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Barriers to exercise: Kuwaiti individuals with and without physical disabilities

Creator:: Arab, Maryam
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the stages of exercise change, the levels of physical activity, and barriers to exercise among Kuwaiti individuals with and without disabilities. This study was conducted on 100 participants (50 males and 50 females) aged from 18 to 55 years. Stage of exercise...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ..........................................................................................................38 The Modernization of the Kuwaiti Society.........................................44 The Health

Development of a model to predict behavioral intentions about personal health practices

Creator:: Laitakari, Jukka Kalevi
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) attitude toward the practice, (2) attitude toward the life situation, (3) preventive health motivation

The relationship between terminal values and health care preferences among Chinese students from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan attending Oregon State University

Creator:: Wright, Bernadette P.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if significant relationships exist among terminal values, demographic variables and health care preferences for information and behavioral involvement for graduate students from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. The Rokeach Value Survey and the Krantz Health Opinion Survey were used to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: mental attitude by which the individual has to value what is essential for life. "Health" appears thus as

An assessment of attitudes of mental health counselors toward persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Creator:: Christenson, Terri Jo
Abstract:: This study investigated the attitudes of mental health counselors toward persons with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Three hundred and fifty-eight members of the American Mental Health Counselors Association were mailed a survey packet including an Attitude Towards AIDS Victims scale and an additional two questions assessing comfort with clients with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the American Mental Health Counselors Association were mailed a survey packet including an Attitude

Relationships between postural control system impairments and disabilities

Creator:: Allison, Leslie K.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: rising health care costs have drawn attention to the enormous cost of care for elderly fallers

Mental health counselor's self-efficacy and the relationship to multicultural counseling competency

Creator:: Havens, Maria Catherine
Abstract:: The present study investigated the relationship between mental health counselor's self-efficacy and multicultural counseling competency. Counselor self-efficacy and multicultural counseling competency were assessed using two self-report measures. The Counselor Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES) and the Multicultural Counseling Awareness Scale: Form B (MCAS:B) were administered to members of the Oregon Mental Health...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Knowledge, information-seeking behavior, and health beliefs about prostate cancer and breast cancer among men 18-40 years of age : a pilot study and comparative analysis

Creator:: Johnson, Brian Keith
Abstract:: Prostate cancer is responsible for a substantial loss of life and burden of suffering among adult males. Evidence suggests that the risk of morbidity and mortality from prostate cancer can be reduced through specific screening and dietary practices (MCI, 2002; Ries et al., 2002). Further evidence suggests that screening can...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Master of Public Health in Public Health presented on April 28, 2005. Title: Knowledge. Information

The structural relationship among gender role conflict, social support and health behavior in older men

Creator:: Hill, Wade Garrison
Abstract:: Inquiry into the cause of men's premature mortality has been historically framed in a biological deterministic perspective. This research takes an alternative view whereby the possible interactions of psychosocial variables with men's health promoting and health seeking behaviors are examined using cross-sectional survey data with older men. Specifically, this research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health presented on April 17 , 2003. Title: The Structural Relationship

Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

Creator:: Jolly, J. Christopher
Abstract:: The public controversy over possible health hazards from radioactive fallout from atomic bomb testing began in 1954, shortly after a thermonuclear test by the United States spread fallout world wide. In the dissertation, I address two of the fundamental questions of the fallout controversy: Was there a threshold of radiation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: possible health hazards from radioactive fallout from atomic bomb testing began in 1954, shortly after a

Dynamic linkages of personality and health : the effect of traits and states in predicting health-goal progress

Creator:: Choun, Soyoung
Abstract:: Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health-behavior habits. Personality has played a key role in understanding the interactions between human behavior and the environment and as a vital predictor in determining health outcomes of individuals. Although previous studies have found links between personality traits and health,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Health: The Effect of Traits and States in Predicting Health-Goal Progress Abstract approved

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Barriers to exercise: Kuwaiti individuals with and without physical disabilities

Development of a model to predict behavioral intentions about personal health practices

The relationship between terminal values and health care preferences among Chinese students from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan attending Oregon State University

An assessment of attitudes of mental health counselors toward persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Relationships between postural control system impairments and disabilities

Mental health counselor's self-efficacy and the relationship to multicultural counseling competency

Knowledge, information-seeking behavior, and health beliefs about prostate cancer and breast cancer among men 18-40 years of age : a pilot study and comparative analysis

The structural relationship among gender role conflict, social support and health behavior in older men

Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

Dynamic linkages of personality and health : the effect of traits and states in predicting health-goal progress

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