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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Women's health"”.
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Healthcare Access and Equity
This dissertation presents three essays examining healthcare access and equity in developing contexts, with a focus on India. The first essay investigates patient behavior in hospital selection following the implementation of a universal insurance program, shedding light on factors influencing …
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The Familial cycle of adolescent pregnancy: fact or fiction
According to the Texas Department of Health (1995), an infant is born to an adolescent mother in Texas every 11 minutes. Inazu and Fox (1980) suggested that the mother-daughter relationship is primary in accounting for teenage sexual knowledge and behavior. The theoretical framework of the study …
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The relationship between health value, self-efficacy, health locus of control, health benefits, health barriers, and health behavior practices in mothers
… was to investigate the relationship between health value, self-efficacy, health locus of control, health barriers, health benefits, and the health behavior of women who are mothers. Selected demographic variables were also examined. In addition, the study presented a qualitative content …
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Strength in sisterhood : a multiple case study describing the intrapersonal and interpersonal experiences of adolescent Christian women in a holistic wellness program.
Young women are experiencing significant struggles with their total wellness of mind, body, and spirit. High school-aged young women’s mental and emotional wellness has become increasingly at risk in the past decade. More specifically, young Christian women face the same stressors and detractors to …
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Coverage of causes of death among women in 1991 magazines
… for their content on causes of mortality in women of four age groups: 15-24, 25-44, 45-64, and 65 & older. Two hundred and fifty-one articles were coded and analyzed using frequency distributions and a Spearman rank order correlation to determine the relationship between the frequency of …
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Predictors and consequences of intimate partner violence impacting Korean women
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an ongoing health issue in South Korea. IPV has significant adverse effects on women’s lives and causes irreparable injuries. This dissertation sought to examine the physical and mental consequences of IPV and identify which predictors within the intimate …
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Negotiating and Constructing Place: African Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Experiences Seeking Reproductive Health Information, Services and Support
African immigrant women and refugee women face disproportionate reproductive health risks and adverse outcomes compared with the Canadian population. The diversity of African women and complexity of the migration process suggest the need for contextualized knowledge to better understand these …
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Influence of dietary treatment on the abdominally obese postmenopausal woman
Twenty postmenopausal women with abdominal obesity participated in a weight reduction study. The purpose was to determine the effects of a low and high glycemic index(GI) diet on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Subjects were randomly assigned to either the 1200 calorie low or high GI diet for 4 …
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Exploring cervical cancer screening behaviour : an interpretive description of Aboriginal women's experiences
… the prevalence of cervical cancer in Aboriginal women continues to increase with a significantly higher mortality rate than women of non-Aboriginal ancestry. Despite that invasive cervical cancer is highly preventable with regular cervical cancer screening, participation in screening remains …
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Women's Narratives of Healing From The Effects Of Child Sexual Abuse
The health of women is compromised by the experience of sexual abuse in childhood. Women who have been sexually abused in childhood say they are `healing', but there is little literature on this healing process. The purpose of my research is to gather stories of healing from women who were sexually …