Exploring Women's Experiences of Health and Well-Being in Remote Northwest Queensland, Australia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4674599
AutoresDesley Harvey (0000-0003-3349-9234, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume24
Fascículo5
Páginas603-614
Data de publicação2014-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732314529370
PMID24728111
OpenAlexW2148482582
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas33

Rural and remote environments are challenging places in which to achieve health and well-being. In this woman-centered, grounded theory study, I explored the meaning of health and well-being as well as how it is achieved from the perspective of women living in remote inland parts of Australia. The study was based on semistructured interviews with 23 women living in geographically remote areas. The findings are presented as a model of the capacity to flourish. Flourishing describes an optimal achievable state of well-being, delineated by four interrelated dimensions of experience: control, connecting, belonging, and identity. I identify individual, contextual, and structural factors that enable and constrain the capacity to flourish. The findings suggest that approaches to understanding and promoting women's health in remote areas should be more holistic and contextual

Aesthetics · Flourishing · Geography · Grounded theory · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology