ICPD+25: Older Women’s Health and Well-being in Asia and the Pacific Region

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals Empirical evidence suggests adverse climate events have not affected Australian women's health and well-being

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 452-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer R. Powers ◽  
Deborah Loxton ◽  
Jeanine Baker ◽  
Jane L. Rich ◽  
Annette J. Dobson
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Climate Events ◽  
Health And Well Being

Digital Inclusion and Women’s Health and Well-Being in Rural Communities

2020 ◽  
pp. 110-135
Author(s):  
Sharon Wagg ◽  
Louise Cooke ◽  
Boyka Simeonova
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Complex Situation ◽  
Health And Well Being

This review explores the role of digital inclusion in women’s health and well-being in rural communities. This involves reviewing existing research that focuses on the information experiences of women, specifically those who were digitally excluded or limited users of the Internet, who have benefitted from the support of digital inclusion initiatives and technology. There is a global gender digital divide in which more women than men often lack access to information and digital skills, particularly in rural areas. Digital inclusion initiatives are attempting to close this divide and to enable women to make informed decisions about their health and well-being and their families. The review also identifies that digital inclusion is a complex situation of enquiry; there is limited, fragmented research in which the concepts of information literacy and digital inclusion have been brought together; and significant tensions and contradictions exist within digital inclusion practice. The review also highlights the opportunity for further research and theory development.

scholarly journals Women’s Health and Well-Being in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Narrative Review of Achievements and Gaps in the Gulf States

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhad Daher-Nashif ◽  
Hiba Bawadi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health And Well Being

Background: In 2014, United Nations member states proposed a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) to help further the millennium development goals that they had proposed in New York in 2000. Of these 13 SDGs, Goal 3 (i.e., SDG 3) was titled “Good Health and Well-Being.” This goal highlighted women’s health and well-being via two key objectives. The first, SDG 3.1, aimed to reduce maternal mortality rates (MMR) and the second, SDG 3.7, aimed to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health care services. Drawing on all the latest reports, which have been released by Gulf Cooperation Council states (GCC), this paper sheds light on GCC states’ work on women’s wellbeing through SDG 3. Aim: the paper aims to review GCC states’ work on women’s wellbeing in SDG3, which achievements they obtained, which tools they used and which gaps still exist. The paper aims to explain the socio-cultural background behind these achievements, tools, and gaps. Methodology: For the purpose of this study, we used narrative review approach through which we reviewed reports from 2017 and 2018 on SDGs published online by the Ministry of Development and Planning of each GCC state, and latest reports of the WHO on the same states. Findings: the study found similarities and differences between different GCC states, which in turn reveals gaps and areas that are not meeting women’s needs. The findings show that MMR in GCC countries has declined by nearly half. The main strategies they adopted to address SDG 3.1 included awareness campaigns, improving access to healthcare systems and training professionals. The tools used to meet SDG 3.7 included training health professionals and raising awareness of consanguinity. The study reveals several gaps, such as a lack of discussion around challenges and barriers, and a lack of linkage between an SDG and the targets contained within it. Conclusion: The paper concludes that there is a much greater emphasis on reducing MMR, compared to providing access to sexual and reproductive healthcare. This difference is due to different socio-cultural framing of each of these two issues.

Promoting Older Women's Health and Well-Being Through Social Leisure Environments: What We Have Learned from the Red Hat Society®

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 89-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie S. Son ◽  
Deborah L. Kerstetter ◽  
Careen M. Yarnal ◽  
Birgitta L. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Leisure ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals The ‘Irrational’ Taboos and ‘Irrelevant’ Traditions Related to Postpartum Women’s Health and Well-Being

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1055-1064
Author(s):  
Chin Mun Wong ◽  
Faiz bin Daud ◽  
Lavanyah a/p Sivaratnam ◽  
Diana Safraa Selimin
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals Effect of magnesium supplementation on women's health and well-being

NFS Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Debora Porri ◽  
Hans K. Biesalski ◽  
Antonio Limitone ◽  
Laura Bertuzzo ◽  
Hellas Cena
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Magnesium Supplementation ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals Pycnogenol®, a Plant Extract for Women’s Health

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Food Supplement ◽  
Venous Diseases ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Review Reports ◽  
Health And Well Being

The extract from the bark of the French maritime pine (Pinus pinasterAiton, subsp. atlantica), marketed as Pycnogenol® (Horphag Research, Ltd.), offers a wide range of benefits for women’s health and well-being. The present review summarizes results of clinical studies related to sex-specific diseases and troubles, affecting the reproductive system, as well as to some sex related diseases, which are more prevalent in women compared to men. The sex-specific diseases and troubles, which could be ameliorated by Pycnogenol, comprise dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, and low-back pain during pregnancy, post-partum hemorrhoids, menopausal symptoms and sexual behavior. The sex-related diseases, manifesting themselves predominantly in women, and having successfully treated with Pycnogenol, are venous diseases, as chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and ulcers, osteoarthritis (OA) and cosmetic problems. The review reports significant results from clinical studies listed above and discusses the findings in brief. Results suggest that Pycnogenol, grace of its improvement of endothelial health and its anti-inflammatory properties, contributes to an improvement of women’s health in a non-hormonal way. Pycnogenol presents a safe and versatile food supplement.

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