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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"holistic health"”.
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Holistic health: Shaping women’s experiences of positive body image
… 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 Australia, to illuminate an understanding of their holistic health beliefs and practices, …
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Selling wellness : the cultural politics of holistic health in the U.S.
Currently, holistic health and lifestyle medicine are growing sectors of the U.S. health care market (Fadlon 2005). The term "holistic" entered the U.S. medical discourse in the 1970s and refers to the treatment of the whole person as opposed to the biomedical treatment of the medical condition …
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Ankh, Ujda, Seneb (Life, Strength, Health): “Let Food Be Thy Medicine,” An Epistemic Examination on the Genealogy of the Africana Holistic Health Tradition, with Preliminary Considerations in the City of Philadelphia, 1967 to the Present
… expressions of culture, these olden naturalistic health techniques, throughout time, have continuously been used as therapeutic modalities by posterior African cultures—both continental and Diasporic. Due to its tripartite approach to healing—of mind, body and spirit— this age-old African healing …
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Understanding the Patient Experience With Alternative Health Care: The Example of The Wholistic Health Center
… experience at and use of services in a (w)holistic health care setting. Although generally acknowledged to be increasing, there is little documentation of the patient experience and patient understanding in a whole person care setting. This research examines and describes the patient …
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Health and the Spiritual Self: Development and Application of a Theory and Measure of the Process of Healthy Change
… the thesis was to investigate the nature of the healthy human self and the process of achieving health. This was undertaken by reviewing established self-theory and presenting a summary of each theory and its position with regard to self-composition, self-agency and the nature of the healthy …
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Laurentian University habitat for holistic healing and wellness: growing spaces for fostering a culture of ritualistic self-care
… the cultural perception of spaces for mental health?In health, “mind and body dualism represents the metaphysical stance that mind and body are two distinct substances, each with a different essential nature.” 1 This frame of mind has distracted academic “focus away from the dynamic nature of …
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A health retreat : building/landscape reciprocity
… references, and is demonstrated by a study for a health retreat at Poland Spring, Maine. The site and program were teamed on t he premise that communion with the landscape can develop, for the willing user, awareness to holistic health. Structural elements were deployed to signal the nature of …
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A noble task: testing an operational model of clergy occupational health
… develop and test an operational model of clergy holistic health, including occupational demands, and personal and job-related resources. Data were collected from clergy (N = 418) and analyzed using correlational and regression based techniques. Results from the present study provided support for …
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Science on television : A representational site for mediating ideology
… described as structuring an organic, holistic and ecological framework for understanding the nature of reality. The modern scientific paradigm with its characteristic underlying inorganic, reductive, and mechanistic vision of reality, discursively dominates Western societies' cultural …
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Contributions to the psychological evaluation of UK exercise referral: the ER-QLS a measure of exercise-related life-quality
The benefits of physical activity for health are sufficient enough to be incorporated into UK public health policy and the exercise referral scheme is a popular method of engaging sedentary individuals into a more active lifestyle. However, the evidence base as to the extent to which such schemes …
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Examining The Use Of Spirituality As A Form Of Social Support In Computer-Mediated Communication
… fewer cues present. Due to its contributions to holistic health, spirituality is a dimension of support which also necessitates increased examination as well. The present study examines how CMC can be used for the relational purposes of spiritual and social support in online communities. Messages …
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The Rehabbing of Cardiac Rehabilitation
… multiple issues involving safety, holistic health and time utilization are in focus. The Cardiovascular Progressive Care Unit at the Cardiovascular Institute within John Muir Medical Center in Concord, California is where this project took place. This is a 17 bed step-down unit for …
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Achieving Work-Life Balance: Perspectives of Female Principals
… psychological impact of the principal’s role on holistic health, and the coping strategies implemented to manage occupational and personal stressors; and discuss how a shift in the ideology and mindset of district leaders could support female middle and high school principals. Findings from this …
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Preventative Effects of Cranberry Products Against Urinary Tract Infections in Healthy, Immunocompetent Women [paper]
… million women per year around the world. Annual health care costs for diagnosis and treatment of UTIs in the United States is approximately $1.6 billion. Previous research suggests cranberry products, a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), provides protection against UTI recurrence in …
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Spiritual wellbeing and the human-nature relationship: An exploration of the spiritual wellbeing experiences of home and community gardeners.
… wellbeing has emerged as a way to describe the holistic health of a population. This thesis explores the premise that spiritual wellbeing, an often neglected and poorly understood dimension of the wellbeing spectrum, may offer a complementary and cohesive element to physical, mental and social …
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Rural Physicians' Perceptions, Beliefs, and Practice Patterns: Catalysts or Barriers to the Diffusion of Complementary Medicine
… the role of physicians’ perceptions, health beliefs, and practice behaviors in impacting this integration process. The majority of studies have focused on providers practicing in urban locales, neglecting physicians in the rural practice setting. This information is essential for the …
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Connection and Retreat: Reimagining the Public Library as a Biophilic Urban Escape
… library that incorporates nature to promote the holistic health of the community and the individual. The incorporation of nature into the built environment is proven to have physiological and psychological benefits and improve overall well-being. Neighborhood libraries have always been important …
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Spiritual healing in search of an identity: analysis of spiritual healers’ own accounts of healing in Britain from 1900 to 1965
… religious and traditional healing, through the Holistic Health movement of the 1970s and 80s, to the ‘holistic milieu’ healing model described by Paul Heelas and Linda Woodhead (2005) as an integral part of New Age ‘spiritualities of life’. This research questions these assumptions and explores …
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An evaluation of the implementation of the 3-tiered ART monitoring system in South Africa
… 2010 the South Africa National Department of Health adopted a standardized ART monitoring strategy referred to as the 3-Tiered Strategy. The System provides facilities with different options for cohort monitoring based on the resources and infrastructure available. The technical design of the …
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Adventist Medical Mission in Botswana: Toward an Effective and Appropriate Model
<p>Since holistic health is central to Africans, they will seek it from all possible health-care systems that include (1) African traditional medicine, (2) Western-oriented medicine, (3) Christian medical mission, as well as (4) African Independent Churches (AICs) with emphasis on spiritual …
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