Mediators of the relationship between social support and positive health practices in pregnant women

Article Abstract:

A study to examine the relationship between social support and positive health practices in pregnant women and also examine two mediational variables, perceived health status and optimism is illustrated. It is proposed that social support has direct benefit on health and its absence is a risk factor for poor health because social support meets important human needs for social contact, security, approval, belonging, and affection.

United Kingdom, Public affairs, Social aspects, Women, Women's health, Social networks, Social support

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Physical functioning: Effect of behavioral intervention for symptoms among individuals with cancer

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Factors associated with physical functioning are determined to moderate and mediate the effects of cognitive behavioral intervention on physical functioning. It suggest that women with breast cancer have significantly better physical functioning than women with lung cancer and also, chronic health conditions, symptom limitation and depressive symptomatology are found to moderate the effect of intervention on physical function.

Psychological aspects, Cancer patients, Behavior therapy, Behaviour therapy

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Effects of immediate versus delayed pushing during second-stage labor on fetal well-being

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Effects on fetal well being of two different methods of second-stage labor nursing care for women with epidural anesthesia are evaluated by measuring fetal oxygen saturation. One of the results shows that there was a significant difference between groups in fetal oxygen desarturation during the second stage and in the number of greater or equal to 2-min epochs of fetal oxygen saturation greater to 30%.

Care and treatment, Methods, Risk factors, Peridural anesthesia, Epidural anesthesia, Fetal presentation

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