HEALTH-RISK BEHAVIORS, PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS, AND PERCEIVED STRESS LEVELS AMONG INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL

Purpose: Aspects of farming and farm life can contribute to higher levels of depressive symptoms resulting in an increased risk for injury and development of chronic disease and a decrease in overall quality of life. Rural farm women can be subjected to stressors from farming as an occupation, their role within the agrarian culture, and life in a rural area. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of demographic characteristics, agricultural occupational factors, and health indicators with depressive symptoms among farm women aged 50 years and older. Methods: Secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the Sustained Work Indicators of Older Farmers Study (2002-2006) was used to examine the influence of factors on depressive symptoms of older (> 50 years) female farmers (N= 358) from North Carolina and Kentucky. The study was framed by a modified version of the Biopsychosocial Model. Logistic regression was conducted to examine the relationships between demographics, perceived health status, active coping score, perceived stress, and factors specific to farm work and depressive symptoms. Findings: Participants’ depressive symptoms status (high vs. low) was predicted by their race/ethnicity, years of education, adequacy of income for vacation, perceived health status, perceived stress, and active coping. Conclusion: This study increases our understanding of the factors associated with depressive symptoms in farm women, but also identifies significant gaps in our knowledge of depressive symptoms among this population. The multifaceted dimensions of depressive symptoms revealed indicate a crucial need to more fully explore the interrelationship among the dimensions of the conceptual model and the physical and mental health of farm women. Additional knowledge gained from these studies will assist in the development of assessment instruments, skills, and plan of care specific to the needs of farm women; thus optimizing the health care of farm women. Key words: rural women, farm women, depressive symptoms, farm life

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2008 Health Status and Health Risk Behaviors of Arizonans

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e548012010-001 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Judy Bass ◽

Richard S. Porter

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Health Risk ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Health Risk Behaviors

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The Effects of Health Status on Life Insurance Holdings in 16 European Countries

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103454 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3454 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Saruultuya Tsendsuren ◽

Chu-Shiu Li ◽

Sheng-Chang Peng ◽

Wing-Keung Wong

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Health Risk ◽

Life Insurance ◽

Negative Impact ◽

National Health System ◽

Perceived Health ◽

European Countries ◽

Perceived Health Status ◽

Future Health ◽

Objective Health

This study examines the relationships among three health status indicators (self-perceived health status, objective health status, and future health risk) and life insurance holdings in 16 European countries. Our results show that households with poor self-perceived health status and high future health risk are less likely to purchase life insurance in the entire sample as well as in the subsample for countries with a national health system (NHS). In non-NHS countries, those households that have high future health risk are less inclined to purchase life insurance. In terms of preferences for types of life insurance policies (term life, whole life, both, or none) in the whole sample, poor self-perceived health status and high future health risk are less inclined to hold only term life insurance policy. In addition, poor self-perceived health status and high future health risk have a negative impact on holdings of both types of life insurance. Our findings reveal that there is no adverse selection problem in the life insurance market, especially in European countries with NHS.

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