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| Faith and health self-management of rural older adults | | Author(s) | Thomas A Arcury, Sara A Quandt, Juliana McDonald |
| Journal title | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 15, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 55-74 |
| Keywords | White people ; Black African ; Native Americans ; Faith ; Health [elderly] ; Attitude ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This analysis uses in-depth interview data collected from 145 African American, European American and Native American men and women aged 70+ living in two rural North Carolina counties, the aim being to understand the role of religious faith and prayer in their health self-management. The integral role of religion in the lives of these older people is an overarching theme present in the interview texts. Six major themes link religion and health self-management: prayer and faith in health self-management; reading the Bible; church services; mental and spiritual health; stories of physical healing; and ambivalence. Faith and religious activities provide an anchor in the lives of these older people: there is little variation in the use of religion for health self-management by gender, ethnicity or health status. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001026205 A |
| Classmark | TKA: TKF: TKH: EX5: CC: DP: RL: 7T |
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