TY - JOUR
T1 - Health promotion for women with physical disabilities
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Hughes, Rosemary B.
AU - Nosek, Margaret A.
AU - Howland, Carol A.
AU - Groff, Janet Y.
AU - Mullen, Patricia Dolan
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - Objective: To pilot test a health promotion intervention for women with physical disabilities. Design: Pre- and postintervention questionnaires. Paticipants: Two groups of women with physical disabilities (n = 15). Intervention: Seven-session weekly workshop intervention grounded primarily in social-cognitive theory. Setting: Disability and rehabilitation settings. Main Outcome Measures: Indicators of health status. Results: Statistically significant positive changes between pre- and postintervention scores on measures of self-efficacy for dietary behaviors, medical decision making, social interaction, physical functioning, impact of physical limitation on role activities, and vitality. Conclusion: Women with disabilities who participate in this health promotion intervention may exhibit improvements on indicators of health status.
AB - Objective: To pilot test a health promotion intervention for women with physical disabilities. Design: Pre- and postintervention questionnaires. Paticipants: Two groups of women with physical disabilities (n = 15). Intervention: Seven-session weekly workshop intervention grounded primarily in social-cognitive theory. Setting: Disability and rehabilitation settings. Main Outcome Measures: Indicators of health status. Results: Statistically significant positive changes between pre- and postintervention scores on measures of self-efficacy for dietary behaviors, medical decision making, social interaction, physical functioning, impact of physical limitation on role activities, and vitality. Conclusion: Women with disabilities who participate in this health promotion intervention may exhibit improvements on indicators of health status.
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U2 - 10.1037/0090-5550.48.3.182
DO - 10.1037/0090-5550.48.3.182
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0042838179
SN - 0090-5550
VL - 48
SP - 182
EP - 188
JO - Rehabilitation Psychology
JF - Rehabilitation Psychology
IS - 3
ER -