Abstract

Rural women are often a neglected sector of society. Our research demonstrates mental health issues and locus of control regarding how women view themselves. Our society needs to understand mental health needs of our under-represented population.

Description

44th Biennial Convention 2017 Theme: Influence Through Action: Advancing Global Health, Nursing, and Midwifery.

Author Details

Renee Bauer, PhD, Nursing, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA; Jill Moore, PhD, Nursing, Social work, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Sigma Membership

Lambda Sigma

Lead Author Affiliation

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Anxiety, Depression, Rural Women

Conference Name

44th Biennial Convention

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Conference Year

2017

Rights Holder

All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.

All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.

All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Additional Files

download (269 kB)

Share

COinS
 

Mental health diagnoses, locus of control, and chronic health conditions in rural women

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Rural women are often a neglected sector of society. Our research demonstrates mental health issues and locus of control regarding how women view themselves. Our society needs to understand mental health needs of our under-represented population.