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Autistic Women's Maternal Health: A Review of the Literature on Prenatal, Birth, and Postpartum Experiences for Autistic Mothers. 自闭症妇女的产妇健康：关于自闭症母亲产前、分娩和产后经历的文献综述。

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.7613

Micah J Hopkins

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Closing the Gap: The Need to Eliminate Loopholes in Legislation at the Intersection of Gun Violence and Intimate Partner Violence. 缩小差距：需要在枪支暴力和亲密伴侣暴力的交叉点消除立法漏洞。

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-24 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.7608

Rebecca Pulliam, Kenneth Bauman, Jalen Smith, Kylie Rice, Gary W Harper

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Letter from the 2022-2023 Editors 《2022-2023》编辑来信

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.3942

Avery Tomaso, G. Rastogi

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A Review of Primary. Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention Strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease 初级复习。阿尔茨海默病的二级和三级预防策略

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.3946

H. O’Donnell

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Stratified Post-Reproduction: An Analysis of Black Women’s Barriers to Postpartum Depression Treatment 分层生殖后：黑人女性产后抑郁症治疗障碍分析

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.3948

Beatriz Leal Brockey

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Weighing Government Intervention during the Global Covid Health Crisis 全球新冠肺炎健康危机期间政府干预的权衡

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.3944

Samantha Staudinger

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The Unspoken Plight of HIV Gripping Asian/Pacific Islander Communities in America 艾滋病毒在美国亚洲/太平洋岛民社区的隐晦困境

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.3951

S. Shaw

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The Role of Doulas in Addressing Disparities, Barriers, and Potential Solutions to Navigating Reproductive Loss 杜拉斯在解决差异、障碍和应对生殖损失的潜在解决方案方面的作用

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.3945

Jon Musai, N. Shields, Lucy Zhang, Buu-Hac Nguyen

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Behind Walls: Mass Incarceration as an Oppressor of Reproductive Justice in the United States 墙后：大规模监禁对美国生殖正义的压迫

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.3943

Anna J. Ravzi

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Dispelling Myths Regarding Cisgender Sexual Minority Women and Breast Cancer 消除关于顺性别性少数群体妇女和乳腺癌症的神话

The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.3998/ujph.3947

Rachel Troy

{"title":"Dispelling Myths Regarding Cisgender Sexual Minority Women and Breast Cancer","authors":"Rachel Troy","doi":"10.3998/ujph.3947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3998/ujph.3947","url":null,"abstract":"Lesbian and bisexual cisgender women have higher rates of breast cancer and breast cancer mortality than their heterosexual counterparts (Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities, 2014). There is not much known about why this is the case, although most researchers revert to the common hypotheses that the increased prevalence of obesity, substance abuse, and nulliparity (not having given birth) among lesbian and bisexual women contributes to incidences of breast cancer (Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities, 2014). These hypotheses place individual responsibility on sexual minority women with breast cancer as opposed to identifying complicated, underlying structural problems. This literature review argues that homophobia and bisexual invisibility, in conjunction with fatphobia and inaccurate research methodology, have prevented clinicians and scientists from thoroughly examining the ways in which increased rates alcohol abuse, the physiological effects of stress due to discrimination, and a lower rate of receiving mammograms caused by perceived negative judgment from healthcare providers contribute to the higher prevalence of breast cancer among lesbian and bisexual women.","PeriodicalId":75202,"journal":{"name":"The undergraduate journal of public health at the University of Michigan","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47322581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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