BMC Women's Health

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Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among women from quilombo communities in northeastern Brazil

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Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento, Flávia Castello Branco Vidal, Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva, José Eduardo Batista, Maria do Carmo Lacerda Barbosa, Walbert Edson Muniz Filho, Geusa Felipa de Barros Bezerra, Graça Maria de Castro Viana, Rebeca Costa Castelo Branco, Luciane Maria Oliveira Brito

The association between hope, marital status, depression and persistent pain in men and women following cardiac surgery

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Ann Kristin Bjørnnes, Monica Parry, Irene Lie, Ragnhild Falk, Marit Leegaard, Tone Rustøen

Rubella natural immunity among adolescent girls in Tanzania: the need to vaccinate child bearing aged women

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Mariam M. Mirambo, Mtebe Majigo, Seth D. Scana, Martha F. Mushi, Said Aboud, Uwe Groß, Benson R. Kidenya, Stephen E. Mshana

Menstrual health and school absenteeism among adolescent girls in Uganda (MENISCUS): a feasibility study

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George Miiro, Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Kevin Nakuya, Saidat Musoke, Juliet Namakula, Suzanna Francis, Belen Torondel, Lorna J. Gibson, David A. Ross, Helen A. Weiss

Young Australian women’s accounts of smoking and quitting: a qualitative study using visual methods

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Zoi Triandafilidis, Jane M. Ussher, Janette Perz, Kate Huppatz

Effectiveness and safety of ferric carboxymaltose compared to iron sucrose in women with iron deficiency anemia: phase IV clinical trials

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Amreen Naqash, Rifat Ara, Ghulam N. Bader

Health related quality of life of gynaecologic cancer patients attending at Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital (TASH), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Birhanu Abera Ayana, Shiferaw Negash, Lukman Yusuf, Wendemagegnhu Tigeneh, Demewoz Haile

Referral gynecological ambulatory clinic: principal diagnosis and distribution in health services

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Adna Thaysa Marcial da Silva, Camila Lohmann Menezes, Edige Felipe de Sousa Santos, Paulo Francisco Ramos Margarido, José Maria Soares Jr, Edmund Chada Baracat, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Isabel Cristina Esposito Sorpreso

Impact of the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative on family planning uptake at facilities in Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal

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Jennifer Winston, Lisa M. Calhoun, Meghan Corroon, David Guilkey, Ilene Speizer

Pattern and determinants of contraceptive usage among women of reproductive age from the Digo community residing in Kwale, Kenya: results from a cross-sectional household survey

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Vernon Mochache, Amyn Lakhani, Hajara El-Busaidy, Marleen Temmerman, Peter Gichangi

Are pelvic adhesions associated with pain, physical, emotional and functional characteristics of women presenting with chronic pelvic pain? A cluster analysis

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Ying Cheong, Mili Saran, James William Hounslow, Isabel Claire Reading

The effect of sleep pattern changes on postpartum depressive symptoms

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Beth A. Lewis, Dwenda Gjerdingen, Katie Schuver, Melissa Avery, Bess H. Marcus

Differentials in health-related quality of life of employed and unemployed women with normal vaginal delivery

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Anthonia U. Chinweuba, Ijeoma L. Okoronkwo, Agnes N. Anarado, Noreen E. Agbapuonwu, Ngozi P. Ogbonnaya, Chikaodili N. Ihudiebube-Splendor

A qualitative study on coping behaviors and influencing factors among mothers in Japan raising children under three years old while experiencing physical and mental subjective symptoms

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Misato Kaso, Kikuko Miyazaki, Takeo Nakayama

Knowledge of cervical cancer and HPV vaccine in Bangladeshi women: a population based, cross-sectional study

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Jessica Yasmine Islam, Fatema Khatun, Anadil Alam, Farhana Sultana, Afsana Bhuiyan, Nazmul Alam, Laura Reichenbach, Lena Marions, Mustafizur Rahman, Quamrun Nahar

Modified Pilates as an adjunct to standard physiotherapy care for urinary incontinence: a mixed methods pilot for a randomised controlled trial

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Adi Lausen, Louise Marsland, Samantha Head, Joanna Jackson, Berthold Lausen

Surmounting difficulties to provide home based neonatal care – reflections of community health workers

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Abhijit Shrinivas Prabhughate, Pearl Tiwari, Shubhangi Sohoni, Vallaree Anant Morgaonkar, Ajay Gajanan Phatak, Somashekhar Marutirao Nimbalkar, Anagha Anand Mahajani

Prevalence of dysmenorrhea and predictors of its pain intensity among Palestinian female university students

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Heba A. Abu Helwa, Areen A. Mitaeb, Suha Al-Hamshri, Waleed M. Sweileh

Gender-based violence screening methods preferred by women visiting a public hospital in Pune, India

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Nishi Suryavanshi, Shilpa Naik, Smita Waghmare, Nikhil Gupte, Sameer Khan, Vidya Mave, Andrea Deluca, Amita Gupta, Jonathan Golub, Robert C. Bollinger, Anita Shankar

Is the likelihood of spousal violence lower or higher among childless women? Evidence from Nigeria demographic and health surveys

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Bola Lukman Solanke, Adeleke Luqman Bisiriyu, Amos Oyedokun

Knowledge of cervical cancer and Pap smear among Uyghur women from Xinjiang, China

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Guzhalinuer Abulizi, Tangnuer Abulimiti, Hua Li, Guzhalinuer Abuduxikuer, Patiman Mijiti, Su-Qin Zhang, Ayinuer Maimaiti, Muyasier Tuergan, Ayiguli Simayi, Miherinisha Maimaiti

Real-world experience of women using extended-cycle vs monthly-cycle combined oral contraception in the United States: the National Health and Wellness Survey

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Rossella E. Nappi, Iñaki Lete, Lulu K. Lee, Natalia M. Flores, Marie-Christine Micheletti, Boxiong Tang

Does women’s caste make a significant contribution to adolescent pregnancy in Nepal? A study of Dalit and non-Dalit adolescents and young adults in Rupandehi district

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Hridaya Raj Devkota, Andrew Clarke, Shanti Shrish, Dharma Nanda Bhatta

Role of HIV in the desire of procreation and motherhood in women living with HIV in Spain: a qualitative approach

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Debora Alvarez-del Arco, Sabela Rodríguez, Mª. Jesús Pérez-Elías, Jose Ramón Blanco, Sandra Cuellar, Jorge del Romero, Ignacio Santos, Vicente Boix, Mar Masiá, Lydia Pascual, Victoria Hernando, Alicia Llacer, Santiago Moreno, Julia del Amo, David Dalmau, Maria Luisa Navarro, Maria Isabel González-Tomé, Federico García, José Luis Blanco, Rafael Rubio, Jose Antonio Iribarren, Francesc Vidal, Félix Gutiérrez, Juan Berenguer, Juan González, Paz Sobrino Vegas, Victoria Hernando Sebastián, Belén Alejos Ferreras, Débora Álvarez-del Arco, Yaiza Rivero, Inmaculada Jarrín, M. Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández, Isabel García-Merino, Coral Gómez Rico, Jorge Gallego de la Fuente, Almudena García Torre, Joaquín Portilla, Esperanza Merino, Sergio Reus, Vicente Boix, Livia Giner, Carmen Gadea, Irene Portilla, Maria Pampliega, Marcos Díez, Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Jose Sánchez-Payá, José Antonio Iribarren, Julio Arrizabalaga, María José Aramburu, Xabier Camino, Francisco Rodríguez-Arrondo, Miguel Ángel von Wichmann, Lidia Pascual Tomé, Miguel Ángel Goenaga, Mª. Jesús Bustinduy, Harkaitz Azkune Galparsoro, Maialen Ibarguren, Miriam Aguado, Mar Masiá, Cristina López, Sergio Padilla, Andrés Navarro, Fernando Montolio, Catalina Robledano, Joan Gregori Colomé, Araceli Adsuar, Rafael Pascual, Federico Carlos, Maravillas Martínez, Marta Montero, José López Aldeguer, Marino Blanes, José Lacruz, Miguel Salavert, Eva Calabuig, Sandra Cuéllar, Ignacio de los Santos, Jesús Sanz, Ana Salas, Cristina Sarriá, Ana Gómez, José Antonio Oteo, José Ramón Blanco, Valvanera Ibarra, Luis Metola, Mercedes Sanz, Laura Pérez-Martínez, José Luis Casado, Fernando Dronda, Ana Moreno, María Jesús Pérez Elías, Dolores López, Carolina Gutiérrez, Nadia Madrid, Angel Lamas, Paloma Martí, Alberto de Diaz, Sergio Serrano, Jorge Del Romero Guerrero, Carmen Rodríguez Martín, Teresa Puerta López, Juan Carlos Carrió Montiel, Mar Vera

Predictors of abnormal cytology among HPV-infected women in remote territories of French Guiana

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Antoine Adenis, Valentin Dufit, Maylis Douine, Jerome Ponty, Laure Bianco, Fatiha Najioullah, Odile Kilié, Dominique Catherine, Nadia Thomas, Jean Luc Deshayes, Paul Brousse, Gabriel Carles, Claire Grenier, Vincent Lacoste, Vincent Molinie, Raymond Cesaire, Mathieu Nacher

Subclinical hypothyroidism would not lead to female sexual dysfunction in Chinese women

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Han Luo, Wanjun Zhao, Hongliu Yang, Qianqian Han, Li Zeng, Huairong Tang, Jingqiang Zhu

Preparing for a trial to test a postpartum weight retention intervention among low income women: feasibility of a protocol in a community-based organization

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Charmaine Wright, Marjie Mogul, Glamarys Acevedo, Jaya Aysola, Florence Momplaisir, Sandy Schwartz, Judy Shea

Distant and proximate factors associated with maternal near-miss: a nested case-control study in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Ewnetu Firdawek Liyew, Alemayehu Worku Yalew, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, Birgitta Essén

Trauma, attachment style, and somatization: a study of women with dyspareunia and women survivors of sexual abuse

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Michal Granot, Yoram Yovell, Eli Somer, Ahuva Beny, Ronit Sadger, Ronit Uliel-Mirkin, Yaara Zisman-Ilani

Validity of St Gallen risk categories in prognostication of breast cancer patients in Southern Sri Lanka

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Harshini Peiris, Lakmini Mudduwa, Neil Thalagala, Kamani Jayatilake

Traumatic events: exploring associations with maternal depression, infant bonding, and oxytocin in Latina mothers

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Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Kefu Zhu, Kexin Fei, Yumeng Bu, Alexandria P. Weston, Uma Ravat

Normal/high-fat milk consumption is associated with higher lean body and muscle mass in Japanese women aged between 40 and 60 years: a cross-sectional study

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Yuri Sukenobe, Masakazu Terauchi, Asuka Hirose, Miho Hirano, Mihoko Akiyoshi, Kiyoko Kato, Naoyuki Miyasaka

Menstrual hygiene management among women and adolescent girls in the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal

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Shyam Sundar Budhathoki, Meika Bhattachan, Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Reshu Agrawal Sagtani, Rajan Bikram Rayamajhi, Pramila Rai, Gaurav Sharma

A qualitative study of developing beliefs about health, illness and healthcare in migrant African women with gestational diabetes living in Sweden

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Katarina Hjelm, Karin Bard, Jan Apelqvist

Women’s contraceptive discontinuation and switching behavior in urban Senegal, 2010–2015

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Janine Barden-O’Fallon, Ilene S. Speizer, Lisa M. Calhoun, Meghan Corroon

Factors associated with menstrual cycle irregularity and menopause

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Jinju Bae, Susan Park, Jin-Won Kwon

Intimate partner sexual violence and risk for femicide, suicidality and substance use among women in antenatal care and general out-patients in Thailand

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Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer, Orapin Laosee, Kawinarat Suthisukon

Listening to their voices: understanding rural women’s perceptions of good delivery care at the Mibilizi District Hospital in Rwanda

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Zack Ndirima, Florian Neuhann, Claudia Beiersmann

Prevalence of dysmenorrhea among University students in Northern Ghana; its impact and management strategies

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Evans Paul Kwame Ameade, Anthony Amalba, Baba Sulemana Mohammed

Breast cancer in Ethiopia: evidence for geographic difference in the distribution of molecular subtypes in Africa

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Endale Hadgu, Daniel Seifu, Wondemagegnhu Tigneh, Yonas Bokretsion, Abebe Bekele, Markos Abebe, Thomas Sollie, Sofia D. Merajver, Christina Karlsson, Mats G. Karlsson

Timing of abortion among adolescent and young women presenting for post-abortion care in Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis of nationally-representative data

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Boniface A. Ushie, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Michael M. Mutua, Caroline W. Kabiru

“Self-development matters” - Perception of Sakhis (CHWs) assessing self-development outcomes of their participation in the HBNC Program

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Anagha Anand Mahajani, Abhijit Shrinivas Prabhughate, Pearl Tiwari, Shubhangi Sohoni, Ajay Gajanan Phatak, Vallaree Anant Morgaonkar, Somashekhar Marutirao Nimbalkar

Predictors of cervical cancer screening intention of HIV-positive women in the central region of Ghana

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Nancy Innocentia Ebu, Joseph Kwesi Ogah

The relationship between under-five child death and maternal mental distress in Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a community based comparative cross-sectional study

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Girma Temam Shifa, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Alemayehu Worku Yalew

Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system for treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding in adolescents with Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia: illustrated case series

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Meiqiu Lu, Xin Yang

Facing HIV infection and unintended pregnancy: Rakai, Uganda, 2001–2013

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Stephanie Ann Grilo, Xiaoyu Song, Tom Lutalo, Margo Mullinax, Sanyukta Mathur, John Santelli

What women say about their dysmenorrhea: a qualitative thematic analysis

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Chen X. Chen, Claire B. Draucker, Janet S. Carpenter

Relationships between determinants of adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence in breast cancer

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Joo Yun Lee, Yul Ha Min

Married women’s autonomy and post-delivery modern contraceptive use in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Yuji Sano, Roger Antabe, Kilian Nasung Atuoye, Joseph A. Braimah, Sylvester Z. Galaa, Isaac Luginaah

Determinants of family planning use among married women in bale eco-region, Southeast Ethiopia: a community based study

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Alemayehu Gonie, Alemayehu Wudneh, Dejene Nigatu, Zelalem Dendir

The impact of thyroid-stimulating hormone levels in euthyroid women on intrauterine insemination outcome

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Gorkem Tuncay, Abdullah Karaer, Ebru İnci Coşkun, Demet Baloğlu, Ayşe Nihan Tecellioğlu

Vaginal health and hygiene practices and product use in Canada: a national cross-sectional survey

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Sara E. Crann, Shannon Cunningham, Arianne Albert, Deborah M. Money, Kieran C. O’Doherty

Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of asymptomatic bacteriuria among women with pelvic organ prolapse in Abakaliki, South-East Nigeria

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K. C. Ekwedigwe, I. Sunday-Adeoye, M. O. Eliboh, M. E. Isikhuemen, H. Uro-Chukwu, P. Ezeonu, A. B. C. Daniyan, E. N. Yakubu

Anatomical landmarks of the intra-pelvic side-wall as sources of pain in women with and without pregnancy-related chronic pelvic pain after childbirth: a descriptive study

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Thomas Torstensson, Stephen Butler, Anne Lindgren, Magnus Peterson, Lena Nilsson-Wikmar, Margaretha Eriksson, Per Kristiansson

A cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact on intimate partner violence of a 10-session participatory gender training curriculum delivered to women taking part in a group-based microfinance loan scheme in Tanzania (MAISHA CRT01): study protocol

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Sheila Harvey, Shelley Lees, Gerry Mshana, Daniel Pilger, Christian Hansen, Saidi Kapiga, Charlotte Watts

The women’s heart health programme: a pilot trial of sex-specific cardiovascular management

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Ting Ting Low, Siew Pang Chan, Shin Hnin Wai, Zhou Ang, Kyu Kyu, Kim Yee Lee, Anne Ching, Sarah Comer, Naomi Qiu Pin Tan, Elizabeth Grace Hui En Thong, Tracy Nang, Mohan Dutta, Carolyn S. P. Lam

Prevalence and associated factors of dysmenorrhea among secondary and preparatory school students in Debremarkos town, North-West Ethiopia

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Abebaw Abeje Muluneh, Tewodros seyuom Nigussie, Kahsay Zenebe Gebreslasie, Kiber Temesgen Anteneh, Zemenu Yohannes Kassa

Emotional violence and maternal mental health: a qualitative study among women in northern Vietnam

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Trần Thơ Nhị, Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hạnh, Tine M. Gammeltoft

Evaluation of human-papillomavirus testing and visual inspection for cervical cancer screening in Rwanda

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M. Chantal Umulisa, Silvia Franceschi, Iacopo Baussano, Vanessa Tenet, Mathilde Uwimbabazi, Belson Rugwizangoga, Daniëlle A. M. Heideman, Anne M. Uyterlinde, Teresa M. Darragh, Peter J. F. Snijders, Felix Sayinzoga, Gary M. Clifford

Unfulfilled need for contraception among women with unmet need but with the intention to use contraception in Rakai, Uganda: a longitudinal study

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Tom Lutalo, Ron Gray, John Santelli, David Guwatudde, Heena Brahmbhatt, Sanyukta Mathur, David Serwadda, Fred Nalugoda, Fredrick Makumbi

Efficacy and safety outcomes of robotic radical hysterectomy in Chinese older women with cervical cancer compared with laparoscopic radical hysterectomy

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Cheng Luo, Mei Liu, Xiuli Li

Selected indicators and determinants of women’s health in the vicinity of a copper mine development in northwestern Zambia

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Astrid M. Knoblauch, Mark J. Divall, Milka Owuor, Gertrude Musunka, Anna Pascall, Kennedy Nduna, Harrison Ng’uni, Jürg Utzinger, Mirko S. Winkler

MENOS4 trial: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a breast care nurse delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention to reduce the impact of hot flushes in women with breast cancer: Study Protocol

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Deborah Fenlon, Jacqueline Nuttall, Carl May, James Raftery, Jo Fields, Emma Kirkpatrick, Julia Abab, Mary Ellis, Taylor Rose, Priya Khambhaita, Angeliki Galanopoulou, Tom Maishman, Jo Haviland, Gareth Griffiths, Lesley Turner, Myra Hunter

The FOAM study: is Hysterosalpingo foam sonography (HyFoSy) a cost-effective alternative for hysterosalpingography (HSG) in assessing tubal patency in subfertile women? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Joukje van Rijswijk, Nienke van Welie, Kim Dreyer, Machiel H. A. van Hooff, Jan Peter de Bruin, Harold R. Verhoeve, Femke Mol, Kimiko A. Kleiman-Broeze, Maaike A. F. Traas, Guido J. J. M. Muijsers, Arentje P. Manger, Judith Gianotten, Cornelia H. de Koning, Aafke M. H. Koning, Neriman Bayram, David P. van der Ham, Francisca P. J. M. Vrouenraets, Michaela Kalafusova, Bob I. G. van de Laar, Jeroen Kaijser, Miriam F. van Oostwaard, Wouter J. Meijer, Frank J. M. Broekmans, Olivier Valkenburg, Lucy F. van der Voet, Jeroen van Disseldorp, Marieke J. Lambers, Henrike E. Peters, Marit C. I. Lier, Cornelis B. Lambalk, Madelon van Wely, Patrick M. M. Bossuyt, Jaap Stoker, Fulco van der Veen, Ben W. J. Mol, Velja Mijatovic

Dietary pattern and health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors

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Na-Hui Kim, Sihan Song, So-Youn Jung, Eunsook Lee, Zisun Kim, Hyeong-Gon Moon, Dong-Young Noh, Jung Eun Lee

A community-based qualitative study on the experience and understandings of intimate partner violence and HIV vulnerability from the perspectives of female sex workers and male intimate partners in North Karnataka state, India

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Andrea K. Blanchard, Sapna G. Nair, Sharon G. Bruce, Satyanarayana Ramanaik, Raghavendra Thalinja, Srikanta Murthy, Prakash Javalkar, Priya Pillai, Martine Collumbien, Lori Heise, Shajy Isac, Parinita Bhattacharjee

Prevalence of emergency contraceptive pill use among Spanish adolescent girls and their family and psychological profiles

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Antonia Jiménez-Iglesias, Carmen Moreno, Irene García-Moya, Francisco Rivera

Performance of OncoE6 cervical test with collection methods enabling self-sampling

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Amrei Krings, Anna M. Dückelmann, Lutz Moser, Johannes Gollrad, Maarten Wiegerinck, Johannes Schweizer, Andreas M. Kaufmann

Major dietary patterns in relation to menstrual pain: a nested case control study

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Nastaran Najafi, Hamidreza Khalkhali, Fatemeh Moghaddam Tabrizi, Rasoul Zarrin

Mothers’ autonomy and childhood stunting: evidence from semi-urban communities in Lao PDR

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Yusuke Kamiya, Marika Nomura, Hina Ogino, Kanako Yoshikawa, Latsamy Siengsounthone, Phonepadith Xangsayarath

Eliminating the high abortion related complications and deaths in Cameroon: the restrictive legal atmosphere on abortions is no acceptable excuse

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Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Eugene Justine Kongnyuy

When a mother has cancer: strains and resources of affected families from the mother’s and father’s perspective - a qualitative study

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Laura Inhestern, Corinna Bergelt

“It has not occurred to me to see a doctor for that kind of feeling”: a qualitative study of Filipina immigrants’ perceptions of help seeking for mental health problems

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Melanie L. Straiton, Heloise Marie L. Ledesma, Tam T. Donnelly

Life after pelvic organ prolapse surgery: a qualitative study in Amhara region, Ethiopia

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Janne L. Gjerde, Guri Rortveit, Mulat Adefris, Tadesse Belayneh, Astrid Blystad

Experiences of being screened for intimate partner violence during pregnancy: a qualitative study of women in Japan

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Yaeko Kataoka, Mikiko Imazeki

Sexual initiation and associated factors among young women in West Shoa, Ambo Town, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

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Digafe Tsegaye Nigatu, Asefa Seme, Shewaye Fituma, Mesfin Tafa Segni

The degree of bother and healthcare seeking behaviour in women with symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse from a developing gulf country

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Fayez T. Hammad, Hassan M. Elbiss, Nawal Osman

Postnatal care utilization among urban women in northern Ethiopia: cross-sectional survey

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Genet Gebrehiwot, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Gebreamlak Gidey, Kidan Abrha

Reproductive choices: a qualitative study of Dutch Moroccan and Turkish consanguineously married women’s perspectives on preconception carrier screening

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Petra Verdonk, Suzanne Metselaar, Oka Storms, Edien Bartels

The effect of 8 weeks aerobic exercise on severity of physical symptoms of premenstrual syndrome: a clinical trial study

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Zahra Mohebbi Dehnavi, Farzaneh Jafarnejad, Somayeh Sadeghi Goghary

Determinants of breast cancer early detection for cues to expanded control and care: the lived experiences among women from Western Kenya

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Joyce Kisiangani, Joyce Baliddawa, Pamela Marinda, Hillary Mabeya, Joseph K. Choge, Eric Onyango Adino, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa

What does a breast feel like? A qualitative study among healthy women

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Anouk J. M. Cornelissen, Stefania M. H. Tuinder, Esther M. Heuts, René R. W. J. van der Hulst, Jenny Slatman

Family planning utilization and factors associated among women receiving abortion services in health facilities of central zone towns of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: a cross sectional Study

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Goshu Hagos, Gurmesa Tura, Gizienesh Kahsay, Kebede Haile, Teklit Grum, Tsige Araya

Impediments to communication and relationships between infertility care providers and patients

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Robert Klitzman

Socioeconomic and religious differentials in contraceptive uptake in western Ethiopia: a mixed-methods phenomenological study

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Setegn Tigabu, Tesfa Demelew, Awol Seid, Bisrate Sime, Tsegahun Manyazewal

Factors associated with occupation changes after pregnancy/delivery: result from Japan Environment & Children’s pilot study

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Reiko Suga, Mayumi Tsuji, Rie Tanaka, Eiji Shibata, Masayuki Tanaka, Ayako Senju, Shunsuke Araki, Seiichi Morokuma, Masafumi Sanefuji, Masako Oda, Nathan Mise, Yosuke Baba, Mina Hayama-Terada, Koichi Kusuhara, Hiroshi Mitsubuchi, Takahiko Katoh, Toshihiro Kawamoto

Low uptake of cervical cancer screening among HIV positive women in Gondar University referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: cross-sectional study design

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Abebe Dires Nega, Mulat Adefris Woldetsadik, Abebaw Addis Gelagay

Patterns of missing data in the use of the endometriosis symptom diary

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Christian Seitz, Vivian Lanius, Susanne Lippert, Christoph Gerlinger, Claudia Haberland, Frank Oehmke, Hans-Rudolf Tinneberg

Colposcopy telemedicine: live versus static swede score and accuracy in detecting CIN2+, a cross-sectional pilot study

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Katayoun Taghavi, Dipanwita Banerjee, Ranajit Mandal, Helena Kopp Kallner, Malin Thorsell, Therese Friis, Ljiljana Kocoska-Maras, Björn Strander, Albert Singer, Elisabeth Wikström

Pyosalpinx complicating chronic hydrosalpinx in a 50-year old virgo woman: a case report

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Yannick Hurni, Marta Bonollo, Ludovica Ferrero, Gianmarco Taraschi, Claudia Canonica, Sophie Venturelli Reyes Lozano

‘Doing hymen reconstruction’: an analysis of perceptions and experiences of Flemish gynaecologists

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Els Leye, Emilomo Ogbe, Maaike Heyerick

Depression, sexual dysfunction and sexual quality of life in women with infertility

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Zahra Shahraki, Fatemeh Davari Tanha, Mahsa Ghajarzadeh

Vulvovaginal candidiasis: species distribution of Candida and their antifungal susceptibility pattern

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Adane Bitew, Yeshiwork Abebaw

One in five women suffer from pelvic floor disorders in Kersa district Eastern Ethiopia: a community-based study

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Merga Dheresa, Alemayehu Worku, Lemessa Oljira, Bizatu Mengiste, Nega Assefa, Yemane Berhane

Adversities and mental health needs of pregnant adolescents in Kenya: identifying interpersonal, practical, and cultural barriers to care

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Judith Osok, Pius Kigamwa, Keng-Yen Huang, Nancy Grote, Manasi Kumar

Contraceptive use and method preference among HIV-positive women in Amhara region, Ethiopia

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Kefyalew Addis Alene, Kendalem Asmare Atalell

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and associated causes of death: a cohort study with follow-up of 27–46 years

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Suvi-Tuulia Hämäläinen, Kaisa Turunen, Kari J. Mattila, Markku Sumanen

Interventions to reduce adverse health outcomes resulting from manifestations of gender bias amongst immigrant populations: a scoping review

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Alia Januwalla, Ariel Pulver, Susitha Wanigaratne, Patricia O’Campo, Marcelo L. Urquia

Female sex workers experiences of using contraceptive methods: a qualitative study in Kenya

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Rhoune Ochako, Jerry Okal, Steven Kimetu, Ian Askew, Marleen Temmerman

Consequences of obstetric fistula in sub Sahara African countries, from patients’ perspective: a systematic review of qualitative studies

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Debrework Tesgera Bashah, Abebaw Gebeyehu Worku, Mezgebu Yitayal Mengistu

Predictors of female sexual dysfunction: a systematic review and qualitative analysis through gender inequality paradigms

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Megan McCool-Myers, Melissa Theurich, Andrea Zuelke, Helge Knuettel, Christian Apfelbacher

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Attitudes of undergraduate university women towards HPV vaccination: a cross-sectional study in Ottawa, Canada

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Intimate partner violence against women in Nigeria: a multilevel study investigating the effect of women’s status and community norms

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Prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in the Bawku municipality and Pusiga District of northern Ghana

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Age at menarche and prevention of hypertension through lifestyle in young Chinese adult women: result from project ELEFANT

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Unintended pregnancy and subsequent postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive use in Zimbabwe

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The levonorgestrel intrauterine device in Australia: analysis of prescribing data 2008–2012

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Self-compassion is associated with less stress and depression and greater attention and brain response to affective stimuli in women managers

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A randomised controlled trial of a personalised lifestyle coaching application in modifying periconceptional behaviours in women suffering from reproductive failures (iPLAN trial)

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Efficient treatment of chronic endometritis through a novel approach of intrauterine antibiotic infusion: a case series

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Magnitude, trends and causes of maternal mortality among reproductive aged women in Kersa health and demographic surveillance system, eastern Ethiopia

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Aldehyde dehydrogenase serves as a biomarker for worse survival profiles in ovarian cancer patients: an updated meta-analysis

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Quality of care in family planning services in rural Mozambique with a focus on long acting reversible contraceptives: a cross-sectional survey

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The effects of concurrent training (aerobic-resistance) and milk consumption on some markers of bone mineral density in women with osteoporosis

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Chi Chiao, Yun-Yu Chen

Consistency of three different questionnaires for evaluating sexual function in healthy young women

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Factors associated with deep infiltrating endometriosis versus ovarian endometrioma in China: a subgroup analysis from the FEELING study

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Trichomonas vaginalis infection and the diagnostic significance of detection tests among Ghanaian outpatients

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