Screening for Substance Abuse in Women's Health: A Public Health Imperative

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisy J. Goodman ◽  
Kristina B. Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health

scholarly journals Understanding the Spatial-Related Abstraction of Public Health Impact Goals and Measures: Illustrated by the Example of the Austrian Action Plan on Women’s Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 773
Author(s):  
Tatjana Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Policy Paper ◽  
High Degree

The influence of spatial aspects on people’s health is internationally proven by a wealth of empirical findings. Nevertheless, questions concerning public health still tend to be negotiated among social and health scientists. This was different in the elaboration of the Austrian Action Plan on Women’s Health (AAPWH). On the example of the target group of older women, it is shown whether and to what extent the inclusion of the spatial planning perspective in the discussion of impact goals and measures is reflected in the respective inter-ministerial policy paper. The retrospective analysis on the basis of a document analysis of the AAPWH and qualitative interviews with public health experts who were also invited to join, or rather were part of, the expert group, brings to light the following key reasons for the high degree of spatial-related abstraction of the content of this strategic health policy paper: the requirement for general formulations, the lack of public and political awareness for the different living situations in different spatial archetypes, and the lack of external perception of spatial planning as a key discipline with regard to the creation of equivalent living conditions. Nonetheless, this research has promoted the external perception of spatial planning as a relevant discipline in public health issues in Austria. Furthermore, first thematic starting points for an in-depth interdisciplinary dialogue were identified.

scholarly journals Exploring the Linkages between Substance Use, Natural Disasters, Pandemics, and Intimate Partner Violence against Women: A Rapid Review in the Context of COVID-19

Sexes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-522
Author(s):  
Andreea C. Brabete ◽  
Lindsay Wolfson ◽  
Julie Stinson ◽  
Nancy Poole ◽  
Sarah Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Partner Violence Against Women

Rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) and substance use have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, with potentially enduring effects on women’s health. A rapid review was conducted on IPV and women’s substance use in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid review explored two separate research questions with a view to integrate the literature related to: (1) containment, social isolation, pandemics, disasters, lockdowns, and IPV; and (2) the relationships between substance use and IPV. Two different searches for each question were conducted between May and October 2020 and n = 47 articles were included. Women experience multiple physical and mental health consequences related to IPV that can be exacerbated by public health crises such as pandemics and disasters. Perpetrators may use these events as a tactic to threaten, isolate, or use coercive control. Similar tactics are reported in the complex relationship between IPV and substance use, where substance use can accompany IPV and/or be used as a coping mechanism for survivors. The findings highlight long standing women’s health concerns made further visible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional research is needed to identify actions required to reduce gender inequities and harms associated with IPV and substance use, and to adequately tailor and prepare effective responses in the context of future public health crises.

The Evolution of a National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health: A Model Process

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 839-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Alfaro-Correa Sc.D., M.A. ◽  
Gloria Beckles ◽  
Christopher Benjamin ◽  
Barbara Bowman ◽  
Yvonne Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Initiative ◽  
Public Health Initiative ◽  
National Public Health

Only Women Bleed: Menstruation, Women and Public Health

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Lynn Holt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Current Medical ◽  
Biological Entity ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Scientific Medicine ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Significant Life

Menarche for women is a significant life event. How a women perceives herself throughout her life can be influenced by her experience and attitude to this event. Menstruation has been successfully pathologised by scientific medicine, and the notion of women as biologically defective has contributed to gender inequalities. A feminist framework for exploring the current medical ideology of women as a biological entity will be addressed by this paper, and the consequences this may have for women's health and public health practise will be addressed.

scholarly journals Imprisonment and women's health: concerns about gender sensitivity, human rights and public health

2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (9) ◽  
pp. 689-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda van den Bergh ◽  
Alex Gatherer ◽  
Andrew Fraser ◽  
Lars Moller
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Concerns

The domestic violence against women as a matter of public health

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 874
Author(s):  
Erica Toledo Mendonça ◽  
Lucimar Viana Souza
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Women Victims ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Violencia Domestica ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Health Nursing

ABSTRACTObjectives: defining the roles of males and females in society, describe the main consequences of domestic violence for women's health and identify the strategies implemented and the actions of the nurse in caring for women victims of violence. Methodology: this is a study based on literature review, with review of articles indexed in scientific databases, monographs, books and manuals of the Ministry of Health. It was performed a brief reading of the articles found, and then they were grouped, constituting a corpus for later determination of the themes that were gender, health consequences of women and intersectoral action to minimize the social impact of violence in society. Results: the face of violence requires actions from all sectors of society, and within the families, public policies should be directed to the violence by supporting laws for the punishment of those responsible for attacks. Conclusion: women, victims of domestic violence need help to alleviate their sufferings and avoid major mismatches family and society. Descriptors: violence; women's health; public health;primary care; health; nursing; gender.  RESUMOObjetivos: definir o papel dos gêneros masculino e feminino na sociedade, descrever as principais consequencias da violência doméstica para a saúde da mulher e identificar quais as estratégias implementadas e as ações do enfermeiro no atendimento ä mulher vítima de violência. Metodologia: trata-se de um estudo baseado em revisão de literatura, com análise de artigos indexados em bases científicas, monografias, livros e manuais do Ministério da Saúde. Foi realizada uma leitura flutuante dos artigos encontrados, e a seguir os mesmos foram agrupados, constituindo-se um corpus, para posterior determinação das categorias temáticas, que foram gênero, consequências à saúde da mulher e ações intersetoriais para minimização do impacto social da violência na sociedade. Resultados: o enfrentamento da violência exige ações de todos os setores da sociedade, assim como no interior das famílias; políticas públicas devem ser direcionadas à violência, apoiando as leis para a penalização dos responsáveis pelas agressões. Conclusão: as mulheres vítimas de violência doméstica precisam de ajuda para aliviarem seus sofrimentos e evitarem grandes desajustes familiares e sociais. Descritores: violência; saúde da mulher; saúde pública; atenção primária; saúde; enfermagem; gênero.RESUMENObjetivos: definir el papel de hombres y mujeres en la sociedad, describir las principales consecuencias de la violencia doméstica para la salud de la mujer e identificar las estrategias aplicadas y las acciones de las enfermeras en el tratamiento de mujeres víctimas de la violencia. Metodologia: se trata de un estudio basado en revisión de la literatura, con el análisis de los artículos indizados en los libros científicos, monografías, libros y el Ministerio de Salud. Se realizó una breve lectura de los artículos encontrados y, a continuación se agrupan, constituyendo un corpus para la determinación posterior de los temas que fueron de género, consecuencias para la salud de la mujer y la acción intersectorial para minimizar el impacto social de la violencia en la sociedad. Resultados: lucha contra la violencia requiere de acciones de todos los sectores de la sociedad, así como en las familias; las políticas deben ser dirigidas a la violencia mediante el apoyo a leyes para el castigo de los responsables de los ataques. Conclusión: las mujeres víctimas de violencia doméstica necesitan ayuda para aliviar su sufrimiento y evitar la gran familia e inadaptados sociales. Descriptores: la violência; de la salud de la mujer; salud pública; la atención primaria; la salud; enfermería;gênero.  

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