scholarly journals Virginity Testing Beyond a Medical Examination

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehri Robatjazi ◽  
Masoumeh Simbar ◽  
Fatemeh Nahidi ◽  
Jaber Gharehdaghi ◽  
Mohammadali Emamhadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Medical Examination ◽  
World Health ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Virginity Testing

<p>Apart from religious values, virginity is important in different communities because of its prominent role in reducing sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancies. Even though virginity testing has been proclaimed an example of violence against women by the World Health Organization, it is still conducted in many countries, including Iran. 16 in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants aged 32 to 60 years to elucidate the perceptions and experiences of Iranian examiners of virginity testing.</p><p>The perception and experience of examiners were reflected in five main themes. The result of this study indicated that virginity testing is more than a medical examination, considering the cultural factors involved and its overt and covert consequences. In Iran, testing is performed for both formal and informal reasons, and examiners view such testing with ambiguity about the accuracy and certainty of the diagnosis and uncertainty about ethics and reproductive rights. Examiners are affected by the overt and covert consequences of virginity testing, beliefs and cultural values underlying virginity testing, and informal and formal reasons for virginity testing.</p>

scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic: The Lived Experiences of Older Adults in Aged Care Homes

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-317
Author(s):  
Shi Yin Chee
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
World Health ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused untold fear and suffering for older adults across the world. According to the World Health Organization, older adults in aged care homes are at a higher risk of the infection living in an enclosed environment with others. This article adopts a qualitative approach using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method to explore the lived experiences of older adults during COVID-19. Between December 2019 and June 2020, 10 in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants aged 60 years and above in two aged care homes. The lived tension that has penetrated all participants’ stories in five themes of the meanings described as ‘disconnected in a shrinking world’ filled with uncertainties. COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges and disproportionate threat onto older adults’ lives, relationships and well-being. The overarching message was that older adults believe that ‘this too shall pass’ and regain their freedom that was lost during the pandemic.

scholarly journals VIOLÊNCIA CONTRA A MULHER: FACILIDADES E DIFICULDADES RELACIONADAS A ASSISTÊNCIA MULTIPROFISSIONAL

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Reis de Oliveira ◽  
Chalana Duarte Sena ◽  
Gilvânia Patrícia Do Nascimento Paixão ◽  
Josinete Gonçalves dos Santos Lírio
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
World Health ◽  
Brazilian Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
Violencia Domestica ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Target Agent

Considerada pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) como problema de saúde pública, a violência contra a mulher (VCM) é uma epidemia mundial, estima-se que as mulheres em vivência de violência doméstica, ao longo de suas vidas, apresentam mais problemas de saúde e buscam, com mais frequência os serviços de saúde do que pessoas que não sofrem estes maus tratos. Diante do exposto, o presente estudo tem como objetivo: Identificar os fatores que facilitam e dificultam a assistência a saúde a mulher em situação de violência domestica segundo a literatura brasileira, visando à importância da identificação das mulheres em vivência de violência e a ampliação deste cuidado não apenas para a cura/tratamento, mas para o vínculo e acolhimento eficaz e humano entre o agente cuidador e o agente alvo de cuidados, visando à superação tanto do cenário atual, quanto de tal momento doloroso na vida na mulher.Descritores: Violência Doméstica e Sexual Contra a Mulher; Cuidados; associados ao uso do recurso booleano “AND”. ABSTRACT Considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a public health problem, violence against women (VCM) is a worldwide epidemic, it is estimated that women experiencing domestic violence throughout their lives have and seek health services more often than people who do not suffer from these ill-treatment. In view of the above, the present study aims to: Identify the factors that facilitate and hinder the health care of women in situations of domestic violence according to the Brazilian literature, aiming at the importance of identifying women in the experience of violence and the expansion of this care not only for the cure/treatment, but for the effective and humane bonding and reception between the caregiver agent and the target agent of care, aiming at overcoming both the current scenario and that painful moment in life in the woman. Descriptors: Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women; Care; associated with the use of the boolean "AND".

scholarly journals Perceptions and knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases among rural people in India: Some ground realties

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Dr Nanjunda
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
World Health ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Health Organization

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) have become a serious public health issue among the rural people in India because of a unique health culture and health seeking behavior. Most rural people are suffering from different types of STDs because of cultural fabrics, poverty, illiteracy, ignorance and poor access to effective treatment. The World Health Organization has also warned that India could be the next nation with the highest number of unreported STD cases, resulting in devastating consequences. This current study, conducted in a rural part of the Hassan district of Karnataka, South India, examined the perceptions and knowledge regarding STDs among rural people. A focus group study conducted among selected purposive samples of both infected (with STD) and non-infected rural people. This study has found that STDs were more prevalent among people in the age group of 25-28 years (50.6%)male respondents (62.6%), people with a low level of literacy (42.2%), professional truck drivers (38.6%), people in the lower income groups (64%), and unmarried people (56%). This study also found vaginites and herpes are the most common types of STDs found among the respondents. The majority of the respondents were not aware about the onset and symptoms of the STDs. People were too shy to seek treatment even from the local healers. Effective public health policies and health promotion programs should be developed regarding the holistic and inclusive health development for the rural people with special references to STDs. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/seajph.v3i2.20040 South East Asian Journal of Public Health Vol.3(2) 2013: 47-51

scholarly journals Topical Microbicides for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV

1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (suppl c) ◽  
pp. 41C-48C ◽  
Author(s):  
André Désormeaux ◽  
Rabeea F Omar ◽  
Michel G Bergeron
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Sexual Transmission ◽  
World Health ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Topical Microbicides ◽  
Health Organization

The development of novel compounds to reduce the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), herpes and other pathogens causing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) has become a topic of great interest. Condom use is the only readily available measure to reduce successfully the propagation of these infectious agents. To reduce significantly the probability of acquiring infection, condoms should be used during all risky sexual intercourse. More attention is being given to female-controlled methods for the prevention of HIV infection because many women are unable to negotiate condom use with their sexual partners. The development of topical microbicides constitutes one of the most priori tized research areas in the field of prevention of STDs/HIV for the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because the number of women infected with HIV, herpes and other pathogens causing STDs is growing dramatically worldwide, there is an urgent need to develop innovative preventive measures that can reduce the transmission of these pathogens with minimal mucosa! irritation, and minimal effects on the vaginal flora and pH. Some of the existing products as well as promising new topical microbicicles for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections are reviewed.

scholarly journals Perceptions towards the practice of Andean traditional medicine and the challenges of its integration with modern medicine. Case Cuenca, Ecuador

MASKANA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Adriana Orellana-Paucar ◽  
Valeria Quinche-Guillén ◽  
Danilo Garzón-López ◽  
Rafaella Ansaloni ◽  
Geovanny Barrera-Luna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
World Health ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Phenomenological Design

There is currently a resurgent interest in traditional medicine. The World Health Organization suggested applying strategies for its proper integration into the National Health System. This study seeks to know and understand the opportunities and challenges of the practice of Andean traditional medicine (ATM) in Cuenca (Ecuador) within the context of a possible integration with modern medicine (MM) from the perspective of healers, physicians, and users. The study is qualitative and has a phenomenological design. Convenience and snowball sampling was applied to select participants for focus groups, individual semi-structured interviews, and individual non-participatory observations. The information was qualitatively processed, and the findings categorized into 2 major themes (a. Opportunities in the practice of ATM, and b. Challenges in the potential integration of ATM in MM) and 14 associated subthemes, respectively 6 in the first main theme and 8 in the second main theme. Participants characterized the strengths and weaknesses in integrating Andean traditional medicine with modern medicine. Findings suggest that an appropriate integration of ATM with MM request a government regulatory framework encouraging the protection of ancestral wisdom and biodiversity, a safe and rational application of joint therapies, and research development in the area.

Safety Net—The Construction of Biomedical Safety in the Global ‘Traditional Medicine’ Discourse

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 121-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kadetz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
World Health ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Scientific Medicine ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
The World ◽  
Flexner Report ◽  
Health Organization

This paper examines the social construction of the World Health Organization’s normative discourse of the safety of ‘traditional medicines’. The findings presented are based on archival research, a review of the literature, discourse analysis of who documents, semi-structured interviews with pertinent stakeholders, and participant experience at the Western Pacific Region Office of the who. This discourse of safety can be traced to the rise and global dominance of scientific medicine over plural health care and the construction of biomedical expertise. This paper argues that biomedicine’s global hegemony and construction of a dominant discourse of safety was, at least in part, influenced by the American Medical Association, The Flexner Report, The Rockefeller Foundation, the League of Nations Health Organization, the World Health Organization, and the who’s adoption of traditional Chinese medicine as a template for health care integration. This network of stakeholders influenced the construction and dissemination of the global biomedical discourse of safety and the purported ‘safe’ control, regulation, and integration of non-biomedical practices and practitioners via biomedical expertise.

Penile eczema: Not all genital ulcers are sexually transmitted infections

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (14) ◽  
pp. 1443-1445
Author(s):  
John Verrinder Veasey ◽  
Rebeca Ruppert
Keyword(s):  
Complete Remission ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
World Health ◽  
Syndromic Management ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The World ◽  
Syndromic Approach ◽  
Genital Ulcers ◽  
Health Organization

The presence of genital lesions leads some physicians and patients to instinctively think of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In parallel, the World Health Organization guides the use of syndromic management to provide early diagnosis and immediate treatment in cases of genital lesions with suspected STI. We present two cases of patients with genital lesions for months that were unsuccessfully treated with the STI syndromic approach. Well-conducted histories were fundamental for the discovery of the eczematous etiology of genital ulcers due to the use of topical products indicated by both physicians and patients themselves, and the established therapy led to complete remission of the condition within a few weeks.

scholarly journals Pengetahuan Mahasiswa Kedokteran UNS Tahun Angkatan 2018 Mengenai Gonore dan Pencegahannya

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daiva Odelia
Keyword(s):  
World Health ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
Neisseria Gonorrhea ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Health Organization

Sexually transmitted infection (STIs) is infections that transmitted from one individual to another commonly by sexual activities. STIs can also be referred as STDs (Sexual transmitted diseases). In present-day, STIs cause of mortality around the world especially in developed country. There are more than 30 different agents that can be transmitted and cause STIs. One of the most famous STIs that cause by bacteria, is gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is caused by infection of Neisseria gonorrhea by sexual activity and is currently become one of three primary focus infections that require immediate action according to World Health Organization. It can be occured in both men and women even though there is different rate of visibility in the two sexes. In women, gonorrhea often happens to be asymptomatic. Teenager is the group of people who is most susceptible in the spread of STI.

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