scholarly journals Alcohol Use During Pregnancy in Canada: How Policy Moments Can Create Opportunities for Promoting Women’s Health

2013 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. e170-e172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Poole ◽  
Lorraine Greaves
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health

scholarly journals Exploring the prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the Northwest Territories of Canada: Brightening our home fires

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Badry ◽  
Aileen Felske
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Fetal Alcohol ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum

Badry, D., & Felske, A. (2013). Exploring the prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the Northwest Territories of Canada: Brightening our home fires. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 2(3), 7-15. doi:10.7895/ijadr.v2i3.125 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v2i3.125)Aims: The prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in a Northern context from a woman’s health perspective was explored in the qualitative research study, Brightening Our Home Fires (BOHF). It is recognized that research on the prevention of FASD is a sensitive topic due to stigma associated with alcohol use during pregnancy. Women’s health and FASD prevention were identified as the focus of the research, as they are deeply intertwined topics.Design: The BOHF project was designed as a participation action research project that utilized Photovoice as a primary methodology to approach the topic of FASD prevention in the Northwest Territories (NT) from a women’s health lens.Setting: This research took place in Yellowknife, NT. Participants included both Dene and Inuit women.Participants: Eight women living in a homeless centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.Measures: This was a qualitative research study that utilized Participatory Action Research (PAR) to explore women’s health in the North. Photovoice was the primary methodology. The analysis of this research focused on both image and text, and a depth analysis of text led to theme identification.Findings: Findings included the importance, to women participants, of housing, access to treatment resources for alcohol, and engagement with health-related resources, and the challenges they experience that are related to their histories of trauma.Conclusions: Engagement with women in the NT on FASD prevention was important in broadly identifying the linkages between trauma and alcohol use while respecting context and stigma around alcohol use and pregnancy.

scholarly journals Missed Opportunities: Screening and Brief Intervention for Risky Alcohol Use in Women's Health Settings

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 648-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Hettema ◽  
Stephanie Cockrell ◽  
Jennifer Russo ◽  
Joan Corder-Mabe ◽  
Alycia Yowell-Many ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Screening And Brief Intervention ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Risky Alcohol

scholarly journals Alcohol use and early mortality in Swedish middle-aged women: Nine-year follow-up of the Women’s Health in Lund Area study

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Rundberg ◽  
Peter M Nilsson ◽  
Göran Samsioe ◽  
Agneta Öjehagen
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Early Mortality ◽  
Middle Aged

scholarly journals Sleep and Women's Health: Sex- and Age-Specific Contributors to Alcohol Use Disorders

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-445
Author(s):  
Fiona C. Baker ◽  
Mary A. Carskadon ◽  
Brant P. Hasler
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders

scholarly journals Outcomes of Implementing in the Real World the Women's Health CoOp Intervention in Cape Town, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendee M. Wechsberg ◽  
Felicia A. Browne ◽  
Jacqueline Ndirangu ◽  
Courtney Peasant Bonner ◽  
Tracy L. Kline ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Art Adherence ◽  
Key Populations ◽  
Overall Acceptability ◽  
Hiv Intervention

AbstractWomen in South Africa living with HIV who use alcohol may not adhere to ART, affecting the country’s 90-90-90 targets. The Women’s Health CoOp (WHC), a woman-focused HIV intervention, has shown efficacy in numerous trials with key populations of women in South Africa who use alcohol and drugs. In a hybrid implementation effectiveness study, the WHC was implemented in usual care clinics by healthcare providers in a modified stepped-wedge design. We present the outcomes of alcohol use and ART adherence with 480 women, with a 95% 6-month follow-up rate across 4 implementation cycles. Compared with the first cycle, women in the fourth cycle were significantly less likely (OR = 0.10 [95% CI 0.04, 0.24]) to report alcohol use disorder risk and were 4 times more likely (OR = 4.16 [95% CI 1.05, 16.51]) to report ART adherence at 6-month follow-up. Overall, acceptability and satisfaction were extremely high. The WHC intervention was successful in reaching key populations of women to reduce alcohol use and increase ART adherence, which is essential for South Africa to reach the 90-90-90 goals.

Relationship of onset of cigarette smoking during college to alcohol use, dieting concerns, and depressed mood: Results from the Young Women's Health Survey

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 893-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen K Saules ◽  
Cynthia S Pomerleau ◽  
Sandy M Snedecor ◽  
Ann M Mehringer ◽  
Minden B Shadle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
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