The Des Moines Register and MSN.com published an article this week about Iowa State University researcher's conclusions regarding the effects divorce has on rural women. The study, spanning 10 years, focused on what happens to rural women's health after the end of a marriage compared with women who stayed married. The study concluded that while the act of getting divorced produced no immediate physical effects on health it did effect on mental health. However, ten years later, those effects on mental health led to effects in physical health.
The study added that divorced women, especially in rural areas, have poor job opportunities and fewer support systems therefore contributing to women's declining health. Often, the only job opportunities offered to divorced women have poor health care plans or quality health care is inaccessible due to their geographical location. To read the full article check out the following: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15498876/
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Jennifer Jaskolka-Brown, an Iowa attorney located at 6601 Westown Parkway, Suite 200, West Des Moines, Iowa, (515) 247-4705, practices in general civil litigation with an emphasis in Iowa Family Law issues. She provides guidance in family law matters from divorce, paternity, disestablishment of paternity to adoption,and guardianships. She also provides representation in a wide-variety of civil litigation issues.
