Women, men and coronary heart disease: a review of the qualitative literature

Emslie, Carol

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03509.x

Cited by 90 publications

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“…This is important to note because it highlights gender as being both fluid and reciprocal. The findings presented in this final theme serve to illustrate the fluidity of gender, refuting much of the recent work that has explored men, women, and heart disease (Emslie, 2005), which has suggested that women predominantly respond one way and men another when experiencing the symptoms of an acute cardiac event. The discourses of several men we interviewed exemplified what could more commonly be considered to be 'feminine' gender roles/behavior, and several women spoke of 'masculine' gender roles/behavior.…”

Section: Beyond the Masculine-feminine Binarymentioning

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Help seeking for cardiac symptoms: Beyond the masculine–feminine binary

Galdas

Johnson

Percy

et al. 2010

Social Science & Medicine

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Empirical and theoretical literature suggests that stereotypical gender roles shape men's and women's health help-seeking behavior, and plays an important role in the treatment seeking delays of cardiac patients. We were interested in exploring the ways in which gender informs the experiences and help-seeking behavior of men and women who experienced the symptoms associated with acute cardiac events. We undertook 20 in-depth interviews between October 2007 and July 2008 with 11 men and 9 women recently diagnosed with an acute coronary syndrome in British Columbia, Canada. Participants were encouraged to tell their 'story' of the event that led to hospitalization and diagnosis, with a focus on the symptoms and decision making processes that occurred before and during the activation of health services: seeking the advice of others including colleagues, family members and healthcare professionals; calling 911; and attending an emergency department. Although we anticipated that distinctive patterns of help-seeking behavior aligned with stereotypical masculine and feminine ideals might emerge from our data, this was not always the case. We found some evidence of the influence of gender role ideology on the help-seeking behavior of both male and female participants. However, men's and women's experiences of seeking health care were not easily parsed into distinct binary gender patterns. Behavior that might stereotypically be considered to be 'masculine' or 'feminine' gender practice was shared by both male and female participants. Our findings undermine simple binary distinctions about gendered help-seeking prevalent in the literature, and contribute towards setting the direction of the future health policy and research agenda addressing the issue of gender and health help-seeking behavior.

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Section: Beyond the Masculine-feminine Binarymentioning

confidence: 67%

Help seeking for cardiac symptoms: Beyond the masculine–feminine binary

Galdas

Johnson

Percy

et al. 2010

Social Science & Medicine

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“…While men fear that they will fall behind at their jobs, women have difficulty fulfilling their responsibilities at home due to medical complications (13). Since men's earning are usually the main source of the family income, men are more likely to return to work than women (14).…”

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Changes in Employment Status after Myocardial Infarction among Men

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“…References that did not focus on the experiences of caregivers of a PwD or were clearly quantitative were discarded. This was kept deliberately broad to maximise the chance of detecting relevant studies as it has been identified that qualitative articles can have misleading titles or abstracts (Emslie, 2005). The references that focused on this area were located and assessed for inclusion in this literature review in line with the inclusion and exclusion criteria.…”

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The positive aspects of caregiving in dementia: A critical review of the qualitative literature

2016

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Women, men and coronary heart disease: a review of the qualitative literature

Cited by 90 publications

References 79 publications

Help seeking for cardiac symptoms: Beyond the masculine–feminine binary

Help seeking for cardiac symptoms: Beyond the masculine–feminine binary

Changes in Employment Status after Myocardial Infarction among Men

The positive aspects of caregiving in dementia: A critical review of the qualitative literature

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