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dc.contributor.authorIreland, Aileenen_UK
dc.contributor.authorFinnegan-John, Jennyen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHubbard, Gillen_UK
dc.contributor.authorScanlon, Karenen_UK
dc.contributor.authorKyle, Richarden_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-03T23:49:42Z-
dc.date.available2018-04-03T23:49:42Z-
dc.date.issued2019-06en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/26933-
dc.description.abstractWalking is widely accepted as a safe and effective method of promoting rehabilitation and a return to physical activity after a cancer diagnosis. Little research has considered the therapeutic qualities of landscape in relation to understanding women's recovery from breast cancer, and no study has considered the supportive and therapeutic benefits that walking groups might contribute to their wellbeing. Through a study of a volunteer-led walking group intervention for women living with and beyond breast cancer (Best Foot Forward) we address this gap. A mixed-methods design was used including questionnaires with walkers (n = 35) and walk leaders (n = 13); telephone interviews with walkers (n = 4) and walk leaders (n = 9); and walking interviews conducted outdoors and on the move with walkers (n = 15) and walk leaders (n = 4). Questionnaires were analysed descriptively. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed thematically. Our study found that the combination of walking and talking enabled conversations to roam freely between topics and individuals, encouraging everyday and cancer-related conversation that created a form of ‘shoulder-to-shoulder support’ that might not occur in sedentary supportive care settings. Walking interviews pointed to three facets of the outdoor landscape – as un/natural, dis/placed and im/mobile – that walkers felt imbued it with therapeutic qualities. ‘Shoulder-to-shoulder support’ was therefore found to be contingent on the therapeutic assemblage of place, walk and talk. Thus, beyond the physical benefits that walking brings, it is the complex assemblage of walking and talking in combination with the fluid navigation between multiple spaces that mobilises a therapeutic assemblage that promotes wellbeing in people living with and beyond breast cancer.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationIreland A, Finnegan-John J, Hubbard G, Scanlon K & Kyle R (2019) Walking groups for women with breast cancer: Mobilising therapeutic assemblages of walk, talk and place. Social Science and Medicine, 231, pp. 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.016en_UK
dc.rightsThis item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study.en_UK
dc.subjectBreast canceren_UK
dc.subjectPsychosocial supporten_UK
dc.subjectWalkingen_UK
dc.subjectVolunteersen_UK
dc.subjectWalking interviewsen_UK
dc.titleWalking groups for women with breast cancer: Mobilising therapeutic assemblages of walk, talk and placeen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[Ireland et al (2018) Social Science and Medicine.pdf] Publisher requires embargo of 12 months after formal publication.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.016en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid29544916en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleSocial Science and Medicineen_UK
dc.citation.issn0277-9536en_UK
dc.citation.issn0277-9536en_UK
dc.citation.volume231en_UK
dc.citation.spage38en_UK
dc.citation.epage46en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.author.emailaileen.v.ireland@gmail.comen_UK
dc.citation.date08/03/2018en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationHealth Sciences Stirlingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBreast Cancer Careen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of the Highlands and Islandsen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBreast Cancer Careen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationEdinburgh Napier Universityen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000474498100006en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85043373269en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid494274en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-8228-9236en_UK
dc.date.accepted2018-03-07en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-03-07en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2018-04-03en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionAMen_UK
local.rioxx.authorIreland, Aileen|0000-0002-8228-9236en_UK
local.rioxx.authorFinnegan-John, Jenny|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHubbard, Gill|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorScanlon, Karen|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKyle, Richard|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2019-03-09en_UK
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local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved|2019-03-09|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameIreland et al (2018) Social Science and Medicine.pdfen_UK
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local.rioxx.source0277-9536en_UK
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