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Satisfaction with Health Care and Community Esteem Among Rural Women
Author(s) -
Bettencourt B. Ann,
Molix Lisa
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
analyses of social issues and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1530-2415
pISSN - 1529-7489
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2003.00011.x
Subject(s) - health care , life satisfaction , mood , rural community , rural area , rural health , gerontology , psychology , medicine , socioeconomics , psychiatry , social psychology , sociology , political science , pathology , law
The present study examines the ways in which satisfaction with health care may be associated with the lives of rural women. One hundred thirty one rural women between the ages of 45 and 70 years completed measures of community esteem, life satisfaction, satisfaction with health care, health status, and mood. The results showed that rural women's satisfaction with their health care was associated with the extent to which they hold their community in esteem and their degree of life satisfaction. Moreover, women who had poor health were less satisfied with the available health care than were healthier women. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the well‐being of rural communities in general.