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The potential of complementary and alternative medicine in promoting well-being and critical health literacy: a prospective, observational study of shiatsu

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, June 2009
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Title
The potential of complementary and alternative medicine in promoting well-being and critical health literacy: a prospective, observational study of shiatsu
Published in
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, June 2009
DOI 10.1186/1472-6882-9-19
Pubmed ID
Authors

Andrew F Long

Abstract

The potential contribution of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities to promote and support critical health literacy has not received substantial attention within either the health promotion or the CAM literature. This paper explores the potential of one CAM modality, shiatsu, in promoting well-being and critical health literacy.

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
Canada 2 2%
United States 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Unknown 103 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 15%
Student > Bachelor 16 15%
Researcher 11 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 6%
Other 23 21%
Unknown 25 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 28 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 11%
Psychology 9 8%
Social Sciences 9 8%
Sports and Recreations 4 4%
Other 19 17%
Unknown 28 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 April 2020.
All research outputs
#3,931,410
of 22,669,724 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#742
of 3,617 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#17,236
of 110,494 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#3
of 9 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,617 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 79% of its peers.
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