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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"health beliefs and practices"”.
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Health beliefs and practices of runners versus non-runners
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A Study of Health Care Practices and Health Beliefs of Puerto Rican Women in Southeastern Pennsylvania
… ethnography was to discover the culturally based health care beliefs and practices of the Puerto Rican population in urban Southeastern Pennsylvania as related by Puerto Rican women. The study also sought to discern the influence of acculturation on the health beliefs and practices of this …
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Breast cancer screening behaviors and beliefs in college women
Despite recommendations by health professionals and the American Cancer Society, few women perform breast self-examinations (BSE) or have clinical breast examinations (CBE) on a regular basis. The current study used self-reports from 453 college women under 30 years of age to investigate factors …
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Holistic health: Shaping women’s experiences of positive body image
… thesis seeks to contribute to a nuanced understanding of positive body image and how it is expressed among a group of women participating in holistic health culture in a modern Western society. Qualitative data were collected from in-depth ethnographic interviews with 25 women in Perth, Western …
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Effects of an educational intervention on breast cancer screening and early detection in Vietnamese American women
… on breast cancer knowledge, breast cancer health beliefs, breast self exam (BSE) knowledge, breast self-exam practices and confidence levels, mammogram activities, and clinical breast exam with a group of Vietnamese American women living in Houston and its vicinity. Using chi-square and …
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Health Perceptions and Health Care Practices of Lakota Sioux Living Off the Reservation in Western South Dakota
<p>Health perceptions and care practices have important implications for nursing, given the role of the nurse in providing holistic, culturally congruent care. The fundamental emphasis of nursing on understanding and treating human responses to health and illness lends itself to a concern for …
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Methods and madness : researching community health workers' perceptions of mental illness in Khayelitsha and Nyanga
… use of qualitative methods to research community health workers' (CHWs) perceptions of mental health problems in Khayelitsha and Nyanga, two peri-urban Black townships in the Cape Town area. Since the historic WHO-UNICEF meeting at Alma-Ata in 1978, there has been widespread interest in the …