BACKGROUND
Adaptation to chronic illness is a lifelong process presenting numerous psychological challenges. It has been shown to be influenced by participating in support groups. Rural women with… (More)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of the personal experiences of 10 rural women dealing with fibromyalgia based on the theoretical frameworks of adaptation to chronic… (More)
The purpose of this article was to describe an online approach to providing chronic illness self-management information to rural women with chronic illness. To self-manage chronic illness,… (More)
The goal of the Women to Women Project (WTW) is to help chronically ill rural women to adapt to their long-term illnesses by providing support and health information via computers. The specific aims… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To examine the rural context and describe its influence on the self-management of chronic illness by women living in a rural setting.
METHODS
The Women to Women (WTW) project is a… (More)
OBJECTIVES
To determine the differences in health knowledge acquisition and the perceived impact on self-management of chronic illness provided by two approaches to providing Web-based information.… (More)
Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of…
2005
The lessons learned from the implementation of phase one of Women to Women (WTW1), a research-based computer outreach program for rural women with chronic illness, and their influence on the… (More)
Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of…
2011
Successful adaptation to chronic illness is enhanced by active client-health care provider partnerships. The purposes of this article are to (a) examine the health care partnership needs of western… (More)
The purposes of this article are to describe the telephone technical support system used in the Women to Women support and health education computer outreach project for chronically ill rural women,… (More)
Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of…
2012
PURPOSE
To investigate the spontaneous use of creative arts as a complementary therapy by rural women in the Western United States who are coping with chronic illness.
DESIGN
Women to Women Project… (More)