Hossen Md Abul, Westhues Anne, Maiter Sarah
a Department of Social Work , Jagannath University , Dhaka , Bangladesh.
Health Care Women Int. 2013;34(12):1116-35. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2013.817410. Epub 2013 Sep 10.
In this study we explore the strategies used by older women to cope with their ill health, in order to provide insight into how they might be drawn to use modern health services. We used qualitative methods to collect data from 17 older women living in Bibirchar Union, Sherpur District, Bangladesh. Participants reported that they utilized both emotion-focused and problem-focused strategies, and that many of these were faith-based. Health policymakers need to acknowledge these strategies in the delivery of health care if older women are to take up health promotion activities and engage with the modern health care system.
在本研究中，我们探讨了老年女性用以应对健康不佳状况的策略，以便深入了解她们可能如何被吸引去使用现代医疗服务。我们采用定性方法，从居住在孟加拉国舍尔布尔区比比尔查尔联盟的17名老年女性那里收集数据。参与者报告称，她们既采用了以情绪为中心的策略，也采用了以问题为中心的策略，而且其中许多策略都基于信仰。如果老年女性要参与健康促进活动并与现代医疗体系互动，医疗政策制定者在提供医疗服务时需要认可这些策略。
