Lakehead University Library Logo
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   Knowledge Commons
    • Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    • Retrospective theses
    • View Item
    •   Knowledge Commons
    • Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    • Retrospective theses
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    quick search

    Browse

    All of Knowledge CommonsCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDisciplineAdvisorCommittee MemberThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDisciplineAdvisorCommittee Member

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    Knowledge, experience, perceptions and beliefs of women with cardiovascular disease in Northwestern Ontario

    Thumbnail

    View/Open

    LacroixP2006m-1a.pdf (4.174Mb)

    Date

    2006

    Author

    Lacroix, Paulette Clara

    Degree

    Master of Public Health

    Discipline

    Public Health

    Subject

    Cardiovascular system diseases (Patients, Ontario, Northwestern)
    Cardiovascular health interventions
    Heart diseases in women (Ontario, Northwestern)

    Metadata

    Show full item record

    Abstract

    Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary killer of men and women. Mortality rates in Northwestern Ontario (NWO) continue to be higher than the provincial average. Current trends suggest that cardiac-related deaths for women in Canada will increase by 28% between 1995 and 2016, whereas deaths for men will slightly decline. The effects of CVD in women within a gender context have been understudied. There is a need to understand women’s lived experience with CVD to help determine more effective health promoting strategies for women. A qualitative and quantitative descriptive and exploratory study was designed to examine women’s lived experiences with CVD. A structured gender health questionnaire was developed as part of the study. Taped-interviews were conducted with 30 women (15 rural, 15 urban) with established heart disease living in NWO. Quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed from transcripts. Through the process of sharing their experiences, the women articulated how the disease impacted their life, what lifestyle adaptations they have made, and what psychological and psychosocial interventions have been or would be beneficial to them. Heart disease appears to have a lasting negative influence on how a woman rates her health in relation to others in her age group.

    URI

    http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/3337

    Collections

    • Retrospective theses

    Lakehead University Library
    Contact Us | Send Feedback

     


    Lakehead University Library
    Contact Us | Send Feedback