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| Social support promoting health in older women | | Author(s) | Nelma Shearer, Julie Fleury |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 18, no 4, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 3-18 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Older women ; Living in the community ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | While social support has been a concept of interest in predicting health promotion in women, the concept has been inconsistently defined and poorly explicated. A qualitative study was conducted to describe the types and processes of social support for health promotion in older women. Focus group interviews with 51 community-dwelling women aged 55-93 were held. Data were analysed using open coding. Broad categories identified included connectedness and collectivism. Findings validate existing conceptualisations and provide an expanded perspective of social support by demonstrating aspects of support unique to the social context of older community dwelling women. Findings also provide the basis for development of socially relevant interventions designed to promote health and optimise health outcomes for older women. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070413226 A |
| Classmark | CC: LK2: BD: K4: 3DP: 7T |
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