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The perceptions of caregivers toward physical activity and health in youth with congenital heart disease.
- Source :
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Qualitative health research [Qual Health Res] 2011 Feb; Vol. 21 (2), pp. 278-91. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Oct 08. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Medical advances have reduced mortality in youth with congenital heart disease (CHD). Although physical activity is associated with enhanced quality of life, most patients are inactive. By addressing medical and psychological barriers, previous literature has reproduced discourses of individualism which position cardiac youth as personally responsible for physical inactivity. Few sociological investigations have sought to address the influence of social barriers to physical activity, and the insights of caregivers are absent from the literature. In this study, caregiver perceptions toward physical activity for youth with CHD were investigated at a Canadian hospital. Media representations, school liability, and parental overprotection construct cardiac youth as "at risk" during physical activity, and position their health precariously. Indeed, from the perspective of hospital staff, the findings indicate the centrality of sociological factors to the physical activity experiences of youth with CHD, and the importance of attending to the contextual barriers that constrain their health and physical activity.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Age Factors
Canada epidemiology
Child
Health Status
Heart Defects, Congenital epidemiology
Heart Defects, Congenital mortality
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Interview, Psychological
Qualitative Research
Risk
Caregivers psychology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Heart Defects, Congenital psychology
Motor Activity
Quality of Life psychology
Social Perception
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1049-7323
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Qualitative health research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20935236
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732310384119