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Journal articles on the topic "Women's internet use"
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Dickerson, Suzanne S. "Women's Use of the Internet: What Nurses Need to Know." Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing 35, no. 1 (January 2006): 151–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1552-6909.2006.00004.x.
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POLAT, Filiz, and Fatma KARASU. "Relationship between Pregnant Women's Internet Use and Their Thoughts About Self and Baby's Health." Bağımlılık Dergisi 23, no. 4 (December 27, 2022): 483–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.51982/bagimli.1087572.
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Objective: This research was carried out with the aim of examining the relationship between internet use in pregnant women and their thoughts about the health of their baby.
Method: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 216 pregnant women registered in two Family Health Centers between November 2021 and February 2022. The data of the study were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Prenatal Decision-Making Scale for Pregnants, and the Prenatal Self-Assessment Scale's Thoughts About Self and Baby's Health Sub-dimension.
Results: A statistically significant difference was found between the abortion/abortion history, number of pregnancies and current pregnancy desire status of the pregnant women and the total mean score of the Internet Decision Making Scale for Pregnants. A statistically significant difference was determined between the current pregnancy-related risk/disease status of pregnant women and the means cores of the Opinions About Self and Baby's Health Sub-Dimension. It was determined that the mean score of the Pregnant Women's Decision-Making Scale on the Internet was 34.75±7.13 and the Sub-dimension of Thoughts About Self and Baby's Health was 23.71±5.16. A positive correlation was found between the total and sub-dimensions of the Pregnant Women's Internet Decision-Making Scale and the Opinions About Self and Baby's Health Sub-dimension.
Conclusion: As the decision-making level of pregnant women increases via the internet, their thoughts about improving their own health and the health of their baby also increase.
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Wohlers, Margaret, and Debra Dinning. "Women's Health Websites: Increasing Access to Quality Health Information." Australian Journal of Primary Health 4, no. 3 (1998): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py98041.
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This paper outlines some of the problems facing women as Internet users. In the context of exponential growth of the Internet, issues of access and motivation, content and quality are examined. Recent studies on gender and equity and the relevance of the Internet to women, particularly rural and remote women, are considered. As women will only get 'a fair go' on the Internet when they know how to use the technology and participate in the areas that matter, this paper concludes with practical guidelines for setting up a website.
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Romano, Amy M. "A Changing Landscape: Implications of Pregnant Women's Internet Use for Childbirth Educators." Journal of Perinatal Education 16, no. 4 (2007): 18–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1624/105812407x244903.
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Toub, D. "The virtual physician office: patient use of an internet-based women's health forum." Obstetrics & Gynecology 97, no. 5 (May 2001): S57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0029-7844(01)01282-0.
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Kusnali, Asep, and Herti Windya Puspasari. "OTONOMI PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN PEREMPUAN MENIKAH DAN STATUS PENGGUNAAN KONTRASEPSI." Prosiding Seminar Nasional & Call for Paper "Peran Perempuan Sebagai Pahlawan di Era Pandemi" PSGESI LPPM UWP 8, no. 1 (December 25, 2021): 129–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.38156/gesi.v8i1.62.
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Gender inequality is often cited as a barrier to improving women’s sexual and reproductive health outcomes, including contraceptive use. Indonesia is ranked at 85th place out of the 153 countries in Global Gender Gap Report 2020, which indicates gender inequality. Although positive increases in women's participation in the economy, health and education have been shown since 2014. Keeping in view this fact, we investigated the impact of women’s decision-making autonomy on contraceptive use among married women age 15–49 years in Indonesia. Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) 2014 data has been used for analysis by ordered logistic regression. Women’s participation in making four household decisions: food purchases, household purchases; freedom to visit family and relatives and contraceptive use have been used as women’s decision-making autonomy. The results indicated that women’s decision-making autonomy has been positively associated with contraceptive use. Women’s age, job status, education level, number of children, domicile status, internet access, and household wealth status also been found statistically significantly associated with contraceptive use. The current study suggests integrating the interventions for women’s decision-making autonomy into family planning programs.
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Kavlak, Oya, Şenay Ünsal Atan, Duygu Güleç, Ruşen Öztürk, and Nurten Atay. "Pregnant women's use of the internet in relation to their pregnancy in Izmir, Turkey." Informatics for Health and Social Care 37, no. 4 (September 7, 2012): 253–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17538157.2012.710686.
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Xu, Jiayi. "The Effect of The New Media on Increasing Female Appearance Anxiety." Journal of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences 8 (February 7, 2023): 1373–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/ehss.v8i.4489.
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With the development of new media, the term appearance anxiety has appeared in the eyes of the public. This paper will analyze women's appearance anxiety through the frequency of words used on the internet and analyze the consequences of appearance anxiety by analyzing the words that accompany appearance anxiety. According to studies, the number of women who are concerned about their beauty is growing. Women can become uneasy when they hear words that condemn their bodies. Capitalists use appearance worry to make money. According to the findings, women's beauty worry is increasing in the modern world due to the rapid development of new media. What people say on the internet stimulates women's appearance worry. Buzzwords create beauty trends that people want to follow. Furthermore, women are readily swayed by beauty worry into doing activities that are damaging to them. As a result, we must struggle against the definition of beauty. Rather than being defined by others, be the unique version of yourself.
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Noor, Shamim, and Morshadul Hoque. "ACCESS TO MOBILE PHONES AND WOMEN'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN RURAL AREAS OF BANGLADESH: UNDERSTANDING GENDER RELATION TRANSFORMATION." Indonesian Journal of Social Research (IJSR) 3, no. 1 (April 3, 2021): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.30997/ijsr.v2i3.105.
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The discussion about women's access to and use of ICTs in developing countries has been an unsettled issue. Some schools of thought claim that due to engagement with household chores, traditional social norms, and values, women are less interested in ICTs, while others argue that like other social products, technology is not gender-neutral. However, this research conducted an empirical study on the self-employed women in rural areas of the Chittagong District of Bangladesh. A mixed-method was applied to analyze the collected data. The study tries to explore the impact of mobile phones and mobile internet on rural women’s income generation activities; and how gender relation at the household level has been transforming due to access to mobile phones. The findings reveal that having access to mobile phones, rural self-employed women are performing better than women who have no access to mobile phones and mobile internet. From both social and economic perspectives, the uses of mobile phones assist rural women to take part in decision-making, awareness build-up, increase movement, and control over income. However, strong patriarchal norms and traditional cultural constraints sometimes create barriers in access to mobile phones for rural women. Notwithstanding, the study depicts that ensuring gender-sensitive ICT policy and social awareness activities might lessen the barriers of women’s access to mobile phones and the internet in the periphery areas. However, this research puts these issues to an empirical test.
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Mhlanga, David, and Rufaro Garidzirai. "Demand for Mobile Broadband Use by South African Households: Does Gender Matter." African Journal of Gender, Society and Development (formerly Journal of Gender, Information and Development in Africa) 12, no. 4 (December 1, 2022): 135–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.31920/2634-3622/2022/v11n4a7.
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Gender equality is crucial to a thriving, contemporary economy that will ultimately benefit everyone in addition to being a fundamental human right. The emergence of the digital era has created new opportunities for the economic empowerment of women and has the potential to advance the cause of gender equality. Internet, digital platforms, mobile phones, and digital financial services may empower women to earn more money, expand their employment alternatives, and gain access to general information and expertise. They will be able to advance past men because they will have access to these opportunities. The goal of the study was to ascertain how gender affected South African household demand for mobile broadband. The findings show that the demand for mobile broadband among South African households is significantly influenced by gender. The data shows that compared to being female, being male increases the probability of needing mobile broadband service. The fact that males had 1.812 times more likelihood than females to pursue mobile broadband may be due to gender-based disparities in the availability of income. In order to increase women's levels of productivity, economic security, and overall quality of life, the study's findings recommend that the government implement programmes to promote their use of mobile broadband. Affordability, a lack of education and skills, and technological literacy should also be at the centre of policy objectives designed to increase women's desire for internet access.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Women's internet use"
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Lev, Eimi. "Googling While Expecting: Internet Use by Israeli Women during Pregnancy." View abstract, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3371586.
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Madden, Louise. "A relational view of women's use of the internet : exploring bodies, space and objects." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/44655/.
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This thesis reports on a research project investigating how women use the internet, and how this use is productive of femininity. It takes an approach to researching this technology that examines what it becomes when it is used, and looks in depth at this internet use in a small number of women’s lives. Diaries, online and offline interviews, photographs and participation online were used to investigate their use of and experience of the internet, to investigate what is particular about women’s use. The project attempted to think differently about the internet, to use a relational approach, influenced by phenomenology and home geography to argue that in order to understand the internet we need to consider embodied practices and the objects and movements that make it possible. The entity of the internet emerges in a range of modalities, with human, non-human, material and semiotic components in a constantly shifting ecology of relations, many of these gendered. It is not a simple or discrete entity. This means it can operate in the lives of women in very diverse ways, from a formal setting oriented to work, to a purely leisure uses, mediated through rooms, posture, expertise and affect.
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Burman, Ana Beatriz Santana. "Online social support : an exploratory study of breastfeeding women's use of internet and mobile applications to obtain peer support." Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7673.
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Online social support is reported to be used by a number of people to obtain social interaction and exchange communication as a way to buffer stressful situations. Breastfeeding women experience a significant change in their lives and routine which a number of women find it stressful for various reasons. Research shows that breastfeeding women use the Internet to obtain support, however little is known about how breastfeeding women use online social support and their perceptions, concerns and expectations about using it. An interpretive approach using qualitative methods was adopted in this research to obtain and analyse the data acquired through interviews and observations. The framework proposed by the Social Cognitive theory was used to conduct this research and to provide insights into online social support in a breastfeeding peer support context. The results in this research indicate that in spite of face-to-face interventions being favoured, online social support is perceived as a helpful alternative support with the potential to positively influence breastfeeding self-efficacy. A number of similar characteristics of face-to-face support were found to be present in online social support, such as emotional and informational support, empathy and empowerment. Online social support was perceived as offering additional features to traditional support including convenience of use, connection with peers and supporters at any time of the day, and the opportunity to express emotions and issues textually. Certain concerns were also associated to using online social support to support breastfeeding women, which need to be taken into consideration by providers of online social support. These included the need for training volunteers in this type of media, confidentiality and trustworthiness of the information available online and issues related to digital divide. These findings are useful to further the understanding of the implications of online social support in self-efficacy and the associated outcomes. Policy makers, social scientists and breastfeeding support organisations can use the findings in this research to develop future breastfeeding promotion strategies and interventions. Ultimately, breastfeeding women benefit from the findings of this research, through the implementation of online social support interventions addressing the issues raised in this research. These women will consequently have access to more services and applications, as well as engage with volunteers or clinicians trained to fulfil their needs over an alternative channel.
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Otway, Lorna. "Was this rape? : exploring women's use of an online rape and sexual assault forum : a qualitative analysis." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/24586.
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Evidence suggests that few women disclose, seek help or report their experiences of rape or sexual assault (RSA) to police, which may leave them vulnerable to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, some women may disclose and seek help or support anonymously online. Through conducting a thematic analysis of 212 messages posted by women in an online RSA support forum, I identified two key themes relating to women’s possible motivation for using the forum: to seek validation as a victim of RSA and for others to bear witness to her story. Themes relating to the possible functions of the forum were serving as a jury, assigning blame, encouraging disclosure or help-seeking, and providing emotional support. These findings suggest that women whose experiences of RSA do not match stereotypical depictions may use online forums to anonymously seek out validation that their experiences qualify as RSA. Moreover, the findings suggest that online platforms may provide women with a safe and supportive environment in which to develop a coherent narrative of their experiences of RSA, which in turn may assist some women’s recovery from the trauma of RSA. Future research might explore if NHS online support or psychological interventions are therapeutic for this population.
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Cebulko, Susan. "The experiences of women whose husbands use internet pornography." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 2005. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/cebulko_2005.pdf.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, .A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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Oshan, Maryam S. "Saudi women and the internet : gender and culture issues." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2007. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7906.
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The Internet plays an increasingly significant role in people's lives. Poverty of data and research on Internet use and users is probably one of the most significant factors affecting the understanding of the Internet use and attitude in a conservative country and society such as Saudi Arabia. The aim of this research was to identify and analyse Saudi university students' use of the Internet, with particular emphasis on factors associated with, and influencing, female university students' attitude toward using the Internet. A mixed method approach was used utilising a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research techniques. It included a questionnaire to more than 700 male and female university students in King Saud University which incorporated questions on web and email use as well as an adopted Internet attitude scale from Tsai et al (2001). This was followed by series of focus group interviews with female students on Internet gender related issues. The study found that demographic variables are associated with Saudi university students' use of the Internet. Gender was found to be significantly associated with students' email usage, chatting, and feelings about the web. Culture also affected women's reasons for using the web, choice of websites visited, and web activities. It also influenced reasons for e-mail use and non-use, and the people with whom they communicated using email. Females in Saudi Arabia face many challenges when it comest o Interneta ccessa nd use. These barriers tend to be somewhat different than those faced by man. For Saudi females it is more cultural (i.e. family restrictions, lack of time) and psychological (i.e. security and privacy, internet complexity). The majority of students had positive attitudes towards using the Internet. Female students were as positive in their attitude as male students. However, females had real or perceived difficulties in their ability to control their Internet usage. Considering the scarcity of previous literature in this particular context (Saudi Arabia), this research provides an original and comprehensive contribution to knowledge regarding Internet use and attitude among university male and female students.
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Brandt, Jane E. Sutter Kennedy George. "Searching for satisfaction how 20something women use media to get news and advertising information /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6580.
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The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on October 20, 2009). Thesis advisor: Professor Emeritus George Kennedy. Includes bibliographical references.
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Sadowska, Noemi Maria. "Women's internet portals : negotiating online design environments within existing gender structures in order to engage the female user." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.435355.
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Richards, Judy. "Behaving disgracefully : the impact of Internet dating site use upon the identities of women in middle age." Thesis, Durham University, 2007. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2519/.
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This is a qualitative study that explores the experiences of a group of thirty middle- aged women who, after the loss of a long-term relationship, were using Internet dating sites to find heterosexual relationships and enjoy casual nights out. The research follows women on their journey through their experiences of using dating sites, interacting with men online, and eventually meeting men for offline encounters. The central theme of the thesis is the ways in which women understood and negotiated their identities as single, middle-aged women and how they incorporated often sudden and unexpected change into a linear life story of the self. Central to identity construction were issues of the ageing self over time, sexuality and femininity (and the intersection of all three), which were brought into sharp focus for women entering the dating scene in the middle years. Their experiences of interacting with men, both on and off the dating sites, reveals how women understood, circumvented and challenged heterosexual norms of behaviour and sexuality for the middle-aged woman that were perceived to regulate and restrict their behaviour and use of social space. Importantly however, alongside women's accounts of empowerment as single women sat the almost compulsive desire for male company that fuelled their intensive use of the dating sites. Women were enabled by the dating sites to have many new adventures, date a wide variety of men and enjoy many sexual encounters. This change in behaviour was often perceived as a fundamental challenge to the self as many women understood their dating behaviour as 'acting out of character'. The research shows however, that despite the risk of being placed as 'unrespectable' in the eyes of others, women nevertheless embraced their opportunity to behave 'disgracefully'.
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Leoschut, Lara Tracy. "The social uses of internet enabled cell-phones among young women in Eersteriver." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4844.
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Magister Artium - MAThe central research question this thesis explores is whether or not the availability of new social media alters the concepts of gendered personhood in working-class neighbourhoods on the Cape Flats. The arguments I will present all speak to my central argument that there is not only a relationship between “good” daughterhood and new social media, but that this relationship consists of young women in Cape Town namely Eersteriver, using their internet enabled cell-phones as a means of exploring the social and virtual realm without putting their title of a “good” or “respectable” girl at risk. I will incorporate comparative arguments from different bodies of academic literature which speak to the key question and arguments presented in this thesis so as to provide a global perspective. A brief socioeconomic history of the area will also be included in this thesis so as to provide some social context for my research. This thesis shows how young women of Eersteriver use the freedom, privacy and anonymity that they believe the internet and social media freely offers, to push the boundaries of good daughterhood and respectability. This thesis further demonstrates how social media have changed young women’s understanding of what social interaction is as well as their “doing” intimacy. I further show that their very interaction via their internet enabled cell-phones is a social form of gift giving. This research is particularly important because it is located at the intersection between gender issues and the study of new social media. This study explores how new gendered subjectivities emerge from performances and representations of personhood in new social media such as WhatsApp and Facebook, and how understandings of “good” daughterhood and respectability are altered and thus crafted into these practices. Literature in this area of research is still on the rise, so I am confident that this study will make a valuable contribution to this growing body of literature which speaks to young women and new ICTs.
Books on the topic "Women's internet use"
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Shade, Leslie Regan. Report on the use of the Internet in Canadian women's organizations. Ottawa, Ont: Status of Women Canada, 1996.
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Page, Margaret. Use and shape the Internet: Women Connect's guide for women's and other voluntary and community organisations. London: Library Association, 1999.
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(Manila, Philippines) Isis International. NGO-Women@asia.net: The use of information and communication technologies by women's organisations in seven Asian countries : a regional study. Quezon City, Philippines: ISIS International-Manila, 2002.
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Parker, Philip M., and James N. Parker. Estrogen: A medical dictionary, bibliography and annotated research guide to Internet references. San Diego, CA: ICON Health Publications, 2004.
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Division, San Francisco (Calif ). Office of the Controller City Services Auditor. Board of Supervisors: Asian Women's Shelter did not use City funds for political purposes. San Francisco: Office of the Controller, 2007.
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Penn, Shana. The women's guide to the wired world: A user-friendly handbook and resource directory. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1997.
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Research, Center for Women's Business. Online and in focus: How women and men business owners use the Internet. Washington, DC: Center for Women's Business Research, 2001.
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San Francisco (Calif.). Office of the Controller. City Services Auditor Division. Board of Supervisors: Public Glass did not use City funds for political purposes. San Francisco: Office of the Controller, 2007.
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San Francisco (Calif.). Office of the Controller. City Services Auditor Division. Board of Supervisors: Plaza Apartment Associates did not use City funds for political purposes. San Francisco: Office of the Controller, 2007.
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San Francisco (Calif.). Office of the Controller. City Services Auditor Division. Board of Supervisors: The Family School did not use City funds for political purposes. San Francisco: Office of the Controller, 2007.
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Wilson, Daniel L. "Sensing Change: Measuring Cookstove Adoption with Internet-of-Things Sensors." In Introduction to Development Engineering, 399–427. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86065-3_15.
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AbstractBy 2012, the civil war in Darfur, Sudan, had been ongoing for 9 years. The war had displaced missions of people and concentrated them into camps for internally-displaced people. This put immense strain on the local availability of woody biomass used for cooking. Women are primarily responsible for collecting fuelwood, and it was estimated that a 7-hour round trip was necessary to collect sufficient firewood for 2 or 3 days, causing great physical hardship to the women and exposing them to extreme risk of sexual violence as they ventured outside the safety of the camps. The Berkeley-Darfur Stove had been demonstrated to reduce fuel use by roughly 50%. However, recall error and social-desirability bias makes evaluating stove use through surveys challenging. This case study chronicles the integration of low-cost temperature sensors into the Berkeley-Darfur Stove to measure actual use (in contrast to self-reported use), as well as the challenges associated with conducting fieldwork and processing large datasets. Based on this work, it was determined that at least 75% of the women who received the Berkeley-Darfur Stove for free actually adopted it for routine use. Additionally, it was (serendipitously) found that just the act of conducting follow-up surveys had a significant positive impact on adoption. In-person surveys were also conducted, and no correlation was found between the stated use frequency of the cookstoves and the measured use frequency (as determined by the sensors), likely due to the social-desirability bias. This work has launched a variety of ventures including the development of data processing software, improved sensor design, and—most recently—the founding of Geocene, a company focused on expanding the application of remote sensors and providing consulting for companies building Internet of Things (IoT) products.
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Liechty, Toni, Stephanie West, Jill Juris, Julie Son, and Jen D. Wong. "Sport for women in later life." In Women, leisure and tourism: self-actualization and empowerment through the production and consumption of experience, 36–46. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789247985.0004.
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Abstract Historically, older women have faced constraints to participation in organized sport due, in part, to age and gender stereotypes, and a social discourse that later life is characterized by decline and frailty. Recent years have seen a small but growing increase in sport participation and interest among older women, which provides opportunities to foster health and well-being for this group. This chapter provides historical context for understanding women's sport in the USA and synthesizes the literature related to older women's participation in sport to include benefits, motivations, and societal implications. It discusses relevant theories and models that can aid scholars in understanding and studying women's sport in later life. Finally, it discusses implications for practice including the importance of facilitating sport participation for older women (in terms of public health and social justice), as well as recommendations for professionals who are seeking to facilitate effective and efficient programmes.
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Lee, Heisook, and Sunsook Noh. "Educational Use of E-mentoring to Encourage Women into Science and Engineering." In Web and Communication Technologies and Internet-Related Social Issues — HSI 2003, 75–84. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45036-x_8.
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Quisumbing, Agnes, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, and Hazel Malapit. "Measuring Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality Through the Lens of Induced Innovation." In Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies, 343–55. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5542-6_25.
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AbstractUsing the lens of the theory of induced innovation, we reflect on the development of metrics for women’s empowerment and gender equality. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), launched in 2012, was used to monitor women’s inclusion in agricultural sector growth. Demand by WEAI users and the supply of tools and methods from researchers shaped the ongoing evolution of the tool to a shorter version and to another that reflected what agricultural development projects deemed meaningful to judge project success. Eventual modifications reflected user demand: a greater interest in market inclusion and value chains stimulated the development of specialized modules for market inclusion. WEAI-related metrics have demonstrated the importance of women’s empowerment for development outcomes, helping governments and civil society organizations design and implement gender-sensitive agricultural development programs. Finally, the adoption of SDG5 on women’s empowerment and gender equality created a demand for a measure of women’s empowerment for use by national statistical systems. Whether such a metric will be adopted globally will depend on the demand from, and utility to, stakeholders as well as existing capacity, capacity-building efforts, a belief in the intrinsic value of women’s empowerment, and the commitment of resources to attaining this goal.
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Katusiime, Jane, and Niels Pinkwart. "A Mobile App for Illiterate and Semi-illiterate Pregnant Women- A User Centered Approach." In Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019, 617–20. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_48.
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Dalvit, Lorenzo, and Mfundiso Miya. "Becoming a Mobile Internet User in a South African Rural Area: The Case of Women in Dwesa." In Citizen, Territory and Technologies: Smart Learning Contexts and Practices, 101–11. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61322-2_10.
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Abuidhail, Jamila. "Women's Health and Health Informatics." In Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 263–77. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-078-3.ch013.
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Information and communication technologies include computers, telecommunication, digital networks, and television. Using informatics in healthcare systems can improve the quality of healthcare through the effective use of information systems. Nursing Informatics (NI) is a component of health informatics, and it has become a widely used tool in the nursing profession. Information technology has begun to be employed in the field of women’s health. The perinatal period is one of the topics related to women’s health, as well as to that of their newborn infants. Information technology in patients’ health education process empowered patients, and enhanced their self-management skills. However, applications of health informatics in perinatal care for women and their newborn infants have not been reported widely in research studies and projects. Thus, there is a gap of knowledge related to this topic on the Internet.
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van Gorp, Annemijn. "Developing Country Perspective on Women's ICT Adoption." In Global Information Technologies, 101–7. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch009.
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The explosive growth of information and communication technologies has become a worldwide phenomenon. However, merely countries in the West as well as a growing number of countries in Southeast Asia have become largely connected, whereas the majority of people in the developing world have not yet been able to take advantage of the new opportunities ICTs provide. Especially in developing countries, Internet access remains a luxury of small groups of elites, and even the use of old-fashioned telephone lines remains a luxury for a minority of the people. While the lack of availability of technological infrastructure looms large, the basic lack of education and technical skills impedes further potential for the large-scale adoption of ICTs (e.g., Cawkell, 2001). The opportunities of ICTs are commonly discussed in terms of business opportunities—as a means to enhance economic competitive position at either the level of the firm, region, or nation. This entails a narrow scope. ICTs have the ability to enhance the quality of life in a broader sense as they have the potential to improve interpersonal communication, and moreover could allow for the social and political empowerment of ordinary people (e.g., Hafkin & Taggart, 2001). This implies a direct downside as well: Those people with significant access to ICTs and thus information resources are in a position to increase their control over social, political, and economic arenas, making nonusers further marginalized and excluded from not only economic life, but social and political life as well (e.g., Cawkell, 2001; Morales-Gomez & Melesse, 1998). In this regard, Forestier, Grace, and Kenny (2002) have found that, historically, telecommunications rollout has actually increased inequality because only the wealthy can afford implementation and use. Nevertheless, the authors also find that both telephony and Internet access could be a force for the convergence of incomes and widespread improvements in quality of life in the future, as costs of ICTs are decreasing and hence access becomes a possibility for the poor as well. Nevertheless, in the case of the Internet, the absence of policy initiatives with regard to access coverage, training, and content development aimed specifically at the poor make it likely that this new technology will also be a force for further income divergence like telecommunications rollout has traditionally been (Forestier et al., 2002).
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Daramola, Olukunle Babatunde, and Bright E. Oniovokukor. "Women's Access to ICT in an Urban Area of Nigeria." In Global Information Technologies, 3817–20. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch269.
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Despite the rapid and revolutionized development of communication and media around the world in the last few decades, which culminated in the term information communication technology (ICT), most of the developing countries are yet to clearly understand its significance or maximize the use of various forms of ICTs, because of other pressing issues such as access roads, potable drinking water supply, electricity and health facilities. This has greatly caused a wide gap between and within countries in the areas of social, economic, political, health and educational developments. ICTs encompass all the technologies that facilitate the processing, transfer and exchange of information and communication services. Various forms of ICTs exist, such as radio, television, newspaper, telephone, magazine, billboard, Internet, electronic and print media, and so forth. In the past few decades, there has been a significant increase in knowledge of the importance and developmental trends of ICTs worldwide. ICTs are very important in analyzing one’s existing/potential audience using the most cost-effective way to communicate; evaluating the quality of messages; and making provision for information feedback. ICTs bring about various opportunities, ranging from employment and education to economic, health, social and environmental development. As a result of the digital divide between and within countries, there are uneven disparities between the economic, social, educational and political status of the international community. This brings about classification of countries into “developed and developing” or “haves and have nots.” Gender disparity has served as a strong barrier to women’s use of ICTs, considering the fact that women in most developing countries are still considered unequal in status with their male counterparts. This has, thus, reduced enrollment in sciences and technological fields of study. This also is probably as a result of the limited awareness of the full range of opportunities in ICTs other than access to information. To achieve the goal of universal access to ICTs, there is a need to bridge the gap between men’s and women’s access to the use of ICTs. This can be accomplished by making technology accessible, relevant and useful to both women and men. State policies could be made holistic by taking into consideration women’s needs as well as addressing related issues, such as the urban-rural bias, promoting enrollment of girls in ICTs programs and empowering women to use ICTs for profitable ventures.
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Akarsu, Gülsüm. "Information and Communication Technologies and Feminization U Hypothesis." In Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication, 1–19. IGI Global, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6620-9.ch001.
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The use and dissemination of information and communication technologies contribute to the socio-economic development of countries. Due to information and communication technology improvements, remote working can help to engage different social groups in the labour force. This chapter aims to analyse the effect of information and communication technologies on women's participation in the labour market, considering other essential factors and testing the validity of the Feminization U hypothesis. For the analysis, the author employed panel data on 12 regions of Turkey over 2013-2020. Findings indicate that female internet usage increases women's participation in the labour market, and the Feminization U hypothesis is invalid. Policymakers should develop measures to improve information and communication technologies services to encourage female labour force participation.
Conference papers on the topic "Women's internet use"
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Azeharie, Suzy. "The Use of Internet By Ambonese Women." In Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200515.030.
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Gayatri, Maria. "The Use of Modern Contraceptives among Poor Women in Urban Areas in Indonesia." 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.03.27.
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ABSTRACT Background: Poverty in urban areas is a complex problem for the development of human resources, including the control of population numbers. This study aimed to determine the factors influencing the use of modern contraceptives in urban areas among poor women in Indonesia. Subjects and Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in rural areas in Indonesia. Total of 3,249 women aged 15-49 years who were poor and live in urban areas in Indonesia were enrolled in this study. The dependent variable was the use of modern contraceptives. The independent variables were husband’s work status, desire to have children, age, number of children living with, health insurance, women education, and internet use. Data were collected from the 2017 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS). Data were analyzed using a multiple logistic regression. Results: The use of modern contraceptives among poor urban women in Indonesia reached 59.8%. Women living with actively working husband (OR = 2.64; 95% CI = 1.43 to 4.88; p<0.001), desire to have children (OR = 2.24; 95% CI = 1.87 to 2.67; p<0.001), aged 20-34 years (OR = 1.68; 95% CI = 1.07 to 2.65; p<0.001), the number of children living 3 or more (OR = 1.23; 95% CI = 1.03 to 1.47; p<0.001), and having health insurance (OR = 1.19; 95% CI = 1.03 to 1.39; p<0.001) were more likely to use modern contraceptive methods. Meanwhile, women who are highly educated and women who actively use the internet were more likely to not use modern contraceptives. Conclusion: The dominant factor affecting is the husband’s work status and the desire to have children. Health insurance owned by poor women greatly influences the use of modern contraceptives. It is recommended to improve communication, information and education (IEC), counseling, and access to contraceptive services to continue to be carried out in urban poor areas in Indonesia. Keywords: modern contraception, poor, urban, family planning, logistic regression. Correspondence: Maria Gayatri. Center for Family Planning and Family Welfare Research and Development, National Population and Family Planning Agency. Jl. Permata no. 1, Halim Perdana Kusuma, East Jakarta, Indonesia. Email: maria.gayatri.bkkbn@gmail.com. Mobile: 081382580297 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.27
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Noguchi, Mary Goebel. "The Shifting Sub-Text of Japanese Gendered Language." In GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2020. The GLOCAL Unit, SOAS University of London, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47298/cala2020.12-2.
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Sociolinguists (Holmes 2008; Meyerhof 2006) assists to describe the Japanese language a having gender exclusive elements. Personal pronouns, sentence-ending particles and lexicon used exclusively by one gender have been cataloged in English by researchers such as Ide (1979), Shibamoto (1985) and McGloin (1991). While there has been some research showing that Japanese women’s language use today is much more diverse than these earlier descriptions suggested (e.g. studies in Okamoto and Smith 2004) and that some young Japanese girls use masculine pronouns to refer to themselves (Miyazaki 2010), prescriptive rules for Japanese use still maintain gender-exclusive elements. In addition, characters in movie and TV dramas not only adhere to but also popularize these norms (Nakamura 2012). Thus, Japanese etiquette and media ‘texts’ promote the perpetuation of gender-exclusive language use, particularly by females. However, in the past three decades, Japanese society has made significant shifts towards gender equality in legal code, the workplace and education. The researcher therefore decided to investigate how Japanese women use and view their language in the context of these changes. Data comes from three focus groups. The first was conducted in 2013 and was composed of older women members of a university human rights research group focused on gender issues. The other two were conducted in 2013 and 2019, and were composed of female university students who went through the Japanese school system after the Japan Teachers’ Union adopted a policy of gender equality, thus expressing interest in gender issues. The goal was to determine whether Japanese women’s language use is shifting over time. The participants’ feelings about these norms were also explored - especially whether or not they feel that the norms constrain their ability to express themselves fully. Although the new norms are not yet evident in most public contexts, the language use and views of the participants in this study represent the sub-text of this shift in Japanese usage.
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Stepnova, Liudmila, and Elizaveta Prokopenko. "Susceptibility to Internet Addiction in Russia: Geography, Age, And Frustrated Existential Values." In The Public/Private in Modern Civilization, the 22nd Russian Scientific-Practical Conference (with international participation) (Yekaterinburg, April 16-17, 2020). Liberal Arts University – University for Humanities, Yekaterinburg, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35853/ufh-public/private-2020-47.
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The article is the first in Russia to present sociologically correct (relative to the general population) and simultaneously psychologically profound results of 2 All-Russian Internet surveys: screening-diagnostics of the level of resistance/vulnerability to Internet addiction in Russia and its federal districts (2017: n = 3 007, ages 10-40); identification of words - markers of values for norm and risk groups (2018: n = 144, ages 18-28). Methods: Internet addiction test (A. E. Zichkina), self-reports on the duration of the offline period per year, 16-FLO (R. Kettell, MD self-evaluation scale, B intellect scale), ‘Short portrait questionnaire of the Big Five (B5-10)’ (M.S. Egorova, O.B Parshikova), ‘Existence’ (A. Langle, K. Orgler, S.V. Krivtsova), author’s questionnaire, Deception scale. Results: 3/4 citizens of the Russian Federation fall within a normal range, but only 1/4 have no signs of internet addiction. Contrary to social prejudice and statistics from English-language studies, Internet addiction is least pronounced among 18-21-year-old Russian respondents (when they are virtually active). Normally young people are characterised by the needs for Career, Care, the ability to Manage/Control and Influence events/decisions, anticipate internet escapism when they lose their Meaning, Wisdom or Interest. The risk group includes 8.6 % males, and 23.6 % females. Internet addicts 2.3 % (coinciding with global statistics): twice as many women (different from global statistics). Girls under 14, teenagers, men aged 22-25 and women aged 30-35 are at risk and among those considered to be Internet addicts. Adults in this group develop existential indecisiveness, have unmet status-related claims (specifically Respect) and a strongly overestimated willingness to use coping strategies in reality instead of virtually. Internet addicts are most numerous in the Central Federal District (4.6 %), with the highest risk group in the Far East (37.8 %).
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Gupta, Priyanka, Lokesh Yadav, and Deepak Singh Tomar. "Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Study on Machine Learning-based Intrusion Detection approaches." In International Conference on Women Researchers in Electronics and Computing. AIJR Publisher, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.114.29.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) connects billions of interconnected devices that can exchange information with each other with minimal user intervention. The goal of IoT to become accessible to anyone, anytime, and anywhere. IoT has engaged in multiple fields, including education, healthcare, businesses, and smart home. Security and privacy issues have been significant obstacles to the widespread adoption of IoT. IoT devices cannot be entirely secure from threats; detecting attacks in real-time is essential for securing devices. In the real-time communication domain and especially in IoT, security and protection are the major issues. The resource-constrained nature of IoT devices makes traditional security techniques difficult. In this paper, the research work carried out in IoT Intrusion Detection System is presented. The Machine learning methods are explored to provide an effective security solution for IoT Intrusion Detection systems. Then discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the selected methodology. Further, the datasets used in IoT security are also discussed. Finally, the examination of the open issues and directions for future trends are also provided.
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Rollo, Simone, Claudia Venuleo, Lucrezia Ferrante, Claudia Marino, and Adriano Schimmenti. "BEING ONLINE DURING COVID-19 AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH WELL-BEING: NARRATIVES AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS." In International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021inpact022.
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"During COVID-19 outbreak various technological devices have provided a basis for maintaining social connections with friends, family, work and community networks, and media have reported a global increase in Internet use. Scholars debate whether Internet use represented a resource for well-being or on the opposite a risk for health. In the frame of Semiotic, Cultural Psychosocial Theory, we argue that the meaning of Internet use and its impact on well-being might depend on semiotic resources people possessed to represent the crisis and to use the Internet in a healthy manner. The study examines the meanings of being online during the COVID-19 pandemic based on narratives collected from Italian young students (N=323; Mean age = 22.78, SD = 2.70; 77.3% women; 81.9% living with their parents), recruited by Microsoft Forms online survey during first Italian Lockdown, and explores whether different views of being online related to different connotations of the Internet during the pandemic and different levels of well-being. Computer-assisted Content Analysis was used to map the main Dimensions of Meaning (DM) characterizing the texts. Then, ANOVA was used to examine (dis)similarities between DM related to Internet connotations (e.g., resource, danger or refuge); Pearson’s correlations were computed to examine the relationships between DM and well-being. Two DM emerged, the first represent the relationship between being online and the daily life context; the second, the Internet functions during the pandemic. Relations between DM, internet connotation and well-being were found. Findings highlight how a plurality of representations of being online are active in the cultural milieu and their potential role in explaining the different impact of Internet use on well-being during pandemic."
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Lwoga, Edda Tandi, and Wallace Chigona. "Characteristics and factors that discriminate Internet users from non-user information seekers: The case of rural women in Tanzania." In 2016 IST-Africa Week Conference. IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/istafrica.2016.7530628.
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Darsono, Nancy Dalla, Sri Wahyuningsih, and Agneta Irmarahayu. "Factors Influencing the Use of Long-Lasting Contraception Methods among Reproductive-Age Women in Sukmajaya Community Health Care, Depok, West Java." 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.03.38.
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ABSTRACT Background: One of strategic goals of the Population and Family Planning Board for the 2015-2019 period is to increase active family planning participants using the Long-Term Contraception Method (MKJP). This method is emphasized by the government because it is the most effective way to reduce the birth rate. However, the data show that the interest in using MKJP by women of fertile age is still lower than that of using non-MKJP. This study aimed to determine the factors that influence the selection of MKJP among fertile aged women at public health center, Depok, West Java. Subjects and Methods: This was an analytic observational study with a cross sectional design. The study was conducted at Sukmajaya public health center, Depok, West Java, Indonesia, from March to May 2019. A sample of 84 reproductive-age women was selected for this study. The dependent variable was choice of long term contraception. The independent variables were age, education, knowledge, income, employment status, number of children, and husband support. The data were collected by a questionnaire and analyzed using a multiple logistic regression. Results: The choice of long-term contraceptive method increased with age > 35 years (OR = 2.84; 95% CI= 0.86 to 9.42), high education (OR= 3.40; 95% CI = 0.51 to 22.67), the number of children ≥ 3 (OR = 1.25; 95% CI= 0.36 to 4.38), working mothers (OR= 4.98; 95% CI= 1.06 to 23.40), income> Minimum Regional Wage (OR= 0.21; 95% CI= 0.05 to 0.85), high knowledge (OR= 5.01; 95% CI= 1.33 to 18.85), and strong husband support (OR= 2.04, 95% CI= 0.34 to 11.44). Conclusion: Factors that influence the choice of long term contraception methods are age, education, number of children, employment status, income, knowledge and support of husbands. Keywords: long-term contraceptive, reproductive-age women Correspondence: Nancy Dalla Darsono. FK UPN Veteran Jakarta. South Jakarta. nancydallad@outlook.com. 08179986446 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.38
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Raghavendra, K., and Deepti Kakkar. "A Review on Fractal Geometry Enhanced Vehicular Communication under 5G Environment." In International Conference on Women Researchers in Electronics and Computing. AIJR Publisher, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.114.38.
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A lot of technological advancements in the field of vehicular communication has seen in the past decade, which has brought an increasing in a great extent day by day and it’s becoming as a leading research area which provides the scope in terms of safe driving, accident controllability, enhanced security and portability. As we are moving towards the fifth generation, which is showing its dominance on vehicular communication in the next coming years. In this regards the antennas which are used for communication is also an important factor and this paper brings a complete vision over vehicular communication, relevant antennas specified for the latest 5G communication and the paper is concluded with discussion on Internet of vehicles. The impact of Fractal geometry based antennas in the fields of vehicular communication as well as 5G for connected autonomous vehicles are also discussed through this paper.
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Fairlie, Anne, Christine Lee, and Mary Larimer. "Differences in Marijuana Use, Consequences, and Motives based on Young Adults’ Interest in Reducing their Marijuana Use or Consequences: May 2021 Data from a High-risk Community Sample." In 2021 Virtual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Marijuana. Research Society on Marijuana, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.26828/cannabis.2022.01.000.09.
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Purpose. This study contributes to our understanding of the factors associated with young adults’ interest in reducing their marijuana use or consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study compared high-risk young adults who indicated they were open to or thinking about changing their marijuana use to those who were satisfied with their marijuana use. These two groups were compared on biological sex, age, marijuana use, consequences, and 12 motives. Method. The data were part of a larger longitudinal study that recruited a community sample of young adults from the Seattle WA area (ages 18-25 at recruitment), who reported recent alcohol use and also simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use. Participants were recruited through various methods including social media and Craigslist advertisements. Participants completed a baseline survey and six 2-week bursts of online daily surveys across two years as well as other follow-up surveys. Data presented here were collected in May 2021, the final follow-up assessment point. May 2021 data were collected from 376 participants (92% of the original recruited sample), and the current analyses focus on the 265 participants who reported using marijuana in the past month (50.6% females, 48.68% non-Hispanic/Latinx White, mean age = 24.58 (SD = 2.20). Results. Over one-third (37.7%, n = 100) indicated they were open to changing or currently thinking about changing their marijuana use by using less or by reducing marijuana’s negative effects. Almost two-thirds (60.4%, n = 160) indicated they were satisfied with their use of marijuana, 1.5% (n = 4) indicated they were currently seeking or in treatment for marijuana use, and 0.4% (n = 1) did not provide a response. More men (44.60%) than women (32.30%) indicated they were open to changing or currently thinking about changing their marijuana use by using less or by reducing marijuana’s negative effects. Young adults who indicated they were open to or thinking about changing their use reported significantly more hours high in a typical week and more marijuana consequences than those who were satisfied with their use of marijuana. Finally, young adults who indicated they were open to or thinking about changing their use reported significantly higher scores for the following seven marijuana motives: coping, boredom, altered perceptions, social anxiety, perceived low risk, sleep, and availability. No differences were found for five marijuana motives: enjoyment, conformity, experimentation, alcohol-related, and celebration. Conclusions. Findings underscore the potential role of negative consequences as a motivator for young adults’ interest in reducing their marijuana use. Coping motives, social anxiety motives, and sleep motives may be of particular importance with respect to young adults’ self-motivation to change and facilitating the process of change.
Reports on the topic "Women's internet use"
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Islam, Asiya, and Preeti Manchanda. Gender Inequalities in Digital India: A survey on digital literacy, access, and use. Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit), January 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.20919/mcuu2363.
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This paper reports the main findings from a survey on gender inequalities in digital literacy, use, and access among youth (18-25 years) in three parts of India – Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. In addition to gender, the survey was attentive to other inequalities too in its enquiry about the location (urban/rural), caste, household income, and education level of the respondents. This paper largely presents inequalities of gender as they intersect with urban/rural location since other variables, while important, yielded smaller numbers that need further careful analysis. The survey was informed by various contemporary developments – global growth in the use of digital technology for education, employment, and everyday lives; Covid-19 pandemic that has accelerated this growth; and the Digital India programme that aims to empower citizens through digital skilling. The survey, then, set out to explore the nature and implications of social inequalities in a society moving towards digital empowerment. The survey findings reveal overwhelming dependence among young people on smartphones for internet access and that entertainment and social media are the top uses of the internet. The survey also finds that women, particularly in rural areas, are less likely than men to exclusively own smartphones. That is, the smartphones that women have access to tend to be ‘household phones’, shared with other members of the family. This has consequences for the time and purposes that women are able to use smartphones and internet for. Based on these findings, the paper proposes avenues for further research on intersectional inequalities in digital literacy, access, and use. It also suggests policy interventions to maximise the potential of digital technology for education and employment, with specific attention to gender inequalities.
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Iffat, Idris. Use of Online Space in Pakistan Targeting Women, Religious Minorities, Activists and Voices of Dissent. Institute of Development Studies, March 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.071.
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There is ample evidence that online hate speech in Pakistan is directed against women, religious minorities, journalists, voices of dissent and activists. The targeting of many of these groups is an expansion online of the traditional hostility and abuse they face offline. However, the internet has made such abuse easier and online hate speech is growing as internet use rises in the country. Those responsible vary somewhat: women and religious minorities are typically targeted by religio-political parties and their followers, while journalists and activists are often targeted by government/the military. In all cases, online hate speech can have a serious offline impact, including physical violence, and restrictions on people’s freedom/ability to work/post online. This review, looking at online hate speech in Pakistan in relation to particular groups, draws largely on reports by think-tanks/NGOs as well as media articles and blogs. Relatively little academic literature was found on the subject, but grey literature was quite extensive, especially on certain religious minorities (Ahmadis) and women.
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Cantor, Amy, Heidi D. Nelson, Miranda Pappas, Chandler Atchison, Brigit Hatch, Nathalie Huguet, Brittny Flynn, and Marian McDonagh. Effectiveness of Telehealth for Women’s Preventive Services. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), June 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.23970/ahrqepccer256.
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Objectives. To evaluate the effectiveness, use, and implementation of telehealth for women’s preventive services for reproductive healthcare and interpersonal violence (IPV), and to evaluate patient preferences and engagement for telehealth, particularly in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Data sources. Ovid MEDLINE®, CINAHL®, Embase®, and Cochrane CENTRAL databases (July 1, 2016, to March 4, 2022); manual review of reference lists; suggestions from stakeholders; and responses to a Federal Register Notice. Review methods. Eligible abstracts and full-text articles of telehealth interventions were independently dual reviewed for inclusion using predefined criteria. Dual review was used for data abstraction, study-level risk of bias assessment, and strength of evidence (SOE) rating using established methods. Meta-analysis was not conducted due to heterogeneity of studies and limited available data. Results. Searches identified 5,704 unique records. Eight randomized controlled trials, one nonrandomized trial, and seven observational studies, involving 10,731 participants, met inclusion criteria. Of these, nine evaluated IPV services and seven evaluated contraceptive care, the only reproductive health service studied. Risk of bias was low in one study, moderate in nine trials and five observational studies, and high in one study. Telehealth interventions were intended to replace usual care in 14 studies and supplement care in 2 studies. Delivery modes included telephone (5 studies), online modules (5 studies), and mobile applications (1 study), and was unclear or undefined in five studies. There were no differences between telehealth interventions to supplement contraceptive care and comparators for rates of contraceptive use, sexually transmitted infection, and pregnancy (low SOE); evidence was insufficient for abortion rates. There were no differences between telehealth IPV services versus comparators for outcomes measuring repeat IPV, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, fear of partner, coercive control, self-efficacy, and safety behaviors (low SOE). The COVID-19 pandemic increased telehealth utilization. Barriers to telehealth interventions included limited internet access and digital literacy among English-speaking IPV survivors, and technical challenges and confidentiality concerns for contraceptive care. Telehealth use was facilitated by strategies to ensure safety of individuals who receive IPV services. Evidence was insufficient to evaluate access, health equity, or harms outcomes. Conclusions. Limited evidence suggests that telehealth interventions for contraceptive care and IPV services result in equivalent clinical and patient-reported outcomes as in-person care. Uncertainty remains regarding the most effective approaches for delivering these services, and how to best mobilize telehealth, particularly for women facing barriers to healthcare.
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Cordero, Eugene, and Kiana Luong. Promoting Interest in Transportation Careers Among Young Women. Mineta Transportation Institute, November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.2028.
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Transportation remains the largest source of U.S.-based carbon emissions, and reducing emissions from this source continues to challenge experts. Addressing challenging problems requires diverse modes of thinking—and at present the transportation workforce is not diverse in terms of gender, with women occupying only about 14% of the transportation workforce. This research developed and tested a school-based intervention that uses pro-environmental framing and exposure to women transportation role models to help attract more women to transportation careers. To investigate the efficacy of the intervention, the research team studied control and treatment groups of university students using pre- and post-surveys to measure changes in student understanding and interest in transportation fields and careers. Students in both groups were enrolled in a climate change course, and students in the treatment group completed an additional transportation learning module designed to stimulate interest in transportation careers. The results showed that by the end of the semester, student awareness that the transportation industry can provide green and sustainable careers increased by 39.7% in the treatment group compared to no change in the control group. In addition, student openness to working in a transportation related career increased by 17.5% for females in the treatment group compared to no change in the male treatment group and no change in the control group. Given the success of this intervention, similar educational modules at various educational levels could increase the number of women working in transportation. Should such approaches be successful, society will be better prepared to respond to environmental challenges like climate change.
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David, Raluca. Advancing gender equality and closing the gender digital gap: Three principles to support behavioural change policy and intervention. Digital Pathways at Oxford, March 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-dp-wp_2022/02.
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Worldwide, interventions and policies to improve gender equality or close gender gaps often struggle to reach their targets. For example, women lag considerably behind in use of even simple digital technologies such as mobile phones or the internet. In 2020, the gap in mobile internet use in low- and middle-income countries was at 15%, while in South Asian and Sub-Saharan African countries, it remained as high as 36% and 37% respectively (GSMA, 2021). Use of the internet for more complex activities shows an even wider gap. In Cairo, in 2018, only 21% of female internet users gained economically, and only 7% were able to voice their opinions online (with similar statistics for India, Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda and Colombia, Sambuli et al., 2018). This is despite the fact that empowering women through digital technologies is central to global gender equality strategies (e.g. Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations, 2015), and is believed to facilitate economic growth and industry-level transformation (International Monetary Fund, 2020). Progress is slow because behaviours are gendered: there are stark dissociations between what women and men do – or are expected to do. These dissociations are deeply entrenched by social norms, to the extent that interventions to change them face resistance or can even backfire. Increasingly, governments are using behavioural change interventions in a bid to improve public policy outcomes, while development or gender organisations are using behavioural change programmes to shift gender norms. However, very little is known about how gendered social norms impact the digital divide, or how to use behavioural interventions to shift these norms. Drawing on several research papers that look at the gender digital gap, this brief examines why behavioural change is difficult, and how it could be implemented more effectively. This brief is addressed to policymakers, programme co-ordinators in development organisations, and strategy planners in gender equality interventions who are interested in ways to accelerate progress on gender equality, and close the gender digital gap. The brief offers a set of principles on which to base interventions, programmes and strategies to change gendered behaviours. The principles in this brief were developed as part of a programme of research into ways to close the gender digital gap.
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Greenbaum, Charlotte, and Reshma Naik. A Reference Guide: Six Practical Tips for Understanding Data on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Population Council, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/sbsr2018.1020.
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The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) was a core partner on the Population Council’s Evidence to End FGM/C: Research to Help Girls and Women Thrive—a UKAID-funded research program to help end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) within one generation. Their role was to build the consortium’s capacity for research utilization and to develop innovative tools and products to improve how researchers communicate their findings about FGM/C to key decisionmakers. This reference guide aims to help researchers, advocates, program managers, and policymakers understand, interpret, and use the latest FGM/C data.
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Sappington, Jayne, Esther De León, Sara Schumacher, Kimberly Vardeman, Donell Callender, Marina Oliver, Hillary Veeder, and Laura Heinz. Library Impact Research Report: Educating and Empowering a Diverse Student Body: Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research through Library Collections. Association of Research Libraries, July 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.29242/report.texastech2022.
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As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a research team from the Texas Tech University (TTU) Libraries explored methods for assessing collections related to the study and research of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics and their discoverability by users. DEI studies have increased in prominence on academic campuses along with calls to question privilege and power structures, making DEI collections assessment critical. The TTU Libraries undertook a two-part project that surveyed user needs, collections usage, cataloging and discoverability, and user behavior in searching for and evaluating DEI resources. While the researchers were not able to identify an effective method for assessing DEI in large-scale collections, key findings indicate the potential for partnering with women’s and gender studies and Mexican American and Latino/a studies and the need for increased attention on cataloging and metadata, particularly table of contents and abstract/summary fields. The research team identified that many users expressed uncertainty in searching and evaluating DEI resources and expressed interest in search enhancements for better filtering and more prominent website presence for DEI research help.
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Barasa, Violet, and Linda Waldman. Exploring the Intersection of Sanitation, Hygiene, Water, and Health in Pastoralist Communities in Northern Tanzania. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2022.004.
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This paper explores access to water, sanitation, and health in pastoral communities in northern Tanzania. It argues that the concept of gender, used on its own, is not enough to understand the complexities of sanitation, hygiene, water, and health. It explores pastoralists’ views and perspectives on what is ‘clean’, ‘safe’, and ‘healthy’, and their need to access water and create sanitary arrangements that work for them, given the absence of state provision of modern water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure. Although Tanzania is committed to enhancing its citizens’ access to WASH services, pastoral sanitation and hygiene tend to be overlooked and little attention is paid to complex ways in which access to ‘clean’ water and ‘adequate sanitation’ is structured in these communities. This paper offers an intersectional analysis of water and sanitation needs, showing how structural discrimination in the form of a lack of appropriate infrastructure, a range of sociocultural norms and values, and individual stratifiers interact to influence the sanitation and health needs of pastoralist men, women, boys, and girls.
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Determining an effective and replicable communication-based mechanisms for improving young couples' access to and use of reproductive health information and services in Nepal—An operations research study. Population Council, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh17.1009.
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This operations research study sought to determine an effective communication-based model for increasing the involvement of community-based groups in improving access to and use of reproductive health services and information by young married couples. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with two experimental and two nonequivalent control groups in the Udaypur district of Nepal. As stated in this report, this OR study clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of communication-based models such as the formation and reactivation of Youth Communication Action Groups and Mother’s groups, basic and refresher training, group interaction and mobilization, and social events in creating an enabling environment for young married couples to learn and interact about sexual and reproductive health issues. The increase in reproductive health-related knowledge and practice among young married women has been high in both experimental areas. However, changes in the practice of family planning and antenatal care have not shown consistent trends probably because of the conflict situation in the project sites during the implementation phase.