Differences in health-promotion behaviour among the chronically ill in three South Pacific island countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3886440 |
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| Authors | Philip Szmedra (0000-0003-3249-2735, Georgia Southwestern State University), K L Sharma (Department of Economics, University of the South Pacific , Suva, Fiji), Kanhaiya Sharma (0000-0002-5810-801X, University of the South Pacific), Cathy L Rozmus (Georgia Southwestern State University), Cathy Rozmus (0000-0002-5087-5900, Georgia Southwestern State University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 291-300 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614520701197259 |
| OpenAlex | W1980169952 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In this study, the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile was used to compare health-promoting behaviours in three groups of chronically ill people being treated as outpatients at clinics and hospitals in Fiji, Nauru, and Kiribati. Significant differences were found between males and females and among groups in relation to practices and attitudes towards health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, and stress management. Health professionals and educators must develop ways to transmit the message of healthy lifestyles to populations that do not pay much attention to conventional health-education methods
Environmental health · Health education · Health promotion · Political science · Public health · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Stress management · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Nursing · School Health and Nursing Education · Gerontology
| Highly cited | No |
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