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Conducted
at Blair Athol Coal Mine Women's Health Session
The following
information was obtained through a follow-up questionnaire administered
to female workers and partners of male employees from the Blair Athol
Coal Mine.
Significant
findings include
- 82% of respondents
were mothers and of those 78% had children living at home
- Approximately
88% of respondents, with children, rated the relationship with their
children as eight (out of ten) or above. Similarly,
88% of these respondents perceived that their children would rate the
relationship as seven (out of ten) or above
- 100% of respondents
rated their general level of health as seven (out of ten) or above,
with 18% of these respondents rating themselves as a ten (out of ten)
- Approximately
90% of respondents rated their general level of contentment as eight
(out of ten) or above
- The most important
health areas to respondents included stress in the workplace (82%),
exercise and fitness (82%), cancer (73%), wellbeing (73%) and heart
disease (55%)
- 100% of respondents
had visited a GP in the last year, with the majority, 55%, visiting
two to three times. Of these respondents 80% rated their last experience
as good to very good
- The most important
health professional services to respondents were the hospital (80%),
GP's (80%), counsellors (80%) and community health nurses (30%)
- 80% of respondents
indicated that they were more likely to visit the GP as a result of
program
- 82% of respondents
reported that health and wellbeing was the most important issue to them,
followed by their relationships and family (36%) and workplace (18%)
- 100% of respondents
indicated that the presenter related to their issues
- Approximately
80% of respondents indicated that the session was informative
- 91% of respondents
indicated that they would like to attend more sessions in the future.
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