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Health Promotion and Preventive Measures: Interpreting Messages at Midlife

Lynn M. Meadows

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, University of Calgary

Wilfreda E. Thurston

University of Calgary

Carol A. Berenson

University of Calgary

In this article, the authors provide important insight into the cultural messages that midlife women receive about preventive health care. Data were collected from 24 rural women as part of an ongoing project on midlife women’s health. Kleinman’s model of the popular and professional health care sectors was used to examine the data. There is clear evidence of clashes between the orientations and expectations of these sectors. Women’s experiences reveal some consistent themes that contextualize their preventive health pursuits: time constraints, claims for expert knowledge, salience of family history, and the inclusion of nonallopathic resources as part of the professional realm. At the macrolevel, messages regarding women’s responsibility for their health are ubiquitous. At the microlevel, women must negotiate among competing messages and resources and a health care system that often confounds their efforts. These contradictions must be addressed before there are long-term effects on the health of midlife women.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 11, No. 4, 450-463 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/104973201129119244
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