A community-based stress management programme for an impoverished population in South Africa

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-86

  Crouch, Rosemary B ^a,b  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Group occupational therapy; Rural poverty; South Africa; Stress management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL STRESS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS; EVALUATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 49849086451     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.246     Document Type: Article

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