The meaning of health: Perspectives of Anglo and Latino older women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 950-969

  McCarthy, Marianne C ^a   Ruiz, Ester ^b   Gale, Betty J ^b   Karam, Cheryl ^b   Moore, Nancy ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANECDOTES; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 8844237672     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490508730     Document Type: Review

References (55)

1. Aday, L. A. (1997). Vulnerable populations: Community-oriented perspective. Family Community Health, 19(4), 1-18.
2. Alliance for Aging Research. (1998). One final gift: Humanizing the end of life for women in America. Washington, DC: Author.
3. Aponte, J. F., Rivers, R. Y., & Wohl, J. (1995). Psychological interventions and cultural diversity. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
4. Brogan, D. L., Haber, M., & Kutner, N. G. (2000). Functional decline among older adults: Comparing a chronic disease cohort and controls when mortality rates are markedly different. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 53(8), 847-851.
5. Campinha-Bacote, J. (1999). A model and instrument for addressing cultural competence in health care. Journal of Nursing Education, 38(5), 203-207.
6. Carpenter, S. (2000). Effects of cultural tightness and collectivism on self-concept and causal attributions. Cross-Cultural Research, 34, 38-56.
7. Duffy, M. E. (1987). Methodological triangulation: A vehicle for merging quantitative and qualitative research methods. Image, 19, 130-133.
8. Evans, R. L. (1999). Perceived functional health of disabled elderly persons on a follow-up program for primary care. Psychological Reports, 84(2), 553-555.
9. Fries, J. G. (1997). Can preventive gerontology be on the way? American Journal of Public Health, 87, 1591-1592.
10. Gale, B. J. (1994). Functional health of older women: Three dimensions. Journal of Women and Aging, 6(1), 165-185.
11. Gale, B. J. (1995). Dimensions of health functioning. Women and Aging in Arizona. Phoenix: Soroptimist International of Phoenix, Inc.
12. Gale, B. (1998). Sociocultural influences on functional health in women [Abstract]. [On-line]. Available: http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/
13. Gale, B. J., & Erickson, J. R. (1997). How race affects health services used by older women. Women's Health Care International, 18, 221-132.
14. Gazmararian, J., Baker, D., Parker, R., & Blazer, D. G. (2000). A multivariate analysis of factors associated with depression: Evaluating the role of health literacy as a potential contributor. Archives of Internal Medicine, 160(21), 3307-3314.
15. Geiger, H. S. (2001). Racial stereotyping and medicine: The need for cultural competence. Canadian Medical Association, 164(25), 1699-1701.
16. Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The discovery of grounded theory strategies for qualitative research. New York: Aldine.
17. Glass, T. A. (1998). Conjugating the "tenses" of function: Discordance among hypothetical, experimental, and enacted function in older adults. Gerontologist, 38, 101-112.
18. Gloria, A. M., Ruiz, E. L., & Castillo, E. M. (2003). Counseling and psychotherapy with Latino and Latina clients. In T. B. Smith (Ed.), Affirming diversity in counseling and psychology (pp. 167-189). Boston: Pearson.
19. He, W. (2002, September). The older foreign-born population in the United States: 2000 (U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P23-211). [On-line]. Available: http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-211.pdf
20. Hellman, F. A., & Stewart, C. (1994). Social support and the elderly client. Health Nurse, 12(5), 51-60.
21. Hetzel, L., & Smith, A. (2001, October). The 65 years and over population: 2000 (U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series C2KBR/01-10). [On-line]. Available: http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01- 10.pdf
22. Hinds, P. S., & Young, K. J. (1987). A triangulation of methods and paradigms to study nurse-given wellness care. Nursing Research, 36, 195-198.
23. Kass, B. L., Weinick, R. M., & Monheit, A. C. (1999). Racial and ethnic differences in health, 1996 (MEPS Chartbook No. 2, AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0001). Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
24. Kools, S., McCarthy, M., Durham, R., & Robrecht, L. (1996). Dimensional analysis: Broadening the conception of grounded theory. Qualitative Health Research, 6, 312-330.
25. Koukouli, S., Vlachonikolis, I. G., & Philalithis, A. (2000). Socio-demographic factors and self-reported functional status: The significance of social support. BMC Health Services Research, 2(1), 20.
26. Lee, Y. (2000). The predictive value of self-assessed general, physical, and mental health on functional decline and mortality in older adults. Journal of Epidemiology in Community Health, 54(2), 123-129.
27. Liao, Y., Cooper, R. S., Cao, G., Durazo-Arivzu, R., Kaufman, J. S., Luke, A., & McGee, D. L. (1998). Morality patterns among adult Hispanics: Findings from the NHIS, 1986 to 1990. American Journal of Public Health, 88, 227-232.
28. Marin, G., & Marin, B. V. (1991). Research with Hispanic populations. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
29. Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Sullivan, J. G. (2000). Health care for African Americans and Hispanic women: Report on perceived health status, access to care, and utilization patterns. In C. J. Hogue, M. A. Hargraves, & K. S. Collins (Eds.), Minority health in America (pp. 97-123). Baltimore: John Hopkins University.
30. McCarthy, M. C. (1991). Interpretation of confusion: Conflicting models of clinical reasoning among nurses. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of California, San Francisco.
31. McCarthy, M. C. (2003a). Detecting acute confusion in older adults: Comparing clinical reasoning of nurses working in acute care, long-term, and community health care environments. Research in Nursing and Health, 26(3), 203-212.
32. McCarthy, M. C. (2003b). Situated clinical reasoning: Distinguishing acute confusion from dementia in hospitalized older adults. Research in Nursing and Health, 26(2), 90-101.
33. Mills, R. J., & Bhandari, S. (2003, September). Health insurance coverage in the United States: 2002 (U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P60-223). [On-line]. Available: http://www.census.gov/prod/ 2003pubs/p60-223.pdf
34. Minkler, M., Schauffler, H., & Clements-Nolle, K. (2000). Health promotion for older Americans in the 21st century. American Journal of Health Promotion, 14(6), 371-379.
35. Molina, C. W., & Aguirre-Molina, M. (1994). Latino health in the US: A growing challenge. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
36. Morgan, D. L. (1988). Focus groups as qualitative research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
37. Moy, E., Bartman, B. A., Clancy, C. M., & Cornelius, L. J. (1998). Changes in usual sources of medical care between 1987 and 1992. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 9, 126-139.
38. National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations. (1995). Meeting the health promotion needs of Hispanic communities. American Journal of Health Promotion, 9, 300-311.
39. National Institute of Nursing Research. (1994). Long-term care for older adults. A report of the NINR Priority Expert Panel on Long-term Care. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
40. Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH). (1999). Agenda for research on women's health for the 21st century: A report of the Task Force on the NIH Women's Health Research Agenda for the 21st Century, Volume 1. Executive Summary (NIH Publication No. 99-4385). [On-line]. Available: http://www4.od.nih.gov/ orwh/report.pdf
41. Ohbuchi, K. I., Fukushima, O., & Tedeschi, J. T. (1999). Cultural values in conflict management: Goal orientation, goal attainment, and tactical decision. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 30, 51-71.
42. Ory, M. G., Abeles, R. P., & Lipman, P. D. (1992). Aging, health and behavior. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
43. Robrecht, L. C. (1995). Grounded theory: Evolving methods. Qualitative Health Research, 5(2), 169-177.
44. Rodriguez [Ruiz], E. R. (1998). Addressing the needs of diverse racial/ethnic populations. In S. Roth-Roemer, S. Robinson Kurpius, & C. Carmin (Eds.), The emerging role of counseling psychology in health care (pp. 356-393). Evanston, IL: Norton.
45. Rowe, J. W., & Kahn, R. L. (1998). Successful aging. New York: Pantheon.
46. Schatzman, L. (1980). Dimensional analysis: Outline in preci form. Unpublished manuscript. University of California, San Francisco.
47. Schatzman, L. (1986). The structure of qualitative analysis. Paper presented at the World Congress of Sociology, New Delhi, India.
48. Schatzman, L. (1991). Dimensional analysis: Notes on an alternative approach to the grounding of theory in qualitative research. In D. R. Maines (Ed.), Social organization and social process (pp. 303-314). New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
49. Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. M. (1990). Basics of qualitative research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
50. Triandis, H. C. (1994). Culture and social behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill.
51. Triandis, H. C., & Gelfand, M. (1998). Converging measurements of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 119-128.
52. Triandis, H. C., & Suh, E. M. (2002). Cultural influences on personality. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, 133-160.
53. Van Nostrand, J. R., Furner, S. E., & Suzman, R. (Eds.). (1993). Health data on older Americans: United States, 1992 (DHHS Publication No. PHS 93-1411). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
54. Wallace, R. B. (1997). Variability in disease manifestations in older adults: Implications for public and community health problems. In T. Hickey, M. A. Speers, & T. R. Prohaska (Eds.), Public health and aging (pp. 75-86). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University.
55. Zambrana, R. E. (1987). A research agenda on issues affording poor and minority women: A model for understanding their health needs. Women & Health, 12(3-4), 137-160.