{"title":"Human trafficking for sexual exploitation in the Americas: Scoping review.","authors":"Paola Contreras-Hernández, Daniela Poblete Godoy, Valeria Stuardo Ávila","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2597247","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2597247","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human trafficking is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon that seriously violates human rights. From an intersectional perspective and through the systematic selection and analysis of 22 publications, this Scoping Review aims to identify categories and dimensions present in human trafficking for sexual exploitation in South, Central, and North America. The concepts of vulnerability and precariousness guide the analysis in identifying the most frequent categories and subcategories in the consulted literature. It concludes that there is an absence in literature that guides preventive policies at the macro and meso levels. Publications that, from a human rights perspective, focus on strategies for collective or community organization to resist human trafficking for sexual exploitation have great potential that has been little explored.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"31-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145783358","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":"Childhood emotional maltreatment and coping with romantic relationship conflicts in women during early adulthood: The protective role of feminist identity.","authors":"Wenjing Guo, Andrei D Barbanta, Ruiping Zhang","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2494214","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2494214","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Feminism has shown a protective effect on women's mental health and well-being. However, there exists a prevailing perception that feminism is incompatible with heterosexual romance. Despite this perspective, emerging research suggests that identifying with feminism can have positive implications for women's romantic relationships. The authors seek to contribute to existing literature by exploring the beneficial effects of feminist identity on women's romantic relationships. A total of 328 Chinese female undergraduates who were currently in romantic relationships completed the measurement of childhood emotional maltreatment (i.e. childhood emotional abuse and neglect), feminist identity, and coping strategies in romantic relationship conflicts (i.e. compromise, avoidance, submission, separation, domination and interactional reactivity). Firstly, we examined correlations between all studied variables. According to the result, childhood emotional neglect was significantly negatively related to constructive coping strategy (i.e. compromise) in romantic relationship conflicts. Besides, feminist identity possessed a significant positive correlation with compromise, separation and domination in romantic relationship conflicts. Subsequently, we investigated the moderating effect of feminist identity in the relation between childhood emotional neglect and compromise in romantic relationship conflicts. As a result, the negative correlation between childhood emotional neglect and compromise in romantic relationship conflicts was found only among Chinese female undergraduates with low, but not high, feminist identity. Implications of these findings were discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"250-261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144057497","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 relative contribution of spiritual emptiness and stress management skills in predicting phubbing behavior of widows: Bayesian analysis.","authors":"Nawal A Al Eid, Boshra A Arnout","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2597246","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2597246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors of this study examined the levels of spiritual emptiness, stress management skills, and phubbing behavior in widows who had lost their husbands in the past six months. It also aimed to identify differences in these variables due to demographic characteristics and to explore the predictability of phubbing behavior from spiritual emptiness and stress management skills. The study sample consisted of 138 widows with an average age of 49, who completed scales assessing spiritual emptiness, stress management skills, and phubbing behavior. The authors' results indicated that widows had average levels of spiritual emptiness and phubbing behavior, but they had high levels of stress management skills. Additionally, differences in these variables were found due to age, employment status, and the number of widows' children's age. The authors' analysis revealed that phubbing behavior in widows could be predicted from spiritual emptiness and stress management skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"280-310"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145745157","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":"Association of premenstrual syndrome with anthropometric measurements and sedentary behavior.","authors":"Aysun Yağci Şentürk, Elif Okur","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2026.2620994","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2026.2620994","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors aim to determine the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) level in young women and to determine the relationship between PMS and sedentary behavior and anthropometric measurements. The data were collected with the Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS) and Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) scales. Waist and hip circumferences were measured with a tape measure. The women included in the study had moderate or higher PMS symptoms. There was a positive correlation between PMSS score and waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, SBQ weekend, and SBQ total values (<i>p</i> < .05). PMS score was found to be higher in women whose menstrual period was between 2-7 days (<i>p</i> = .010). Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, weekend and total sedentary behavior time, and menstrual period length were factors affecting PMS severity in women. Researchers found that PMS is shaped not only by hormonal factors, but also by anthropometric and behavioral factors related to lifestyle.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"523-535"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146107986","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":"Bleeding inequality: How menstrual poverty undermines academic success via social anxiety in female university students-A structural equation modeling study.","authors":"Süleyman Utku Uzun, Merve Akin","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2545183","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2545183","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the relationships between income, menstrual poverty, social anxiety, and academic success among 640 female undergraduates at Pamukkale University, Türkiye, using structural equation modeling. We collected data between April 1 and 15, 2025. We found moderate menstrual poverty (mean score 35.87 ± 6.35) and social anxiety (28.94 ± 10.59). Lower income predicted higher menstrual poverty (<i>β</i> = -0.199, <i>p</i> < .001), which directly increased social anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.316, <i>p</i> < .001) and reduced academic success (<i>β</i> = -0.161, <i>p</i> = .002). Social anxiety also negatively affected academic success (<i>β</i> = -0.039, <i>p</i> = .046). We identified significant indirect effects: income influenced academic success through menstrual poverty (<i>β</i> = 0.032, <i>p</i> = .010) and through the sequential pathway of menstrual poverty and social anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.002, <i>p</i> = 0.045). Income had no direct effect on academic success (β = 0.207, <i>p</i> = .559). Our findings underscore the need for campus interventions addressing menstrual product access, infrastructure, and mental health support to mitigate educational impacts.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"475-498"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144838259","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 traumatic birth perception influences breastfeeding self-efficacy: A quantitative analysis.","authors":"Şerife İrem Döner, Arzu Kul Uçtu","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2026.2621883","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2026.2621883","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional study to examine the relationship between perceived traumatic birth and breastfeeding self-efficacy among 325 postpartum women with term, uncomplicated deliveries at a private hospital in Konya, Turkey. Data were collected using a sociodemographic questionnaire, the City Birth Trauma Scale (CityBiTS), and the Postpartum Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form. The mean age of participants was 28.7 years. The authors' findings indicated a moderate negative association between perceived traumatic birth and breastfeeding self-efficacy (<i>r</i> = -0.459, <i>p</i> < .001). Higher levels of perceived traumatic birth were more commonly reported among women who experienced routine obstetric interventions. The authors' regression analysis showed that increased trauma scores were linked to lower breastfeeding self-efficacy. Our results suggest that minimizing unnecessary obstetric interventions and adopting trauma-informed, respectful maternity care practices may enhance maternal well-being and breastfeeding outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"55-67"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146120767","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":"Accessibility and availability of maternal health care among Oraon, Kharwar, and Chero women in Latehar, Jharkhand: A qualitative study.","authors":"Zainul Abedin, Asif Ali, Atiqur Rahman","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2026.2631033","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2026.2631033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, the authors examine the accessibility and availability of maternal health care services and the associated barriers and facilitators among tribal women in Latehar district, Jharkhand. We collected primary data using purposive sampling technique. We collected data using a semi-structured questionnaire from six key informant interviews and six focus group discussions (FGDs), resulting in a total of 48 FGD participants. We audio-recorded the discussions and manually translated, transcribed, and thematically analyzed the data. Our results found low accessibility to maternal health care services among tribal women and inadequate availability of such services in the study area. Maternal health care services among women were influenced by physical, socio-economic, and cultural factors, including strong reliance on traditional and spiritual healers. To address this challenge, we suggest improving awareness of antenatal care services, increasing the number of ambulance services, and promoting enrollment in health insurance schemes.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"407-433"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147285650","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":"Navigating shame to negotiate sexual agency among British-born South Asian women: A grounded theory study.","authors":"Sabina Gerrard, Gill Thomson","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2519474","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2519474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Constructivist grounded theory was used to explore perceptions and experiences of sexual health among British-born South Asian women, aged 18-25 who lived in North-West England. We aimed to explore whether and how women were influenced by religion and socio-cultural factors. Participants (<i>n</i> = 16) took part in either interviews or focus groups. A theoretical framework focusing on how women navigated shame to negotiate sexual agency was developed. Culture and religious values prohibited sex-based relationships before marriage, which meant accessing support could prove problematic. Women demonstrated different levels of agency through finding ways to maintain secret relationships and to navigate access to healthcare services.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"692-711"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477328","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 impact of postpartum in-home and telephone supportive counseling on maternal quality of life: A randomized controlled clinical trial.","authors":"Bita Eskandari, Roghaiyeh Nourizadeh, Esmat Mehrabi, Rasoul Heshmati, Reyhaneh Ivanbagha, Zahra Akbarivand","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2573644","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2573644","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed at examining the effect of postpartum in-home and telephone supportive counseling on the quality of life (QoL) as primary outcome and maternal and neonatal outcomes as secondary objectives. This randomized clinical trial was performed on 93 women in Tabriz, Iran, who were randomly assigned into three groups of telephone, home supportive counseling, or control. Supportive counseling was provided on days 3-5, 7-9, and 20-25 postpartum. The QoL questionnaire was completed at 10-15 days postpartum. Infant birth weight and one-month weight were recorded. At 42-60 days postpartum, breastfeeding status, the number of infant medical visits, and the frequency of maternal-neonatal complaints were documented. Data were analyzed using ANCOVA and chi-square tests. The QoL in the telephone counseling group was higher than other groups (<i>p</i> = .008). There was no significant difference between groups in maternal and neonatal outcomes (<i>p</i> > .05). Telephone supportive counseling can improve mothers' QoL.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"909-925"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145309553","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}
Ola Ali Nassr, Mohammed Mahmood Mohammed, Hind Abdulkhaliq Showman, Chris F Johnson
{"title":"The prevalence and predictors of depression in a sample of pregnant women seeking antenatal care in Baghdad, Iraq.","authors":"Ola Ali Nassr, Mohammed Mahmood Mohammed, Hind Abdulkhaliq Showman, Chris F Johnson","doi":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2520292","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07399332.2025.2520292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antenatal depression is a public health concern, impacting maternal and fetal health. We aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with antenatal depression in Baghdad, Iraq. In total, 850 pregnant women attending outpatient clinics at the Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital and three private clinics were screened for depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Depression prevalence was 29.8%, identified associated risk factors in descending order were: unwanted pregnancy, poor marital relationship, intimate partner violence, income dissatisfaction, severe fear of childbirth, and inadequate social support. Routine antenatal depression screening may help identify mothers for targeted interventions, optimizing care and outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":47836,"journal":{"name":"Health Care for Women International","volume":" ","pages":"782-800"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144334200","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}