Health Promotion of the Middle- and Old-age Women in Rural Areas in Japan.
10.2185/jjrm.49.831
- VernacularTitle:農山村における中高年女性の健康実態把握と健康増進対策に関する研究
- Author:
Yosuke Yamane
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2001;49(6):831-839
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Health condition of the middle- and old-age women living in various agricultural and mountain villeges of Japan was examined and measures for promoting their health were discussed.
The study performed for two years from 1997. The cooperative team was composed of community health specialists who had dedicated their efforts of health promotion for a long time in rural area in Japan.
1. A sheet concerning community profile was made to reveal the present situation of rural communities. The community characteristics was useful to analyse various health problems occuring in rapidly changing rural areas.
2. A health check list of middle- and old-age women in rural communities was made from the aspects of woman health and rights. Also the sheets of community health management were prepared on the basis of each character of community and of age group, which were useful for promotion plan making of woman health.
3. Health examination of middle- and old-age women in rual communities was carried out. Special attention was paid to menopausal disorders. By analysing its relation with life-style, 5% of the disorders were found to be of “the vascular neuromotor type” and each of 1% was “the sleep-disturbance type”, “the neurotic type” and “the sensory-disturbance type”. These results revealed the higher possibility of the influence of sociopsychological factors in women's living conditions rather than that of endocrine environment such as estrogen deficiency.
