Health maintenance and low socio-economic status: a family perspective
Citation DB
- Date
- 2013-01-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 163-169
- Keywords
- age, sex, working conditions, Socio-economic status, Families, Social networks, Genetic constitution, Living conditions, Lifestyles, health maintenance, Community networks
- Authors
- WRIGHT, S.C.D., Ncho, C.D.
- Journal Title
- Curationis the South African journal of nursing
- Volume
- 36
- ISSN
- 0379-8577
- Description
- Reports on a study undertaken to gain an understanding of the reality families are confronted with in terms of their health due to their socio-economic status. Comments that the study was contextual, qualitative and exploratory using purposive sampling methods. Reports that five themes based on the theoretical basis of the study, including age, sex and genetic constitution, individual lifestyle factors, social and community networks, living and working conditions and general socio-economic status were used.
- Subject
- ECONOMICS, PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSING