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Harris, James, Ruth Elwood Martin, Heather Filek, Ann C. Macaulay, Jane A. Buxton, Marla Buchanan, Mo Korchinski, Veronika Moravan, and Vivian Ramsden. "Familial support impacts incarcerated women ' s housing stability." Housing, Care and Support 18, no. 3/4 (December 21, 2015): 80–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-05-2014-0012.

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Purpose – This participatory health research project of researchers and women prisoners examined housing and homelessness as perceived by incarcerated women to understand this public health concern and help guide policy. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – A participatory research team designed and conducted a survey of 83 incarcerated women in BC, Canada. Using descriptive statistics, the authors examined socio-demographic factors related to social support networks and family housing and women’s housing preference upon release. Findings – In total, 44 percent of participants reported no family home upon release while 31 percent reported lost family ties due to their incarceration. Most vulnerable subpopulations were women aged 25-34, aboriginal women and those with multiple incarcerations. Housing preferences differed between participants suggesting needs for varied options. Further implementation, evaluation and appraisal of social programs are required. Research limitations/implications – This study surveyed one correctional facility: future research could utilize multiple centers. Practical implications – Addressing housing instability among released incarcerated individuals is important fiscally and from a public health lens. Improved discharge planning and housing stability is needed through policy changes and social programs. A social support network, “Women in2 Healing,” has developed from the research group to address these issues. Social implications – Housing stability and recidivism are closely linked: providing stable housing options will lessen the social, fiscal and medical burden of individuals returning to crime, substance abuse, illness and poverty. Originality/value – Housing instability addresses an important social determinant of health and focussing on incarcerated women builds upon a small body of literature.
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David Lum, Gary. "Problems in diagnosing sexually transmitted infections in remote Australia." Microbiology Australia 28, no. 1 (2007): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ma07017.

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Times are changing. The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Strategy 2005-2008 provides current commentary on the problems facing Australia?s Indigenous population. While the rates of sexually transmitted infections have always been higher in Indigenous Australians, there is some evidence of increasing rates of HIV infection. The rate of Chlamydia infection in non-Indigenous Australians has doubled between 1999 and 2003, while the rate of infection in some populations of Indigenous Australians has moved from 658 per 100 000 to 1140 per 100 000 population. Indigenous Australians are forty-times more likely to be infected with the gonococcus than non-Indigenous Australian men and women. It should not be surprising that Indigenous Australian rates of syphilis are unacceptably high at ~250 per 100 000 population and almost non-existent in the non-Indigenous population.
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Rutman, Deborah, Nancy Poole, Sharon Hume, Carol Hubberstey, and Marilyn Van Bibber. "Building a framework for evaluation of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder prevention and support programs: A collaborative Canadian project." International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research 3, no. 1 (March 19, 2014): 81–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v3i1.122.

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Rutman, D., Poole, N., Hume, S., Hubberstey, C., & Van Bibber, M. (2014). Building a framework for evaluation of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder prevention and support programs: A collaborative Canadian project. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 3(1), 81-89. doi:10.7895/ijadr.v3i1.122Aims: This article discusses a Canadian project that is designed to identify promising evaluation methods and create common evaluation frameworks for FASD prevention programs serving pregnant women and mothers, and FASD supportive intervention programs serving youth and adults living with FASD. A social determinants of health perspective guided the project.Design: The project has employed a mixed-methods approach including a literature search, documentary review, and an iterative set of consultations with program providers, program managers, government managers and funders, researchers, and evaluators in the context of their work across Canada and internationally.Results: The project’s processes led to the development of three visual “maps” comprised of concentric rings that depict theoretical foundations; activities and approaches; formative outcomes; and participant, community and systemic outcomes. The three visual frameworks depict evaluation of 1) FASD prevention programs; 2) FASD support programs; and 3) FASD programs in Aboriginal communities.Conclusions: The development of visual maps to depict common evaluation frameworks promotes individual and collective action towards applying the frameworks on the part of community-based services and governments across Canada, on the service and systemic levels. Program providers, researchers, and system planners have indicated that the maps have wide-ranging applications.
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Tait, Caroline L. "Canadian Aboriginal Women and Health." International Journal of Indigenous Health 4, no. 1 (June 3, 2013): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.18357/ijih41200812309.

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Kelly, Janet. "Decolonizing Sexual Health Nursing with Aboriginal Women." Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 45, no. 3 (September 2013): 50–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/084456211304500304.

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Butler, Tony, Stephen Allnutt, Azar Kariminia, and David Cain. "Mental Health Status of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Australian Prisoners." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 41, no. 5 (May 2007): 429–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048670701261210.

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Objective: To compare the mental health of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal prisoners in New South Wales. Methods: The sample consisted of a cross-sectional random sample of sentenced prisoners, and a consecutive sample of reception prisoners. The sample was drawn from 29 correctional centres (27 male, two female) across New South Wales. Overall, 1208 men (226 Aboriginal), and 262 women (51 Aboriginal) participated in the study. Mental illness was detected using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI-A) and a number of other screening measures incorporated into the programme. Results: No differences were detected in mental illness between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men, apart from depression, which was lower in the latter group. Aboriginal woman were more likely than non-Aboriginal women to screen positive for symptoms of psychosis in the prior 12 months and have a higher 1 month and 12 month prevalence of affective disorder; they also had higher psychological distress scores. Suicidal thoughts and attempts were the same in both groups. Conclusions: These findings confirm that the demand for mental health services in prisons is considerable, and that Aboriginal women are one of the most vulnerable groups. Services and programmes providing an alternative to incarceration are needed, as are culturally sensitive approaches to treatment.
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Corrado, Ann Marie. "The detrimental effects of obstetric evacuation on Aboriginal women’s health." University of Western Ontario Medical Journal 86, no. 2 (December 3, 2017): 28–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5206/uwomj.v86i2.2000.

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In Western society, many colonial practices, such as the removal of Aboriginal women from their communities prior to birth, still detrimentally affects Aboriginal peoples’ lives. Health Canada’s evacuation policy for pregnant Aboriginal women living in rural and remote areas involves nurses, who are employed by the federal government, coordinating the transfer of all pregnant women to urban cities at 36-38 weeks gestational age to await the birth of their baby.1 The policy states that it is founded on concerns for the wellbeing of Aboriginal women, in an attempt to “curb First Nations’ child and maternal mortality rates”.1 However, there is a need to problematize the practice of obstetric evacuation given its colonial roots and its impact on Aboriginal women. The objective of this review paper is to explore and bring awareness to some of the consequences of Canada’s evacuation policy for pregnant Aboriginal women who live in rural and remote regions. Morespecifically, this paper, drawing on ethnographic research previously conducted with Canadian Aboriginal women on their lived experiences of prenatal care and birth, will examine the lack of social support, loss of control, and lack of culturally competent care that Aboriginal women face. The findings demonstrate an urgent need for policy makers to also consider the lived experience of Aboriginal women when making decisions that impact their health.
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Nelson, Chantal, Karen M. Lawford, Victoria Otterman, and Elizabeth K. Darling. "Mental health indicators among pregnant Aboriginal women in Canada: results from the Maternity Experiences Survey." Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada 38, no. 7/8 (August 2018): 269–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.38.7/8.01.

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Introduction There is little research done on mental health among pregnant Aboriginal women. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to examine the prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) and its determinants, including pre-existing depression among non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal women in Canada. Methods The Maternity Experiences Survey (MES) is a national survey of Canadian women’s experiences and practices before conception, up to the early months of parenthood. Predictors of PPD were calculated using the Mantel-Haenszel correction method relative to the risk estimates based on the odds ratio from adjusted regression analysis. The analysis was conducted among women who self-identified as Aboriginal (Inuit, Métis or First Nations living off-reserve) and those who identified as non-Aboriginal. Results The prevalence of pre-existing depression was higher among self-reported First Nations off-reserve and Métis women than non-Aboriginal women. Inuit women had the lowest prevalence of self-reported pre-existing depression, and Aboriginal women reported a higher prevalence of PPD than non-Aboriginal women. Pre-existing depression was not a predictor for PPD for Inuit or Métis women in this study but was a positive predictor among First Nations off-reserve and non-Aboriginal women. A disproportionally higher number of Aboriginal women reported experiencing abuse, as compared to non-Aboriginal women. Conclusion Our study demonstrated that common predictors of PPD including anxiety, experiencing stressful life events during pregnancy, having low levels of social support, and a previous history of depression were consistent among non-Aboriginal women. However, with the exception of the number of stressful events among First Nations offreserve, these were not associated with PPD among Aboriginal women. This information can be used to further increase awareness of mental health indicators among Aboriginal women.
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Reekie, Joanne, Basil Donovan, Rebecca Guy, Jane S. Hocking, John M. Kaldor, Donna B. Mak, Sallie Pearson, et al. "Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity in Western Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women 2001–2013: a population-based cohort study." Sexual Health 14, no. 6 (2017): 574. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh16207.

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Background: This study aimed to examine trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women of reproductive age. Methods: A cohort of 318002 women, born between 1974 and 1995, residing in Western Australia (WA) was determined from birth registrations and the 2014 electoral roll. This cohort was then probabilistically linked to all records of chlamydia and gonorrhoea nucleic acid amplification tests conducted by two large WA pathology laboratories between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2013. Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity were investigated over time and stratified by Aboriginality and age group. Results: The proportion of women tested annually for chlamydia increased significantly between 2001 and 2013 from 24.5% to 36.6% in Aboriginal and 4.0% to 8.5% in non-Aboriginal women (both P-values <0.001). Concurrent testing was high (>80%) and so patterns of gonorrhoea testing were similar. Chlamydia and gonorrhoea positivity were substantially higher in Aboriginal compared with non-Aboriginal women; age-, region- and year-adjusted incidence rate ratios were 1.52 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.50–1.69, P < 0.001) and 11.80 (95% CI 10.77–12.91, P < 0.001) respectively. Chlamydia positivity increased significantly in non-Aboriginal women aged 15–19 peaking in 2011 at 13.3% (95% CI 12.5–14.2%); trends were less consistent among 15–19-year-old Aboriginal women but positivity also peaked in 2011 at 18.5% (95% CI 16.9–20.2%). Gonorrhoea positivity was 9.7% (95% CI 9.3–10.1%), 6.7% (95% CI 6.4–7.0%), 4.7% (4.4–5.0%), and 3.1% (2.8–3.4%) among Aboriginal women aged respectively 15–19, 20–24, 25–29 and ≥30 years, compared with <1% in all age groups in non-Aboriginal women. Over time, gonorrhoea positivity declined in all age groups among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women. Conclusion: Between 2001 and 2013 in WA chlamydia and gonorrhoea positivity remained highest in young Aboriginal women despite chlamydia positivity increasing among young non-Aboriginal women. More effective prevention strategies, particularly for young Aboriginal women, are needed to address these disparities.
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Li, Ming, David Roder, Lisa J. Whop, Abbey Diaz, Peter D. Baade, Julia ML Brotherton, Karen Canfell, et al. "Aboriginal women have a higher risk of cervical abnormalities at screening; South Australia, 1993–2016." Journal of Medical Screening 26, no. 2 (November 12, 2018): 104–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969141318810719.

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Objective Cervical cancer mortality has halved in Australia since the national cervical screening program began in 1991, but elevated mortality rates persist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (referred to as Aboriginal women in this report). We investigated differences by Aboriginal status in abnormality rates predicted by cervical cytology and confirmed by histological diagnoses among screened women. Methods Using record linkage between cervical screening registry and public hospital records in South Australia, we obtained Aboriginal status of women aged 20–69 for 1993–2016 (this was not recorded by the registry). Differences in cytological abnormalities were investigated by Aboriginal status, using relative risk ratios from mixed effect multinomial logistic regression modelling. Odds ratios were calculated for histological high grade results for Aboriginal compared with non-Aboriginal women. Results Of 1,676,141 linkable cytology tests, 5.8% were abnormal. Abnormal results were more common for women who were younger, never married, and living in a major city or socioeconomically disadvantaged area. After adjusting for these factors and numbers of screening episodes, the relative risk of a low grade cytological abnormality compared with a normal test was 14% (95% confidence interval 5–24%) higher, and the relative risk of a high grade cytological abnormality was 61% (95% confidence interval 44–79%) higher, for Aboriginal women. The adjusted odds ratio of a histological high grade was 76% (95% confidence interval 46–113%) higher. Conclusions Ensuring that screen-detected abnormalities are followed up in a timely way by culturally acceptable services is important for reducing differences in cervical cancer rates between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women.
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Mitchell, Jillian Mary Graham, and jill mitchell@health sa gov au. "A Matter of Urgency! Remote Aboriginal Women’s Health. Examining the transfer, adaptation and implementation of an established holistic Aboriginal Well Women’s Health program from one remote community to another with similar needs and characteristics." Flinders University. Nursing and Midwifery, 2007. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20070725.112610.

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Aim: As a priority for Aboriginal women, in the context of worsening Aboriginal health and lack of clarity about successful strategies to address healthcare needs, this research explored successful strategies in remote Aboriginal women’s health that may be transferable to another community with similar health needs. Methodology: Against a background of cultural and historical events, the study sought to identify existing strategies and frameworks for Aboriginal women’s health. It uses Naturalistic Inquiry situated within the Interpretive paradigm and conceptualised within the philosophical approach of feminist and critical social theory It has examined Aboriginal health providers’ and women’s priorities, practices, perceptions and expectations within the context of primary health care and community development principles by Participatory Action Research (PAR). The successful elements of an established and effective Aboriginal Well Women’s Health (AWWH) program from Central Australia (CA) were identified, transferred and adapted to meet the needs of a willing recipient remote community in South Australia (SA). Working together with healthcare providers from CA and SA, the adapted Well Women’s Health program was implemented in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service collaboratively with local mainstream Community Women’s health services and evaluated. Results: Over a two year period, the research was evaluated through Critical Social Theory examining both the process of implementation and the impact on the Aboriginal community, analysing both qualitative and quantitative data. The AWWH program model and its principles were successfully transferred, adapted and implemented in this community. The AWWH program which included comprehensive health screening, health information and lifestyle sessions have become core business of the Aboriginal health service and an Aboriginal Men’s Well Health program has also been established using the same model. The women have found the AWWH program culturally acceptable and their attendance has steadily increased and the program has reached those women in the community who previously had never experienced a well health check. It has also identified an extremely high incidence and comorbidity of acute illness and chronic disease in diabetes, renal and dental disease, mental and social health problems that require address. Conclusion: Health programs that are well established and effective can be successfully replicated, transferred and adapted to other communities if the elements that made them successful are acknowledged and those principles are then transferred with the program to a willing community with similar needs. This program transfer has potential to save much time and developmental costs that will help to address poor Aboriginal health.
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Kelly, Janet, and janet kelly@flinders edu au. "Moving Forward Together in Aboriginal Women’s Health: A Participatory Action Research Exploring Knowledge Sharing, Working Together and Addressing Issues Collaboratively in Urban Primary Health Care Settings." Flinders University. School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2009. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20090324.084222.

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This collaborative qualitative research explored ways of improving Aboriginal women’s health and well-being in an urban Adelaide primary health care setting. This involved respectful knowledge sharing, working effectively together and addressing issues related to colonisation, discrimination and exclusion. It was identified that while Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal professionals are committed to ‘Closing the Gap’ in health disparities, many have questioned how best to do so within the current health system. Therefore, this research focused on filling gaps in knowledge about the spaces where Aboriginal community women, and Aboriginal and non Aboriginal health professionals can work collaboratively regardful and regardless of health system polices, programs and practices. A strong commitment to local community preferences and national Aboriginal health research ethics enabled Aboriginal community women and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal heath professional co-researchers to be actively and meaningfully involved with me in both the research processes and outcomes. A modified Participatory Action Research (PAR), with repeated cycles of Look and Listen, Think and Discuss and Take Action emerged as an effective model of collaborative practice, suitable for health care and research. Four unique yet interconnected areas of collaboration developed, each highlighting particular aspects of culturally safe knowledge sharing and collaboration in health care. The first involved working with Aboriginal community women, acknowledging and addressing their most health and well-being priorities related to high levels of stress in their lives. Collaborative action involved creating a women’s friendship group, seeking and accessing a range of services, and co-presenting our findings at conferences The second Collaboration Area offers insights into the practicalities and difficulties experienced by staff as they tried to provide health services for Aboriginal women in a newly developing Aboriginal health organisation. The third Collaboration Area focused on the challenges and benefits of collaboration between sectors, in particular a local high school and the Aboriginal health service. We explored effective ways to work across sectors and engage young Aboriginal women in health programs. The ongoing impact of discrimination, exclusion and colonisation for this next generation of Aboriginal women was highlighted. The fourth Collaboration Area involved wider collaboration and road testing our collaborative methodology in a broader environment. A diverse group of co-researchers came together to plan, implement and evaluate a de-colonising national action research action learning conference embedded in Aboriginal preferred ways of knowing and doing. Findings are discussed under the three central themes of knowledge sharing, working together and addressing health care access and colonisation and key recommendations for the future are proposed. This research has reinforced the need identified in Aboriginal health documents for policy, program and practice commitment to holistic and collaborative approaches such as comprehensive primary health care and participatory action research. While the National Apology and Close the Gap campaign have provided opportunities for change, these need to be followed by tangible action at all levels of health care.
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Beale, B. L. "Maternity services for urban Aboriginal women : experiences of six women in Western Sydney /." View thesis, 1996. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030613.161127/index.html.

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Hill, Donna Michele. "Aboriginal women living with HIV/AIDS : an empowerment perspective." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2786.

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This qualitative research study focuses explicitly on understanding the experiences and perceptions of urban Aboriginal women living with HIV/AIDS. Stigmatizing attitudes and language have serious impacts upon the lives of HIV-positive Aboriginal women. The ways our society presently addresses the women needs to change. With the insights and assistance of four Aboriginal women living with HIV, this project adds to the presently sparse qualitative literature in this research area. Current research indicates that there are many factors associated with urban Aboriginal women being at higher risk for infection and lower physical and mental health, such as race, socio-economic conditions, isolation, oppression and violence, family history, substance abuse, discrimination, and often the responsibilities of childrearing. However, current research analysis and presentation is insufficient, and more in-depth questions arise. Material was collected using semi-structured, open-ended questioning conversations with the participants. Two guiding research questions were asked: 1) What is it like for you, living with HIV right now? and 2) What would you want other people to learn from your experiences? The women’s stories provide an avenue for participants to voice some of their triumphs and challenges about being an Aboriginal woman living with HIV/AIDS. For the community at large, this is also an opportunity to hear first hand, important information such as this. In this work, I have tried to adhere to the tenets of Indigenous methodologies by allowing the life-stories to resonate as holistic representations. Rather than deconstructing the women’s stories through naturalistic analysis (which continues to categorize and to objectify participants), the stories are viewed through a Health Narrative Topography whereby thematic genres such as Restitution, Chaos, and Quest are illuminated, while also being critically aware of some of the limitations to this framework. Three overarching themes are revealed through the women’s stories: 1) the empowerment and resiliency demonstrated by the participants; 2) the need for cultural competency in a society that continues to stigmatize Aboriginal and HIV-positive women; and, 3) the need for a more holistic approach within society when it comes to education, learning, and healing.
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Örnólfsdóttir, Unnur Ósk. "Swedish women´s self-esteem, body dissatisfaction and health." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-58684.

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Self-reported mental health problems have increased dramatically among young female high school (Swedish: gymnasium) and university students in Sweden since the 1990’s. The reasons for this increase are mostly unknown but self-esteem and body image might be important factors behind this problem. The aim of this study was to test whether self-esteem and body dissatisfaction predict health. All correlation directions were in accordance with previous studies on the subject. There was no age group difference in levels of self-esteem, body dissatisfaction or health among the women. Multiple regression analysis revealed that global self-esteem was the strongest single predictor of health. These results give support for the importance of global self-esteem for subjective health. This should be considered in future studies and in the battle against the development of depression, anxiety and eating disorders among women.
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Prentice, Tracey. "Visioning Health: Using the Arts to Understand Culture and Gender as Determinants of Health for HIV-Positive Aboriginal Women (PAW)." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32956.

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Previous research, mostly on HIV-positive Aboriginal women (PAW) instead of with them, has focused primarily on their HIV-illness experience and the gaps and needs that arise from living with HIV. This has, arguably, allowed us to develop policies and programs to meet these needs; however, it has also contributed to dominant and disempowering representations of Aboriginal women living with HIV as troubled, vulnerable and in need of outside assistance. To counter-balance these negative representations and to co-create new strengths-based, culturally-relevant and gender-specific knowledge that can inform policies, programs and services for PAW, I partnered with PAW and Aboriginal community partners to develop a project that would provide PAW with an opportunity to tell a different kind of story about themselves than has previously been told by others. Using an Indigenist Intersectional Population Health framework that was underpinned by a strengths-based, arts-informed, culturally-grounded and decolonizing community-based participatory approach to research, we engaged 13 PAW across three sites (Toronto = 5; Montreal = 4; ‘Virtual’ group = 4) in individualized group research processes to better understand PAW’s perceptions of health instead of illness and the intersecting roles that culture and gender can play in supporting the self-defined health of PAW. We also engaged in innovative, culturally-relevant and participatory knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) and developed policy and practice recommendations from our research. Findings from Visioning Health suggest that PAW have a holistic and relational view of health that is grounded in their individual and collective identity as HIV-positive Aboriginal women. Health for PAW co-researchers has physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions, and is fundamentally about ‘connecting’ and ‘feeling connected’ at multiple levels including self, others, community, culture, environment and Creator. Each of these levels is interrelated and each is grounded in Aboriginal cultures and ways of knowing that see all elements of the world as interconnected. This is consistent with previously published health concepts for Aboriginal peoples; however, this is the first articulation of PAW’s perspectives on health in the literature. PAW co-researchers also identified health-enabling strategies that they use to support their self-defined health, including understanding and resisting the broader context of colonization, reclaiming their voice and identity, creating safe spaces for themselves and their peers, and (re)connecting to Spirit. Given that the vast majority of policies and programs for PAW are based on Western concepts of health as predominantly physical, findings from this study can be used to inform strengths-based, culturally-relevant and gender-specific policies and practices that better fit the needs of PAW. One of the most significant and unexpected findings of our study, however, is that the process of participating in our research was, in itself, health enabling. Consistent with their perspectives on health, PAW co-researchers reported that participating in Visioning Health helped them feel connected to themselves, to others, to their communities, and to their cultures. PAW co-researchers also referred to their participation in Visioning Health as ‘a healing journey’ and ‘damn good medicine’. While we did not design our project as an ‘intervention’, it is clear that Visioning Health worked as a holistic and integrated action for social change on several levels that are mutually reinforcing. Policy and practice recommendations that flow from this research include: privileging PAW’s perspectives, grounding policy and practice in local Indigenous knowledges, highlighting PAW’s strengths instead of weaknesses, and incorporating a colonial analysis.
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Jull, Janet. "Cultural Adaptation of a Shared Decision-Making Intervention to Address the Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31703.

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Background: Little is known about shared decision-making (SDM) interventions with Aboriginal Peoples. Purpose: To explore Aboriginal women’s SDM needs and engage Aboriginal women in culturally adapting an SDM approach. Methods: Three studies were guided by an advisory group, ethical framework and a postcolonial theoretical lens. 1. A systematic review of the literature to identify health decision-making interventions to support Indigenous Peoples. 2. An interpretive descriptive qualitative study using individual interviews with Aboriginal women to explore decision-making needs. 3. An interpretive descriptive qualitative study to culturally adapt and usability test the Ottawa Personal Decision Guide (OPDG) to support decision making by Aboriginal women. Results: 1. The only eligible intervention study was a randomized control trial conducted in the United States with 44 Indigenous students. Compared to baseline, post-intervention the students demonstrated increased knowledge and use of a four-step decision-making process. 2. Interviews with 13 Aboriginal women supported SDM. Shared decision-making needs were represented by four major themes and presented in a Medicine Wheel framework: To be an active participant; To feel safe with care; Engagement in the decision process; Personal beliefs and community values. Supports for each of the major themes focused on the relational nature of shared decision-making. 3. Aboriginal women participated in two focus groups (n=13) or usability interviews with decision coaching (n=6). For culturally adapting the OPDG seven themes were identified: “This paper makes it hard for me to show that I am capable of making decisions”; “I am responsible for my decisions”; “My past and current experiences affect the way I make decisions”; “People need to talk with people”; “I need to fully participate in making my decisions”; “I need to explore my decision in a meaningful way”; “I need respect for my traditional learning and communication style.” Conclusions: There is little evidence on SDM interventions with Indigenous Peoples. Although Aboriginal women support SDM, they may have unmet decision-making needs. The OPDG was culturally adapted to be combined with decision coaching and needs to be evaluated.
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Baldin, Maíra Rodrigues [UNESP]. "Prevalência das doenças sexualmente transmissíveis em mulheres profissionais do sexo do Município de Botucatu/SP." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/96415.

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Mudanças sóciossexuais têm alterado o perfil das doenças sexualmente transmissíveis, ampliando a necessidade de seu rastreamento, especialmente onde existe concentração de pessoas ou grupos com comportamentos de risco, para que a detecção dessas doenças e seu tratamento imediato se traduzam na redução dos problemas causados. As profissionais do sexo apresentam a característica singular de manterem atividade sexual intensa, com vários coitos por dia, acrescida do uso de substâncias químicas locais e microtraumatismos vaginais, o que as deixa vulneráveis às doenças sexualmente transmissíveis. Identificar a prevalência de doenças sexualmente transmissíveis entre profissionais do sexo do município de Botucatu/SP e verificar a associação com variáveis sociodemográficas e comportamentais. Trata-se de estudo de prevalência populacional. Foram incluídas no estudo 102 profissionais do sexo, os dados foram colhidos durante o ano de 2008 e a propedêutica de atendimento das mulheres incluía a coleta de sangue, de conteúdo vaginal e de secreção cervical para detecção das seguintes doenças sexualmente transmissíveis: hepatite B; sífilis; aids; tricomoníase; infecção clamidiana, gonorreia e a presença de papilomavírus humano. A média de idade das participantes do estudo foi 26,1 anos, sendo que a maioria tinha nove ou mais anos de aprovação escolar (53,0%), era solteira (71,6%), usava contraceptivo (92,2%), negava história de doença sexualmente transmissível prévia (77,5%) e referiu a primeira relação sexual antes dos 15 anos (59,8%). A prática de sexo oral foi citada por 90,2% das mulheres e 37,3% delas referiram praticar sexo anal. Em relação às medidas de prevenção, 99% das profissionais do sexo relataram fazer uso do preservativo no trabalho e somente 26,3% das mulheres que tinham parceiro fixo relataram seu uso neste caso. O consumo de tabaco...
Socio-sexual changes have altered the profile of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and increased the need for their tracking, particularly in places where there is a concentration of individuals with a risk behavior, so that the detection of such diseases and their immediate treatment can be translated into the reduction of resulting problems. Sex professionals (SP) have the singular characteristic of maintaining intense sexual activity, with various intercourses per day, which is added to the use of topical chemical substances and vaginal microtrauma and makes them vulnerable to STD. To identify the prevalence of STD among SP the city of Botucatu/SP and evaluate the association with sociodemographic and behavioral variables. This is a population prevalence study. One hundred and two SP were included; data were collected in 2008, and the propedeutics of the women’s care included the collection of blood, vaginal content and cervical secretion for detection of the following sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B; syphilis; AIDS; trichomoniasis; Chlamydia infection, gonorrhea and the presence of the human papillomavirus (HPV). The participants’ mean age was 26.1 years. Most of them had attended school for nine years or longer (53.0%), were single (71,6%), used contraceptives (92.2%), denied having a history of previous STD (77.5%) and reported to have had their first sexual relationship before they were 15 years old (59.8%). Oral sex practice was mentioned by 90.2% of the women, and 37.3% of them reported to have anal sex. As regards prevention measures, 99% of the sex professionals reported to use condoms, and only 26.3% of the women who had a permanent partner reported its use in this case. The use of tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs was high: 68.6%, 84.3% and 42.2%, respectively. Oncotic cytology was normal for 95% of the women, since only five of ...(Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Ozden, Asli. "Can Reproductive Health Program Empower Women? A Feminist Post-development Critique Of European Union Funded Reproductrive Health Program In Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12612107/index.pdf.

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Whithin the recent human centered development approach, the mission of development'
s declared aims are alleviating poverty, increasing choices by reducing '
risks'
and empowering women. In line with the human development framework, Reproductive Health program aims at improving women'
s health, enlarging women'
s chices and engendering reproductive rights. The scope of '
empowerment'
is conceptualized as strenthening their capabilities to prevent sexual reproductive health risks, thereby enlarging their reproductive choices whithout reflecting on the role of general political economic structures. this thesis argues that while general health indicators and life choices and rights of poor women are decreasing due to neoliberal shrinkage of social policy and flexible working regimes, the sole focus on reproductive health and rights by development agents is irrelevant. In line with this argument, this study draws upon post-development theory in order to argue that development is a historically specific representation of social reality which permits particular modes of knowing while disqualifying others for perpetuating gobal hegemonic regimes.
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Bocardi, Maria Inês Brandão. ""Assistência pré-natal na adolescência: concepções das adolescentes e dos profissionais de saúde"." Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/83/83131/tde-03052005-114332/.

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Este estudo teve como objetivos identificar as concepções sobre assistência pré – natal de um grupo de gestantes adolescentes primíparas, inscritas no programa de assistência pré – natal nas Unidades de Saúde da Rede de Atenção à Saúde do município de Marília – SP; identificar as concepções sobre assistência pré – natal na adolescência dos profissionais de saúde (médicos, enfermeiras e auxiliares de enfermagem) que atuam nestes serviços; como também analisar as relações estabelecidas entre as concepções das gestantes adolescentes e dos profissionais de saúde na construção da assistência pré – natal. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas semi – estruturadas, realizadas com 17 profissionais de saúde e 18 gestantes adolescentes primíparas. Procurou-se identificar unidades temáticas pela Análise de Conteúdo. Para construção do processo de análise apropriamos de referenciais teóricos de construções sócio – culturais de significados representativos do cotidiano da assistência pré – natal através de um emaranhado de percepções e interpretações sobre o perfil da clientela atendida, concluindo que a assistência se faz de forma diferenciada e assim exercem papel fiscalizador, identificam os fatores de risco da gestação, discorrem sobre as dificuldades encontradas para prestarem assistência e revelam as ações da equipe de saúde. As adolescentes identificaram a assistência pré – natal recebida, permeada por procedimentos técnicos que incluem desde a realização de exames e procedimentos a orientações, que pelas suas características peculiares conforma a assistência como sendo monótona e ao mesmo tempo coercitiva ao serem fiscalizadas pelos profissionais que as atende. Pudemos apreender que o mundo social do pré – natal às adolescentes habitados pelos profissionais de saúde é construído dentro de um universo simbólico que desqualifica a adolescente para a entrada no mundo das mulheres adultas – a maternidade. Por outro lado, para as adolescentes o pré – natal é o dispositivo usado para revelar-lhes os limites de ser um corpo para si e ser um corpo para ter um filho e desautoriza-las como capazes de ter uma autonomia e poder de decisão.
This study aimed at identifying the conceptions about prenatal care of a group of adolescents on their first pregnancy. The adolescents were registered in the Prenatal Program offered by the Basic Health Units in the municipality of Marília – SP. The goals of this research were also to identify the conceptions of health professionals who work in these services (physicians, nurses and nursing aides) on prenatal care in adolescence; to analyze the relations established between the adolescents and health professionals conceptions in the construction of prenatal care. This is a qualitative research. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 17 health professionals and 18 adolescents on their first pregnancy. The author identified thematic units through content analysis. In order to construct the analysis process, author used the socio-cultural theoretical references on representative meanings of prenatal care through several perceptions and interpretations about the profile of the clientele, concluding that the care is provided in a differentiated way and that the health professionals play a fiscalizing role, identifying the pregnancy risk factors, reporting the difficulties they find to provide the care and revealing the actions of the health team. The adolescents identified prenatal care as surrounded by technical procedures, including examinations and orientations, characterizing a monotonous and at the same time coercive care as they are fiscalized by the professionals who provide their care. Author found that the social world of adolescents’ prenatal care resided by health professionals is built within a symbolic universe that disqualifies the adolescents to become adult women through maternity. In addition, for the adolescents, prenatal is a mechanism used by them to reveal their limits of being a body for themselves and being a body to have a baby and to unauthorized them as capable to have autonomy and decision power.
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Books on the topic "Aboriginal Women’s Health"

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Circle, The Write. Tenous connections: Urban aboriginal sexual health. [Toronto: Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres, 2002.

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Interim Regulatory Council on Midwifery (Ont.). Equity Committee. Presentation to Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. [Toronto: s.n.], 1992.

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Vogue futures: Health, fitness, looks and style for women in their 30's, 40's,50's ... London: Condé Nast Books, 1994.

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I-Shen. Ĭoga dl︠i︡a zhenshchin: Nachinaem s nul︠i︡a. Sankt-Peterburg: Vektor, 2008.

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An act of genocide: Colonialism and the sterilization of Aboriginal women. Black Point, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing, 2015.

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ill, Anderson Lydia, ed. Champion for children's health: A story about Dr. S. Josephine Baker. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1994.

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Rayman, Paula M. Envisioning good work: Thoughts on women, work and health in the 1990's. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women, 1990.

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Stout, Madeleine Dion. Aboriginal women's health research synthesis project: Final report : prepared for the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health Research Synthesis Group. [Ottawa: Centres of Excellence for Women's Health], 2001.

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Anderson, Kim. Aboriginal approaches to fetal alcohol syndrome-effects. Edited by Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres. Toronto, Ont: Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres, 2002.

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Martin, Lorna. Zhenshchina na grani nervnogo sryva: O zhizni i li Łubvi s kushetki psikhoterapevta. Moskva: Phantom Press, 2010.

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Martin, Sandra L., and Angela M. Parcesepe. "Sexual Assault and Women’s Mental Health." In Key Issues in Mental Health, 86–95. Basel: S. KARGER AG, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000342721.

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McCausland, Ruth, Elizabeth McEntyre, and Eileen Baldry. "Institutions of Default and Management: Aboriginal Women with Mental and Cognitive Disability in Prison." In Mental Health in Prisons, 185–210. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94090-8_8.

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Illauq, Beverly. "11. There’s a Nightmare in the Closet!: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder as a Major Health Issue for Women Living in Remote Aboriginal Communities." In Rural Women's Health, 215–32. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/9781442662513-013.

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Cortina, Lilia M., and Emily A. Leskinen. "Workplace Harassment Based on Sex: A Risk Factor for Women’s Mental Health Problems." In Key Issues in Mental Health, 139–47. Basel: S. KARGER AG, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000342028.

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"Women' s Health/Sexuality: The Case of Menopause." In Human Sexuality in Medical Social Work, 119–30. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203056318-17.

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Yoshida, Keiko, and Hiroshi Yamashita. "Development of the perinatal mental health service in Kyushu Japan: Research and clinical perspective." In Perinatal Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199676859.003.0013.

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Postnatal depression (PND) in Japan, despite a traditional support system for perinatal women and cultural differences, is no less common than in western countries. Our previous two studies, which began in the 1990s, found that PND was experienced by about 15% of Japanese women. First, 98 Japanese women living in England (Yoshida et al. 1997) and then 88 Japanese women living in Japan (Yamashita et al. 2000) were recruited into two prospective studies of PND from late pregnancy to 3 postnatal months. Using the same research protocol and diagnostic method, (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, Research Diagnostic Criteria), the incidence of PND was 12% and 17% respectively. We have a traditional support system for perinatal women called Satogaeri Bunben. Satogaeri means returning to their home towns where their families of origin live and Bunben means delivery. Pregnant women return to their home towns several weeks prior to their delivery and remain there, with their babies, after delivery for a couple of months. It seems to be a very supportive system. However, Satogaeri Bunben itself did not lower the incidence of PND in either of the groups mentioned above. A disadvantage of Satogaeri Bunben is that a woman cannot be monitored by the same midwife or obstetrician and her husband has to work and live separately until their reunion in their marital home (Yoshida et al. 2001). Most mothers with PND are unlikely to access psychiatric care, even though their depressive symptoms are serious (Mclntosh 1993). Therefore neonatal home visits by health visitors were seen as a potentially useful opportunity for detecting mothers with PND. Luckily, a home visit system by community health visitors has been well organized throughout Japan since the late 1940’s. In the past, the focus was on reducing infant death and promoting infant growth and development. In our city, the neonatal home visit service is provided for mother–baby dyads where (a) a baby’s birth weight is less than 2500 g, (b) first-born babies with a birth weight of less than 2800 g, (c) babies with perinatal or pediatric physical health problems.
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Jones, Gwyneth. "Beyond Gender?" In Joanna Russ, 133–54. University of Illinois Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252042638.003.0007.

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“Beyond Gender?” examines projects Joanna completed, despite serious health problems, at the end of her career--including a semi-autobiographical, postrealist lesbian romance, On Strike against God (1980), and Extra(Ordinary)People (1984), an interrogation of utopia that moves from the exceptional “female hero” in “Souls” through gender as performance in “The Mystery of the Young Gentleman” and gender polarity as redundant in “Bodies,” to a re-visioning of the Female Man’s dreadful war between Manland and Womanland. A playful, summarized gothic romance provides a coda. Essays discussed include “To Write Like a Woman,” on Willa Cather, and “Pornography by Women, for Women, with Love,” a study of the K/S phenomenon. Stories include “The Little Dirty Girl” and the poetic, feminist call to arms “Swordblades and Poppyseeds.”
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Bhowmik, Basanta. "Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Healing Strategies of COVID-19." In Biotechnology to Combat COVID-19 [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96200.

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In the present chapter, some notable features (epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical characteristics) regarding recent outbreak COVID-19 have been reviewed. Most significant features related to COVID-19 such as (i) roots of infection and disease manifestation, (ii) shape and structure of viral S-protein, (iii) genome sequence study and replication in host cell, (iv) role of environmental factors, (v) diagnosis tools and (vi) role of biosensor have been critically investigated. The biological and behavioral risk factors for pregnant women before and after child birth have been dictated clearly. Pulmonary abnormalities due to COVID-19 of the patient having diabetes, cancer etc. history have been clarified with help of CT imaging. Finally, prevention and cure strategies adopted by many health professionals based on the existing drugs are mentioned with their side effects.
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Hamburg, David A., and Beatrix A. Hamburg. "A Framework for Understanding and Addressing School Violence." In Learning to Live Together. Oxford University Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195157796.003.0014.

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The increased violence in American schools over the past decade has stimulated serious scholarship to determine the major factors underlying such violence and to develop school-based strategies for preventing it. One of the most comprehensive and systematic efforts to make sense of this body of research was presented in a book edited by Delbert S. Elliot, Beatrix A. Hamburg, and Kirk R.Williams in 1998.1 In this book scholars from the fields of social ecology, child and adolescent development, criminology, psychiatry, sociology, educational psychology, and public health presented relevant new perspectives, methodology, and data from their diverse fields. The authors developed an ecological, life course, developmental approach. The ultimate goal was to integrate diverse bodies of knowledge into a comprehensive approach to designing new basic research as well as rigorous program evaluation methods. Five themes emerged within this approach. These are summarized as follows:… 1. The interconnectedness of family, peer group, school, and neighborhood influences 2. The dynamic interaction between the individual and social contexts in influencing developmental patterns 3. Collaboration and comprehensiveness as requirements for effective prevention programs 4. The need for a public health approach to violence prevention 5. Rigorous implementation of evidence-based programs and strategies for preventing violence… This theme speaks to the ecological nature of the approach, which relates not only to the interrelationships among individuals within society but also to the connectedness and interplay across larger spheres of influence such as schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, and other social institutions. An important factor in youth violence is that as a result of a cascade of major social changes in family, labor force participation, and neighborhood cohesiveness, the family, and neighborhood social institutions once responsible for youth development have been undermined. This has shifted more responsibility to the schools to fill the gap. Since 1960, urbanization, changed roles of women, and powerful media impacts has converged in a troubling mix. For both married couple families and single parent households, the parental labor force participation has sharply increased. In 1985, 63 percent of all children in the United States had working mothers. By 1998, 71 percent of all school age children ages 6 to 18 had working mothers.
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"women services, preventive services and mental health services, than any other type of center" (Weisman et al., 1995 p. 108). They offered programs including menopause counseling, hormone replacement therapy and diagnosis and treatment of menstrual problems. Repro-ductive health centers provided for more gynecological exams, preg-nancy tests and contraceptive services. Compared to primary centers, reproductive health centers provided less general exams and offered fewer preventive services like blood pressure monitoring and immu-nizations. Along with the emergence of hospital sponsored programs of the 1980's came the creation of breast centers. Some diagnostic type breast centers offered only screenings and imaging services while others were comprehensive centers providing for screening along with diagnosis and treatment. Breast centers were found to offer more breast care services than other types of women's centers but again the range of services offered from one center to another was vastly differ-ent; 95% of breast centers offered diagnostic mammography, and 93% also provided self-breast exam instruction. Also 71% provided for biopsies and ultrasound and 37% provided for breast cancer treatment. Other women centers were found to be a mix of models; some education, some referral services, some independent support groups and some that also provided minimal clinical services. Many offered inpatient units for obstetrics and gynecology and outpatient services for breast screening. Education and information services were found to be an important component of the women's centers offerings. Many provided support groups as well as community agency referrals. Childbirth education classes, baby and you classes and exercise and diet classes usually were provided for an extra fee. Implications to Marketing The survey found many hospitals marketed their services to women because they perceived them as major consumers of health care and as referral sources for their families' health. Hence, a primary purpose was to increase hospital use and, therefore, revenue. Hospitals were and still are being innovative in their use of space. These hospital owned women's centers tended to be considerably market-oriented. They offered the opportunity to provide both a therapeutic milieu tailored to women and access to the resources of the larger institution. They appear to be a viable option for women and for the hospital." In Family Systems/Family Therapy, 31–36. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203725184-4.

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Conference papers on the topic "Aboriginal Women’s Health"

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Shamsunder, Saritha, Kavita Agarwal, Archana Mishra, and Sunita Malik. "Sample survey of cancer awareness in health care workers." In 16th Annual International Conference RGCON. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd., 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1685266.

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Objective: To see the awareness about cancer in women among ASHA workers. Place of Study: Awareness Sessions at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. Background: ASHA workers are the first point of contact for women in the community & bridge the back between the hospital and women. They have been instrumental in the success of the family planning programme & polio eradication program in India. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire about educational status, awareness about breast & cervical cancer statistics, methods of screening and diagnosis was distributed to Accredited Social Health Activists appointed by the government at two educational sessions organized at Safdarjung hospital. Results: Of the 200 ASHA workers attending, 188 completed the questionnaire. Their educational status ranged from 7th standard to post-graduate, majority had studied up to 10th standard. Their sources of information were mostly television and mobile phones, 23% had knowledge about internet, 36% were using Whats app. Only 28% knew about the commonest cancer in Indian women. Regarding breast cancer, 63% were aware of self examination of breasts, 41% knew the frequency of self examination; awareness about symptoms of breast cancer was prevalent in 46%, 24% knew about risk factors of breast cancer. Regarding Cervical Cancer, 28% knew about risk factors, 22% knew about symptoms of cervical cancer; 19% knew about screening methods for cervical cancer, 9.5% knew the screening intervals. Conclusion: Health education about cancer prevention should start at the primary school level. Special educational & motivational sessions for ASHA workers could help in cancer prevention programs.
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Kikhia, S., N. Vincens, A. Sauter, and J. Loss. "Exploring how Syrian women manage their health after migration to Germany – results of a qualitative study." In „Neue Ideen für mehr Gesundheit“. Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1694631.

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Fitrianti, Y. "“I AM NOT FULLY MEDICALIZED.”: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF POST-NATAL CARE AMONG MALAYSIAN CHILD-BIRTHING WOMEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM." In Global Public Health Conference. The International Institute of Knowledge Management, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17501/26138417.2021.4102.

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Obstetric medicine and reproductive technology have been spread out worldwide and become the symbol of modernization. Its expansion might displace the traditional treatments which mostly are practiced by the people in developing countries. However, the Malaysian women who lived in a Western country and had a well-educated background still practiced the traditional treatments after giving birth. The study was conducted in 2016 at Durham, a county in the United Kingdom, and it utilized qualitative research by interviewing five Malaysian women who had a birth experience in the United Kingdom. The result of the study revealed that heating the body with hot stone has still mostly practiced by Malaysian women even living in the United Kingdom, where there were optional sophisticated technology and qualified medical professional. In addition, some of them still obeyed the recommended and prohibited foods ruled by the origin culture during the postpartum period. The treatment was conducted at home supported by the family and colleagues whose the same ethnicity and nationality. In conclusion, the national boundaries, high education, and the existence of sophisticated health technology and qualified medical professional are irrelated to why people still undertake traditional treatments. The treatment was primarily chosen because of its health effects on the body after treatments. Therefore, health policymakers have to know and consider the migrant‟s cultural values in order to make the health system convenient and appropriate to either the migrants‟ health. In addition, the study needs further research to find the effectiveness and efficacy of traditional treatments to women‟s health. Keywords: traditional treatments, postpartum period, humoral system, heat therapy, cultural value, Malaysian culture
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Braig, S., T. Stalder, C. Kirschbaum, D. Rothenbacher, and J. Genuneit. "Self-reported stress and mood disorders, hair cortisol, and cortisone in women in the first year postpartum – the Ulm SPATZ Health Study." In Gemeinsam forschen – gemeinsam handeln. Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1605838.

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Piribauer, F., E. Parzer, and C. Fiala. "The Contraceptive Paradox may be caused partially by value dilemmas of a natural way of living. Findings from cross sectional surveys among the general population and women having an abortion and their partners in Austria." In 23. wissenschaftliche Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Public Health (ÖGPH). © Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1708975.

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Hampl, M., A. J. Stephan, R. Wölle, V. S. Prabhu, S. Tanniru, C. Jacob, K. M. Schneider, A. Schneider, W. Greiner, and M. Reuschenbach. "CIN2+ diagnoses between 2013 and 2018 in women 18 to 45 years old – Results from a German statutory health insurance claims data analysis." In Kongressabstracts zur Tagung 2020 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (DGGG). © 2020. Thieme. All rights reserved., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1718141.

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Reuschenbach, M., Prabhu VS, R. Wölle, S. Tanniru, C. Jacob, Schneider KM, A. Schneider, W. Greiner, M. Hampl, and Stephan AJ. "Cervical conization between 2013 and 2018 in women 18 to 45 years old – results from a German statutory health insurance claims data analysis." In Kongressabstracts zur Tagung 2020 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (DGGG). © 2020. Thieme. All rights reserved., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1718176.

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Khotimah, Siti Nurul, and Dwi Ernawati. "Motivation on Early Detection of Cervical Cancer in Women of Reproductive Age: A Scoping Review." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.65.

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ABSTRACT Background: Cervical cancer ranked the fourth most cancer incidence in women. WHO announced that 311,000 women died from the disease in 2018. Cervical cancer screening uptake remains low, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This scoping review aimed to investigate the motivation for early detection of cervical cancer in women of reproductive age. Subjects and Method: A scoping review method was conducted in eight stages including (1) Identification of study problems; (2) Determining priority problem and study question; (3) Determining framework; (4) Literature searching; (5) Article selection; (6) Critical appraisal; (7) Data extraction; and (8) Mapping. The research question was identified using population, exposure, and outcome(s) (PEOS) framework. The search included PubMed, ResearchGate, and grey literature through the Google Scholar search engine databases. The inclusion criteria were English-language and full-text articles published between 2010 and 2020. A total of 275 articles were obtained by the searched database. After the review process, twelve articles were eligible for this review. The quality of searched articles was appraised by Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal tools. The data were reported by the PRISMA flow chart. Results: Seven articles from developing countries (Jamaica, Nepal, Africa, Nigeria, Libya, and Uganda) and five articles from developed countries (England, Canada, Sweden, and Japan) met the inclusion criteria with cross-sectional studies. The selected existing studies discussed 3 main themes related to motivation to early detection of cervical cancer, namely sexual and reproductive health problems, diseases, and influence factors. Conclusion: Motivation for cervical cancer screening uptake is strongly related to the early detection of cervical cancer among reproductive-aged women. Client-centered counseling and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education play an important role in delivering information about the importance of cervical cancer screening. Keywords: motivation, cervical cancer, screening, early detection, reproductive-aged Correspondence: Siti Nurul Khotimah. Health Sciences Department of Master Program, Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta. Jl. Siliwangi (Ringroad Barat) No. 63, Nogotirto, Gamping, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55292. Email: Sitinurulkhotimah1988@gmail.com. Mobile: +6281227888442. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.65
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Octavia, Eva Nur, and Pandu Riono. "Effectivity of National Health Insurance on Maternal Health in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.04.03.

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ABSTRACT Background: Improving maternal health services is one of the main objectives in reducing maternal mortality. The national health insurance system is one of the efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) which aims to ensure that people can access health services without financial difficulties as stated in the third point of SDGs 2030. This system ensures that women are able to access quality maternal health services. This study aimed to review the effectiveness of national health insurance implementation on maternal health service in developing countries, systematically. Subjects and Method: This was a systematic review conducted by searching for articles through three databases, namely Cinahl, Medline, and JSTOR. The search was carried out using the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Study Design (PICO-S method). In the identification stage, it was found 251 articles and 8 articles were selected to meet the criteria for this study. Results: The national health insurance system was an effort to ensure that women of reproductive age were able to access quality maternal health services. However, there were still gaps in the utilization of health services which are influenced by factors of education, economic status, and geographic area. Conclusion: The implementation of the national health insurance system has an impact on increasing the utilization of maternal health services, especially in developing countries. Keywords: national health insurance, women of reproductive age, maternal health services, developing country Correspondence: Eva Nur Octavia. Postgraduate of Reproductive Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia. Jl. Margonda Raya, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok 16424, East Java. Email: evanuroctavia@gmail.com. Mobile: +62 87759656772 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.04.03
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Arguello, M., J. Des, A. Thompson, H. Paniagua, M. J. Fernandez-Prieto, and R. Perez. "Enabling smooth integration between HL7 CDA and medical guidelines on the web with an initial focus on women’s health in general practice." In 2008 Third International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM). IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icdim.2008.4746784.

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