Browsing by Subject "Women's Health"

Are quit attempts among U.S. female nurses who smoke different from female smokers in the general population? An analysis of the 2006/2007 tobacco use supplement to the current population survey.

Sarna, Linda; Bialous, Stella Aguinaga; Nandy, Karabi; Yang, Qing (BMC Womens Health, 2012-03-19)

BACKGROUND: Smoking is a significant women's health issue. Examining smoking behaviors among occupational groups with a high prevalence of women may reveal the culture of smoking behavior and quit efforts of female smokers. ...

Expert Panel Recommendations on Lower Urinary Tract Health of Women Across Their Life Span.

Losada, Liliana; Amundsen, Cindy L; Ashton-Miller, James; Chai, Toby; Close, Clare; Damaser, Margot; DiSanto, Michael; ... (15 authors) (J Womens Health (Larchmt), 2016-11)

Urologic and kidney problems are common in women across their life span and affect their daily life, including physical activity, sexual relations, social life, and future health. Urological health in women is still understudied ...

Exploration of Multiple Perceived Obstacles to Abortion Access for Women in North Carolina

Jaffe, Stephanie (2019-12-06)

Existing research shows that legislation such as mandatory waiting periods, restriction of federal funding to pay for abortion services, and regulations causing clinic closures can make it more difficult for women to get ...

Healthcare Experiences, Needs, and Strategies of Survivors of Violence

Reeves, Elizabeth Anne (2018)

The long-term and multi-faceted consequences of trauma are well documented and health conditions associated with traumatic life events are often those that benefit from early and regular attention from a healthcare provider. ...

Incidence of postpartum hypertension among Kenyan women with preeclampsia: a prospective cohort study

Lumsden, Rebecca (2020)

Background: The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rising in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Preeclampsia, a type of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, is a unique risk factor for CVD among women, yet little is known about ...

Mifepristone (RU-486^®) as a Schedule IV Controlled Drug-Implications for a Misleading Drug Policy on Women's Health Care.

Hsieh, Yi-Ping; Wang, Yun-Ju; Feng, Ling-Yi; Wu, Li-Tzy; Li, Jih-Heng (International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022-07)

<h4>Background</h4>Mifepristone (RU-486) has been approved for abortion in Taiwan since 2000. Mifepristone was the first non-addictive medicine to be classified as a schedule IV controlled drug. As a case of the "misuse" ...

Novel Biophotonic Imaging Techniques for Assessing Women's Reproductive Health

Drake, Tyler Kaine (2013)

Even though women make up over half the population in the United States, medical advancements in areas of women's health have typically lagged behind the rest of the medical field. Specifically, two major threats to women's ...

Predictors of Successful Treatment Acquisition Among HPV Positive Women in Western Kenya

Novak, Carissa Ashley (2018)

AbstractBackground: While highly preventable cervical cancer remains a leading cause ofcancer in women globally. Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionately affected, and inKenya specifically, over 4,800 new cervical cancer ...

Psychobiological, Clinical, and Sociocultural Factors that Influence Black Women to Seek, Initiate, and Complete Treatment for Infertility: A Mixed Methods Study

Cebert, Morine (2020)

Black women in the U.S. have twice the prevalence of infertility (14%) than non-Hispanic white women (7%) yet are twice as less likely to seek initial evaluation for infertility. Disparities in infertility treatment use ...

Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Minority Women.

Brown, Kara M; Robinson, Gail Erlick; Nadelson, Carol C; Grigoriadis, Sophie; Mittal, Leena P; Conteh, Nkechi; Benders-Hadi, Nikole; ... (10 authors) (The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 2021-10)

Sexual victimization, fear of sexual powerlessness, and cognitive emotion dysregulation as barriers to sexual assertiveness in college women.

Zerubavel, Noga; Messman-Moore, Terri L (Violence Against Women, 2013-12)

The current study examined sexual victimization and two barriers to young women's sexual assertiveness: fear of sexual powerlessness and cognitive emotion dysregulation. College women (N = 499) responded to surveys and indicated ...