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Beauty work or beauty care? Women's perceptions of appearance in the second half of life. 美容工作还是美容护理？后半生女性对外表的看法。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-24 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2321668

Shlomit Aharoni Lir, Liat Ayalon

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Exploring pathways to successful aging among older black lesbians and sexual minority women: A focus on life satisfaction and intersectional factors 探索老年黑人女同性恋者和性少数群体妇女成功步入老年的途径：关注生活满意度和交叉因素

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-04-08 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2336652

Porsha Hall, Barbara C. Wallace, Mary Anne Adams

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Women's childbearing histories and their alcohol use at midlife. 女性的生育史和中年时的饮酒情况。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2266961

Mieke Beth Thomeer, Clifford Ross, Rin Reczek, Monir Hossain

{"title":"Women's childbearing histories and their alcohol use at midlife.","authors":"Mieke Beth Thomeer, Clifford Ross, Rin Reczek, Monir Hossain","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2266961","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2266961","url":null,"abstract":"There has been increased alcohol use among mid-life women in recent decades. Given the association between alcohol use and childbearing earlier in life and the centrality of childbearing for other aspects of mid-life women's health, we examined how multiple components of childbearing histories were associated with mid-life alcohol use. Our analysis included 3,826 women from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79). We estimated how nine components of childbearing were associated with women's alcohol use at age 50. We investigated these components independently and also created six childbearing profiles using Mixed-Mode Latent Class Analysis (MM-LCA). The most alcohol was consumed by women without any childbirths, with older ages at first birth, with low parity, and with the same or fewer births than expected. Women with older ages at first and last birth and more childbirths were less likely to abstain from alcohol compared to women with younger ages at first and last birth and fewer childbirths. Our MM-LCA demonstrated that women with multiple childbirths over a long period of time consumed the least alcohol compared to other groups. Binge drinking at mid-life was generally not associated with childbearing histories in our models. In summary, childbearing histories mattered for women's drinking behaviors at mid-life. Given that an increasing number of women do not have children, the age at first birth continues to trend older, and parity is decreasing, we may expect mid-life women's alcohol use to continue to increase in line with these observed fertility trends.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"123-138"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10922455/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41155034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The virus be damned: Older adults seek romantic relationships during a pandemic. 该死的病毒:老年人在大流行期间寻求恋爱关系。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2282025

Lauren E Harris

{"title":"The virus be damned: Older adults seek romantic relationships during a pandemic.","authors":"Lauren E Harris","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2282025","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2282025","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 was concerning for older adults because they faced greater health risks from the virus and generally experience higher rates of isolation and loneliness. Single older adults are of particular concern because they also lack a cohabiting partner for social connection, so they may face greater levels of loneliness. Many older adults have been using technology to develop and maintain social connections, including romantic connections, to mitigate these feelings of loneliness and isolation. This research explores how feelings of loneliness connect to use of online dating sites during a pandemic, how older adults decided to and rationalized dating at a time when meeting in-person and social interactions were discouraged and dangerous, and how experiences differed between men and women. I interviewed 50 men and 50 women, ages 60-83, about their experiences seeking partners and dating during the pandemic. All respondents were single, heterosexual, and recruited from online dating websites, but varied by race, education level, marital experience, employment status, and geographic location. Single older adults relied on feelings of loneliness and isolation, the ubiquity of online dating sites, and particularly for women, adherence to safety measures while on a date as motivation for seeking and meeting romantic partners during a pandemic. Single older adults seeking new romantic interactions during a pandemic, when health risks were greater, illustrates the importance of intimate relationships even into older age and how loneliness and isolation are powerful drivers in seeking romantic relationships.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"166-179"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138296249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sex and concepts of sexuality influence sexual problems and help-seeking behaviours of older people. 性和性观念会影响老年人的性问题和求助行为。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2276636

Kanthee Anantapong, Bongkot Burapakiat, Thareerat Ananchaisarp

{"title":"Sex and concepts of sexuality influence sexual problems and help-seeking behaviours of older people.","authors":"Kanthee Anantapong, Bongkot Burapakiat, Thareerat Ananchaisarp","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2276636","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2276636","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we aimed to examine the prevalence, associated factors, and management of sexual problems in older people at a primary care unit. We recruited people aged 60 years old and over, who visited the Primary Care Unit of Songklanagarind Hospital, a tertiary-care and referral centre in Southern Thailand, between June and August 2021, and used a self-administered questionnaire on sexuality, sexual problems, help-seeking behaviours, and clinical consultations for sexual problems in older people. There were 190 participants in this study (120 women, 70 men, mean age = 68.3). One hundred and five (55.3%) participants reported having sexual problems. Compared to their female counterparts, males were more likely to have sexual problems (adjusted OR = 3.11; 95% CI = 1.52,6.34; p-value = 0.001). The majority (77.3%) considered non-penetrative sexual activities (outercourse) when discussing sexuality in later life, and they had lower odds of having sexual problems compared to those who relied purely on sexual intercourse (adjusted OR = 0.27 for only outercourse and 0.30 for both intercourse and outercourse; p-value = 0.016). Only 2.1% (4/190) of participants reported that a physician had asked them about sexual problems. Participants reporting sexual problems (N = 105) often consulted their partners (25.7%) and friends (10.5%) or searched information from the internet (18.1%). According to this study, sexual problems in older people are common in primary care settings, but they tend to be poorly managed. Clinical discussions and interventions that are sensitive to gender differences and acknowledge the broadened concepts of sexuality in later life, e.g., encouragement to practice outercourse, may help improve sexual problems and well-being among older people.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"139-151"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71434756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Doing old(er) age in a translocal context: Turkish-born women's experiences of ageing, care and post-mortem care practices. 在异地背景下安度晚年：土耳其出生的妇女对老龄化、护理和死后护理做法的体验。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-26 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2250236

Merve Tunçer

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Latent class analysis of symptoms of depression and anxiety among older women. 老年妇女抑郁和焦虑症状的潜类分析。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-09 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2243799

Kexin Zhou, Xuemei Zhu, Li Yang, Zihan Gao, Xiao Wei, Jinke Kuang, Mengfan Xu

{"title":"Latent class analysis of symptoms of depression and anxiety among older women.","authors":"Kexin Zhou, Xuemei Zhu, Li Yang, Zihan Gao, Xiao Wei, Jinke Kuang, Mengfan Xu","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2243799","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2243799","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This cross-sectional study aims to consider the potential classification of depression and anxiety symptoms among older women, and identify the influencing factors of this classification.Methods: This study examines Chinese women aged 65 years and older. Latent class analysis was used to explore the mental health subgroups of older women, and multivariate logistic regression was employed to examine the influencing factors based on the health ecological model among these subgroups.Results: The results helped classify this population under three subgroups: the coexistence of depression and anxiety group, dominated depression group, and the low symptoms group. Moreover, class differences in terms of age, residence, education, income, assessment of current life and health status, sleep duration, and health behaviors, such as alcohol use and exercise were noted.Conclusions: These findings explain the heterogeneity among older women, and help illuminate their unique aspects of mental health. Accordingly, they are significant for scholars and policymakers to understand depression and anxiety among older women.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"93-106"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9968663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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East Tennessee older women's perceptions of Medicare, Medicaid, and related health policies. 东田纳西州老年妇女对医疗保险、医疗补助和相关健康政策的看法。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2276640

Heather A Davis, Lisa C Lindley, Solange Muñoz

{"title":"East Tennessee older women's perceptions of Medicare, Medicaid, and related health policies.","authors":"Heather A Davis, Lisa C Lindley, Solange Muñoz","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2276640","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2276640","url":null,"abstract":"Older women face unique challenges regarding health disparities. This study aims to provide an understanding of older women's perceptions and situated experiences regarding the gendered health disparities they face, which are characterized by the policies related to older women's health and the geopolitical and social norms in which they live. The purpose of this project is to provide policy and decision-makers with insights and a better understanding of older women's experiences and perceptions of the policies that impact their health and healthcare. The data for this study was collected through semi-structured interviews with twelve women in Appalachian East Tennessee. Areas examined include: the women's perceived impact of federal, state, and local policies on the participants, particularly of Medicare and Medicaid; the role of social norming and health narratives, particularly stigmatization, discrimination, and health marginalization of older women; and the role of place and place-based drivers on these areas. This study sought to determine if these factors impact the participants' awareness or lack of awareness of policies related to older women. Findings showed that older women in East Tennessee lacked knowledge of health policies, that older women perceive systemic and individual discrimination in policymaking, clinical care, and health research, and that they perceive that place-based drivers have impacted their access to healthcare. These findings have implications for policymaking and intervention design in co-production with older women in order to mitigate older women's health disparities.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"152-165"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71427838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Gendered agism in the media industry: Disavowal, discrimination and the pushback. 媒体行业中的性别主义：否认、歧视和反击。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-27 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2238580

Karen Ross

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Menopausal symptoms and attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy among Israeli women. 以色列妇女的更年期症状和对激素替代疗法的态度。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-15 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2222048

Dvora Frankenthal, Ziv Karni-Efrati, Miri Zatlawi, Lital Keinan-Boker, Michal Bromberg

{"title":"Menopausal symptoms and attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy among Israeli women.","authors":"Dvora Frankenthal, Ziv Karni-Efrati, Miri Zatlawi, Lital Keinan-Boker, Michal Bromberg","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2222048","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2023.2222048","url":null,"abstract":"Menopause occurs around midlife and is an inevitable component of women's aging. The study aimed to investigate the associations between the lifetime prevalence of menopausal symptoms and health-related characteristics among Israeli postmenopausal women aged 55-75 years. Additionally, this study aimed to estimate the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and women's attitudes toward this treatment. Data for this study were extracted from a cross-sectional national telephone survey conducted in Israel between 2018 and 2020. For the current study, only postmenopausal women aged 55-75 years were included. Multivariate analyses were used to identify demographic and health-related characteristics associated with menopausal symptoms. The study included 688 participants. Most (68.8%) reported one or more menopausal symptoms, specifically vasomotor symptoms (50.4%). According to the multivariate logistic regression analysis, menopausal symptoms were associated with moderate-high anxiety and/or depression symptoms (OR = 2.01, 95% CI 1.12-3.58) and with osteoporosis (OR = 1.78, 95% CI 1.08-2.92). Although most (78.3%) symptomatic women were bothered by their symptoms, 29.1% received any treatment for symptom relief and only 12.6% reported current or past use of HRT. The findings show that menopausal symptoms were associated with a higher prevalence of anxiety and/or depression symptoms and osteoporosis in the years following menopause. Most symptomatic women did not receive any treatment and the majority were against HRT. Knowledge and awareness about menopause and treatment options should be increased among Israeli women. Additionally, the promotion of positive attitudes toward menopause and HRT use among women and healthcare providers is strongly recommended.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9639074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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