Three top Canadian and personal health concerns of a random sample of NovaScotian women

Citation
Kw. Davidson et al., Three top Canadian and personal health concerns of a random sample of NovaScotian women, CAN J PUBL, 92(1), 2001, pp. 53-56
Citations number
11
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science
Journal title
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE
ISSN journal
0008-4263 → ACNP
Volume
92
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
53 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4263(200101/02)92:1<53:TTCAPH>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We sought to understand the subjective reports of women's health concerns. A randomly dialled telephone survey was conducted resulting in a sample of 458 women (Caucasian/European =302, Native/Aboriginal = 81, Black = 75), ag ed 18-81. women were asked in an open-ended format to list their three top health concerns for themselves and then for Canadian women. Responses were recorded verbatim and categorized into one of nine mutually exclusive healt h concern categories. The three main health concerns for Canadian women wer e: Psychosocial Issues, Other Specific Illnesses, and Cancer. The three mos t important personal health concerns were Psychosocial Issues, Other Specif ic Illnesses, and Heart and Related Diseases. Few ethnic differences were n oted. Results suggest that it is important to recognize and attempt to alle viate health concerns about stress and depression, which are nor usually co nsidered as being major health problems by health care professionals.