Although many of the countries with large subnational disparities in anemia prevalence could use the results from this study to efficiently target precision public health interventions where they are most needed, there is a second set of countries that had low subnational inequalities and high national...
Globally, the number of forcibly displaced women is growing. Refugee and displaced women have poorer health outcomes compared to migrant and host country populations. Conflict, persecution, violence or natural disasters and under-resourced health systems in their country of origin contribute to displaceme...
Previous studies have shown an increased risk for mental health problems in children born to both younger and older parents compared to children of average-aged parents. We previously used a novel design to reveal a latent mechanism of genetic associatio
2004, ALCOHOL—AN IMPORTANT WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUENational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Sarkola T et al, 2000,Acute effect of alcohol on androgens in premenopausal womenPubMed Alcoholic BeveragesLinus Pauling Institute Vaux KK, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Clinical PresentationEmedicine ...
This raises important ethical issues pertaining to health equity: according to the current restrictions, girls and WOCP, unless other possible treatments have proved unsuitable and they agree to adhere to contraception requirements, should be denied a potentially effective cure, even in the presence ...
Few health professionals remain in remote areas and very few I/NGOs are providing training for those professionals. IDI 2. Senior Service Provider, SRH Clinic, I/NGO, Kathmandu. Interview participants revealed numerous inhibiting factors relating to lack of access and uptake of safe abortion ...
a clinic-based model) directed by nurses, and patient initiated models [60–62]. The range of services offered to women is also varied according to the preferred model of care, location, public versus private health service coverage and the availability of suitably experienced health professionals...
To get vaccinated, pregnant women must provide their antenatal care clinic card as evidence of pregnancy and booking done with the Ministry of Health. The Ministry says pregnant women living outside Viti Levu must continue to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine. ...
This PC participant accessed pharmacy provided inject- ables, reporting they later changed to an Implant (inserted at a health clinic). One PC respondent had an intrauterine device (IUD) inserted at a health clinic shortly after her MA and was still using this contracep- tive method. Eight ...
The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia BACKGROUND: Despite extensive investigation of the association between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk, effect of low-to-moderate alcohol intake on breast cancer incidence has been inco...