Cross-cultural Differences In Children's Concepts Of Health And Illness.

dc.creatorBoruchovitch, E
dc.creatorMednick, B R
dc.date1997-Oct
dc.date2015-11-27T12:19:06Z
dc.date2015-11-27T12:19:06Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:52:31Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:52:31Z
dc.identifierRevista De Saúde Pública. v. 31, n. 5, p. 448-56, 1997-Oct.
dc.identifier0034-8910
dc.identifier
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9629721
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/194106
dc.identifier9629721
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1294339
dc.descriptionIn spite of general agreement that cross-cultural research is needed in the health area, most existing investigations of children's development of health and illness-related concepts have involved samples from developed countries. The study examined the development of the concepts of health and illness as a function of subject's age, socio-economic status (SES), gender and grade level in a Brazilian sample of 96 elementary and junior high school students. Subjects were interviewed individually and their ideas of health and illness were assessed through open-ended questions. Participants' answers were transcribed verbatim and subjected to content analysis. Chi-square analyses revealed significant age, school grade and SES-related differences in participants' concepts of health and illness. The themes employed by subjects to define both health and illness were broadly consistent with those found by previous research. The study showed a predictable relationship between subject's age and school grade level and increasingly more highly differentiated and multidimensional concepts of health and illness. This investigation suggests that, for the most part, cross-cultural similarities in children's concepts of health and illness may be more striking than the differences.
dc.description31
dc.description448-56
dc.languageeng
dc.relationRevista De Saúde Pública
dc.relationRev Saude Publica
dc.rightsaberto
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAge Factors
dc.subjectAttitude To Health
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectConcept Formation
dc.subjectCross-cultural Comparison
dc.subjectEducational Status
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHealth Education
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Factors
dc.titleCross-cultural Differences In Children's Concepts Of Health And Illness.
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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