STAYING ALIVE WITH DANCE! SELF-CARE FOR WOMEN

Authors

  • Madhu Kasiram School of Social Work and Community Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, South Africa.
  • Ashika Sookoo School of Social Work and Community Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, South Africa.
  • Brenda Ilbury Private Social Work Practitioner, Westville, Durban, South Africa.
  • Shobha Pais Director Behavioural Science, Indiana University Family Medicine Residency Program, Department of Family Medicine, Indiana University, 1520 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/46-2-175

Abstract

This article reports on a two-phase study involving women, self-care and dance: the first phase
used a sample of women dancers and the second used aerobics instructors to illuminate what
was found in the first phase.

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Published

2014-06-17

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Kasiram, M., Sookoo, A., Ilbury, B., & Pais, S. (2014). STAYING ALIVE WITH DANCE! SELF-CARE FOR WOMEN. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 46(2). https://doi.org/10.15270/46-2-175

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Vol. 46 No. 2 (2010)

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