Visual illness narratives of asthma: explanatory models and health-related behavior.
Visual illness narratives of asthma: explanatory models and health-related behavior.
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哮喘的视觉疾病叙述:解释模型和健康相关行为。
DOI:
10.5993/ajhb.26.6.5
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
R. Chalfen
中科院分区:
文献类型:
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作者:
M. Rich;Jennifer Patashnick;R. Chalfen
OBJECTIVE
To examine explanatory models of asthma and health-related behaviors.
METHODS
Children and adolescents with poorly controlled asthma used Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment (VIA) to generate visual illness narratives. Visual narratives were logged, structured using ATLAS.ti software, and coded for asthma-related beliefs and behaviors.
RESULTS
Participants' knowledge of asthma reflected biomedical models they had been taught, but explanatory models of its origin, natural history, and prognosis were more responsive to personal experience, anecdote, and cultural beliefs. Self-management and behavior were more powerfully affected by these models than by knowledge.
CONCLUSION
Understanding and responding to explanatory models of asthma management may be more important than education to improve asthma-related behaviors and adherence to medical plans.