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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Meanings of Health"”.
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The meaning of health and the experience of coronary heart disease in Italian-speaking cardiac patients: implications for cardiac rehabilitation programs
The study of the lay meanings of health has shown that good health can have a variety of meanings and that thèse meanings can influence health behaviour. Health and illness are subjective expériences which are determined by the interrelations of individual, social and cultural factors. The …
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Older Adults' Self-Assessments of Health: Personal and Contextual Influences Throughout the Life Course
The purpose of this study was to examine older adults' perceptions of health by exploring life course factors perceived as shaping the meanings of health in their daily lives. Using life course and life span perspectives as the theoretical framework to guide this mixed method study, I identified …
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Health Psychology Principles in Behaviour Change Interventions – Insights from Practice and Research
The overall objective of the study was to identify factors which play a key role in diet and exercise behaviour for migrant and Danish bus drivers in a workplace setting. The aim was to develop a framework to illustrate how the individual, contextual and cultural influences on health behaviour …
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Health ‘in queer street’: constituting sickness, sexualities and bodies in the spaces of lesbian health
This thesis explores lesbian health. The appeal of this project is its attention to the constitutions, resistances, and reproductions involved in the construction of ‘lesbian health’. ‘Lesbian health’ provides the context for exploring the meanings of health, sickness, sexuality, and bodies. The …