health help-seeking behavior are factors …
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What It Means to Be a Man: Masculinity, Sexual Risk-Taking, and HIV Testing Behavior among Heterosexual African American Males
… and can result in substantial reductions in risk behaviors (Marks, Crepaz, & Janssen, 2006; Weinhardt, Carey, Johnson, & Bickham, 1999). Masculinity, a man’s concept of what it means to be man, influences engagement in sexual risk-taking behaviors (Bowleg, 2004, Duck, 2009; Lichtenstein, 2004), as …
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Female sex workers'experiences of the sexual reproductive health(SRH)services on the emerging voices project in Chipata district in Zambia
… the most at risk, they are often deterred from seeking health services because of stigma associated with their work. The hostile legal environment concerning sex work in Zambia and the unfriendly and discriminatory health services provided discourage them from accessing Sexual Reproductive …
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Female sex workers'experiences of the sexual reproductive health(SRH)services on the emerging voices project in Chipata district in Zambia
… the most at risk, they are often deterred from seeking health services because of stigma associated with their work. The hostile legal environment concerning sex work in Zambia and the unfriendly and discriminatory health services provided discourage them from accessing Sexual Reproductive …
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Age appropriate treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa
… patient- and system-level and include: costs, health seeking behaviors, and infrastructure. More research is needed to identify barriers specifically among children and youth, as only four articles reviewed focused on these vulnerable populations. The time to DR-TB treatment is delayed for 84% …
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Disease marketing and patient coping : a research study
… actions on patient coping attitudes and behaviors. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to investigate whether the mere presence of disease marketing impacts patient coping and if so, how do they affect patients' coping attitudes and behaviors. METHODS: We conducted a controlled experiment using …