Health Seeking Behaviour by Cape-Townians: A mini-research by first year student nurses at a College for Nursing in Cape Town

The author was asked by a student nurse to use South African examples when teaching, as the textbooks were either American or English, and they wanted sociology that applied to their own environment. In the next year of teaching the prescribed objectives concerning "Health Seeking Behaviour&quo...

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Main Author: S. Haegert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1996-03-01
Series:Curationis
Online Access:https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1342
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spelling doaj-6aac909f28d54de4b6daa62066e7e8ac2020-11-24T23:47:50ZengAOSISCurationis0379-85772223-62791996-03-01194818410.4102/curationis.v19i4.13421107Health Seeking Behaviour by Cape-Townians: A mini-research by first year student nurses at a College for Nursing in Cape TownS. HaegertThe author was asked by a student nurse to use South African examples when teaching, as the textbooks were either American or English, and they wanted sociology that applied to their own environment. In the next year of teaching the prescribed objectives concerning "Health Seeking Behaviour", it was suggested that the students question the populace, and find out for themselves how South Africans behaved when they thought they were ill. By doing this it was hoped that it would also give deeper insights into the meaning people attributed to illness/sickness.https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1342
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title Health Seeking Behaviour by Cape-Townians: A mini-research by first year student nurses at a College for Nursing in Cape Town
title_short Health Seeking Behaviour by Cape-Townians: A mini-research by first year student nurses at a College for Nursing in Cape Town
title_full Health Seeking Behaviour by Cape-Townians: A mini-research by first year student nurses at a College for Nursing in Cape Town
title_fullStr Health Seeking Behaviour by Cape-Townians: A mini-research by first year student nurses at a College for Nursing in Cape Town
title_full_unstemmed Health Seeking Behaviour by Cape-Townians: A mini-research by first year student nurses at a College for Nursing in Cape Town
title_sort health seeking behaviour by cape-townians: a mini-research by first year student nurses at a college for nursing in cape town
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description The author was asked by a student nurse to use South African examples when teaching, as the textbooks were either American or English, and they wanted sociology that applied to their own environment. In the next year of teaching the prescribed objectives concerning "Health Seeking Behaviour", it was suggested that the students question the populace, and find out for themselves how South Africans behaved when they thought they were ill. By doing this it was hoped that it would also give deeper insights into the meaning people attributed to illness/sickness.
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