"Maybe This Generation Here Could Help the Next Generation": Older African American Women's Perceptions on Information Sharing to Improve Health in Younger Generations.
Lenette M Jones, Karen O Moss, Kathy D Wright and 2 others
PMID 29370445WHAT IT FOUND
Older African American women with hypertension said caregiving often pushed their own blood pressure care aside, yet they wanted to teach younger relatives their self-management strategies.
Some struggled to connect across generations, and many worried about privacy on social media.
Key findings
01All women identified at least one person for blood pressure self-management information, and 92% identified multiple people, many of whom they cared for.
0262% of women described difficulty caring for others while trying to care for themselves or prioritized family health over their own.
03Women wanted to share hypertension self-management knowledge with younger generations, but some were unsure how to connect with them.
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What it does not show
The study included only 13 African American older women from one Midwestern community, so the themes may not apply to other groups or places. All participants had health insurance, primary care, and controlled blood pressure, so the findings may not apply to women without those supports or with uncontrolled hypertension. The themes were not specifically related to the study's primary purpose of information sharing for hypertension self-management. The study did not measure blood pressure outcomes or test whether sharing information with younger generations improves health. Details about caregiving intensity, such as number and ages of grandchildren cared for, were not captured.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that teaching younger relatives improves blood pressure control. This study reports perceptions and themes, not measured health outcomes or tested intervention effects.