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Partnering: An exploration of the process occurring between couples engaged in a Partner Breast Exam Program

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1996
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The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of what happens when partners participate in the Partner Breast Exam Program. A qualitative research design, using a grounded theory approach was used to understand the perspective of the couples participating in "Men Can Too" a Partner Breast Exam program. This approach was chosen because the experience of participation in Partner Breast Exam is "unchartered territory." Preliminary findings suggest that the process of partnering results in a synergy between the couples. The three processes that comprise the Dynamics of a Synergistic Couple include: Sharing, Dyad: Male/Female Interaction, and Motivation. Partnering, by removing barriers such as fear, can promote a shared journey toward health for a couple, where they become synergistic partners in health, when they share the burden.
Title: Partnering: An exploration of the process occurring between couples engaged in a Partner Breast Exam Program.
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Name(s): Scheinberg-King, Caryn R.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Hektor, Lynne M., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued: 1996
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 121 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of what happens when partners participate in the Partner Breast Exam Program. A qualitative research design, using a grounded theory approach was used to understand the perspective of the couples participating in "Men Can Too" a Partner Breast Exam program. This approach was chosen because the experience of participation in Partner Breast Exam is "unchartered territory." Preliminary findings suggest that the process of partnering results in a synergy between the couples. The three processes that comprise the Dynamics of a Synergistic Couple include: Sharing, Dyad: Male/Female Interaction, and Motivation. Partnering, by removing barriers such as fear, can promote a shared journey toward health for a couple, where they become synergistic partners in health, when they share the burden.
Identifier: 9780591177695 (isbn), 15363 (digitool), FADT15363 (IID), fau:12130 (fedora)
Note(s): Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1996.
Subject(s): Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis
Breast--Examination
Helping behavior
Men--Attitudes
Women--Health and hygiene
Breast--Cancer--Nursing
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