An Analysis of Articles about Women's Health.
- Author:
Soon Gyo YEOUM
1
;
Chai Soon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Seoil College.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Women;
Health;
Sex/gender difference;
Health risk
- MeSH:
Aged;
Birth Rate;
Climacteric;
Decision Making;
Demography;
Divorce;
Education;
Female;
Health Behavior;
Humans;
Mental Health;
Mothers;
Nursing;
Parents;
Parturition;
Postnatal Care;
Pregnancy;
Pregnant Women;
Research Subjects;
Single Person;
Violence;
Women's Health*;
Women, Working
- From:Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2005;11(4):333-346
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to classify the research domains and subjects based on existing health problems, sex/gender specific crucial health differences and common risks across the life span. METHOD: Three hundred and seventy seven articles were examined that were published in 3 nursing journals from 1999 to 2004. RESULTS: Research subjects were classified into middle-aged women (23%), nurses (20%), pregnant women (17%), school girls (14%), ill women (8%), working women (4%), elderly women (4%), mothers (3%), married women (3%), and unmarried women (2%) in sequence. The total number of keywords were 820 and the mean was 2.17 per article. Research domains were health behaviors (27%), childbirth (20%), socio-cultural and economic activities (8%), illness (6%), the reproductive system (5%), and demographics (5%) in the order of frequency. Research concepts shown were universal health behaviors (8.4%), mental health (7.2%), labor and delivery (6.2%), parent roles (5.5%), breast- feeding (4.6%), violence (4.5%), climacterics (4.3%), postpartum care (4.0%), weight control behaviors (3.8%), and a healthy life (3.5%) in frequency. CONCLUSION: Based on the research results, research concepts should be chosen closely related with the existing health problems, sex/gender specific differences and common risks across the life span. Especially these matters should be taken into consideration for study: education about the risks of artificial abortion, giving information for decision making on cesarean birth, low birth rates, infection during pregnancy, and the increasing rate of divorce.
