Defining and assessing risky behaviours
Autor: | Mazen Al-Bashir, Linda McKie, Stanislav Funiak, Rachel Javetz, Péter Csépe, Helena Fonseca, Samsu Samsuridjal, Tanya Anagnostopoulou, Aida El-Asfahani |
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Rok vydání: | 1993 |
Předmět: |
Risk analysis
medicine.medical_specialty Attitude of Health Personnel Health Behavior Applied psychology Poison control Context (language use) Health Promotion Nursing Methodology Research World Health Organization Suicide prevention Risk-Taking Prevalence Humans Medicine Health Education Life Style Nursing Assessment General Nursing Cultural Characteristics business.industry Incidence Public health Awareness Health promotion Health education Epidemiologic Methods business Risk assessment Attitude to Health |
Zdroj: | Journal of Advanced Nursing. 18:1911-1916 |
ISSN: | 1365-2648 0309-2402 |
Popis: | This paper presents the deliberations and conclusions of an international group of health practitioners, researchers and planners who met in 1991 to explore risky behaviours and risk assessment in the context of the World Health Organization's strategy Health for All By 2000. A definition of risky behaviours is discussed and a method of exploring risk contexts, 'a risk equation', is presented. Lay risk assessment is explored and contrasted with professional perceptions of risk as evidenced in health education campaigns. It is concluded that the application of epidemiological techniques--the study of the incidence and prevalence of risk-related and health-related behaviours--employing qualitative methods provides a useful means of exploring the social and cultural context of risk behaviour. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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