title: Health education priorities: perspectives from women's voices.
abstract: The authors conducted a study to determine women's perceived health information needs in various geographic locations to plan health-related outreach in a Midwestern U.S. state. Eighty-seven women representing diverse communities in both urban and rural locations participated. Themes identified from transcripts of focus groups included confusion and information overload, concerns regarding lifestyle and specific health conditions, a lack of time for self care, factors influencing health-related behavior change, navigating the health system, and a need to ?make this system work for me.? The voices of these women contribute to the search for solutions to provide comprehensive, holistic women's health care in the U.S. and internationally.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. avery003@umn.edu
authors.forename: Melissa D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Avery
authors.forename: Kamisha Hamilton
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Escoto
authors.forename: Lauren D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peden-McAlpine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult