title: A generalized resistance resource: faith. A nursing view.
abstract: Based on Aaron Antonovsky's salutogenic model, the authors of this article aim to analyze the term Faith as a Generalized Resistance Resource (GRR) of people's health and to delve the relevance of this construct to clinical practice in Nursing. The authors consider that, in order for nurses to intervene in the promotion of faith so as to bring health benefits to people, a solid educational training in this subject area is required by nursing students.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal.|School of Nursing, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Encarnação
authors.affiliation: Institute of Education, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Clara C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Porto Nursing College, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D029181:Spirituality
keywords: faith; generalized resistance resource; nursing education; salutogenesis