Lay self-care in health: the views and perspectives of Israeli laypeople.
A random sample of 407 Israel laypeople was interviewed about several dimensions of their attitudes toward lay self-care in health. The dimensions studied were perceptions of laypeople's motives in undertaking self-care, views regarding the division of responsibility for individual health between laypeople and professionals, and opinions regarding the effects of lay autonomy and initiatives in health care and seven specific self-care behaviors. These attitudes were analyzed in relation to sociodemographic and health-related variables. The findings suggest that Israeli laypeople take a medically-dependent view of health care, and indicate that self-care in health is not a particularly salient or widely advocated behavior. This research complements previous studies on Israeli physicians and allied health professionals' attitudes towards self-care.
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon 97215-1795.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires