Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5114773 | Health & Place | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Most chronic illness management occurs outside clinics and hospitals, in the everyday lives of individuals. We use data from semi-structured interviews with 37 veterans from Southeastern Louisiana and Northern California to illustrate how “health work” for mental health concerns are shaped by place. Using health work as an orienting concept for analysis, we discerned variation between the two study sites in how Veterans used interacting with the natural environment, cultivating time alone, and religious practice to manage their mental health and well-being. Through these findings, we advocate for a situated notion of health work that is mindful of how health-related behaviors are shaped by place and the attributes that constitute place.
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Authors
Traci H. Abraham, Christopher J. Koenig, Kara Zamora, Coleen Hill, Madeline Uddo, Adam P. Kelly, Michelle F. Hamilton, Geoffrey M. Curran, Jeffrey M. Pyne, Karen H. Seal,