Humour, beauty, and culture as personal health resources: Experiences of elderly Swedish women

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-234

  Forssén, Annika S k ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beauty; cultural events; dancing; gender; health resources; humour; music; qualitative research; salutogenesis; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERVIEW; LIFELONG LEARNING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CARE; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEAUTY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; WIT AND HUMOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34447106353     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940601160680     Document Type: Article

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