Rural Secondary School Students Living in a Small Community: Their Attitudes, Beliefs and Perceptions Towards General Practice

Atkinson, Kaye; Schattner, Peter; Margolis, Stephen A

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1584.2003.tb00511.x

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“…The findings from this study complement those of previous studies on adolescent help-seeking reported in the literature, particularly barriers to communicating with adolescent boys (Atkinson et al 2003;Gleeson et al 2002;Timlin-Scalera et al 2003), and characteristics of adults preferred by adolescents seeking help in a school setting (Lindsay & Kalafat 1998). Timlin-Scalera et al (2003) also highlighted the primary focus for boys was to be seen to be 'fitting in' to their social context, and discussed how help seeking from a professional was perceived to be a sign of weakness that resulted in loss of status and respect amongst their peers.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Adolescents, particularly boys, commonly engage in risk-taking behaviors that may compromise their short-and long-term health and wellbeing. They face issues such as substance use, sexual behaviors, eating disorders, delinquency, violence, stress and depression (Barnes, Walsh, Courtney & Dowd 2004b;Quine et al 2003), the latter being a significant cause of morbidity and mortality during adolescence (Atkinson, Schattner & Margolis 2003). Viner and Barker (2005) highlighted the strong continuities between adolescent and adult health, and asserted adolescence is a critical period for engaging young people in health promoting behaviors.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Creating connections: Strategies to improve adolescent boys’ access and engagement with school-based health services

Hutchinson

John

2012

Contemporary Nurse

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The aim of this grounded theory study was to investigate strategies used by school-based nurses to promote adolescent boys' access to and engagement with school-based health services. Interviews were conducted with 10 school nurses in South-East Queensland, Australia. The central process identified was creating connections, encompassing three inter-related sub-processes: facilitating communication, mediating contextual issues and bridging cultural issues. These processes incorporate strategies that highlight ways school nurses can engage with boys, individually and collectively, to promote and facilitate help-seeking from school-based health services. Findings inform practice and guidelines for improving boys' access to school-based health services.

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confidence: 99%

Creating connections: Strategies to improve adolescent boys’ access and engagement with school-based health services

Hutchinson

John

2012

Contemporary Nurse

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“…Thus while valuable insights have been gained through past research, a perhaps inevitable outcome is that rural youth have become discursively constructed as 'at-risk of unsafe 3 sex' (see, for example, Atkinson, Schattner, & Margois, 2003;Hillier, Harrison, & Bowditch, 1999;Hillier, Warr, & Haste, 1998;Stewart & Rosenthal, 1997;Warr & Hillier, 1997).…”

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Challenging homogenous representations of rural youth through a reconceptualisation of young rural Tasmanian’s sexual health strategies

Bishop

2013

Health Sociology Review

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Dominant explanations of young people's health risk behaviours echo essentialist notions of perceived invulnerability and risk misperception. Rural youth, however, are considered particularly 'at-risk'. In this paper I argue for a need to challenge rural youth discourses, as they can have counterproductive implications. To evidence this need I draw on interview data from research that examined sexual (and other) risk perceptions among young rural Tasmanians. Findings revealed that participants were aware of rural youth stereotypes and often sought to distinguish themselves from these; were cognisant of their susceptibility to risk; and employed particular strategies to reduce the risks they faced. While these strategies are not perfect or foolproof, they nonetheless signify young people's efforts to mitigate health risks. It is important to recognise this. What health services within rural communities tell us about Aboriginal people and Aboriginal health -Bronwyn Fredericks Fear of fl ying -Jennifer BakerKilling the mockingbird: Systems failure and a radical hope for regrounding responsibility and access to health care in a Mallee town community -Ian ColdwellUnderstanding contexts of family violence in rural, farming communities: Implications for rural women's health -Sarah Wendt and Jennie Hornosty Virtue ethics and rural professional healthcare roles -Andrew Crowden Rural responses to H1N1: A fl exible model for community collaboration -Denise O'Farrell and Debra Larsen AubreyWhat is health anyway?: Perceptions and experiences of health and health care from socio-economically disadvantaged rural residents -Julaine Allan, Patrick Ball and Margaret Alston Adopting a proactive approach to good health: A way forward for rural Australians -Joy Penman and Bronwyn Ellis

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Reducing Adolescents’ Perceived Barriers to Treatment and Increasing Help-seeking Intentions: Effects of Classroom Presentations by General Practitioners

Wilson

Deane

Marshall

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J Youth Adolescence

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Rural Secondary School Students Living in a Small Community: Their Attitudes, Beliefs and Perceptions Towards General Practice

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Creating connections: Strategies to improve adolescent boys’ access and engagement with school-based health services

Creating connections: Strategies to improve adolescent boys’ access and engagement with school-based health services

Challenging homogenous representations of rural youth through a reconceptualisation of young rural Tasmanian’s sexual health strategies

Reducing Adolescents’ Perceived Barriers to Treatment and Increasing Help-seeking Intentions: Effects of Classroom Presentations by General Practitioners

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