Title
Wellness Promotion in Persons With Disabilities: Physicians' Personal Behaviors, Attitudes, and Practices
Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Psychology
Publication Date
11-2004
Abstract
Objective: To examine physicians' attitudes, personal wellness behaviors, and wellness promotion practices with their patients who were living with a disability. Design and Participants: A 20-item survey was mailed to 1,200 physicians from a national stratified random sample. Responses were received from 417 physicians (34.8% response rate). Results: Physicians who reported engaging in high levels of wellness promotion with their patients with disabilities rated wellness promotion as more important and reported feeling more competent and responsible. Several barriers and incentives to wellness promotion were reported. Conclusions: Physicians' attitudes and perceived competencies may influence their wellness promotion activities with their patients with disabilities. Medical training modules and other methods may increase physicians' wellness promotion activities.
Recommended Citation
Downs, A., Wile, N., Krahn, G., & Turner, A. (2004). Wellness Promotion in Persons With Disabilities: Physicians’ Personal Behaviors, Attitudes, and Practices. Rehabilitation Psychology, 49(4), 303–308. https://doi.org/10.1037/0090-5550.49.4.303
Journal
Rehabilitation Psychology
Rights
Copyright 2004 by the Educational Publishing Foundation
Comments
This article was originally published in Rehabilitation Psychology. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.
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