Rebecca Renwick
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 166414 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Rebecca Renwick |
| NOMBRES | Rebecca |
| APELLIDO | Renwick |
| FIRMA | RENWICK R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9583-0768 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Working to make research inclusive
The article describes the work of the first three authors, who are young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), on an ‘inclusive research’ project. For this project, these young adult activists worked together with university researchers and students, and with organizations serving disabled people as active members of the research team. Through this research project, 24 participants who were youths with IDD were interviewe…
Voices of youths on engagement in community life
Little is known from the perspectives of youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities themselves about their experiences related to inclusion, engagement in community life and friendship, and their quality of life. The Voices of Youths research project used an inclusive approach to learn from youths about these experiences. Twenty-four youths (age 13–24 years) with a range of intellectual and developmental disabilities diagnostic ‘labe…
Balancing safety and autonomy
Women with disabilities consider exercise an important health promotion activity. A lack of accessible facilities within the community has been identified as a major limiting factor to exercise participation among women with disabilities. To increase exercise participation among women with disabilities, we need to understand the structural and social barriers that they face within community recreation and fitness facilities. Interviews were condu…
Getting on With Life
Currently, the dominant cultural beliefs toward disability are negative, and the existing literature is limited with respect to examining how people are using and/or viewing their disabilities positively. The purpose of this study was to identify how individuals living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) viewed and/or used their disability positively, and what contextual influences facilitated this positive approach. This study was a secondary analys…
Negotiating Participation
Exercise participation among women living with disabilities can be limited as a result of pain, decreased muscle strength, and limited mobility. More "disabling" than these symptoms, however, is a lack of accessible exercise facilities in women's communities. Our study explores how material and social structures and functions existing and operating within women's communities and at community-based exercise facilities affect their participation. I…
Women Living With a Spinal Cord Injury
In this article we illuminate the narratives of women living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) with regard to (a) learning how to live with a changed body and (b) exploring the factors that influence how they feel toward their new bodies. An SCI produces immediate physical impairments resulting in a changed body, which can then have physical, emotional, and social consequences to these women. Through its focus on enhancing the body, physical therap…
Social support and quality of life over time among adults living with HIV in the Haart era
Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
The construct of quality of life has great potential for guiding development and evaluation of policies for children with developmental disabilities. However, there are many different definitions and models of quality of life, and not all of them are equally appropriate for developing policies that would meaningfully address the needs of children with develop mental disabilities. Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to review major approac…
Experiences of Contemplating Returning to Work for People Living with HIV/Aids
In the mid-1990s, medical advances dramatically altered the experience of living with HIV/AIDS. The shifting medical climate spurred new social and financial questions, such as the possibility of returning to work. In this qualitative study, the authors examine how people living with HIV/AIDSperceive, attach meaning to, and approach the experience of returning to work. Findings demonstrate that the participants are influenced by, and wrestle with…
Making the links between community structure and individual well-being
Government Policies as a Threat to Health
Description and Validation of a Measure of Received Support Specific to HIV
Validation data are described for the Social Support Inventory for People who are HIV Positive or Have AIDS. This inventory was developed specifically for use with individuals who are HIV-positive to assess three types of received support (instrumental, informational, emotional) for each of four dimensions: whether support is received or wanted, satisfaction with support, and source of the support. It was validated in the context of a larger cros…
Coping and social support as determinants of quality of life in HIV/Aids
Coping, social support and quality of life (QOL) were examined in 120 HIV+ people (mean age = 37). The sample came from ambulatory clinics and drop-in centres in Toronto: 29% had AIDS, 35% were HIV symptomatic, and 35% were asymptomatic. Information was gathered from self-administered questionnaires. Respondents had good levels of social support and used a variety of coping strategies. Their scores on the behavioural and subjective measures of QO…
Quality of life indicators and health
Quality of life indicators and health
Voices of youths on engagement in community life
Little is known from the perspectives of youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities themselves about their experiences related to inclusion, engagement in community life and friendship, and their quality of life. The Voices of Youths research project used an inclusive approach to learn from youths about these experiences. Twenty-four youths (age 13–24 years) with a range of intellectual and developmental disabilities diagnostic ‘labe…
Social support and quality of life over time among adults living with HIV in the Haart era
Government Policies as a Threat to Health
Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
The construct of quality of life has great potential for guiding development and evaluation of policies for children with developmental disabilities. However, there are many different definitions and models of quality of life, and not all of them are equally appropriate for developing policies that would meaningfully address the needs of children with develop mental disabilities. Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to review major approac…
Experiences of Contemplating Returning to Work for People Living with HIV/Aids
In the mid-1990s, medical advances dramatically altered the experience of living with HIV/AIDS. The shifting medical climate spurred new social and financial questions, such as the possibility of returning to work. In this qualitative study, the authors examine how people living with HIV/AIDSperceive, attach meaning to, and approach the experience of returning to work. Findings demonstrate that the participants are influenced by, and wrestle with…
Getting on With Life
Currently, the dominant cultural beliefs toward disability are negative, and the existing literature is limited with respect to examining how people are using and/or viewing their disabilities positively. The purpose of this study was to identify how individuals living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) viewed and/or used their disability positively, and what contextual influences facilitated this positive approach. This study was a secondary analys…
Working to make research inclusive
The article describes the work of the first three authors, who are young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), on an ‘inclusive research’ project. For this project, these young adult activists worked together with university researchers and students, and with organizations serving disabled people as active members of the research team. Through this research project, 24 participants who were youths with IDD were interviewe…
Women Living With a Spinal Cord Injury
In this article we illuminate the narratives of women living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) with regard to (a) learning how to live with a changed body and (b) exploring the factors that influence how they feel toward their new bodies. An SCI produces immediate physical impairments resulting in a changed body, which can then have physical, emotional, and social consequences to these women. Through its focus on enhancing the body, physical therap…
Coping and social support as determinants of quality of life in HIV/Aids
Coping, social support and quality of life (QOL) were examined in 120 HIV+ people (mean age = 37). The sample came from ambulatory clinics and drop-in centres in Toronto: 29% had AIDS, 35% were HIV symptomatic, and 35% were asymptomatic. Information was gathered from self-administered questionnaires. Respondents had good levels of social support and used a variety of coping strategies. Their scores on the behavioural and subjective measures of QO…
Quality of life indicators and health
Description and Validation of a Measure of Received Support Specific to HIV
Validation data are described for the Social Support Inventory for People who are HIV Positive or Have AIDS. This inventory was developed specifically for use with individuals who are HIV-positive to assess three types of received support (instrumental, informational, emotional) for each of four dimensions: whether support is received or wanted, satisfaction with support, and source of the support. It was validated in the context of a larger cros…
Government Policies as a Threat to Health
Making the links between community structure and individual well-being
Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
The construct of quality of life has great potential for guiding development and evaluation of policies for children with developmental disabilities. However, there are many different definitions and models of quality of life, and not all of them are equally appropriate for developing policies that would meaningfully address the needs of children with develop mental disabilities. Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to review major approac…
Experiences of Contemplating Returning to Work for People Living with HIV/Aids
In the mid-1990s, medical advances dramatically altered the experience of living with HIV/AIDS. The shifting medical climate spurred new social and financial questions, such as the possibility of returning to work. In this qualitative study, the authors examine how people living with HIV/AIDSperceive, attach meaning to, and approach the experience of returning to work. Findings demonstrate that the participants are influenced by, and wrestle with…
Social support and quality of life over time among adults living with HIV in the Haart era
Women Living With a Spinal Cord Injury
In this article we illuminate the narratives of women living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) with regard to (a) learning how to live with a changed body and (b) exploring the factors that influence how they feel toward their new bodies. An SCI produces immediate physical impairments resulting in a changed body, which can then have physical, emotional, and social consequences to these women. Through its focus on enhancing the body, physical therap…
Negotiating Participation
Exercise participation among women living with disabilities can be limited as a result of pain, decreased muscle strength, and limited mobility. More "disabling" than these symptoms, however, is a lack of accessible exercise facilities in women's communities. Our study explores how material and social structures and functions existing and operating within women's communities and at community-based exercise facilities affect their participation. I…
Getting on With Life
Currently, the dominant cultural beliefs toward disability are negative, and the existing literature is limited with respect to examining how people are using and/or viewing their disabilities positively. The purpose of this study was to identify how individuals living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) viewed and/or used their disability positively, and what contextual influences facilitated this positive approach. This study was a secondary analys…
Balancing safety and autonomy
Women with disabilities consider exercise an important health promotion activity. A lack of accessible facilities within the community has been identified as a major limiting factor to exercise participation among women with disabilities. To increase exercise participation among women with disabilities, we need to understand the structural and social barriers that they face within community recreation and fitness facilities. Interviews were condu…
Working to make research inclusive
The article describes the work of the first three authors, who are young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), on an ‘inclusive research’ project. For this project, these young adult activists worked together with university researchers and students, and with organizations serving disabled people as active members of the research team. Through this research project, 24 participants who were youths with IDD were interviewe…
Voices of youths on engagement in community life
Little is known from the perspectives of youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities themselves about their experiences related to inclusion, engagement in community life and friendship, and their quality of life. The Voices of Youths research project used an inclusive approach to learn from youths about these experiences. Twenty-four youths (age 13–24 years) with a range of intellectual and developmental disabilities diagnostic ‘labe…
Psychology (13 obras) · Medicine (12 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Disability Rights and Representation (6 obras) · Gerontology (6 obras) · Social science (5 obras) · Clinical Psychology (4 obras) · Developmental psychology (4 obras)