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Influences on family planning among low income women
Seventy-eight low-income pregnant women in Roanoke, Virginia were sampled by means of a questionnaire in an effort to study what factors influence their family planning practices. The questionnaire measured the sample's contraceptive awareness, knowledge, and use, and their attitudes concerning …
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Violence and depression among ethnically diverse, low income women: Mediating and moderating factors
… depression/suicidality among ethnically diverse, low income, community women. The sample at Wave 1 consisted of 303 African American, 273 Euro-American, and 260 Mexican American women in long term relationships with a household income less that twice the poverty threshold. There were no ethnic …
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Barriers and Outcomes for Low-income Women with Mental Illness During Post-Partum [poster]
Introduction: Maternal mortality among low-income mothers in the United States (U.S.) is steadily increasing (Eckert, 2020). The risk for developing mental illness is higher among middle- and low-income households, where 1 in 4 women report depression during pregnancy and 1 in 5 report having …
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The Antecedents, Process, and Consequences of Female Sterilization for Low-Income Women in Mumbai
… is the primary method of family planning among low-income women in India; the result of limited knowledge and poor access to family planning alternatives. To understand the dynamics of sterilization, 37 in-depth interviews were conducted with sterilized women from the study community, as well as …
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Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa
Return to work is cited as a key reason for women ceasing breastfeeding due to the conflict between the labour of bodywork required for jobs, and breastfeeding as a labour of foodwork. Through semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 33 black low-income mothers in Cape Town, South Africa, this …
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Food label reading habits of low-income women and women from the general population
… reading habits, attitudes, and understanding of low-income women participating in the Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and of women from the general population. All subjects were the primary household food shoppers. In both groups, 90% "almost always" or …
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Reasons Why Low-Income Women in Northwest Missouri Do Not Access No-Cost Mammography Services
… access to no-cost mammography services, Missouri women experience the lowest mammography utilization rate in the nation. In Northwest Missouri the rate of mammography utilization is particularly low: 1 in 3 women over the age of 40 years have never had a mammogram. The purpose of this study was to …
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Women's Bargaining Power in the Household: Self -Employment Versus Wage Employment Among Low -Income Women in India
… unique and interesting about these self-employed women is the immense shift in the amount of power they wield in the household context in a context where they have traditionally had limited power. This study finds that the women receiving some support from NGOs undoubtedly have more authority and …
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Discources of experience of pregnancy in low income women attending Katutura and Central hospitals' antenatal clinics in Windhoek
… discusses the discourses drawn on by pregnant women in their construction of their `selves' in pregnancy. The study was qualitative in nature, in order to understand the women's experience from their context and to allow for their individual constructions to come forth. The aim of the study was …
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Low income women‟s expectations, needs, and desires for social support in the postpartum period: a feasibility study.
… period represents a significant transition in women's lives. This critical period of adjustment is characterized by physical, emotional and psychological stressors that impact women's experiences, adaptation and health and wellness. Common stressors in the puerperal period include: the …
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Claiming Knowledge, Claiming Lives: Decolonial Feminist Pedagogy and the Experiences of Low-Income Women Undergraduates in Community College
… qualitative study explores the experiences of low-income women undergraduates in a community college classroom anchored in decolonial feminist pedagogy. Analyses of in-depth interviews, student writings, and questionnaires are offered to further understanding of the impact of decolonial …
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Sisterhood and Socioeconomic Status: A Qualitative Narrative Inquiry Study of Low-Income Women in National Panhellenic Conference Sororities
<p>This dissertation examines the experiences of low-socioeconomic (SES) women in the 26 National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities, investigating how they perceive and reflect on their interactions and relationships within their chapters. Guided by Social Identity, Self-Categorization, and …
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Food welfare for low-income women and children in the UK: a policy analysis of the Healthy Start scheme
Food welfare for low-income women and children in the UK is an unexplored area of food policy. The current food welfare scheme for low-income women and children in the UK is called Healthy Start, and this replaced the previous Welfare Food Scheme in 2006. The main changes were that Healthy Start …
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An Educational Approach to Improve Breastfeeding Rates Among Low-Income Women and to Promote Endorsement of Lactation Among Future Physicians
… rates, particularly among the least educated, low-income mothers, are measurably less than the 1990 projected rates set by the Department of Health and Human Services. Studies were undertaken to determine: (1) instruction to improve breastfeeding rates among low-income, primigravide women and …
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The strengths and the limits of the strategies used by low income women to cope with the effects of structural adjustment
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990.
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Exploring stigma and mHealth acceptance for prenatal and postpartum depression screening among low income women clients of public health clinics in Champaign County, Illinois
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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Psychological wellbeing and health-related quality of life among low-income women living with HIV/AIDS in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… of life and psychological well-being amongst low-income women living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in South Africa. The research examined the relationships among biomedical and psychosocial factors and health-related quality of life …
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Reproductive Health in the Philippines: Poverty, Religiosity, and Navigating Reproductive Choices
… supporting reproductive health intended to aid low-income women concerning their sexual and reproductive health. The second incentive is to detect how low-income women’s thoughts and behaviors in making reproductive decisions are resonant or not of the Church’s moral rectitude over SRH through …
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The effectiveness of a breastfeeding class on initiation and duration of breastfeeding in WIC participants
… on initiation and duration of breastfeeding in low-income women who participated in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in Oakland County, Michigan. Racially and culturally diverse pregnant women over the age of 18 years of age who took part in the …
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A synthetic control model to estimate the effect of Colorado's Family Planning Initiative on abortions.
… Planning Initiative provided IUDs at no cost for low-income women. The lowering of the price of an IUD could have the possible substitution effect of decreasing the number of abortions. Even though abortions decreased in Colorado after the initiative, we find no evidence of a causal relationship.
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