Mental health status among rural women of reproductive age: Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1271-1279

  Hillemeier, Marianne M ^a   Weisman, Carol S ^b   Chase, Gary A ^b   Dyer, Anne Marie ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; RURAL AREA; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 45549087564     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.107771     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Thorndyke LE. Rural women's health: a research agenda for the future. Womens Health Issues. 2005;15:200-203.
2. Eberhardt MS, Ingram DD, Makuc DM, et al. Urban and Rural Health Chartbook: Health, United States, 2001. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2001.
3. Bushy A. Health issues of women in rural environments: an overview. J Am Med Womens Assoc. 1998;53:53-66.
4. Chikani V, Reding D, Gunderson P, McCarty CA. Psychosocial work characteristics predict cardiovascular disease risk factors and health functioning in rural women: the Wisconsin Rural Women's Health Study. J Rural Health. 2005;21:295-302.
5. Fraser CE, Smith KB, Judd F, Humphreys JS, Fragar LJ, Henderson A. Farming and mental health problems and mental illness. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2005;51:340-349.
6. Eberhardt MS, Pamuk ER. The importance of place of residence: examining health in rural and nonrural areas. Am J Public Health. 2004;94:1682-1686.
7. Rohrer JE, Borders TF, Blanton J. Rural residence is not a risk factor for frequent mental distress: a behavioral risk factor surveillance survey. BMC Public Health. 2005;5:46.
8. Probst JC, Laditka SB, Moore CG, Harun N, Powell MP, Baxley EG. Rural-urban differences in depression prevalence: implications for family medicine. Fam Med. 2006;38:653-660.
9. Mulder PL, Lambert W. Behavioral health of rural women: challenges and stressors. In: Coward RT, Davis LA, Gold CH, Smiciklas-Wright H, Thorndyke LE, Vondracek FW, eds. Rural Women's Health: Mental, Behavioral, and Physical Issues. New York, NY: Springer Publishing; 2006:15-30.
10. Wang PS, Lane M, Olfson M, Pincus HA, Wells KB, Kessler RC. Twelve-month use of mental health services in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005;62:629-640.
11. Simmons LA, Havens JR. Comorbid substance and mental disorders among rural Americans: results from the National Comorbidity Survey. J Affect Disord. 2006;99:265-271.
12. Hauenstein EJ, Petterson S, Merwin E, Rovnyak V, Heise B, Wagner D. Rurality, gender, and mental health treatment. Fam Community Health. 2006;29:169-185.
13. Gamm LD, Hutchison LL, Dabney BJ, Dorsey AM. Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Vol 2. College Station: Texas A&M University System Health Science Center; 2003.
14. Park CL. Religiousness/spirituality and health: a meaning systems perspective. J Behav Med. 2007;30:319-328.
15. Bovier PA, Chamot E, Perneger TV. Perceived stress, internal resources, and social support as determinants of mental health among young adults. Qual Life Res. 2004;13:161-170.
16. Heaney CA, Israel BA. Social networks and social support. In: Glanz K, Rimer BK, Lewis FM, eds. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2002:185-209.
17. American Association for Public Opinion Research. Standard Definitions: Final Dispositions of Case Codes and Outcome Rates for Surveys. 3rd ed. Lenexa, KS: American Association for Public Opinion Research; 2004.
18. Curtin R, Presser S, Singer E. Changes in telephone survey nonresponse over the past quarter century. Public Opin Q. 2005;69:87-98.
19. Weisman CS, Hillemeier MM, Chase GA, et al. Preconceptional health: risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes by reproductive life stage in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS). Womens Health Issues. 2006;16:216-224.
20. Hart LG, Larson EH, Lishner DM. Rural definitions for health policy and research. Am J Public Health. 2005;95:1149-1155.
21. Hall SA, Kaufman JS, Ricketts TC. Defining urban and rural areas in US epidemiologic studies. J Urban Health. 2006;83:162-175.
22. Four-category classification for RUCA version 2.0. 2006. Available at: http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/uses.html. Accessed February 26, 2008.
23. Ware JE, Kosinski M, Turner-Bowker DM, Gandek B. How to Score Version 2 of the SF-12 Health Survey (With a Supplement Documenting Version 1). Lincoln, RI: QualityMetric Incorporated; 2002.
24. Radloff LS. The CES-D Scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Appl Psychol Meas. 1977;1:385-401.
25. Sherbourne CD, Dwight-Johnson M, Klap R. Psychological distress, unmet need, and barriers to mental health care for women. Womens Health Issues. 2001;11:231-243.
26. Collins KS, Schoen C, Joseph S, Duchon L, Simantov E, Yellowitz M. Health Concerns Across a Woman's Lifespan: The Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; 1999.
27. Misra DP, O'Campo P, Strobino D. Testing a sociomedical model for preterm delivery. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2001;15:110-122.
28. Straus MA. Measuring intrafamily conflict and violence: the Conflict Tactics Scales. J Marriage Fam. 1979;41:75-88.
29. Krieger N, Sidney S. Racial discrimination and blood pressure: the CARDIA Study of young Black and White adults. Am J Public Health. 1996;86:1370-1378.
30. Rosenberg M. Society and the Adolescent Self-Image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press; 1965.
31. Sherbourne CD, Stewart AL. The MOS social support survey. Soc Sci Med. 1991;32:705-714.
32. Parker M, Lee Roff L, Klemmack DL, Koenig HG, Baker P, Allman RM. Religiosity and mental health in southern, community-dwelling older adults. Aging Ment Health. 2003;7:390-397.
33. King DE, Cummings D, Whetstone L. Attendance at religious services and subsequent mental health in midlife women. Int J Psychiatry Med. 2005;35:287-297.
34. Kawachi I, Berkman LF. Social ties and mental health. J Urban Health. 2001;78:458-467.
35. US Dept of Agriculture. 2002 Census of Agriculture, Pennsylvania State and County Data. June 2004. Available at: http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/ census02/volume1/pa/index1.htm. Accessed April 18, 2008.