Voices from the Hilo Women's Health Study: Talking Story About Menopause

Overview

Journal Health Care Women Int

Publisher Routledge

Specialties Gynecology & Obstetrics
Health Services
Nursing

Date 2013 Oct 19

PMID 24134306

Citations 4

Authors

Lynn A Morrison

Daniel E Brown

Lynnette L Sievert

Angela Reza

Nichole Rahberg

Phoebe Mills

Amber Goodloe

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Abstract

Our purpose in conducting this qualitative study was to examine how a multiethnic sample of women living in Hilo, Hawai'i, describe menopause. Interviews were conducted with 185 pre-, peri-, and post-menopausal women aged 45 to 55. We found that pre-menopausal women felt anxious compared with peri- and post-menopausal women's more affirmative attitudes of increasing confidence and freedom in this new cycle of life. A dominant theme was the construction of a post-menstrual identity. Peri-and post-menopausal women's attitudes were not biomedically oriented. Local culture and the island lifestyle may provide a positive atmosphere for women going through menopause.

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