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- Title
Health Promotion and Illness Demotion at Prostate Cancer Support Groups.
- Authors
Oliffe, John L.; Gerbrandt, Julieta S.; Bottorff, Joan L.; Hislop, T. Gregory
- Abstract
The article discusses research which was conducted on prostate cancer support groups in Canada. Researchers evaluated interview data from 52 men and participant observations conducted at the meetings of 15 groups in British Columbia, Canada to provide insights on how groups simultaneously facilitate health promotion and illness demotion. Researchers found that men both disrupted and embodied dominant ideals of masculinity in the ways that they engaged with their health at the groups.
- Subjects
HEALTH education; HEALTH promotion; SUPPORT groups; SOCIAL networks; PROSTATE cancer patients; MASCULINITY
- Publication
Health Promotion Practice, 2010, Vol 11, Issue 4, p562
- ISSN
1524-8399
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1524839908328990