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Social support and health : theory, research, and practice with diverse populations / Sheying Chen, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Social issues, justice and status series | Health care in transition seriesPublisher: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781626188860
  • 1626188866
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social support and healthDDC classification:
  • 613 23
LOC classification:
  • RA418
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: social support and health in a global perspective -- 1. Social support and health: an overview of selected theoretical models for adaptation -- 2. Improving research methodology: modified validity (MV), unidimensionalization, and multiple measurement -- 3. Quality of social support among immigrant caregivers: cultural adaptation using Ecological Validity Framework (EVF) -- 4. Uplifting social support for refugees and asylum seekers -- 5. Social support: gender and culture -- 6. Health behaviors among pregnant women: the influence of social support -- 7. Social support for marginalized children -- 8. Rising of the daughter's role in social support for the elderly in rural China -- 9. Social support and well-being of older adults in eastern Asia: a systematic review -- 10. Attributions for poor social support among HIV/AIDS caregivers in Yorubaland -- 11. Social support as spiritual capital of Chinese with cancer: towards a holistic approach -- 12. Social support for bereaved people: a reflection in Chinese society.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

English.

Introduction: social support and health in a global perspective -- 1. Social support and health: an overview of selected theoretical models for adaptation -- 2. Improving research methodology: modified validity (MV), unidimensionalization, and multiple measurement -- 3. Quality of social support among immigrant caregivers: cultural adaptation using Ecological Validity Framework (EVF) -- 4. Uplifting social support for refugees and asylum seekers -- 5. Social support: gender and culture -- 6. Health behaviors among pregnant women: the influence of social support -- 7. Social support for marginalized children -- 8. Rising of the daughter's role in social support for the elderly in rural China -- 9. Social support and well-being of older adults in eastern Asia: a systematic review -- 10. Attributions for poor social support among HIV/AIDS caregivers in Yorubaland -- 11. Social support as spiritual capital of Chinese with cancer: towards a holistic approach -- 12. Social support for bereaved people: a reflection in Chinese society.

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