Chidiebele P Ojukwu, Patrick C Okwa, Ebere Y Ihegihu, Stephen Sunday Ede, Ogehukwu J Nebo
{"title":"Breastfeeding-related thoracic spine pain and correlates in postpartum Nigerian women: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Chidiebele P Ojukwu, Patrick C Okwa, Ebere Y Ihegihu, Stephen Sunday Ede, Ogehukwu J Nebo","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2494205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2025.2494205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thoracic spine pain (TSP) is a disturbing condition associated with a decreased quality of life among postpartum women. We conducted a cross-sectional survey assessing the prevalence of TSP and associated factors among 400 conveniently recruited postpartum women from four public hospitals in Enugu, Nigeria. We collected data on thoracic spine pain, posture, and mobility using the Oswestry thoracic disability index, an inclinometer, and the tape rule(cm), respectively. We found a 22.5% prevalence of TSP, with over 65% of cases occurring during and after pregnancy. More than half (64.4%) of the participants recorded flexion hypomobility, while 37.3% had extension hypomobility. We found a significant association between TSP and age (χ<sup>2</sup> = 2.493, <i>p</i> = .013), employment status (χ<sup>2</sup> = 11.650, <i>p</i> = .003), and jobs needing repetitive spinal movements like neck bending (χ<sup>2</sup> = 9.491, <i>p</i> = .023). TSP is fairly common in postpartum women with associated factors of younger age and being in jobs that require repetitive spinal movements.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shaharior Rahman Razu, Kim Usher, Rikki Jones, Md Shahidul Islam
{"title":"Health vulnerabilities of the female sex workers: A qualitative investigation from South-western region of Bangladesh.","authors":"Shaharior Rahman Razu, Kim Usher, Rikki Jones, Md Shahidul Islam","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2468453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2025.2468453","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health issues of the marginalized social groups are often ignored in our society. In the present study, the authors investigate the health vulnerabilities of female sex workers (FSWs) in the South-western region of Bangladesh using a qualitative research approach. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with the female sex workers and some key informants using a semi-structured interview guide. The interviews were audio-tapped, transcribed, and analysed thematically. Five themes emerged from the data revealing an overall poor physical, mental, and sexual/reproductive health status of the female sex workers. There were different factors including lack of healthcare knowledge, and difficulty in accessing quality healthcare services contributing towards the vulnerable health status of these women in prostitution. It is an immediate necessity to bring attention to the socially vulnerable female sex workers through specialized healthcare support and services in addition to the promotion of social awareness.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors causing the development of quiet quitting in female employees and the role of motherhood: The case of Türkiye.","authors":"Zümrüt Yılar Erkek, Serap Öztürk Altınayak","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2463081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2025.2463081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Researchers aimed to determine the factors that cause the development of quiet quitting in female employees and the relationship between quiet quitting and the role of motherhood. Researchers the study is designed as a descriptive study. Researchers the study was conducted with 924 working mothers. Finding the received wages inadequate for the work performed was found to be the reason for quiet quitting in 92.2% of working mothers. The mean Quiet Quitting Symptoms Assessment Dimension (QQSAD) of the Mothers was found to be 3.94 ± 2.52, and the overall Myself as Mother Scale (MaMS) mean score was 46.16 ± 5.97. It was determined that there was a weak, significant, and negative relationship between the QQSAD and the MaMS mean scores. Researchers reveal, it was observed that many factors affected quiet quitting in working mothers, the rate of quiet quitting was high, and the acquisition of a motherhood role decreased as the symptoms of quiet quitting increased.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143411029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The mediating role of negative attitudes toward menopause between benevolent sexist attitudes and irritability of perimenopausal women.","authors":"Fatma Kandemir, Olcay Bozkuş-Demir, Elif Kertişçi","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2460150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2025.2460150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The role of sexism in the menopausal process and symptoms has not been thoroughly investigated in the literature. In this context, we aim to test whether ambivalent sexism predicts irritability through negative attitudes toward menopause in perimenopausal women. Accordingly, 223 perimenopausal women (<i>X̅<sub>age</sub></i>= 46.90) living in Turkey were included in the study sample. Our findings of the mediation analyses showed that negative attitudes toward menopause mediated the relationship between benevolent sexism (not hostile sexism) and irritability. Therefore, we suggested that benevolent sexism may have implicit and long-lasting negative effects on symptoms during perimenopause by instilling negative attitudes toward menopause, which is one of women's developmental transitions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143366558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research to help practitioners and individuals treat mental health issues.","authors":"Eleanor Krassen Covan, Elizabeth Fugate-Whitlock","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2494450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2025.2494450","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":"46 5","pages":"523-526"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144003884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adriana Reyes-Flores, Rafael Ramírez-Ramírez, Eduardo Pérez-Campos, Laura Pérez-Campos Mayoral, María Teresa Hernández-Huerta, Eduardo Pérez-Campos Mayoral
{"title":"Attention to health care in the context of instability. In health care for women international.","authors":"Adriana Reyes-Flores, Rafael Ramírez-Ramírez, Eduardo Pérez-Campos, Laura Pérez-Campos Mayoral, María Teresa Hernández-Huerta, Eduardo Pérez-Campos Mayoral","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2024.2395305","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2024.2395305","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Mexico, the first attack dates back to 1988, but it was not identified until 2022. This violence remained invisible and minimized, but since then 42 acid attacks against women have been recorded, of which 5 victims died as a result of the attack and its medical complications. We think that families should be educated to eliminate misogyny in families and ensure that women are valued equally as men. We also think that education from childhood, questioning one's own beliefs, challenging stereotypes and gender roles, deconstructing prejudices, reporting, and acting with empathy and compassion are fundamental in a society with gender equity.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"3-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of fatalism perception of pregnant women on taking precautions against the risk of virus transmission in the Covid-19 pandemic in Turkey.","authors":"Bahtısen Kartal, Derya Şahin, Özlem Güner","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2023.2196249","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2023.2196249","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covid-19 pandemic has affected all over the world, particularly affecting risky groups and causing the deaths of millions of people. Owing to the systemic changes that occur during pregnancy, pregnant women are among the risk groups. In this study, we aimed to determine the effect of the fatalism tendency of the pregnant women on the precautions they take to protect themselves from the risk of virus transmission. We conducted this study as descriptive cross-sectional. We collected the data between February 11<sup>th</sup> and March 24<sup>th</sup>, 2021. The sample of this study comprised of 418 pregnant women. Fatalism tendency was high in the pregnant women with low education and income levels and housewives. It was determined that the pregnant women with a high tendency of fatalism wore less masks. The beliefs of individuals should not be ignored while creating health policies in the fight against the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"261-277"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9603425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Treatment of women with generalized anxiety disorder during the postpartum period with paroxetine: A retrospective analysis of 11 years of clinical data.","authors":"Hasan Bakay, Sakir Gica, Faruk Uguz","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2024.2417956","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2024.2417956","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We presented the results on the efficacy of paroxetine in postpartum women with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in current study. We included data on 33 patients to our study retrospectively. The patients were evaluated using the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-<i>Fourth Edition</i>, the Clinical Global Impression-Improvement Scale, the Hamilton Depression rating Scale (HAM-D) and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A). The patients had significant improvement in both HAM-D and HAM-A scores following paroxetine treatment for 8 wk. The response and remission rates were 78.8 and 63.6%, respectively. Both rates were significantly higher the subgroup of patients without comorbid depression compared to patients with comorbid depression. Based on the findings of the present study, we suggest that paroxetine may be beneficial for in postpartum women with GAD.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"585-591"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How do marital conflicts influence post-traumatic growth among infertile women? The moderation role of coping strategies.","authors":"Dejuan Sun, Li Han, Baoxian Lin, Lilin Li, Cindy Xinshan Jia","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2024.2430340","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2024.2430340","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the current study, the authors aimed to investigate the post-traumatic growth (PTG) among infertile women who experience conflicts with their spouses, and the role of personal coping strategies in mitigating such influences. A total of 267 infertile female patients were recruited from a reproductive medical center in China. OLS regressions with moderation effects of coping strategies were conducted. Our results showed that coping strategies had the main influence on infertile women's PTG, and minimizing and avoiding marital conflicts had a particularly negative effect on PTG when infertile women adopted greater maladaptive coping strategies. Possible practical implications, such as improving infertile women's coping strategies were discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"417-434"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142669418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the operation room: Exploring inequalities in out-of-pocket and catastrophic health expenditures for caesarean surgical care in Cameroon, a decomposition analysis.","authors":"Relindis Ma-Gang Tapang, Aya Suzuki","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2517167","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2517167","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, we examined inequalities in out-of-pocket payments (OOP) and catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) for Cesarean Section care in Cameroon. We collected data from 436 women across 13 hospitals and used decomposition analysis of the concentration index to identify key drivers of inequality. We found that OOP costs were more concentrated among wealthier households, whereas CHE burdened the poorest, exposing sharp socioeconomic inequalities. Wealth status and educational attainment emerged as the most significant contributors to these inequalities. Although we focused on Cameroon, our findings hold relevance for other low- and middle-income countries with similar health financing systems. Through this research, we contribute a methodological approach to global maternal health literature by demonstrating how financial inequalities in surgical care can be quantified and understood across settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"826-854"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}