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Self-reported Health Status and Health Determinants in Low Income Midlife Women Aged 40 to 64
The purpose of this descriptive longitudinal study was to describe (a) self-reported health status, (b) the relationship between self-reported health status and individual, environmental, and system health determinants, ...
Sociocultural, Physiologic, and Psychologic Variables That Influence Pain in the Fibromyalgia Patient
It is estimated that fibromyalgia, a chronic condition in which pain occurs in 98% of the patients, can be found in 3- to 6-million American adults with females as the majority of those suffering. The purpose of this study ...
How Latinas Come to Know About AIDS and AIDS Prevention
By the year 2000, Latinos will become the largest minority group in the United States. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is occurring at a disproportionately high rate among Latinos. As care-giver and health ...
Salvaging Self: A Grounded Theory Study of Pregnancy on Crack Cocaine
To explore the experiences and concerns of pregnant women who use crack cocaine, 60 pregnant and postpartum women who had used crack cocaine an average of at least once weekly during pregnancy were recruited in a West Coast ...
Issues Influencing Medication Adherence in Black Women with Hypertension
The purposes of this study were to: (a) describe the differences in adherent and nonadherent Black women who have hypertension (HTN), (b) examine issues that influence medication adherence, and (c) explore the relationship ...
"We Are Strong Women": A Focused Ethnography of the Reproductive Lives of Women in Belize
Belize is a small country in Central America with a unique heritage. The cultural pluralism found in Belize provides an opportunity to explore the cultures of the Maya, Mestizo and the Caribbean. Women in Belize share this ...
Circadian Body Temperature and Activation Rhythms and the Well-being of Independent Older Women
This study examined changes in the circadian parameters of body temperature and activation and their relationship to the well-being of the older woman. The literature on human rhythms provided the background for the ...
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Time Preference and Developmental Stage in the Lives of Adult Females
Research has been conducted documenting the occurrence of biological rhythms in all aspects of life. Researchers have shown that an individual's time preference for morningness or eveningness parallels some biological ...
Adolescent Female Substance Abuse: Risk and Resiliency Factors
Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) abuse is a major social and health concern for adolescent females. For the first time, female use patterns are converging with male patterns among U.S. adolescents. Despite evidence ...
The Effect of Social Support on Women's Perception of Perimenstrual Changes
The unidimensional approach that has dominated research on premenstrual syndrome (PMS) has been remiss in visualizing the diversity of factors that may be involved in women's menstrual cycle experiences. Traditional menstrual ...