Various studies on compliance with anti-hypertensive medications and appropriate lifestyle modifications have been conducted worldwide but studies specific to the Island of Praslin are lacking. The purpose of this quantitative, descriptive-correlational study was to describe factors that affected compliance with hypertension medications and lifestyle modification strategies in a sample of 102 hypertensive persons. The comprehensive version of the Health Belief Model served as the conceptual framework directing the study. The researcher investigated whether there were any significant relationships between compliance and the Health Belief Model variables. Data was collected by means of structured interviews and document analysis, involving an interview schedule and a checklist. All respondents were diagnosed hypertension patients registered at either of the two public health centres on the Island of Praslin. Individual perception of the benefits and risks of hypertension treatment as well as cues to action were found to be significant determinants of compliance behaviour. The study highlighted the need for improved health education and follow-up measures to strengthen patients’ perceptions about the benefits of treatment and compliance. / Public Health / M.A. (Public Health)

Various studies on compliance with anti-hypertensive medications and appropriate lifestyle modifications have been conducted worldwide but studies specific to the Island of Praslin are lacking. The purpose of this quantitative, descriptive-correlational study was to describe factors that affected compliance with hypertension medications and lifestyle modification strategies in a sample of 102 hypertensive persons. The comprehensive version of the Health Belief Model served as the conceptual framework directing the study. The researcher investigated whether there were any significant relationships between compliance and the Health Belief Model variables. Data was collected by means of structured interviews and document analysis, involving an interview schedule and a checklist. All respondents were diagnosed hypertension patients registered at either of the two public health centres on the Island of Praslin. Individual perception of the benefits and risks of hypertension treatment as well as cues to action were found to be significant determinants of compliance behaviour. The study highlighted the need for improved health education and follow-up measures to strengthen patients’ perceptions about the benefits of treatment and compliance. / Public Health / M.A. (Public Health)

Le sujet principal de la thèse consiste à reconstituer les négociations diplomatiques intenses et complexes entre France et d’autres cours du Sud (l’Autriche, l’Espagne, la Saxe) entre deux dates symboliques, la mort du roi saxon de Pologne Auguste III (le 5 octobre 1763) et la reconnaissance tardive de la France de son successeur sur le trône de Pologne (juin 1766), Stanislas-Auguste, de la famille polonaise des Poniatowski, élu le 7 septembre 1764, le candidat de la Russie. / The main goal of the dissertation was to present a complex diplomatic negotiations between France and other courts of South (Austria, Spain and Saxony) the day after death of Augustus III (5 X 1763), and the late acknowledgement (juin 1766) of his successor Stanislaus-Augustus, from the polish noble family of Poniatowski (elected the 7th of september 1764 as a russian candidate).