Differences in health-promotion behaviour among the chronically ill in three South Pacific island countries

In this study, the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile was used to compare health-promoting behaviours in three groups of chronically ill people being treated as outpatients at clinics and hospitals in Fiji, Nauru, and Kiribati. Significant differences were found between males and females and among g...

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Published in:Development in practice 2007-04, Vol.17 (2), p.291-300
Main Authors: Szmedra, Philip, Sharma, K.L., Rozmus, Cathy L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Censuses
Chronic diseases
Chronic illnesses
Chronically ill - Care and treatment
Clinics
Cultural Pluralism
Demography
Development studies
Diabetes
Exercise
Fiji
Gender
Gender and Diversity
Gender differences
Health Behavior
Health education
Health planning - Asia
Health promotion
Health status
Hospitals
Illness
Japan
Kiribati
Lifestyle
Lifestyles
Medical personnel
Men
Mental health services
Mental stress
Methodology
Methods
Nauru
Nutrition
Oceania
Ocearia and Japan
Outpatients
Pacific Region
Pacific region - Health conditions
Physical activity
Physical fitness
Public health - Fiji
Research Round-up
Sex Differences
Social Sector
Stress management
Stress management skills
Teachers
Womens health
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Summary:In this study, the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile was used to compare health-promoting behaviours in three groups of chronically ill people being treated as outpatients at clinics and hospitals in Fiji, Nauru, and Kiribati. Significant differences were found between males and females and among groups in relation to practices and attitudes towards health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, and stress management. Health professionals and educators must develop ways to transmit the message of healthy lifestyles to populations that do not pay much attention to conventional health-education methods.
ISSN:0961-4524
1364-9213
DOI:10.1080/09614520701197259