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| The relationship between perceptions of social support and adherence to dietary recommendations among African-American elders with hypertension | | Author(s) | Nancy E Schoenberg |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 47, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 279-297 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Diet ; Hypertension ; Black people ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Social support is generally thought to facilitate adherence to recommended treatment regimens. Despite a well-documented tradition of social support among African Americans, much of the existing research indicates a very limited level of adherence, especially to dietary modification. To account for this seeming contradiction, 41 rural-dwelling older African Americans with hypertension participated in a series of structured and semi-structured interviews. Results indicate that: informants perceived themselves to be well-supported by family and friends; most informants had achieved a moderate to high level of dietary adherence; and no statistically significant relationship existed between perceived social support and dietary adherence. The discussion focuses on three reasons for this lack of association: modest sample size; informants' identification of helpful others who defied standard evaluations of support; and incremental and gradual dietary changes that required little need for social support. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990325403 A |
| Classmark | P6: CFD: CQQ: TKE: RL: 7T |
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