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Soins; La Revue de Reference Infirmiere May 2022Intersectionality, a theory for understanding women's health issue. Intersectionality offers the possibility of holistic analyzes to understand and act on women's health... (Review)
Review
Intersectionality, a theory for understanding women's health issue. Intersectionality offers the possibility of holistic analyzes to understand and act on women's health issue. It facilitates the exploration of the different dimensions of social inequalities in health, which are both at the level of institutions and of the individual experiences of people who live at the intersection of multiple dimensions of domination and power.
Topics: Female; Humans; Intersectional Framework; Socioeconomic Factors; Women's Health
PubMed: 35995494
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Journal of Women's Health (2002) Apr 2019Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial disorder of the ocular surface and tear homeostasis that can result in discomfort, pain, and visual disturbance. Untreated, DED... (Review)
Review
Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial disorder of the ocular surface and tear homeostasis that can result in discomfort, pain, and visual disturbance. Untreated, DED can become chronic, progressive, and significantly affect an individual's quality of life. Women are disproportionately affected by DED, are diagnosed at a younger age, and experience more severe symptoms compared with men. DED is associated with a wide range of comorbid conditions; there is a strong association between DED and autoimmune disorders, especially those that affect women at many times the rate of men. Treatment response questionnaires indicate women respond better to a wellness model of treatment for DED than men. Furthermore, women's health care-seeking behaviors provide opportunities for general practitioners, specialists, and women's health centers to help identify women with DED or at risk for DED for referral to an eye care specialist. This review of the prevalence of DED in women, and gender and sex-specific aspects of DED, highlight a significant opportunity for action. Earlier diagnosis and treatment of this common but burdensome condition could significantly improve a woman's quality of life.
Topics: Dry Eye Syndromes; Female; Humans; Male; Prevalence; Quality of Life; Risk Factors; Sex Characteristics; Sex Factors; Women's Health
PubMed: 30694724
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2018.7041 -
The Lancet. Public Health Jan 2022
Topics: Feminine Hygiene Products; Human Rights; Humans; Menstruation; Public Health; Sociodemographic Factors; Women's Health
PubMed: 34717798
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00212-7 -
Journal of Women's Health (2002) May 2015This commentary responds to the assertions by Foreman et al. that credentialing of women's health (WH) fellows by the American Board of Medical Subspecialties and... (Review)
Review
This commentary responds to the assertions by Foreman et al. that credentialing of women's health (WH) fellows by the American Board of Medical Subspecialties and accreditation of current and future WH fellowships by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education would improve the health and healthcare of women by increasing the number of primary care providers competent to meet a growing clinical need. They speculate that such accreditation would raise the status of WH fellowships, increase the number of applicants, and result in more academic leaders in WH. They assert that curricular deficiencies in WH exist in physician training and that WH fellowships are the preferred means of training physicians to care for midlife women. We review the evidence to support or refute these claims and conclude that accrediting WH fellowships would not have the forecasted outcomes and would jeopardize the success of current WH fellowships.
Topics: Accreditation; Clinical Competence; Education, Medical, Graduate; Fellowships and Scholarships; Female; Humans; Societies, Medical; Women's Health
PubMed: 25919589
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2015.5289 -
Fertility and Sterility Aug 2017Driven by a legitimate but overly opioid-focused response to pain, the United States is currently experiencing an opioid crisis, a crisis with parallels to the first... (Meta-Analysis)
Meta-Analysis Review
Driven by a legitimate but overly opioid-focused response to pain, the United States is currently experiencing an opioid crisis, a crisis with parallels to the first opioid epidemic at the turn of the 20th century. Women, particularly white reproductive-age women, are increasingly the face of the opioid crisis. Given the penetration of opioid misuse and addiction across all income and insurance strata, any provider who cares for women needs to be prepared to assess and evaluate opioid use, misuse, and addiction. Although responsible opioid prescribing is essential, treatment capacity must be expanded and be inclusive of the unique needs of women. However, the public and public health response to the opioid crisis must include rolling back the war on drugs. The continued criminalization of the public health issue of drug use and the medical condition of addiction is unethical, ineffective, and inhumane.
Topics: Analgesics, Opioid; Female; Humans; Opioid-Related Disorders; Pain; Pain Management; Prevalence; Public Health; Risk Factors; Women's Health
PubMed: 28697909
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.06.007 -
International Journal of Environmental... Jan 2022The Women's Health section of the has published almost 700 papers in the past three years, reflecting its importance in public health [...].
The Women's Health section of the has published almost 700 papers in the past three years, reflecting its importance in public health [...].
Topics: Female; Humans; Public Health; Women's Health
PubMed: 35162461
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031446 -
Canadian Family Physician Medecin de... Dec 2014Residents in family medicine residency programs require comprehensive training in women's health best practices and resources.
PROBLEM ADDRESSED
Residents in family medicine residency programs require comprehensive training in women's health best practices and resources.
OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM
To provide a framework for the development and implementation of an integrated women's health curriculum for family medicine residency programs.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Objectives for each element of the program were the basis for planning the curriculum. Residents experienced primary care obstetrics clinic and on-call shifts, 24-hour off-service on-call shifts, women's health horizontals, and a women's health workshop, all of which were integrated into a 6-month family medicine block time. Residents worked with family physicians, obstetricians and gynecologists, and multidisciplinary health care team members in clinical settings. Teaching objectives were aligned with CanMEDS-Family Medicine core competencies. Creation of this program and its implementation were accomplished by dedicated teachers, administrators, and faculty members involved in curriculum planning.
CONCLUSION
The program design and implementation resulted in an improved comprehensive women's health training experience for residents, which was integrated into a family medicine context. Ongoing evaluation and innovation will serve to continually improve this program.
Topics: Canada; Curriculum; Family Practice; Humans; Internship and Residency; Program Evaluation; Women's Health
PubMed: 25642486
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Women's Health (London, England) Jan 2012The maternal age at first delivery constantly rises in developed countries due to a social trend to postpone the age of parenting. Assisted reproduction technologies do... (Review)
Review
The maternal age at first delivery constantly rises in developed countries due to a social trend to postpone the age of parenting. Assisted reproduction technologies do extend the age of fecundity to some limit, but their success rate is inversely related to the patients' age. The major factor limiting human fecundity in the fifth decade of life is the quality of the human oocyte. This problem can be readily bypassed using oocytes from young donors thus significantly extending the age limit in which conception and delivery are possible well into menopause. The ability to become pregnant and deliver at such an age raises serious medical, moral, social and legal concerns regarding the health and welfare of the mother, child and oocyte donor, which will be presented and discussed here.
Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Female; Fertility Preservation; Health Status; Humans; Infertility, Female; Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous; Maternal Age; Middle Aged; Oocytes; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, High-Risk; Social Perception; Women's Health
PubMed: 22171774
DOI: 10.2217/whe.11.83 -
Journal of Women's Health (2002) Feb 2022The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) was established in 1990. With the completion of the office's 30th anniversary year,...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) was established in 1990. With the completion of the office's 30th anniversary year, we look back and recount some of the key events and overall zeitgeist that led to ORWH's formation, and how it became the focal point at the nation's primary biomedical research agency for coordinating research on science to improve the health of women. We discuss ORWH's mission and signature programs and the bold vision that drives the NIH-wide strategic, interdisciplinary, and collaborative approach to research on women's health and efforts to promote women in biomedical careers. Also discussed are several of the many scientific advances in research on the health of women, policy innovations and their effects, and career advancements made by women in medicine and related scientific fields. We also highlight key challenges for the health of women, the need to continue pushing for equity in biomedical research careers, and NIH's approach to addressing these problems to ensure progress for the next 30 years and beyond.
Topics: Biomedical Research; Female; Humans; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); United States; Women's Health
PubMed: 35147467
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2022.0014 -
The Lancet. Global Health Nov 2017Male circumcision reduces men's risk of acquiring HIV and some sexually transmitted infections from heterosexual exposure, and is essential for HIV prevention in... (Review)
Review
BACKGROUND
Male circumcision reduces men's risk of acquiring HIV and some sexually transmitted infections from heterosexual exposure, and is essential for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have also investigated associations between male circumcision and risk of acquisition of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in women. We aimed to review all evidence on associations between male circumcision and women's health outcomes to benefit women's health programmes.
METHODS
In this systematic review we searched for peer-reviewed and grey literature publications reporting associations between male circumcision and women's health outcomes up to April 11, 2016. All biomedical (not psychological or social) outcomes in all study types were included. Searches were not restricted by year of publication, or to sub-Saharan Africa. Publications without primary data and not in English were excluded. We extracted data and assessed evidence on each outcome as high, medium, or low consistency on the basis of agreement between publications; outcomes found in fewer than three publications were indeterminate consistency.
FINDINGS
60 publications were included in our assessment. High-consistency evidence was found for five outcomes, with male circumcision protecting against cervical cancer, cervical dysplasia, herpes simplex virus type 2, chlamydia, and syphilis. Medium-consistency evidence was found for male circumcision protecting against human papillomavirus and low-risk human papillomavirus. Although the evidence shows a protective association with HIV, it was categorised as low consistency, because one trial showed an increased risk to female partners of HIV-infected men resuming sex early after male circumcision. Seven outcomes including HIV had low-consistency evidence and six were indeterminate.
INTERPRETATION
Scale-up of male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa has public health implications for several outcomes in women. Evidence that female partners are at decreased risk of several diseases is highly consistent. Synergies between male circumcision and women's health programmes should be explored.
FUNDING
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Jhpiego.
Topics: Circumcision, Male; Female; Humans; Male; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Women's Health
PubMed: 29025633
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30369-8