Kathryn C Backett
Biographic Data
| ID | 209597 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn C Backett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn C |
| FAMILY NAME | Backett |
| SIGNATURE | BACKETT K C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Lifecourse and lifestyle: The social and cultural location of health behaviours
Children, empowerment and health promotion: Some new directions in research and practice
We focus on the goal of health promotion to empower persons to alter the conditions that affect their health. The conception of empowerment applied to children implies a fundamental change in the manner in which children are perceived. We propose that it demands a shift from thinking about children as recipients of health promotion efforts on their behalf to children as partners in health promotion whose views and concerns about health are accept…
Taboos and excesses: Lay Health Moralities in Middle Class Families
The paper is based on a multi-interview qualitative study of whole family groups. The sample comprised a randomly selected group of home-owning, middle-class couples, each with two children. It was hypothesised that, by virtue of their socio-economic circumstances, such a group would be likely to have a positive view of health; to be receptive to health education messages; to be less likely to engage in health-damaging behaviour; and to have suff…
Health & Behaviour: Selected Perspectives (Book)
The Health and Lifestyle Survey: Preliminary Report (Book)
The Father Figure
Mothers and Fathers: Studies of Negotiation of Parental Behavior
Taboos and excesses: Lay Health Moralities in Middle Class Families
The paper is based on a multi-interview qualitative study of whole family groups. The sample comprised a randomly selected group of home-owning, middle-class couples, each with two children. It was hypothesised that, by virtue of their socio-economic circumstances, such a group would be likely to have a positive view of health; to be receptive to health education messages; to be less likely to engage in health-damaging behaviour; and to have suff…
The Father Figure
Mothers and Fathers: Studies of Negotiation of Parental Behavior
The Health and Lifestyle Survey: Preliminary Report (Book)
Health & Behaviour: Selected Perspectives (Book)
Children, empowerment and health promotion: Some new directions in research and practice
We focus on the goal of health promotion to empower persons to alter the conditions that affect their health. The conception of empowerment applied to children implies a fundamental change in the manner in which children are perceived. We propose that it demands a shift from thinking about children as recipients of health promotion efforts on their behalf to children as partners in health promotion whose views and concerns about health are accept…
Taboos and excesses: Lay Health Moralities in Middle Class Families
The paper is based on a multi-interview qualitative study of whole family groups. The sample comprised a randomly selected group of home-owning, middle-class couples, each with two children. It was hypothesised that, by virtue of their socio-economic circumstances, such a group would be likely to have a positive view of health; to be receptive to health education messages; to be less likely to engage in health-damaging behaviour; and to have suff…
Lifecourse and lifestyle: The social and cultural location of health behaviours
Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Health promotion (2 works) · Library science (2 works)