–November 2007) enrolled 41 women to participate in an open-ended interview or true-false consensus questionnaire. The second data … knowledge impacted infant health outcomes and treatment. Women and infants in this data collection period (n = 251 pairs … treating infants at a dispensary versus at home. Finally, women with greater knowledge of traditional medicine had infants who …

Theory predicts that land ownership empowers women to avoid HIV acquisition by reducing their reliance on risky …. Using a sample of 5511 women working in the agricultural sector from the 1998, 2003 and 2008–09 Kenya Demographic and Health … Surveys, we examined the relationship between women's land ownership and participation in transactional sex, multiple sexual …

Overall birth experience is an important outcome of birth, and studies of psycho-social birth outcomes and women … on women’s birth experiences and perceptions of care in two freestanding midwifery units (FMU) and two obstetric units … cohort study, a postal questionnaire survey was undertaken. Two hundred and eighteen low-risk women in FMU care, admitted …

WaterGuard to pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in 2007. Follow-up surveys documented a sustained increase in WaterGuard … motivating women to adopt, sustain, or discontinue use. To provide context, interviews were also conducted with their friends … influenced women’s decisions to adopt, purchase, and continue using WaterGuard. First, positive, ongoing contacts with health …

levels of economic, cultural, and social capital that constitute women's social class membership are associated with BMI …

purpose of this study was to examine patterns of change over time in healthy eating behaviors in midlife and older women in … secondary analysis were from the Wellness for Women community-based trial. Women (N = 225) between the ages of 50–69 in rural … should be central components of interventions focused on healthy eating behavior in rural midlife and older women. …

The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and severity of intimate partner violence (IPV) in eight … the two public health institutions in these regions. The severity of intimate partner violence (SIPV) during the previous … factors associated with SIPV. Intimate partner violence prevalence was 25.5% (95%CI 24.93–25.26). Female partner variables …

framing in eating disorders, I conducted semi-structured interviews with 50 US women with a history of eating disorders (half …

This paper focuses on the inclusion of women in the Moroccan labor markets and businesses through the role of higher … variable in relation to gender. It then analyzes the relationships between education and the inclusion of women in the labor … the inclusion of women in the labor market and in business creation. Schooling of women with higher education attainment …