Browsing by Subject "health promotion"
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Commuting in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Exploring Midlife Women's Perceptions and Experiences of Active Transportation
(2010-09-16)Nova Scotia is one of the least active provinces in Canada and is experiencing rising levels of obesity and related diseases. Women in Canada have low rates of participation in physical activity, despite the many benefits. ... -
Exploring Aging Stereotypes and Age-Specific Physical Activity Factors Among Active Older Adults
(2017-09-08)Physical activity (PA) in later life acts as a modifiable and prevention factor of many chronic diseases, however the majority of older adults are inactive. Age stereotypes are an important psychosocial barrier to PA. To ... -
EXPLORING FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH
(2014-08-21)A health promoting school plans and acts towards providing a healthy school environment through healthy initiatives and engaging with stakeholders in health, education, government, community, families, students and staff ... -
Exploring the End-of-Life Care Perceptions of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men who have sex with Men
(2018-09-04)Older gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) face unique challenges in relation to end-of-life care and preparation. Using qualitative research methods, this study explored perceptions of older gbMSM ... -
Improving Adult Inpatient Eating Disorder Treatment: Perspectives of Canadians with Lived Experience
(2023-04-13)Eating disorders (EDs) are experienced by approximately one million Canadians and represent the greatest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Despite this, adult inpatient eating disorder (ED) treatment remains unstructured, ... -
MENTAL HEALTH OF UNIVERSITY CLUB RUGBY PLAYERS FOLLOWING INJURY: IDENTIFYING RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
(2017-08-08)Mental health, rather than mental illness, is an important area of focus within health promotion. Although sport participation has many health benefits, athletes are vulnerable to poor mental health following athletic ... -
Patient Perspectives on Weight vs. Health-Centric Messaging around Obesity Management
(2024-08-10)Individuals living with obesity are often subject to weight-centric messaging in obesity management and treatment, which has been identified as contributing to weight bias and stigma, as well as unreasonable pressure to ... -
Snacking made simple? Exploring the policy and organizational practices of continuous quality improvement for health promotion in healthcare
(2024-07-05)The goal of this dissertation is to advance the understanding of healthcare continuous quality improvement (CQI) practices for health promotion at policy and organizational levels. This qualitative study (phenomenology) ... -
Taking bullying by the horns: Childhood bullying behaviours and poor mental health
(2016-08-31)Research suggests there are various contributing factors that are associated with childhood bullying behaviour involvement, yet there is a dearth of longitudinal research examining the consequences of bullying behaviours ...