| Community and Individual Life Stressors, Health Status, Social Capital Contributor(s): Modie-Moroka, Tirelo (Author) |
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ISBN: 3838346947 ISBN-13: 9783838346946 Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $81.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2010 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 300 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The primary aim of this study was to examine the complex relationship between multiple levels of stressors and health-related quality of life among residents of low-income neighborhoods in Francistown, Botswana. Using a cross-sectional quantitative design (both descriptive and explanatory) and using primarily close-ended interviews with a random sample of 388 residents, this study examined the role of individual life stressors, stressful life events, chronic life stressors, and family economic pressure on overall health status quality of life) and the physical, psychological and level of independence domains of health. The major hypothesis of the study was that individual life stressors and community-level stressors would negatively influence health-related quality of life and that social support and social capital would moderate these relationships |