Estradiol and Women’s Health: Considering the Role of Estradiol as a Marker in Behavioral Medicine

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-304
Author(s):  
Jenna K. Rieder ◽  
Katie Darabos ◽  
Mariann R. Weierich
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Medicine ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health

scholarly journals The Role of Research in Guiding Treatment for Women’s Health: A Qualitative Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncturists

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 834
Author(s):  
Mike Armour ◽  
Debra Betts ◽  
Kate Roberts ◽  
Susanne Armour ◽  
Caroline A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Research Literacy ◽  
The Right ◽  
Practice Methods

Background: Surveys of acupuncture practitioners worldwide have shown an increase in the use of acupuncture to treat women’s health conditions over the last ten years. Published studies have explored the effectiveness of acupuncture for various conditions such as period pain, fertility, and labor induction. However, it is unclear what role, if any, peer-reviewed research plays in guiding practice. Methods: Acupuncturists with a significant women’s health caseload were interviewed online in three small groups to explore factors that contribute to acupuncturists’ clinical decision made around treatment approaches and research. Results: Eleven practitioners participated in the focus groups. The overarching theme that emerged was one of ‘Not mainstream but a stream.’ This captured two themes relating to acupuncture as a distinct practice: ‘working with what you’ve got’ as well as ‘finding the right lens’, illustrating practitioners’ perception of research needing to be more relevant to clinical practice. Conclusions: Acupuncture practitioners treating women’s health conditions reported a disconnect between their clinical practice and the design of clinical trials, predominantly due to what they perceived as a lack of individualization of treatment. Case histories were popular as a learning tool and could be used to support increasing research literacy.

Role of endometriosis in defining cardiovascular risk: a gender medicine approach for women’s health

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Michela Cirillo ◽  
Maria Elisabetta Coccia ◽  
Felice Petraglia ◽  
Cinzia Fatini
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Gender Medicine

The Role of Androgens in Women's Health and Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
pp. 105758
Author(s):  
Vittorio E. Bianchi ◽  
Elena Bresciani ◽  
Ramona Meanti ◽  
Laura Rizzi ◽  
Robert J. Omeljaniuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health And Wellbeing

scholarly journals The Role of Gender Power Relations on Women’s Health Outcomes: Evidence from a Maternal Health Coverage Survey in Simiyu Region, Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henri Garrison-Desany ◽  
Emily Wilson ◽  
Melinda Munos ◽  
Talata Sawadogo-Lewis ◽  
Abdoulaye Maïga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Directed Acyclic Graphs ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Gender Power

Abstract Background: Gender is a crucial consideration of human rights that impacts many priority maternal health outcomes. However, gender is often only reported in relation to sex-disaggregated data in health coverage surveys. Few coverage surveys to date have integrated a more expansive set of gender-related questions and indicators, especially in low- to middle-income countries that have high levels of reported gender inequality. Objective: Using various gender-sensitive indicators, we investigated the role of gender power relations within households on women’s health outcomes in Simiyu region, Tanzania. Methods: We assessed 34 questions around gender dynamics reported by men and women against 18 women’s health outcomes. We created directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to theorize the relationship between indicators, outcomes, and sociodemographic covariates. We grouped gender variables into four categories using an established gender framework: (1) women’s decision-making, (2) household labor-sharing, (3) women’s resource access, and (4) norms/beliefs. Gender indicators that were most proximate to the health outcomes in the DAG were tested using multivariate logistic regression, adjusting for sociodemographic factors.Results: The overall percent agreement of gender-related indicators within couples was 68.6%. The lowest couple concordance was a woman’s autonomy to decide to see family/friends without permission from her husband/partner (40.1%). A number of relationships between gender-related indicators and health outcomes emerged: questions from the decision-making domain were found to play a large role in women’s health outcomes, and condoms and contraceptive outcomes had the most robust relationship with gender indicators. Women who reported being able to make their own health decisions were 1.57 times (95% CI: 1.12, 2.20) more likely to use condoms. Women who reported that they decide how many children they had also reported high contraception use (OR: 1.79, 95% CI: 1.34, 2.39). Seeking care at the health facility was also associated with women’s autonomy for making major household purchases (OR: 1.35, 95% CI: 1.13, 1.62). Conclusions: The association between decision-making and other gender domains with women’s health outcomes highlights the need for heightened attention to gender dimensions of intervention coverage in maternal health. Future studies should integrate and analyze gender-sensitive questions within coverage surveys.

Insights into the role of vaginal microbiome in women's health

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namrata Deka ◽  
Saqib Hassan ◽  
George Seghal Kiran ◽  
Joseph Selvin
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Vaginal Microbiome
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