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Witham, Rachel Yvonne. "Family dynamics and health attitudes." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8626.

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Master of Science
Department of Special Education, Counseling, and Student Affairs
Brandonn S. Harris
The present study examined adolescents’ perceptions of their caregivers’ parenting style as well as their physical activity participation, motivation, and attitudes. High school students completed questionnaires regarding their physical activity participation, motivation, and attitudes, and they assessed both their male and female caregivers’ parenting style. Results indicated that for males, a permissive parenting style was related to more physical activity participation and that males favor physical activity that features long and hard training and as a way to stay healthy and fit. An authoritative parenting style was related to higher rates of physical activity for females, and their attitudes focused on social aspects of physical activity as well as a release of tension. For both genders, identified regulation was associated with higher rates of physical activity, indicating that higher levels of self-determined motivation are important for promoting active behaviors. Cross-gender relationships between caregiver and child emerged and social and gender norms seemed to influence parenting style and attitudes specific to gender. Additional results and implications are discussed.
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Turner, Erlanger A. "Attitudes toward child mental health services: adaptation and development of an attitude scale." Texas A&M University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4215.

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Research shows that a considerable number of children and adolescents suffer needlessly from psychological problems and only about 50% of those receive the necessary services. Considering the impact of untreated child psychological problems on problems in adulthood, it is important to examine the influence of attitudes on seeking mental health service for children. Currently, no known measure exists to measure attitudes toward mental health services for children. Building on previous research, the goal of the present study was to develop a measure of individuals' attitudes toward mental health services for children. Using confirmatory factor analysis, the factor structure was assessed using a sample of university students (N = 250). In addition, several hypotheses were tested examining the influence of previous experience with mental health services on attitudes towards psychological services and mental health stigma. Finally, differences in child characteristics on intended help-seeking were examined. The measure developed consists of 26-items scored from 0 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Overall, results indicated that the 3-factor structure of the measure developed was valid and reliable. Also, consistent with previous research on mental health services results supported the hypotheses of the current study. Future research will examine whether the 3-factor structure is replicated using a sample of parents.
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Thakker-Desai, Bayjool. "Health attitudes and personal health-care decisions in Bombay, India." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1992. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2821/.

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Utilisation of medical sources other than the modern Western medicine (Allopathy) is characteristic of most societies. Health-care utilisation studies, in medically pluralistic societies, fall short of providing adequate explanation of how and why different medical sources are used. The present thesis is an attempt to delineate the social psychology of the health-care utilisation behaviour of people in Bombay by concentrating on the interplay between the individual, the social environment and the culture. It, therefore, benefits from disciplines both within and outside mainstream psychology like societal psychology, sociology, anthropology and medicine. The study addresses a twofold question: how are treatment related decisions made and what are their determinants. To answer these questions, an understanding of variables pertaining to the person as well as a consideration of the societal context is necessary. Following a quantitative pilot study, the research involved retrospective data collected with the help of a partially structured questionnaire using a quota sample of 480 Gujarati-speaking adults. The quotas were set for sex, income and illness types. The survey instrument elicited information on predisposing (demographic, social structural, belief and social), enabling (family resources and prior access) and illness (type and manifestation) variables as well as the process of seeking care. The results, highlight that health-care utilisation behaviour in a medically pluralistic setting is not a singular act but a continuously evolving decision-making process wherein sources are used differentially. Typically, the treatment-seeking process began with the use of non-formal sources, followed by an entry into the professional sector, invariably through an Allopathic family doctor. Subsequently, the individuals either revert back to non-formal sources, continue to remain within Allopathy or exhibit an irreversible shift to non-Allopathic formal sources. Accordingly, there exists a need to redefine health-care utilisation behaviour in terms of sequential patterns of usage. These patterns, are determined by individually based variables belonging to all three categories as mentioned above. However, in contrast to certain trends, the effect of demographic, social structural and income variable was very small. Between 18-42% of the respondents within each illness cluster, used two or more formal medical systems. Compared to their counterparts who used only one formal system, the multiple users were more likely to suffer from chronic illnesses, rely on lay advice, prefer non-Allopathic systems and already have an access to non-Allopathic sources of care.
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Lee, Sangtak. "The Relationship Between Perceived Health, Health Attitudes, and Healthy Offerings for Seniors at a Family Restaurant." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42760.

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Personal health can influence all aspects of customer behavior and this influence is more manifest within the senior market segment. Health issues also greatly impact the restaurant industry. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate how health status and health attitude influence family restaurant selection criteria. In order to measure selfrated health status and health attitude for seniors, the Health Perceptions Questionnaire(HPQ) and the Perceived Health competence Scale (PHCS) were used. Most senior participants reported that health-related family restaurant selection criteria and food price were important when they select a family restaurant. Also, while the HPQ and the PHCS were not correlated with food price in the family restaurant industry, the overall results of this study revealed that health status and health attitude for seniors were positively correlated with health-related family restaurant selection criteria. This reflects that offering healthy meals on menus is more important for senior customers with a high level of health condition or health attitude than other senior customers. The results also showed that healthy senior customers who have a positive health attitude are willing to pay more money for their healthy menu items. Therefore, in order to maximize their profits, managers and operators of family restaurants need to keep creating healthy items for their menus and promote those items to the segment of the senior market which has a high level of health condition or health attitude.
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Jackson, Desmarie DeCuir. "Health barriers, health perceptions, and cardiovascular health risk factors of adolescent black American males." View the abstract Download the full-text PDF version (on campus access only), 2007. http://etd.utmem.edu/ABSTRACTS/2007-003-DeCuir-index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D )--University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2007.
Title from title page screen (viewed on April 4, 2008). Research advisor: Mona N. Wicks, R. N., Ph. D. Document formatted into pages (x, 126 p. : ill.). Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-146).
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Munro, Sara Louise. "Exploring attitudes in acute mental health nursing." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.499829.

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Methods: Study one; cross sectional survey of all acute mental health nurses working at 10 MHS Trusts (n=2130). The survey contained a validated attitude scale (ATAMH) and questions exploring a range of personal, professional and organisational variables. Study two; semi-structured interviews with acute mental health nurses and service users with experience of acute inpatient care. Results: Study One: The mean total attitude score was 172 which is positive, the maximum score available is 255. Multiple regression analysis identified seven predictors of attitudes which accounted for 21.3% of the variance in the total attitude score: pay banding; influence of psychosocial approaches; influence of involving service users; experience of working in the community; education at post graduate/higher degree level; being up to date on policy, research and practice relevant to acute mental health care; having personal and family experience of mental health problems. Study Two: 16 nursing staff from two units covering a range of pay bands and length of experience were interviewed. Ten service users with a range of acute inpatient experience were interviewed. Three overarching themes were identified: 1) Pre-determined factors influencing attitudes such as personality, reasons for doing the job, personal and family experiences of mental health problems 2) Wider contextual factors such as clinical leadership, patient stereotypes, ward culture and team values 3) Outcomes of nursing practice and the service users experience of care. Nurses who had positive attitudes made patients feel valued. Nurses with negative attitudes made patients feel like they were a pain and not deserving of care. Service users believed pre-determined factors had the greatest impact on nurses' attitudes. Nursing staff placed greater emphasis on the influence of contextual factors and underestimated the impact of attitudes on service users' experience.
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Pistorio, Jaclyn M. P. "Mental health professionals' attitudes toward rape survivors." Thesis, Adler School of Professional Psychology, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3664152.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to examine licensed mental health professionals' attitudes towards rape survivors. Research indicates that the attitudes of police officers, mental health professionals, and the general public may influence the psychological adjustment of rape survivors and, consequently, whether or not that person seeks mental health treatment after the assault (Vincent, 2009). The negative impacts of rape on a person may not be specific only to the act of violence, but may also include secondary victimization from the survivors' negative experiences with authorities such as legal and mental health professionals (Campbell & Raja, 1999) who may hold negative beliefs about sexual assault and rape survivors (Nagel, Matsuo, McIntyre, & Morrison, 2005). Exposure to these negative beliefs held by others may be associated with negative secondary emotions in the survivor, such as guilt; guilt associated with actions taken or not taken in the context of rape has been observed to be positively correlated with posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, low self-esteem, social anxiety, and suicidal ideation (Kubany, Abueg, Owens, Brennan, Kaplan, & Watson, 1995). It is therefore important to examine the attitudes licensed mental health workers hold towards rape survivors, as these rape survivors may seek services from mental health professionals, and the clinicians' attitudes towards these clients' experiences may significantly impact survivors' recovery from a sexual assault. In addition to measuring the acceptance of rape myths in licensed mental health providers, this study aims to explore how demographic variables in mental health professionals, such as gender, type of graduate degree, or participant rape survivor status, are related to the attitudes participants report about sexual assault. It was hypothesized that male study participants would attribute greater responsibility to survivors than female study participants would, based on the results of the updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale, and congruent with published research highlighting this gender difference (Grubb & Harrower, 2009). It was hypothesized that mental health providers who have had more years of training in their graduate degree program would report lower levels of rape myth acceptance compared with those who had a shorter degree program. It was also hypothesized that participants who themselves identified as a rape survivor or who had a close friend or family member who is a survivor would attribute less responsibility to rape survivors, as research supports the observation that those who identify as survivors or friends of survivors may reject negative biases towards sexual assault survivors.

After completing both independent t-tests and Mann-Whitney U statistical analyses, gender identity was the only demographic for which statistically significant mean differences were seen in total rape myth acceptance scores (p = .012). This finding is not surprising, as much of the current literature supports that men, in general, attribute more blame to rape survivors than women. Prior to the current study there was no published research using licensed mental health providers as participants in a study using the updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale. Data gathered from the current study will therefore offer a valuable contribution to the literature on this topic. Further, it is hoped that this data can be used in the development of graduate programs, continuing education courses, and didactic seminars that debunk rape myths and promote competency around rape survivor issues.

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Sievers, Jerrie Ann. "NUTRITION AND HEALTH BELIEFS IN FOOD SUPPLEMENT USE: A STUDY OF THE HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL THEORY (VITAMINS, HABITS, MINERALS, TOXICITY)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291271.

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Blanton, Sandra. "Justice in Health Care Access Measuring Attitudes of Health Care Professionals." TopSCHOLAR®, 2000. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/714.

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To measure attitudes toward justice in access to health care services in managed care plans in a convenience sample of medical professionals at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Methods. A sixteen item, self-administered instrument based on Morreim's four concepts of justice in health care access was administered to 147 health care professionals, representing physicians, allied health, and hospital administration. SPSS was used to analyze the results. Results. The attitudes of the respondents were negative toward managed care. They did not feel that managed care had been a positive development in the United States or that managed care had improved access to preventive care or improved primary care. On the survey instrument, respondents scored highest on the scale measuring fairness to individual patients. Conclusion. In a convenience sample of health care professionals at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana, equity in distributing access to health care among individual patient needs was found to more closely meet their expectations of justice in health care access. There were no differences found across occupational groups in their responses to the two scales. There were differences in attitudes toward managed care among occupational groups.
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Morgan, Natalie D. G. "The impact of health care reforms on community health nurses' attitudes /." St. John's, NF : [s.n.], 2002.

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Walden, Lisa Walden. "Interprofessional Education: An Investigation of Healthcare Students' Attitudes and Why These Attitudes Exist." University of Findlay / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1501710247064227.

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Squires, Rachel. "Health professionals' experiences and attitudes regarding diagnoses that challenge mental health services." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/76674/.

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This thesis comprises three chapters exploring health professionals’ experiences and attitudes regarding diagnoses that challenge mental health services. The first chapter is a systematic literature review investigating the impact of training on staff attitudes towards personality disorder. Eleven articles were reviewed and critically evaluated. Despite inconsistencies in the data and a number of methodological concerns, there is evidence to suggest that training is effective in improving staff members’ cognitive and affective attitudes towards personality disorder, and their therapeutic engagement with service users. Clinical and research implications are discussed in relation to developing staff training packages regarding personality disorder. The second chapter is a qualitative study of mental health nurses’ experiences of caring for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in acute inpatient services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven nurses and the transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The two major themes that emerged from the data indicated that nurses felt confused and unable to make sense of autistic presentations, but were able to overcome these challenges by focusing on their core nursing values and providing person-centred care. Overall, the findings highlight mental health nurses’ lack of knowledge about ASD. Clinical implications are discussed in relation to developing staff members’ skills and confidence in working with this client group. In the third chapter, personal reflections on the research process are discussed, with a particular focus on stigma and stereotyping in mental health services. These include the evolution of my own perspective and a consideration of the role of clinical psychologists in supporting staff.
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Joshi, Ajay. "Childcare center directors' oral health literacy and attitudes towards pediatric oral health." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2014. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_cdm_stuetd/43.

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A thesis submitted to the College of Dental Medicine of Nova Southeastern University of the degree of Master of Science in Dentistry. Goal and Objectives. The main goal of this study is to assess childcare center directors (CCCDs) oral health literacy, knowledge, and attitudes towards pediatric oral health. We also determined the associations between CCCDs oral health literacy, knowledge, attitudes towards pediatric oral health, and 1) number of oral health preventive strategies (OHPS) implemented in their child care center (CCC), and 2) intent to adopt OHPS in the future. Background. Childcare utilization has substantially increased over the past decade with children enrolled in these centers spending substantial amount of time. CCCs, a non-traditional setting, can be used to actively promote pediatric oral health. However, before this setting can be used to promote oral health, a better understanding of Florida CCCDs' oral health literacy, knowledge, and attitudes on pediatric oral health is needed. Methods. In this cross-sectional study we used a 45-item pre-tested questionnaire to survey Florida CCCDs working primarily in licensed CCCs through survey monkey online portal. Descriptive, bivariate statistics and multivariate regression analyses were conducted using SAS analysis software. Results. Of the 877 CCCD participants, 90% did not train staff about traumatic dental injuries, 87% did not have an oral health consultant, and 82% did not promote enrollees to brush their teeth after meals or snacks. Mean oral health literacy (12.3±2.3) and attitude levels (16.8±2.7) were high, however mean oral health knowledge (1.6±2.0) was low. CCCDs with more years of experience (p=0.01), who work at Head Start CCCs ( p<0.0001), and have more positive attitudes (p<0.0001), were more likely to have implemented OHPS in their centers compared to their counterparts. Non-White CCCDs (p=0.03), those with more positive attitudes(p=0.001), and who reported to have already implemented one or more OHPS (p=0.002) were more willing to implement OHPS in the future compared to their counterparts. Conclusions. No significant associations between oral health literacy, knowledge and number of OHPS implemented were observed. Similarly, oral health literacy, oral health knowledge was not associated with intent to implement OHPS in the future. CCCDs with more positive attitudes towards pediatric oral health had implemented more OHPS within their CCCs, and also were willing to implement more OHPS in the future compared to their counterparts.
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Poole, Gail Frances. "Talking about tubes : attitudes of health care professionals." Thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1998. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0028/MQ50857.pdf.

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Poole, Gail Frances. "Talking about tubes, attitudes of health care professionals." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0028/MQ50857.pdf.

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Al, Sayed Sara. "Arab adolescents' attitudes towards mental health in Kuwait." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621821.

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Aims and Rationale: Individuals suffering from mental health difficulties and disorders experience stigma and discrimination in various areas of their lives. Mental illness stigma results in diminished self-esteem, increased risk of suicide, feelings of shame and a decrease in their desire to seek support from mental health professionals. This study aimed to assess changes in attitudes following a brief informative talk on mental health. Moreover, the study aimed to explore the attitudes and beliefs of Arab high school students in Kuwait towards people suffering from mental illness. The findings aim to broaden an understanding of the subject area within the Arab population in order to inform future approaches to decrease stigmatizing beliefs and increase more accepting attitudes and help-seeking behaviors. Method: A mixed-method approach was used to examine attitudes towards individuals suffering from mental disorders in 111 Arab high school students. Firstly, the quantitative part of the study explored changes in attitudes following an informative talk using a survey questionnaire. 105 Arab high school students took part in the study and were divided into two groups, one group received a talk on 'Myths and Facts' around mental illness while the second group received a talk on 'Education and Career' paths one could take in the field of psychology. The qualitative part of the study explored 6 Arab high school students' beliefs around mental illness as well as their personal experiences in dealing with mental health difficulties and discrimination using semi-structured interviews. Results: The findings of the quantitative study demonstrated an overall increase in benevolence and an overall decrease in social restrictiveness following the talks. Students in the 'Myths and Facts' group displayed a significant improvement in social restrictiveness attitudes following their talk, the 'Education and Career' group did not show this improvement. Findings from the qualitative study represented a juxtaposition between participants' expressed positive and supportive views towards individuals with mental illness and their expectations of negative behaviors and attitudes from the public towards those suffering from mental health difficulties. Conclusion: The findings provide an understanding of existing beliefs around mental illness in the Arab youth which in turn provides mental health professionals with the required knowledge to tackle the issue of stigma within this specific population. Educational approaches offer adolescents insight on mental illness and positively impact their opinions and views towards people suffering from mental disorders. This is crucial in promoting more accepting attitudes and encouraging help-seeking behaviors.
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Harvey, Emma Louise. "Attitudes to obesity : health professionals' views and practice." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1999. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/234/.

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The purpose of this thesis was to study health professionals' views and practice in relation to overweight and obesity. In particular, the aims were: to explore the key cognitions of health professionals, with a view to describing their obesity stereotype and related attitudes; to explore the same cognitions among dieters; to compare and contrast the views of health professionals and dieters; to explore the relationship between health professionals' cognitions and practices; and to investigate the way in which health professionals' practice may be improved. Four studies were undertaken. The first was a survey of health professionals' views of overweight and obese people, compared to their views of smokers. In an independent, factorial design, participants responded to questions about moderately or extremely overweight people, or moderate or heavy smokers. Two hundred and fifty-five health professionals took part. Health professionals' beliefs and attitudes were mixed, but of the four groups, attitudes towards obese people were most negative. The obesity stereotype appeared to be differentiated from the overweight stereotype by perceptions of reduced self-esteem, sexual attractiveness and health. The second study examined dieters' cognitions of overweight and obesity. In another independent, factorial design, dieters' views about moderately or extremely overweight people were examined as a function of their own body weight (normal weight, moderately and extremely overweight). Two hundred and three people participated. The findings showed that dieters of different body weights had the same kinds of cognitions about both overweight and obese people. The key cognitions underpinning the overweight stereotype among dieters were that mood-related factors were viewed as important in causing overweight, and that overweight people were seen as ordinary people, but with reduced self-esteem, sexual attractiveness and health. A direct comparison of health professionals' and dieters' responses was undertaken using data from Studies 1 and 2. There were many similarities in the perceptions of the two groups, but dieters tended to have slightly more traditional views of the causes of overweight (mood, lack of willpower) and the responsibilities of overweight people. The pattern of attitudes for both groups was mixed, but health professionals' responses were more likely than dieters' to be influenced by the level of severity of the weight problem. The third study explored the relationship between cognitions and practices among 187 dietitians. Respondents' views of overweight were similar to those of the health professionals in the first study. In addition, belief that a lack of willpower was important in causing obesity (but not general attitudes or beliefs about responsibility) was associated with a number of reported practice choices. The final study investigated strategies for improving health professionals' management of obesity and the delivery of health care for overweight and obese people, through a systematic review of the evidence. Twelve studies were included, but due to the limited quality of many of the studies, there is currently very little information on how obesity practice may be improved and whether this will result in improved outcomes for patients. Overall, the findings indicate that cognitions about overweight and obese people were mixed. Although some negative perceptions may exist among health professionals, these may be less negative than previously documented. Significant level effects among health professionals suggest that where they exist, they are more likely to be directed at obese people than moderately overweight people. As obese people are at a greater health risk, the implications for improving practice need to be explored in detail. The findings of the systematic review suggest that where practice does need to be improved, currently very little is known about what strategies may be effective.
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Wiehl, Ashley. "Educating the Masses: Human Attitudes Affecting Reef Health." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2013. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/153.

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About two thirds of the world’s population lives within 60 km of a coastline, however many members of the public do not recognize the importance of the nearby coral reef ecosystems. Although reef degradation is currently occurring at alarming rates, there is hope for the future of coral reef health. It is proven that humans have a large effect on the current health of coral reefs. This thesis aims to determine how marine scientists and educators can best influence the general public to affect behaviors to improve reef health. To do this involves taking analyzing the many effects of human attitudes and behaviors on reefs. First, we study major approaches used by contemporary marine scientists to educate the broader public about marine ecology and reef degradation issues in particular. We will identify those initiatives and methods which show the most promise for altering human behaviors which threaten reef health. Secondly, we aim to define “populations of educational interest” by examining census data and other literature, which lead educators to determine important audiences that need to be educated. Thirdly, we will determine which behaviors and attitudes will have the largest effects on reef health. Based on current research, a digraph (directed graph) was created to model the influences that different attitudes have on different measures of reef health. The digraph model was then translated into a mathematical model which simulates a pulse process to show the effect of changes in this model. Three scenarios were developed. Influencing the general public to decrease their emission of greenhouse gasses would have positive effects on fish density, coral cover, reef framework and diversity. Human population itself was an important factor affecting reef health, and with changes in attitudes, if population decreases, reef health could be improved. Also, increasing education to influence the effect that boaters and divers have on physical damage would positively impact all reef health indicators. Information gained from the model, as well as the information gained from determining the “populations of interest” and furthering current educational outreach has the potential to allow educators better framing of future reef programs as well as alter aspects of current programs in order to obtain maximum results in behavior and attitude change, resulting in positive effects on reef health for the future.
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Schondel, Connie Kay. "Development of multiple scales which measure volunteers' attitudes toward AIDS and attitudes toward volunteer motivation /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1335370981.

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Calhoun, Jennifer. "An exploration of the meaning of health and health-promoting behaviors." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/834514.

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Health promotion and the practice of health-promotive behaviors are significant factors in longevity and personal wellness. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between an individual's meaning of health and the practice of health-protective behaviors. Theoretical rationale was based on Pender's (1987) Health Promotion Model. Health promotion lifestyle was measured by the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) (Walker,Sechrist, & Pender, 1985). Individual definition of health was measured by the Meaning of Health instrument (Wieseke, 1990a).The sample included skilled and unskilled employees of a 300-bed regional hospital located in the Triad area of North Carolina. Interviews were conducted with a random sample of the respondents to obtain information on themes of the expressed meanings of the Health Concept. Significance of this study lies in determining individuals' motivation to practice health-protective behaviors and also in determining individuals' definition of health. Identification of lifestyle and health behaviors will help nurses and other health care workers determine what motivates an individual to perform health-protective behaviors.The results revealed a significant (p<.05) relationship between the level of overall functioning of all six subscales of the HPLP. Participation in health promoting behaviors was significantly related to physical sensation overall with a level of significance at p<.05. Participation in health-promoting behaviors was significantly related to emotional level overall with a level of significance at p<.01. There was no significance between age group and the HPLP.The conclusions drawn from this study were that the subjects were self-actualized and emotionally stable. The subjects take responsibility for health but do not take advantage of opportunities to monitor health.
School of Nursing
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Poppe, Leslie Dean. "Metatheoretical constructs : implications for health and illness definition preference and health related behaviors." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1001180.

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Metatheoretical constructs are believed to be philosophical commitments that affect a variety of areas in an individual's life. This study was designed to investigate two questions. First, do individuals subscribe to personal definitions of health and illness because they are committed to different philosophical and epistemological positions. Second, does an individual's personal definition of health and illness predict the frequency of health and illness related behaviors.Two studies were conducted to investigate these questions. In the first, 102 undergraduate subjects expressed a preference for one of three possible definitions of health and illness. Further, these definitions were shown to predict rates of health and illness behaviors. In the second, 72 nursing professionals also selected one of the three definitions of health and illness. A combination of health and illness definition, and personal worldview were shown to strongly predict an individual's frequency of engaging in health and illness behaviors.These data suggest that individuals have personal preferences for defining health and illness. - Further, their health and illness definition, plus personal worldview, reliably predicts health and illness behavior frequency. These results have implications for health psychology research and practice.
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Meyer, Katharina. "Physical activity and fitness in women : association with health status, health-relevant behavior and attitudes /." Bern, 2003. http://www.public-health-edu.ch/new/Abstracts/MK_10.09.03.pdf.

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Lindmark, Ulrika. "Oral Health and Sense of Coherence : Health Behaviours Knowledge, Attitudes and Clinical Status." Doctoral thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för naturvetenskap och biomedicin, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-13152.

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Miranda, Christine. "Health Literacy and Health Decision Making Attitudes in People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1791.

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Health literacy has been recognized as a vital issue in the self-care management of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of functional, communicative, and critical health literacy dimensions on positive and negative attitudes toward health decision making. The transtheoretical model of health behavior change (TTM) provided the theoretical framework to explain this association. A culturally-adapted survey was used in this cross-sectional study to measure health literacy dimensions, positive and negatives attitudes toward health decision making, and other factors in 100 Puerto Ricans living with HIV/AIDS. Demographic factors and clinical and immunological variables were obtained from the HIV/AIDS Registry database. Bivariate analyses were conducted to determine associations and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to determine the extent to which health literacy and other factors, while controlling for demographic characteristics, disease duration, and stage of readiness, predicted positive and negative attitudes toward health decision making. Results revealed that Puerto Ricans living with HIV/AIDS with higher health literacy scores are more likely to have positive attitudes toward health decision making. HIV/AIDS disease-specific knowledge and self-report HIV medication adherence showed statistical significance for functional and critical health literacy. Social change implications included the identification of limited health literacy as a potential barrier for an active participation in health decision making. The development of interventions directed to increase health literacy skills to improve HIV medication adherence and disease management are needed.
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Sundberg, Emilia, and Jasmine Hansson. "Attitudes Towards Television Commercials with an Underlying Health Claim." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15366.

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Health and eating healthy has become increasingly popular during the recent decades. On television, countless numbers of food commercials claim their products to be healthy, and fit good looking people propagate for the benefits of the products. At the same time, there are many studies showing these marketing messages to be highly misleading. Consequently, a great extent of existing research within this field treats the subject of consumers, children in particular, and television in relation to eating habits. However, in this study, we are not interested in confirming these facts; instead we focus on the attitudes that consumers have towards these marketing messages with underlying health claims shown in TV commercials. Today, many new types of communication channels exist, nevertheless, watching TV is an increasing activity, especially among young consumers. It was found that research including young adult consumers was scarce, why the segment of university students belonging to the generation Y was chosen for this study. The purpose of this thesis is to identify the attitudes that Swedish generation Y university students have towards TV commercials with underlying health claims. The aim is also to investigate why these consumers react to the commercials the way they do. In this thesis both a quantitative and a qualitative method was used, where the qualitative method was the most dominating. Thus, it can be considered a mixed methods approach. However, the quantitative part is dominating. For the empirical study we conducted tests where a number of persons in focus groups were exposed to different TV commercials, all with an underlying health claim. The respondents answered an in-group questionnaire and thereafter during the group discussion they were asked to describe their reactions to the TV commercials. Finally, the respondents were also asked what factors they believed important to them when they consider buying a product. The Swedish generation Y university students presented a number of attitudes towards the chosen television commercials. The students did recognize the underlying health claims and furthermore indicated other factors noticed within the commercials. Also, we could see that factors such as memory, unconscious influence as well as positioning of thecommercials had an influence on the attitudes. The results also specified that factors influencing these consumers in their purchasing decision, except the TV commercial itself, were; whether they had bought the product before, what family and friends used and recommended, as well as price and quality. The above features also had an influence on how these consumers reacted to the marketing messages. The study shows that the model of the emotional process by Holbrook and O‟Shaughnessy (1984) could be followed. We furthermore built on Bagozzi et al.‟s (1999) classification of advertisements by introducing the multi message ad. To conclude, it can be stated that factors influencing these consumers‟ attitudes of TV commercials with underlying health claims had different aspects and explanations, although common patterns could be seen.
Hälsa och att äta hälsosamt har blivit alltmer populärt under de senaste decennierna. På tv hävdar ett oräkneligt antal reklaminslag för matprodukter hur hälsosamma de är och vältränade, snygga människor propagerar för fördelarna med produkterna. Samtidigt finns det många studier som visar att dessa reklambudskap är vilseledande. Följaktligen handlar en stor del av forskningen i ämnet om sambandet mellan konsumenter - i synnerhet barn, och TV i relation till matvanor. I denna studie är vi inte intresserade av att bekräfta dessa fakta, utan fokus är istället inriktat på hur tittarna tolkar reklambudskap med underliggande hälsopåståenden. Idag finns många nya typer av kommunikationskanaler, men trots det ökar TV-tittandet, i synnerhet bland unga konsumenter. Forskning kring generation Y och deras syn på TV-reklam med underliggande hälsobudskap är hittills begränsad. Syftet med denna uppsats är att identifiera de attityder som svenska universitetsstudenter tillhörande generation Y har gentemot TV reklam med underliggande hälsobudskap. Syftet är också att undersöka varför dessa konsumenter tolkar reklamen som de gör. I rapporten användes både kvalitativa och kvantitativa metoder, där den kvalitativa var mest dominerande. Man kan därför säga att en blandad metod användes för att få fram bästa resultat. För den empiriska studien gjordes ett test där ett antal personer i fyra fokus grupper fick se olika TV-reklaminslag, alla med ett underliggande hälsobudskap. Gruppmedlemmarna fick individuellt svara på ett antal frågor ur ett formulär och därefter i gruppen diskutera sina reaktioner på reklaminslagen. Hur dessa påverkade dem och vad de anser som viktigt när de själva ska köpa en produkt var andra frågor som diskuterades. Det visade sig att reklaminslagen uppfattades på olika sätt av studenterna i fokus grupperna. De identifierade de underliggande hälsobudskapen i reklamerna och även andra uppfattningar om reklambudskapen kunde utläsas. Ur resultaten kan utläsas att faktorer såsom minne, undermedvetet inflytande och även reklaminslagens position i förhållande till varandra var av vikt för hur de uppfattades. Resultatet visar också att studenterna påverkades av många fler faktorer än själva reklamen i sig, exempelvis huruvida de köpt produkten innan, vad familj och vänner använde och rekommenderade, samt pris och kvalité. Dessafaktorer påverkade även hur studenterna tolkade reklammeddelandena. Dessutom visar vi hur Holbrook och O‟Shaughnessy‟s (1984) Model of the Emotional Process, stämmer överens med resultaten i denna studie. Vi bygger även vidare på Bagozzi et al.‟s (1999) två klassificeringar av reklam och introducerar en tredje; multimeddelande-reklam. Sammanfattningsvis kan konstateras att många olika faktorer påverkade dessa konsumenters attityder gentemot TV-reklam med underliggande hälsobudskap. Trots det kunde ändå vissa gemensamma mönster utläsas.
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Gallimore, Lisa. "Young children's beliefs and attitudes towards mental health problems." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442715.

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Gomez, Steven David Jenkins Sharon Rae. "Culture and mental health help-seeking attitudes in Mexico." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3670.

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Rimkuvienė, Jūratė. "Attitudes towards infection control among dental health care professionals." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2011. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110630_133927-98023.

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The oral flora is one of the most ecologically diverse microbial populiations known to man. It has been proved that any dental intervention: dental preparation, professional oral hygiene, extraction of teeth, regular prophylactic examination of patient‘s mouth is related with a possible spread of infection. Therefore, one of the most important tasks for the dental care professionals is to prevent the spread of infection and create safe environment for a patient, the dentist himself and other dental staff The aim of the present study is to identify and evaluate the attitudes of Lithuanian dental health care professionals towards infection control and carried out infection control procedures, and to determine vaccination frequency against hepatitis B among dental health care professionals. The study highlighteningt the dental health care professionals‘ attitude towards infection control and infection control procedures as well as incompliance of infection control procedures with the valid normative documentation was conducted at the Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University in 2008-2010. All 2,235 Lithuanian dentists, registered in the Lithuanian Dental Chamber Registry in 2008 and carrying general practice dentist‘s license, all 1,814 dental assistants and all 370 dental hygienists registered in 2010 (according to the database of the Lithuanian Dental Chamber Registry) were invited to take part in the investigation. The participants of the study survey... [to full text]
Burna yra viena labiausiai infekuotų žmogaus organizmo sričių. Įrodyta, kad bet kuri odontologinė intervencija – dantų preparavimas, profesionali burnos higiena, dantų šalinimas, įprastinė profilaktinė paciento burnos apžiūra – yra susijusi su galimu infekcijų plitimu. Todėl vienas iš svarbiausių odontologine praktika besiverčiančių asmenų uždavinių yra užkirsti kelią infekcijų plitimui ir sudaryti saugią aplinką pacientui, gydytojui odontologui ir kitam personalui. Darbo tikslas – nustatyti ir įvertinti Lietuvos odontologinės sveikatos priežiūros specialistų požiūrį į infekcijų kontrolę ir atliekamas infekcijų kontrolės procedūras, išsiaiškinti vakcinacijos nuo hepatito B apimtį tarp Lietuvos odontologinės sveikatos priežiūros specialistų. Odontologinės sveikatos priežiūros specialistų požiūrio į infekcijų kontrolę, atliekamas infekcijų kontrolės procedūras, infekcijų kontrolės procedūrų neatitikimus galiojantiems norminiams dokumentams tyrimas atliktas 2008 – 2010 metais Vilniaus universiteto Medicinos fakulteto Odontologijos institute. Tyrime buvo pakviesti dalyvauti visi 2235 Lietuvos gydytojai odontologai, 2008 metais registruoti Lietuvos odontologų rūmuose ir turintys bendros praktikos gydytojo odontologo licenciją ir visi 1814 gydytojų odontologų padėjėjai bei visi 370 burnos higienistai, registruoti 2010 metais (pagal Lietuvos odontologų rūmų duomenų bazę). Tyrimo dalyviams buvo išsiųsti anoniminiai klausimynai. Odontologinės sveikatos priežiūros specialistų požiūris... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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Webster, Aimée Marie. "Mental health : young people's knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and wishes." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6274/.

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Adolescents are especially vulnerable to mental health difficulties (Collip et al, 2008; Bhardwa, 2013; Costello et al, 2003). The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Review (DCSF & DoH, 2008) highlighted barriers to support including capacity difficulties, stigma, young people’s lacking knowledge and a lack of tailored services. Research, demonstrates weaknesses within young people’s knowledge and beliefs regarding mental health and mental health support and historically accumulated stigmatising attitudes. A paucity of research also exists on young people’s wishes for support (Dogra, 2005; Worall-Davies & Marino-Francis, 2008). The aim of this study is to use a mental health literacy framework (Jorm, 2000) to explore the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and wishes of a community sample of young people regarding mental health and mental health support. This is to inform prevention and intervention within Hightown Local Authority and Highfields school(1). Adopting critical realism, focus groups and thematic analysis (Guest et al, 2012; Boyatzis, 1998) were used. Main findings illustrate the young people’s broad knowledge-base, largely appropriate beliefs and attitudes. Opportunities were revealed for educationally-based, preventative support which enhances detail and security of knowledge, and addresses attitudes in gender sensitive ways. At the intervention-level, preferences were indicated for tiered support, with professional support delivered externally to school. In terms of delivery of support, feeling well-supported was important, along with confidentiality, accessibility, empathy and tailored support to their needs. In carrying forward these findings, the role of the EP, alongside the school and other stakeholders, is exemplified as integral.
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Gilbert, Noah Aaron. "PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1555437639723371.

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Gomez, Steven David. "Culture and Mental Health Help-Seeking Attitudes in Mexico." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3670/.

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This study was designed to investigate 1) the cultural factors involved with Mexican citizens' attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help and 2) Mexican citizens' explanatory models of mental distress. Questionnaire data from 110 Mexican college students indicate that those who report a higher tolerance for stigma report lower endorsement of both the construct of personalismo and the machismo. Respondents who reported more interpersonal openness also reported a lower endorsement of the machismo construct. Participants from a large city reported significantly more stigma tolerance than those from a small city. Regression analyses reveal machismo as a significant predictor of stigma tolerance. Qualitative data was collected to provide additional in-depth information. Study results could be used to provide culturally appropriate mental health services.
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Zvonkovic, Jessica. "Development of the Attitudes Toward Integrated Health Care Scale." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1663.

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This study created and tested a measure of the attitudes of health care providers toward integrated health care (IHC). Phase one of this scale development involved contacting experts in IHC to rate the quality of the items and provide qualitative feedback regarding content of the measure. The instrument was further revised based on this expert feedback. The final phase of instrument development was a field test of the measure with a larger, more representative sample of Physicians, Nurses, and Psychologists. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to determine the factor structure of the measure and to inform the final item composition of the measure. The Attitudes Toward Integrated Health Care scale (ATIHC) appears to be a reliable, valid, and potentially useful instrument for researchers and health care settings to use to assess professionals attitudes toward health care integration. It taps general positive and negative attitudes as well as ideas about characteristics that facilitate health care integration. Since there is now a base knowledge of health professional's attitudes toward IHC, work needs to be completed to better discern which items will differentiate between participants with positive and negative attitudes. Further, it will be essential to highlight items having the largest practical implications in health settings. In order to determine the most relevant questions to be included in the ATIHC and the corresponding most appropriate factor structure, further research should be completed with a larger and more representative sample of participants who posses a wider range of attitudes.
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Sese, Stephanie P. Reyes. "Attitudes and behaviors towards preconception health among male university students." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1522654.

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The purpose of this study is to explore the attitudes and behaviors of male university students in relation to preconception health. Preconception health is a set of interventions that detect and change biomedical, behavioral, and social risks to a man and woman's health and future pregnancies. One essential component in preconception health is to improve the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of men and women related to proper health management before conception.

This study follows a univariate descriptive research design using a convenience sampling of 64 university students. This study demonstrated 5 key findings: (a) attitudes towards preconception health is necessary when planning a pregnancy, using birth control is fairly easy and safe; (b) partners and friends have an influence on confidence in using preconception counseling, however, only the partner had an influence on attitude towards pregnancy prevention; (c) a participant's belief in using birth control every time he has sex is higher when his partner takes birth control more seriously; (d) there were no significant difference between attitudes and behaviors among racial groups; and (e) the older the participants, the more negative attitudes they had towards preconception health.

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李玲 and Ling Li. "Health, attitudes and behaviors among adolescents in Beijing: implications for the new health educationpolicy." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45996490.

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Jarva, Erika. "Health care professionals' attitudes and acceptance towards and experiences of digital health (eHealth) services." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-39883.

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The Nordic countries share common interests to digitize services in the health care sector from which their eHealth strategies are a proof of. Sweden has specifically put effort on the global scheme by setting a goal of being the best in eHealth by 2025. As one of the main goals of the strategies is increasing patient empowerment, perspective of the health care professionals in this digital shift has yet remained less noticed and the concrete effects on them is still scarcely studied. This study focuses on providing the aspect of the health care professionals and how they have perceived and experienced the digital tools and eHealth services affecting their work and what attitudes they themselves have as users.                                This study utilized the mixed method approach and was done in collaboration with the Digga Halland project which aims towards enhancing health care workers’ digital competences and conditions to utilize eHealth. Previously collected baseline survey data from health care professionals in different municipalities in the Halland region was analysed and five health care professionals were recruited for in-depth, phenomenological interviews.             The results of this research indicate that the use of digital tools and services is common among health care professionals at work and outside work and the workers consider their digital competence rather good. However, the interview respondents presented varying attitudes towards digital services and eHealth depending on whether the services were evaluated from a professional role or outside work role when the professionals used the services themselves. Also, the current professional position guided whether the digital shift and eHealth were experienced more positively or negatively.
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Christopher, Susanne Meyer. "Spiritual Health: Association for the Advancement of Health Education Instructors' Attitudes, Practices and Training." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1235.

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Health education uses a holistic, multi-dimensional perspective (Hoyman, 1961; Donatelle, 1991; Hales, 1992). In recent years an emergent issue in health education is concern for disproportionate representation among the human dimensions--emotional, social, physical, intellectual, spiritual. Discussion occurs over the apparent underrepresentation of spiritual health in health education materials (Chandler & Kolander, 1990). While the professional literature contains articles discussing the under-representation of spiritual health (Jose & Taylor, 1986; Bensley, 1991), no empirical studies are available to assess the current status of spiritual health in health education materials or the spiritual health attitudes of health educators. This study provides empirical data on the status of spiritual health in health education materials and health educators' attitudes towards spiritual health in the university and college setting. A descriptive research study was done on the university and college members of The Association for the Advancement of Health Education (AAHE). A spiritual health survey was developed to provide insights into AAHE university/college health educators and sent to 500 random AAHE members nationally. This study was pretested for surface validity. A response rate of 52% (N=256) was achieved. The survey covered: (a) spiritual health attitudes, (b) attitudes toward including spiritual health in college general health courses, (c) current practices about including spiritual health in curriculum, and (d) spiritual health training. The major findings are: 1. respondents expressed attitudes that supported spiritual health's importance and influence on the wellbeing of an individual; 2. respondents expressed concerns about including spiritual health in college general health courses, but supported the concept; 3. of those respondents who currently teach a college general health course, 65.6% (N=82) include spiritual health; 4. spiritual health is currently included in college courses on a limited bases 5. a connection exists between spiritual health training experiences and respondents' attitudes toward spiritual health.
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Farrell, Kathy, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Health care professionals' perceptions of health promotion." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1996, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/34.

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The concept of health promotion is an alternative and emerging orientation. Here the belief is that all people have strengths and are capable of determining their own needs, finding their own answers, and solving their own problems. Most health care professional have been educated in the medical model of health. In this model, the health care professional, especially the physician, plays an active part as an expert on disease; the patient or client has essentially a passive role, and the disease rather than the person is the focus. The role of health care professionals in health promotion is an important one and will continue to expand with the new focus of the province of Alberta's health system. The focus of that system, and other health systems in Canada and abroad, is increasingly upon health promotion rather than disease treatment. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of a variety of health care professionals working in the community and in the hospital setting relating to health promotion. The study takes a non-experimental approach utilizing a descriptive design. All professional staff including registered nurses, occupational therapists, recreational therapists, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists, social workers, dental workers, nutritionists, speech-language pathologists, and physicians working in Palliser Health Authority were asked to participate in the survey. Two hundred and thirteen staff responded to a questionnaire desgined to reflect their perceptions on the importance of health promotion, determinants of health, principles of health promotion, and skills and knowledge of health promotion. Staff were also asked to identify health promotion activities occuring at their work site, possible barriers to health promotion, and what was needed regarding training and support. Some of the major findings include: 1) Staff perceive health promotion to be an important part of their job. However staff working in the community perceive health promotion to be more important than those working in the hospital. Physicians were the least positive about questions pertaining to the importance of health promotion. 2) Staff perceive that the purpose of health promotion is to strengthen peoples' control over their health, but responses also indicate uncertainty concerning how control is to be defined and effected. 3) When asked to identify health promotion activities at their work site, the majority of staff pointed to the provision of information to individuals and groups. Community development was listed by very few staff. 4) When staff were asked to identify barriers to health promotion they identified the following in the order: lack of resources, old attitudes about health and health promotion, lack of support from the organization and doctors, lack of knowledge/education, and lack of communication between health care workers.
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Kattan, Wid. "Psychiatry residents' attitudes towards spirituality in psychiatry." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110642.

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There is an increasing awareness of the importance of spirituality in mental health as reflected in the addition of the category "religious or spiritual problem" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and the inclusion of knowledge of spirituality amongst the training objectives for psychiatry residents outlined by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. However, a survey of Canadian psychiatry residency programs indicated that minimal training was offered in this area (Grabovac & Ganesan, 2003). The present study explored psychiatry residents' attitudes regarding spirituality in psychiatry, and their interest in further learning on the topic. A total of 45 of 70 residents at one program completed the questionnaire. Most residents believed spirituality could have both positive (95%) and negative (80%) relationships to mental health. Although 91% felt it was appropriate to inquire about spirituality, only 72.7% endorsed actually addressing patients' spiritual problems. This discrepancy may be related to residents' varying opinions and comfort levels surrounding controversial issues. Although 84.4% reported feeling comfortable asking patients about spirituality, many had concerns about offending patients (48%) and about the ethical implications of such inquiry (55.6%). A majority of residents (61.8%) had not received any training in spirituality and medicine during medical school, and 80% said they would like to learn more on the subject. These results suggest that educational initiatives surrounding spirituality in psychiatry should be implemented.
Il y a une hausse de l'importance accordé à la spiritualité dans le domaine de la santé mental. Ceci est reflété par l'addition de la catégorie « problème religieux ou spirituel » dans le Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux (DSM-IV-TR) et l'intégration de la connaissance de la spiritualité parmi les objectifs d'apprentissage pour les résidents psychiatriques décrit par Le Collège royal des médecins et chirurgiens du Canada. Par contre, une enquête faite au sein des Programmes de résidence psychiatrique canadienne indique qu'une formation minime était offerte dans ce domaine (Grabovac & Ganesan, 2003). L'étude qui suit examine l'attitude des résidents psychiatriques à propos de la spiritualité dans la psychiatrie et leurs intérêts à connaitre plus sur le sujet. Un totale de 45 de 70 résidents dans un programme ont complété le questionnaire. La plupart des résidents croyaient que la spiritualité pouvait avoir des effets positifs (95%) ainsi que négatifs (80%) sur la santé mentale. Malgré que 91% considèrent que se renseigner à propos de la spiritualité est approprié, seulement 72.7% endossent de s'occuper réellement les problèmes de spiritualité du patient. Cette contradiction peut être attribuée aux opinions variées et au confort qu'ont les résidents envers des sujets controversés. Bien que 84.4% disent être confortable à demander aux patients à propos de leur spiritualité, plusieurs craignaient offenser les patients (48%) et conséquences de ces questions (55.6%). Une majorité des résidents (61.8%) n'avaient pas reçu une formation en spiritualité et médicine pendant leurs études en médecine et 80% disaient qu'ils aimeraient apprendre plus sur le sujet. Ces résultats suggèrent que les initiatives éducatives autour de la spiritualité en psychiatrie devraient être mises en œuvre.
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Ganley, Caitlan. "Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Contraception Among Rural Mozambican Women." Thesis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1537301.

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Much of Sub-Saharan Africa lags behind the world in reproductive health. The nine villages surrounding Gorongosa are remote rural villages with very limited access to health care, and contraceptive options. A survey regarding the health of women and children in the community was created and every woman between the ages of 15, and 59 was surveyed, a total of 2438 in all. There were many sections but this thesis focuses on the results of the contraception and family planning segment. In this population only 4% of women are using any form of family planning, 8.2% state they would like to, but only 3% state a desire to become pregnant at the point of the survey. Only 17.2% can name a method of contraception, and 27% believe that temporary contraception can lead to permanent infertility. Significant associations were found between knowledge and positive beliefs about contraception and use, or a desire to use contraception, indicating there is a role for educational programs to help inform women of their options and give them the opportunity for reproductive self-determination.

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Buckingham, J. K. ""Time for health" : the development, validation and comparison of instruments to value improvements in health." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1994. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=122011.

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This work begins by describing a general theory of value which embraces many of the commonly used valuation techniques that have been developed by economists (the time tradeoff, the standard gamble and willingness to pay). These techniques share the common characteristic that each expresses value in terms of a sacrifice that people are prepared to make in order to achieve the benefit being valued. Here, those benefits comprise improvements in health. In the time tradeoff, the sacrifice used to express the value people would attach to an improvement in health, is the amount of time they would give up to obtain it. Hitherto this technique has usually asked people to accept a premature death as the payment for better health. In the standard gamble, the most commonly used sacrifice that people are asked to make is a risk of death in exchange for better health. With 'willingness to pay', people are asked to value health in terms of the amount of money they would exchange for better health. Empirical evidence is produced from three major studies, involving 4739 respondents. These studies confirm that two health valuation techniques (the standard gamble and the time tradeoff) do indeed appear to be more closely related to each other than to other valuation methods, not based within the economic theory. Further work establishes the validity of an adaptation of the time tradeoff technique to overcome some of the principal disadvantages of the method as it has usually been applied hitherto. This adaptation asks people to value health by giving up time during much shorter and more immediate time intervals.
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Danielsson, Birgitta. "Hyperlipidaemia : an evaluation of management and attitudes among doctors and knowledge and attitudes in the population /." Stockholm, 1999. http://diss.kib.ki.se/1999/91-628-3699-4/.

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Noggle, Richard Brendan. "Adolescent Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs toward Vaccination." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/31.

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Vaccination, one of public health’s greatest disease prevention tools, is broadening to focus on adolescents. Now that there are more vaccines targeted specifically for adolescents, it is time to give more focus to vaccine delivery in this population. This research will increase the knowledge base to support informed changes in adolescent vaccine delivery by identifying knowledge and attitudes of adolescents toward vaccination within the context of barriers and solutions. Perceived susceptibility to disease, benefits and barriers to vaccination and other constructs were collected through a survey to 1368 high school students. In this population, a scheduled adolescent healthcare visit is feasible, vaccine education can diminishes health misconceptions, and vaccination mandates are ways to reach some students.
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Quinlan, Amy. "Attitudes of nurse practitioners toward interprofessional collaboration." Thesis, The William Paterson University of New Jersey, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3680893.

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Effective interprofessional collaboration between nurse practitioners and physicians is imperative to meet the health care needs of all Americans. This project measures attitudes of nurse practitioners to determine the barriers to effective interprofessional collaboration with their physician colleagues. It was hypothesized that there is a positive relationship between nurse practitioner attitudes and interprofessional collaboration and a positive relationship between years in practice and interprofessional collaboration. Sixty-three nurse practitioners participated by completing the Collaborative Practice Scale and Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician and Nurse Collaboration. The Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice served as the framework for this project. Findings of this project revealed nurse practitioners are overall accountable for their patient care and report high levels of interprofessional collaboration. These results are a foundation for future inquiry in providing and evaluating programs to enhance interprofessional collaboration.

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Fortin, Chelsea. "Women's Attitudes and Knowledge of Infertility Treatments." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1304603697.

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Hart, Traci A. "Acceptance and adoption of health information technology: An assessment of attitudes toward personal health records." Diss., Wichita State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/2551.

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A multitude of Health Information Technology (HIT) products are being introduced into the market to address some of the numerous challenges within the healthcare industry through the use of electronic, interoperable record keeping and communication. The focus of this research is on personal health records (PHRs) which are electronic records of personal health-related information for a single individual that can be drawn from multiple interoperable sources to share and manage their health. Due to PHRs being in their infancy, and currently low adoption rates, the purpose of these studies was to identify the consumer characteristics most likely related to acceptance, adoption and use of PHR innovations. First, a series of seven focus groups was conducted to gather qualitative information about the attitudes toward PHR technologies. Themes derived from the discussions (positive and negative initial reactions, different formats for record keeping, communication trends, and perceived benefits and barriers) aided the development of a survey to assess attitudes, beliefs and intentions to use PHRs. Second, an online PHR survey was administered (N = 401) and the results from the 35 attitude items were factor analyzed, resulting in 6 distinct factors: Perceived Usefulness, Technology Self-Efficacy, Perceived Ease-of-Use, Perceived Behavioral Control, Health Literacy, and Health Status. These six factors and demographic characteristics were then used to evaluate the equivalence of PHR-adoption group membership (non-users and contemplators). Results indicated that although major differences in attitudes toward PHRs were not found from the survey responder's demographics (age, race, sex, income, education, health status, technology experience), some factor scales could differentiate between groups. Respondents with larger scale scores on Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease-of-Use and Perceived Behavioral Control tended to indicate that a survey responder agreed more often with these concepts and would likely decide viii to use or invest in PHR technologies (contemplators) in the future. Those responders who were not interested in PHRs tended to disagree more or have lower scores on the Health Literacy items (knowing how to obtain their health information, understanding printed health information, and being an educated patient). In conclusion, widespread adoption and use of PHRs may not occur unless (1) the technology provides perceptible value to users (usefulness) and is easy to learn and use, and (2) more general education is given on the uses of health information to increase health literacy. PHRs seem to be accepted as a good idea, but without changes in some external factors, adoption of PHRs for the masses may not become reality any time soon.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology
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Sirenko, Andrea. "AIDS : knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal trust ; implications for health education /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1991. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARPS/09arpss619.pdf.

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Ayres, Karen. "The impact of implicit and explicit attitudes on health behaviours." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493757.

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Many people fail to perform healthy behaviours, despite holding positive attitudes towards acting healthily. Examining moderators (e.g., individual difference variables and mood) and different types of attitudes (implicit/explicit attitudes) might explain variance in behaviour unaccounted for explicit attitudes alone. Using the Implicit Association Test, the five studies within this thesis tested these issues in relation to eating behaviour.
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Palmer, Kathleen. "Undergraduate College Students’ Attitudes About Internet-based Mental Health Interventions." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5756.

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Millennial-aged young adults, often referred to as “digital natives,” comprise the typical college-age population, and there has been a growing number college students at risk for mental health problems (Mowbray, Mandiberg, Stein, Kopels, Curlin, Megivern, Strauss, Collins & Lett, 2006; Eisenberg, Gollust, Golberstein & Hefner, 2007). Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students (Suicide Statistics, 2014); however, their rate of utilizing mental heath counseling is decreasing. Providing the types of mental health services college students are likely to use can mitigate factors thought to impede their use (e.g., stigma, anonymity, confidentiality), as well as help improve students’ learning and success and reduce college attrition rates. Minimal research has been conducted on undergraduate college students’ attitudes about Internet-based mental health interventions, and the findings from those studies are conflicting. This study attempts to fill in the missing data to address undergraduate students’ attitudes about several types Internet-based of mental health counseling, and to determine the extent of their familiarity with its terminology. Forty-two undergraduate college students participated in a survey where they were asked about their familiarity with Internet-based mental health interventions, experience with and preferences for mental health counseling, and the availability of campus-based Internet mental health interventions. Quantitative data was collected, and descriptive statistics and chi square test of independence were calculated. The students’ familiarity with Internet-based mental health interventions did not influence their use of counseling services, but they were interested in knowing more about mental health-related cell phone apps. Other findings are discussed, conclusions are drawn, and recommendations for future study and implications for the field are included.
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Shelley, Carolyn Ann. "Behaviours, attitudes and decision-making in primary school health education." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395893.

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Newman, Benjamin Sean. "Mental Health Professsionals: Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders and Moral Development." W&M ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1582642193.

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Mental health professionals who provide treatment to sex offenders navigate the complex legal, ethics and moral intersections surrounding the population within the professional-personal dialectic. The purpose of this research study was to explore the potential relationship between mental health professional’s attitudes toward sex offenders and their level of moral development in order to encourage increasingly effective training and experiential interventions which then may impact treatment outcomes. Research participants included licensed and non-licensed counselors, social workers and psychologists (n = 135). Along with a demographic questionnaire and the Marlowe- Crowne Social Desirability Scale, the Defining Issues Test was used as a measure of moral development and the Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offender Scale evaluated the attitudes of mental health professionals toward the sex offender population. This study identified a statistically significant relationship between a mental health professional’s level of moral development and attitude toward sex offenders with 6.2% of the variation in attitudes related to DIT-II N2 scores. Mental health professionals that engaged in greater amounts of self-directed training endorsed less negative attitudes toward sex offenders. No relationship was found between the mental health professional’s length of experience, other types of training and attitudes toward sex offenders. The results and limitations identified within this study support further development of this line of research with an emphasis on recruiting a sample with a larger representation of participants with sex offenders specific credentialing and with the inclusion of additional or alternative assessments related to evaluating attitudes toward sex offenders.
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