| Learning Objective #1: Compare and contrast three reported health educational needs of Scottish and American midlife women | |||
| Learning Objective #2: List three practical ways of meeting the health educational needs of midlife Scottish and American women |
Objective: Identification of the midlife health educational needs of women in a remote Scottish village.
Design: Qualitative - group case study.
Population: Midlife women in the northeastern United States and midlife women in a remote village in the Highlands of Scotland. The sample size of the U.S. women was 463 participants obtained from community programs which attracted midlife women. The sample size of the Scottish village women was 22. Data collection occurred between 1998-2002.
Concept studied: feminist theory of self-determination.
Methods: Questionnaire of midlife women's reported educational needs by topic and forced-choice ranking followed by interviews and focus groups.
Findings: The three topics of greatest interest to U.S. women were nutrition, exercise, and breast cancer; the choices of Scottish women were breast cancer, cardiac disease prevention, and exercise. Both groups preferred "live presentation with an expert" as the means of learning.
Conclusions: From such diverse sample groups, 2 of 3 choices were the same.
Implications: Midlife women should be surveyed to determine their choices and preferred ways of learning before education is offered by healthcare providers.
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