[Self-help groups (author's transl)]. 1981

A Trojan, and H Döhner

This report includes the preliminary results of a research project in which the origin, method of working and result of self-help health groups are investigated. An assessment of self-help groups in Hamburg revealed 210 disease-related, rather rehabilitatively oriented groups and 177 with life-problem-related, rather preventively effective conclusions. In an inquiry of contact persons from 47 groups it was shown that barely two thirds see their expectations fulfilled in the group. Of those questioned, 39 considered their group standing beside the care system, 3 within the system, 5 as counterinstitutions. An exploratory study of the attitude of professional helpers showed that relief of their own work by self-help groups was certainly desirable, but also mixed with the fear of becoming superfluous.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D005260 Female Females
D005860 Germany, West The former Federal Republic of Germany which was reunified with the former German Democratic Republic in 1990. Federal Republic of Germany,Germany, Federal Republic of
D006126 Group Processes The procedures through which a group approaches, attacks, and solves a common problem. Group Meetings,Group Process,Group Thinking,Group Meeting,Group Thinkings,Meeting, Group,Process, Group,Thinking, Group
D006127 Group Structure The informal or formal organization of a group of people based on a network of personal relationships which is influenced by the size and composition, etc., of the group. Group Structures,Structure, Group,Structures, Group
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001294 Attitude to Health Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system. Health Attitude,Attitude, Health,Attitudes, Health,Health Attitudes,Health, Attitude to
D012657 Self-Help Groups Organizations which provide an environment encouraging social interactions through group activities or individual relationships especially for the purpose of rehabilitating or supporting patients, individuals with common health problems, or the elderly. They include therapeutic social clubs. Social Clubs, Therapeutic,Support Groups,Clubs, Therapeutic Social,Therapeutic Social Clubs,Club, Therapeutic Social,Group, Self-Help,Group, Support,Groups, Self-Help,Groups, Support,Self Help Groups,Self-Help Group,Social Club, Therapeutic,Support Group,Therapeutic Social Club
D012962 Sociology, Medical The study of the social determinants and social effects of health and disease, and of the social structure of medical institutions or professions. Medical Sociology,Sociology of Medicine

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