Symptoms, beliefs, and the use of physician services among the disadvantaged.
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Biomedical subjects
W C Cockerham
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Minor ailments and illness behavior among physicians.
This study examined the illness behavior of a sample (n = 375) of physicians in regard to the treatment of their own minor ailments. The symptoms for each of 13 minor ailments were clearly worded to describe a common ailment which in the normal course of events should disappear if left untreated. For 3 of the ailments, however, there was a high frequency of physician-dependent action; 4 other ailments showed a moderate frequency of physician-dependent action. Assuming that physicians are role models for illness behavior, in the sense that they have the authority to define what illness "is" and that they will then do what they have think "best," this sample of physicians is implicitly demonstrating what lay persons should do. These data suggest that the normative expectation to seek professional assistance (a medical solution) is reinforced by physicians through their own behavior.
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Patterns of alcohol and multiple drug use among rural white and American Indian adolescents.
This study examined the attitudes and practices of sample of White (N=667) and American Indian (N=280) adolescents in regard to the use of alcohol and other drugs. The findings lend general support to the hypothesis of Whitehead et al. that users of any one drug will show increased probability to use another drug when compared to those not using that drug. Additionally, it was found that rural Indian youth are somewhat more likely than rural White youth to be involved with alcohol, marijuana, and hard drugs.
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Drinking attitudes and practices among Wind River Reservation Indian youth.
The attitudes toward drinking of a cohort of 7th- and 8th-grade American Indians, mostly Arapahoe and Shoshone, living on Wyoming's Wing River Reservation were studied. The data suggest that these adolescents and their peers both approve of drinking and do drink even though they can get into trouble for illegal alcohol use.
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Drinking patterns of institutionalized and noninstitutionalized Wyoming youth.
The drinking attitudes and patterns among institutionalized and noninstitutionalized Wyoming youth were examined. The majority appeared generally to support a norm of approval of drinking but those institutionalized for antisocial behavior were more likely to drink often, to become drunk and to have gotten into trouble with parents or the police because of drinking.
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