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. 2014 May;35(5):529-48.
doi: 10.1080/07399332.2013.829067. Epub 2013 Oct 17.

Voices from the Hilo Women's Health Study: talking story about menopause

Lynn A Morrison  1 , Daniel E Brown, Lynnette L Sievert, Angela Reza, Nichole Rahberg, Phoebe Mills, Amber Goodloe
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Voices from the Hilo Women's Health Study: talking story about menopause

Lynn A Morrison et al. Health Care Women Int. 2014 May.

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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