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Self-care is what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health, prevent and deal with illness. It is a broad concept covering hygiene, nutrition, life-style, physical activity, avoiding risks (e.g. smoking, obesity) and responsible self-medication with nonprescription medicines (OTCs).
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Fast-forward 25 centuries and Hippocrates would likely feel a deep sense of satisfaction, knowing that self-care is so widely embraced. Today, nearly 70% of Americans make doing something to support their health and wellness several days a week or more a priority.1 And that commitment to wellness is increasing.
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Dec 2, 2023 · As a praxis, self-care has existed within the lay, folk, and professional health arenas throughout history. Public health scholar Lowell Levin described self-care as “such a common daily activity that its ubiquity may have obscured its existence and devalued its significance”. The roots of self-care lie in antiquity.
Apr 5, 2017 · Self-care originally caught on as a medical concept. Doctors have long discussed it as a way for patients to treat themselves and exercise healthy habits, most often under the guidance of a...
RESULTS: We identified a total of 32 candidate models, theories and frameworks of self-care. Characterising these models led to the identification of various themes and domains. These were found to naturally group into four cardinal dimensions of self-care: (1) Activities, (2) Behaviours, (3) Context, and (4) Environment.
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- Austen El-Osta, David Webber, Shamini Gnani, Ricky Banarsee, David Mummery, Azeem Majeed, Peter Smit...
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Historical background to self-care J. A. D. ANDERSON The discipline of community medicine can be regarded as the successor to public health and its practitioners, like the medical officers of health before them, should have a special interest in preventive medicine and the principals of positive health. Many members of the specialty receive
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Jan 1, 2008 · Early self-care themes such as domestic medicine and sickroom management and associated concepts of the five elements of care are discussed as they relate to the histories of healthcare in...
